The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03
BY ERNEST POLLARD.


supplanting Edwin Mooeys. knabe
believes mat by being in the lineup
TO steady the fellows he will be able
to inject some confidence In the sys-
TENS OF the home boys.
william REYNOLDS has drawn an In
DEFINITE suspension from PreW Bar
row as result of his verbal battle
with Umpire Muliin Friday. BIN de-
eiares that he was not in fa nit and IL
In a position 10 prove IL. which ne ex-
poets to do within the mex, day or
two Barrow has heard only Mullins
side OF the affair. and quite naturally
the action was taken. When Reynolds
presents his side he will doubtless
he reinstatea, Bill - one or the mos
renflewanly hall players that ever
donned a Richmond uniform and this
is the first time he has had any
trouble with an umpire or anyone
else since he placed his eognomen To
"A Richmond contract nearly two years
ego
Bears Hers Monday.
Tomorrow afternoon Otto knahe and
the y!rgin.ans will have as their
guests Fighting Tom" Needham and
hiss Newark Bears. who are now al
the top OF The heap In Mr. Barrow's
Insernetiouai league, This Will be the
first time The gentleman from New
Jersey has paid visit To the Old
Dominion. and Richmond NJ baseball
c'rshafiasts are anAions TO SEE the
team in action The playing of the
Beers has teen one Of the outssa ndiug
features Of the International league
this year. the Newark outfit having
sieea either at the top OF the ladder
or within close proximity Of the cho't9
pms ton throughout the season.
Manager knahe Is planning 10 hand
IL.
sugeTise when they invade the local
hall lot tomorrow afternoon. NJ
15fo}agfa- tSae .tsanl has tsen going haats
Tor the tast thtes Weeks or mere ~
must he remembered shaf one or more
men have been on the Injured list dur
ing that time and this had lot to
10 do with IT. While IL is a recoE
ntzea faetLthst- Richmond hasn't a
top notcheT. the club will look fairts
formidable ahen Eibsl, Charlie Han
ford and Mcpermott return 10 the
lineup. When the local third sacker
gets back into the game there is
strong prohs hiiity of Wild Conroy being
shifted 10 second base. Conroy was Sc
cured to ali in while McDermott was
out OF the game with tonsifitis.
The former Senator has thoroughly
demonstrated that he has a lot of
good bait playing teft m hts system,
and he is entirely too good a man
to east adrifs- However. this may not
be even contemplated by Manager
Knabe. Conroy can field his position
we'll. he can hit the ball with any of
them. and he is smart ball player.
Charles Hanford has been out OF
the lineup for some time with bad
hand. He recently underwent an oper-
alton and IL Is said that he will prob
ably not get back ito the line-up until
the frst of next week. Eibel also has
bad hand and II may be TWO or
three days before he returns to the
game. MeDefmett In expected to
be back hv the middle of the week.
After Good Material.
Manager Knabc has his lines out
for three or four good players and II
is thought that the local club will be
next few dayS- Pitcher Carmichael,
late OF the Phillies. will be out In uni-
form Monday afternoon and he will
be seen in action against the Bears.
The Newark club will be seen In ac-
tton here four days-Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. On
Friday the virginians will make a
flying trip to Baltimore, playing there
that day, Saturday and Monday. There
will be a double header on Saturday.
On Monday night the Virginians will
return home and will remain here for
about three weeks, playing on less
than twenty-nine games In a stretch
on tho home grounds. BY this time
the virginians should be able to hit
their stride and when they leave for
the next road trip they should be
much higher up in the running then
the cellar.
Manager Knabc expects his protcges
To be In winning shape within the next
tv>c L rlxh ~
hopes to corral the major portion of
the remaining combats in boulevard
f,eld. The pitchers should be hitting
their. stride soon, while X the hoya
start delivering In the pinches they
will aid the club materially In win
ming some games in the future.
Failure to hit In the pinches this
year has done much to keep the home
club down In the running. In fact.
II has been even more disastrous to
the team than the frequent miscues
Il II 4 noticeable fact that tho iTir-
ginians have Improved considerably
in their fielding, although they did
look Z little bad In this department
in the last game yesterday afternoon
That was due In large measure ~
the fact that the men were switched
around 3 good bit. Tho man are cap-
able Of putting up good game In
thA Asld and they will be showing thu
homo fans ere many days elepse.
Baseball II Needed.
soma people have been voicing
fho1naolvos ~ being In favor OF the
&all nNrlEa boing closed TO the public
NJ ~ War With Germany. deelarS
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