The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-04
VIRGINIANS RETURN
TOMORROW MORNING
FOR ALMOST MONTH
Richmond and Providence VIII Got Together In First Game
Broad Street Park Monday Afternoon Owing to Numer.
ous REQUESTS Games VIII Be Started In Future Promptly
At 4:S0 O'clock Every Day.
BY ERNEST POLLARD.


After oavortlng around foreign
aver Billy Smith and his Richmond
virginians viii bring their initial ROAD
trip Of the season to . close this e.
ternoon In Newark. and tonight they
viii pack their personal belongings
and turn <hsar OPTICS Aomsward.
IL the sport-lcving populacs q
Richmond will glance back q the
happenings Of the three weeks Of the
Northern invasion, and take svery-
thing into confederation. ind1udino
sickness. stc., they will ana that d
road trip has not been % dasastro0
after ali.
Notwithstanding the fAc4 that speh
men a. Captain Frank NcDeFmot&,
Hack Eibef., Sandy Roche. Rebel Roe
not to say anything about Manager
Billy Smith. have been on the DICK
list during their absence away from
our city. tho virginians have made .
most formidable showing against Tia
homo clubA
While at times away from homo shs
pitchers have not measured up to the
occasion. they have been going fAiriy
we'll during the latter part Of this
week Joe Gleason pitched axainst
Providence last Wednesday and exps-,
rienced little trouble In vanquishlns
Dave Shean's league leader: Slim
McKenry disposed OF the Indians
Thursday In easy fashion: Dusty
Rhcades walked away with Newark
yesterday. ana despite the fact that
Rebel Ross lost to Fred Tenney.s
men IN the New Jersey city Friday.
he hurled a great game. and but for
mtscues would not have had q dafea1
chalked up against him.
vfrginians Going GOOD.
From all indications the vlrxtnsans
are going good at this time. and they
should be in tho lead in the Interna-
tional League before they again de-
part for foreign zelda Richmond haA
met with wretched weather while
away from homo, and now that the
long season in May 10 sboue cver Ghey
should be in fine fettls when <hsy
start on the road again.
within the next few days Brly
Smith will no longer experience any
worries over pitcherA for ere many
hours elapss ne will have gathered
some additional material In the 4old
Just what the outcome OF tho recent
conferences between members Of the
Richmond Exhibition Company and
board of directors and Manager Billy
Smith IN Newark 10 not definitely
known. but some interesting announce
ments are expected 70 be forthcoming
In the next day or two Just who
tho new pitchers win be h purely =
matter OF conjecture. Some still b.
licve that tho two pitchers whom Rich
mond will get are Allan Russell, OF
tho New York Yankees. and Sammy
Rice. Of Washington. but that remains
to be seen. However. whether they
win be Russell and Rios or some other
heavens with regulations. Il 10 . known
fact that at least two good mound ar
lists will DO added TO Richmond's
hurting STAFF within the next few days.
Hmnpfrcys san Sick.
According to Information receivod
yesterday. Charlie Hunphreys. Rich
mond's clever little ports!der. IL sttll
in a bad way. While IN Providence
tho youngster sprained his ankle In
sliding q base, and It has been giving
him no little trouble during the past
few days. However. 1t may be well
enough by this afternoon to permit
him to take a parting shot at Fred
Tenney's proteges.
Just what Manager Smith ccntenf-
plates doing about the second base
situation will doubtless not be known
until the club returns here tomorrow
morning. Sandy Roche has been on
the bench since last Tuesday, and
George Kircher has been looking after
things around the keystone station.
There Is some talk Of Roche being sent
back to St. Louis. but WHISTLER there