Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
WILL GET SWEET SLUCGER
RICHMOND lNTS TO SECURE
HENDRIX FROM NEW Works.
lit .a:3 In southern hss"rinti"n Last
Ncur-NrNitlnn VIII Captain
Climbers.
hos, IF SOURCES i, w.,

g.. b"st "f SOURCES IL MAS
lur ulei' thn' out:"ldcr
licndryx. who was the real leader of
the Southern Association in batting
ia. Gus summed tS..r to the Richmond
intS Ivy the New York Americans Am-
g"lo Ara"on, IA" midget Cuban !nicid-
- viii he au"tho, OF tn" quartet. The
einaininr mcmh.rs Of which wi!i he
'w" pitchers. a. We, undetermined by
Wild ian Donovan.
HcndryN, Will" listed in the "tiiCial
records 1% the fourth batsnan ~ ia"
southern Association. IL the real leader.
having fallen just one point below Mil
lcr, who IL credited as the top notchcr.
Ilthough h" appeared ia twenty "'
more games less. iicndryX finished the
>"ason with :. mark Of .3.i. which shows
irSt what kind "f = bird h" really Is.
~" played in "a? games. going to bat
SIS times during which he p"i"d "u,
- SwatS Tor total az "a na."s.
u" folded his position at :"5 PEE cent.
playing the cnt!r" season for New
orleans.
This sweet siuSger was purchased
hy the Yankees, hut sincr he MAS ac-
uuircd, Donovan has secured IN" S"r-
vices Of several big stars for tn. out-r
gardens. ana has such men eli
hoe Icy. High. Mniscl, Mage ana 6,h"r
TO select from. cvrseqI"ntly b" viii
have TO ind room for iicndryx on soIn.
surcd fact. and where hc could easily
h" brought hack in tim" "c need
According "a sport writer's 1T tn"
Yankee training camp. ia Macon. li"n-
"rNN IL showing np in tin" style, and
IL iS certain that ne would M y" landed
a regular berth II u had not bean for
tho number al stars NOW under con
trac, with New Yor. Tn" player is
ycunc and ambitious. ana Biliv Smith
has nearly exploded In tryiu. to keep
10
here. from leaking out. the major l"a"u..
Waruat"s being adycrs" to l"fi!rg such
reformation go 20 press b.for. they
arc ready - make III. aUitu II"-iu-nl
themselves
TOMMY M'MILI.hN WILL.
~: Local. FIELD CAPTAIN
Billy smith was n Atlanta all day
Yesterday and viii be Ia Macon to-day
o. tomorrow 10 look the Yankee
aver aud incidcn,alIy r", Il liz" on TIA.
l"illcrS Donovan ~ considering send
uG TO Richmond. Whil. In Atlanta
smith had long TALK with Tommy
Mcmillan hut whether tie former
Hustler put his fist TO a richmond
rontract could not b. learned las,
nvht.
1t is almost certainty. however.
hat Tommy viii be IN the fold It is
tU omen secret that he viii b.. given
't,c field captaincy OF tho team II he
h"Tc. Smith j. familiar win his work
and Is confident that Mcmillan, oI! nc-
count or his scrappy pIayii-. would
make au IDEAL leader on the diamond.
TVS four years eHpcrienc" IN tic Ia
''ruatonai and other CLASSY circuits
will hc OF benefit to him. nile hc ~
alS" college man aud Oh" Capui'ic
~ handling almost amy Kind IT .,
player.
y contract WAS s"ut OUT yesterday
to Ralph Baker. OF Greenwood. : &.
who Is - graduate from N.wbcrry
College this june !}akci wili sign
with Richmond without - doubt but
vii! no, rcnOrt uu,il ms colI"g" coU Sc
Is completed. III" yoUugs,cr. who j. an
lnrcldcr il Well nNcd In worldly goods
tint wants 10 play professional BAH
iii> father Is Mayor "f Greenwood.
Haker has been ON" az tn. baseball
tars of South Carolina cuilcc. cir
cl"s iir IS % good fielder and is :,
n"nd with IN" bat. having =.rr"rei an
vN"rau" OF IS" last season Several
leans HAY" been after his services.
Including Columbia and Jacksonville
Both OF these teams offered linn con-
''aCts. I'm. he would not sign with
them. as hv was gwar. that E!chm"ud
would xiv" Hmm chruoo 20 SHOW his
foods
r:ou Wilson WAS the dis,oycrcr Of
l;.,Ilcr and il was nt his solicitation
that E!lly Smith agreed To give Baker
trial. Tn" boy viii report mere as
soon a. he has finished his studies it
lcilw his fathers Wish that hc &c, his
hccpSkin before cmbaIk!ng INTO pro-
tcssional baseball!
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