Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-21

Amateur Notes
NY "PREP.o

by "PREP.n
Manager Lowery's Duplex team con-
! tinued it's onward march to tho pen
nant In the Commercial League on Sat
urday afternoon by defeating Fair
mount ~. a. at Boulevard Athletic
Field by the score OF to O. Fair
mount was minus the services OF sew
eral Of Its best players, and tho seven
errors made shows that 1t needed
| them.
DOC" waldbauer. fresh from a So
| journ with the Richmond Interna-
tonals. WAS OH the mound for Duplex
| and during the nine innings allowed
only five hits and struck out fifteen
| Paramount batters. Two of tho hits
were of tho scratch variety. Doc
| Demonstrated that he could hit when
| he landed for rce-sacker.
| w. Johnson, on the mound for Fair
| mount, did not do so bad. and with
good support ho would have held the
| Duplex tenn to much closer score.
Johnson is one of the best southpaw
| hurlers in the city.
Smithers. Bcazley and Blanton. of
| Duplex, all had their batting toys on
Saturday and lambasted the old apple.
| Akers led Fairmount in hitting, get
| ting two safe wallops out of three
| trips to the plate.
Our old friend Jake Poh got very
! much in the limelight Saturday when
he caught one Of W. Johnson's bendcrs
! square on the nose. When last seen
the ball was sailing over the left field
| fence.
Secretary Campbell. of the CONNER
cial League. has been doing some work
lately actually. with the result that
the batting averages Of the CONNER
ciat League have been completed, and
any players wishing to know whether
or not his average is greater than Ty
Cobbs can find out by calling the sec
rotary or seeing him in person.
| Drew IIicrholzcr. one time star out
! fielder for Bcncdictine College. but now
| with tho old NirGinias, is a valuable
man to Manager Findiay. as he can
play any position on the diamond with
| the exception of pitcher and catcher.
! Old VirGinias certainly solved the dc.
livery of Monk Jollin. who hurled for
Highland Park on Saturday afternoon.
and when the game WAS ended Old
| Nirginiis had seventeen tallics to two
for Highland Park.
Old virginias went back into second
| position in the Commercial League by
their victory over Highland Park on
! Saturday. and now arc close behind
! Duplex. the league leaders
Manager Krause. OF Highland Park
| has gotten together a fine bunch of
! youngsters. and they are expected to
show "A great deal OF Improvement
over the Saturday performance, when
/ they play double bill with Duplex on
Saturday a, Boulevard Field.
Although arrangements have not yet
been completed. the Paramount Old
NIrGiniaS game. scheduled to be played
at lakewood on next Saturday, may be
played at Byrd Park.
kocen's Boosters continues to be the
class of the Central League. and Sat
urday's victory over the A. S. Kellam
team was the sixth straight for the
Fulton team. The boys are putting up
nice article of ball, and unless they
arc headed off viii walk away with the
pennant in the Noikmann circuit.
Walton. the Boosters pitcher. was
there with the goods. and A. S. keilam
got only two hits off his delivery. This
was the second time this season that
Walton has pitched a ,wo-hit contest.
| Morgan. Of the Boosters. had a per
feet day at the bat. getting four hits
out Of four tries
! a. S. kel1am Inc, has taken over the
Alcos franchise. in the Central League,
and are anxious TO secure players
Manager Williams would like TO hear
from Torbett, Sheppard, Russell, H. T.
Meyers and l.. Green. the players who
were under contract with the AIcos.
The manager can be reached by tele-
phoning Randolph 4505-W.
Sharpe is playing n good game at
shortstop for the Boosters.
Bertrand \. Woolard did some nnc
hitting for the Tabernacle team, In the
Sunday School League. The former
got four hits out Of I'VE times up. and
the latter three out Of four attempts
Frederick. Of the Boosters. is fast
gaining for himself the game OF Fence
Buster Broderick.' He landed on the
ball for home run again Saturday
Spiccr, OF Tabernacle stole homo on
Catcher 1iask ms. Calvary did not de-
serve to win Saturday, IA all the
breaks of the game were with them.
RED" walthsl Stockton street
pitcher. has regained his form and
came back strong against Fulton Bap-
list.
Manager Hishheld seems to have
picked up a star in Pitcher Smith. The
| boy worked nicely against Randolph
Street Saturday.
Despite the fact that tho Cherry
Smash team was without the services