The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-26
disastrous ROAD TRIP
TO END NEXT SATURDAY
Ycxt Appearance In Boulevard Park
to be Double Header With Prov
idencc Grays on Labor Day.
HOW ABOUT NEXT YEAR,
Little Talk Is Being Heard Concern
ing Prospects of International Cir
cult I'm 1913 or Probability Of Rich
mond Remaining.

After another road trip that has
been fraught with disaster, Manager
Otto Knabe and his yirginians will
shortly bring their northern inva-
sion 10 a close and turn their eyes
homeward again. Yesterday after
noon the Richmond contingent
bro sht the Buffalo series to a close
and today the followers of Otto will
cross the border line. going over to
Toronto. where tomorrow they Will
open a three game series with Napo-
leon I4ajoies pennant-asp iring Can
ucks After this series the Virgin
fans will go over to Montreal and
bring the present road trip to a close,
with three game series with Fight
ing Dan" Howleys Royals
The Nirginia-s return to Richmond
next Monday September 8, being
scheduled TO play a double header
with the Providence Grays on that
tay. There will be another game be
tween the two teams the following
day and then the Rhode islanders
viii leave for the north This
should he one az the best series ~
the season II doesn't matter how
good Providence may he the Nir
cinians always put IN good exhibit
rSons when the gentlemen from thu
land OF chickens--tnenher s of the
featnered flock are what we have in
mind-vtsit this city Of ours When
Dave Shean was plotting the Provi-
dence outfit he said that while he
liked the people down here nv the
peaceful James. he didn't like TO
come to the city much with his ball
club. because his proteges had TO
fight SO hard for the games Doubt
-
way about IT But Egan is trying to
bring another gonfaion to the Rhode
Island city and he is going to make
his charges extend themselves the
limit to win Nap Lajoie's Canadian
on'ft Sc making the good -natured
old Irish leader feel a bit uneasy at
the present time, because Of the close
proximity of tho Maple Leaf club to
'he c~eited roost Pilot EEan says
that he has lust got to get those
ranes down here in Virginia. but our
Ctto thinks different
,sf'er th's brief soionrn in Rich
'"'nNd the Virginians leave for New
ark PLAYING in tho land of mos
~u'tos September ;. c and 7 The
bore folks then go to Providence for
'Ar@e more games Then they come
back here for series Of three games
*'th the Newark Bears. who, by the
v-ar. haven't shown themselves to be
such bears in this national pastime,
after all After this series the
charges 81 Otto go up to Baltimore
f'r a trio OF games with Jack Dunn's
Monumental City outfit The razor
voice leader and his birds will NY
hack to Richmond with the Virgin
iars and the season will be brought
20 close here with those two teams
ciashing in Boulevard field
With the Virginians just above the
cold. dark cellar, and the season be
ing fast brought to close there lis
hardly q possibility of knahe and his
men being any further up the ladder
than seventh place when the curtain
In drawn on the present campaign
Believing that the team would
profit thereby. the owners of the club
made change in managers this
season, hut things have not worked
out as they anticipated. In spite of
the fact that several PLAYERS were Sc
cured after the change was made the
club has not been consistent win
rer At times the Nirginians have
nut up some wonderful fights, but
the old link. which persistently how
cred over the Richmond camp In
1915, seemed to Turk in the Virgin
ians' midst again this year But
throushout the world now prepared
ness is being taught and this winter
may find the Richmond owners get
ting together some good baseball
talent