Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21

Frank NJ. Dobson, athletic director
of College, and one OF the
recognized authorities in sports in this
section. has picked two representative
teams from the ranks OF the Eastern
Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. Dobson. apart from his
wide baseball experience, has probably
seen the various teams in action more
than any person in this city. and is
Qualifed 10 give an unbiased opinion
on the merits of the players under con
sideration. Being human. Mr.. Dob
son cannot expect his selection TO meet
with unanimous approval, but il is a
safe bet that his aggregation would be
a hard one 10 beat in college circles
! His reasons for the placing of mcr on
both the first and second teams follow:
There are two ways Of selecting ar
all-star team. the first by taking the
very best men in the different posi-
tons; the second by molding tie ma
terial into the best aggregation, re-
CARELESS Of. position.
While the latter could hardly he used
with battery men, still with the other
positions 1t can readily be used to adj
vantage. Going over the array of tai
ent from which the four teams in the
Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Asso-
citation were chosen, I find the different
positions good and bad in spots and in
lots.
| WI St0Il Win tne Dltche. and
ma /: the easiest task OF all for Car
nett, OF William and Mary, was head
ana shoulders above the rest. He has
first of all that most necessary o,rali
flcation of a pitcher-control. lie has
the only real curve ball in the league,
an abundance of speed and is generally
composed. He lacks only I'm delivery
and position of his feet on the rubber.
Cox. of Richmond College, Woodhn Of
Randol Macon. and Joli:f, of Rich
mon College, deserve mention. the lat
ter Two playing their first year Of col
lego baseball. The pitching, aside from
Ciarnett's work, was poor, ard To THO
fact can be trace the great number
of runs scored by all the teams. rather
than to lard hitting.
The catching throughout the .leacIe
was fair. Malone. OF HamDdrn-Sidrev
was a good receiver and thrower. but
was weak at the bat. The same can be
said for Blankinship.
Butterworth, of Randolph Macon
led all of his rivals at the bat, but
was not as polished in his receiving
at Zehmer, who gets the place because
of his good throwing and nice han
ding OF Garnett. Hitting strength
can be sacrificed here for added de-.
Tense. Iehmcr's work in the game for
championship honors with Randolph
Macon was excellent, and to him Gar
nett owes much. With men on tho
bases he caught many low pitches when
a passed ball would have had a bad
effect on the entire William and Mary
team.
But two men qualify for first base
Crossley. of Richmond College, and
Williams. Of William and Mary. OF
the two. Crossley knows more about
the bag and plays 1t with better judg-
ment. He also hits as we'll as Will
l.ams. and Is a better base runner.
Williams handles all kinds OF throws
equally as we'll as Crossley, but didn't
, seem to be sure where to play at diff
fcrent stages Of the game. However,
! such hitting strength as Williams,s
cannot be overlooked. so | place him
; in left Held, and will speak OF It later.
At second base not a man can be
found who could play on this team.
Hardaway, of Randolph Macon, would
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