Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01
THREE MORE PLAYERS GET
UNCONDITIONAL RELEASES
Billy Hands Yellow Tickets IN Vince
Harber and Breeden-Eibel and
Clemens Write Notes.
NEW PARK IN GOOD SHAPE
Progress Made in Work Is Surprjs.
fng-indications of Further I'm.
provement-Byrd Park Training
Camp Opens Tomorrow.

4 PLAYERS
renewed their spirits with u sumptuous
| repast-a ball players meals during
the training season always are SUNNI
tnous repasts-Biliy Smith last night
got down to hard lacks with the men.
The result of this condescension on
| the part of the manager sent several
OF the players considerably up in the
| air.
For three of the youngsters were in
formed they had been given their un-
conditional releases. They were: c. H.
vines. from far-away waxahachie
Texas. and the local players, CARRIER
and Breeder. Billy had intended send
Ing CARRIER and Breeder TO his farm.
but did not do so for several reasons
me first and principal one was that
the local manager has no farm. He
sought to secure one and had opened
negotiations with the Hagerstown man
| ager. only to discover later that Hag-
erstown has more players now than /.
knows what 10 do with. The other
reason was furnished by Breeden. who
refused TO be sent to a farm.
Following the announcement of the
releases. Billy stated last night that
| Eioei now is expected to reach Rich
mona tomorrow. and that Clemens
! Will be here Tuesday Their fire.
duent promises place one somewhere
! in Missouri, and most of the fans will
| await an opportunity for lamDGg them
before placing too much credence in
| this new assertion.
rhen there was another development
around the hotel last night. II be-
OF
the Washington rockies were to take
their departure back 10 the minors
| Lefty humphreys. Milan and Tom Saw
yer arc the ones. All will go to the
Minneapolis club. of the American AS
ISOLATION, and started on their trim
early this morning. The remainder Of
the Nationals continued their way to
Washington last night
Practice mt WilIinm byrd Park.
Early Tomorrow morning the Vir-
Einians will make their way to the
William Byrd Park grounds for the
first practice at the new training cann.
| The high wind and the soreness Of the
men muscles caused the local man
ager yesterday morning not to insist
that the players work out before the
game. they saved themselves for the
cNertions of the afternoon.
Some Of them had saved quite few
and got most Of them out of their sys-
TENS during the contest. Several others
probably are still saving them. They
certainly did not distribute many for
the entertainment of tho fans yester-
day. 1t is too early to call pointed at
tenton TO the fact that a player Is not
showing the life and spirit one expects
on the ball field: for no doubt more
than one of the men is handicapped by
sore muscles that give him pain with
every movcemnt. However. a sugges-
ton calling attention to the fact that
ina too
are noticed may bring out all that Ii
is possible for them to do under the
conditions.
The fact that Hanford appeared slow
In getting near several of the balls
Knocked into center field during the
first three innings was noticed and
the manner in which he handled him
self throughout the contest brought
uniaHorsbl comments from persons
in the stands They seemed TO see
only those Incidents and TO base their
Judgment of the entire squad on them
But knockers are everywhere these
days, and person who bases his ex-
pressions concerning twenty players
on the performance OF one of them.
ana him not yet in condition, hardly
could be credited with Judgment
Certainly no one could have charged
Red McDermott with laying down or
showing inability yesterday. Nor
could that be said OF Bruce, Stein
orenner. Leibs. Hoffman. Fish or most
of the others. Miscues were made II
is true. and there were some rather
poor Mays: but during the entire game
all of the players were fighting for
results. The nth-inning performance
would indicate that
boulevard Field Looks Good.
Then there was another thing thar
attracted some attention at the mar;
yesterday. It was the comment pass
ed ny u group OF fans in the grand
stand. They were knockers-the typi-
cal KIND that all know and detest
ihcS Knocked from habit. for joy and
from disposition. They banded their
oral bombs back and forth amonrs,
themselves. but 80 that those sitting
near them might hear. And then. ar
ter telling how very poorly the yir
SinianS were doing, one OF them asked
another II the Nationals were not from
an inferior and smaller league than
the International
or course they touched OIL the park
IN tact. they sat upon it, both tigura
livery and literally. And vet IL Is
oouptlui II Their" was Il person present.
Other than themselves. but was sur
prised at the progress made in rho
W. ~" uurlhs the last week. and hut
tei rather proud that lie could see
before him an excellent ball ground AL
most completed
ihere were signs OF newness aplenty
ana there were evidences that some OF
tns WORK mad been rushed for the
game. while other work had been al.
i""ed 10 rest until a later date But
ne PARK was adequate to all of the
demands made OF IT aud IL look ed good
All OF the grand-Stand top WAS IN and
there were sufficient seats for every
ono The diamond had been sodded.
me outtield was bright and apparently
wnh"ut holes. while the completed
FENCING shown under the coatiur N
fresh green and white paint
me wire netting over the grand
stand VIII be put up probably this
week. and the contractors are of the
opinion that the right-held bleachers
VIII be ready by Saturday Additional
work VIII be done on the diamond and
lhc ontheid and the other smaller de.
tails VIII be completed as rapidly as
possible.
Hut there was nothing concerning
the park that deserved knocks yestsr- i.
day. Rather those who have had the
work in charge deserved praIsa .,d