Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
LOCAL |NTS Will.
REPORT TOMORROW
Baseball Practice Starts at Broad
Street Park Early This
Week.
tORIN S0LIN FIRST HERE
Young Collegian Gets In-Smith
Announces He Has Signed
New Players.
10 seball is with US again.

6a Scball is with us again
Inc advance guard Of the small.
sized army Of recruits signed bv Rilly.
smith for trial with tho Richmond
jnts. will start practice Tomorrow
morning. unless the weather man in
terrcnes- The first of the squad ar
rived last night. and others are OK
pected to drift in for the next few
days, but few or many, work starts at
once.
TO L.orin Scion, the former Middle
West collcSian. comes the honor Of be-
ing the first prospective Climber to
reach Richmond. Scion. who will he
remembered as the Minnesota football
star. who was removed from the cam
tafncy Of the eleven last fall when r.
was learned that lie had played semi
pr"fesSional baseball last summer, ar
rived here from Minneapolis ana re-
ported at once to Billy Smith
smith was tickled when he got n
sight OF the youngstcr Solon il !.
strappinE siN-footcr, weighing around
100 pounds. He has the apncnrnn,..
OF a ball player. and looks an ntniatc
every men OF him. lie Is nit for SER
vice now. and anticipates givioy other
candidates for the receiving ion "a hard
tnssel for place. II appearances count
show.
Everything needed to get Hrond
street i'ark ready for tho spring ,rac-
tice has been done. and wonders have
, oeen accomplished with the grounds
during the past few mouths There IL
no comparison with their condi,iou ~
'this time last season. Work on tho
new clubhouse has also progressed
iihety. and 1t will be ready for oc,u-
pane! on Tuesday or Wednesday at
the latest
smith was out at the park Yesterday
ana was much pleased with it's looks
lie mas made all ARRANGEMENTS for
boarding the recruits during the traiu-
ing period, and fast as they come
, III they will he taken care of L,ynrntt
l;ankston will reach here this mnrn-
ing, as will several others While tile
SQUAD Will he small, II is moro than
probable that Smith will have a lyely
hhnch working out tomorrow MORN
/ Ing.
RECRUITS MUST HUSTLE
] WHILE on THE FIELD
! The recruits are not going to find IF
an easy matter Smith expects to
! make them work every minute they
are IN uniform. He will star, then,
III as st as they arrive, and they
VIII work two periods each day. I'm
t ,n morning the practice will extend
from 10 O'Clock 10 1880 O'clock In
the afternoon the tossers will worls
from 1880 10 1890 O'Clock.
spectators VIII be permitted to watch.
the practice. but they will only be
extended the courtesy of the rropJ-
VIII not tolerate any unauthorized ner-
sons Invading the grounds, and viii
/ promptly see that those who exceed
!heir license are shown the gate. He
- anxious Tor the fans to watch the
noys but wants them to keep their
place.
TWO more players have been signed
by Smith. He announced Yesterday
that he had secured Jack Ferry. who
pt'ched last year for Column bus, in the
,,,I,
games ana losing eleven Columbus
FINISHED ut the bottom. which may ac-
I count Tor his apparently poor showing,
as ne held ills opponents TO an average
OF 80 runs per game
The other acquisition is L. I. Court
neg who played first base for Brock
ION, OF the Colonial League last wear.
Courtney hit at a .290 clip and delded
at .9Ii Many OF his swats were long
ones.
Smith has thirty-three men Oh his
list. but this includes several hold
outs. such as Mcmillan, Agler, Blair.
SHAW and Pierce. In addition to these
men, however, he has five men coming
from the New York Yankees within
the next ten days, as we'll as two or
three from Washington.
The players have all been ordered
IL report here between March 90 and
20 but az all are anxious TO get down
To the grind, particularly the young
sters. II ~ expected that practically
all OF az squad viii be present by
Wednesday. The team will only have
two weeks u practice before the first
exhibition game. which will be played
on April |, with the Washington Amer
leans as the attraction. Other games
are with the Boston Braves phtllies
Athletics and Giants. of the big show,
and Hopcwcll. Rocky Mount. Peters,
burg and Raleigh. of the lesser lights