Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
SPIDERS PLAY CATHOLICS
GAME is CALLED FOR
a O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON
with Warmer Weather. Indications
Point to Fast Contest with
st, JoNcph'N College.

IL Richmond is favored with more
clement weather this afternoon than
that of Tuesday. there promises TO be
q real baseball game at O'Clock. when
tho Richmond College Spiders meet the
team representing st. Josephs College.
at Boulevard Field.
The temperature which greeted tho
Inaugural baseball game Of the year,
when the Spiders played the Holy Cross
College aggregation day before yes
t-:day was. to say the least. not IA
Ecrablc 20 snappy exhibition. In
the intcrirns between the moments
when the batsmcn succeeded in con-
Meeting with the sphere. each play
er.s hands We're practically frostbiiten,
ana the fielding was cons eQuently slow.
Inis, II nothing else. accounts for the
many runhlcs and wild shoots made on
that 1riEid afternoon. But the Sh!v-
crins and bcmufned onlookers who
watched the affair. hands n pockets
and coat collars up. will in all Prob
ability not be present this afternoon,
for weather conditions promise 20 be
.air.
The Richmond College lotters return :
ed to the campus Tuesday night with
4 slight mental soreness. which was
later cured by n discussion concerning
the fray. In which the blame for the
outcome was attached more 20 tte tenn
perature than to the teamwork.
very noticeable physical soreness as
serted itsel. Yesterday morning in the
muscles OF the men. but the larger part
q. this was soon worked Oh; IL y shor:
and strenuous practice So the Spiders
will swarm out into the diamond 3
o'clock with as deadly iTIeat as sve-.
Line-up for This Afternoon.
Skaggs will occupy the .ioU-a 50
the ColIeEians at ths outset. = =.
event that Knight is not 50: TITO -ss
box by Coach Fit Brow VIII !.
stationed AZ first: Pitt :: <esc1i Wts--
The outfelGers Will. ualess id :-a-r'cs
point in the wrong direction - So 80
lows: Oliver, right; Miller. cs-ts-. az
Ryland. left.
Much ill-concealed dei;sA: on :As
part of the Richmond College support
Tom" Miller. ar-round athlete OF past
years. in the lineup OF Tuesday. Mil
Ter withdrew from college early il
the beginning OF he session, and later
signed as coach with the Mcguire prep
team. The call Of the bal! and ba;
was SO strong. however. as to lead hin,
10 lnatriculatc again the morning he
fore the first game.
The fact that Miller will play this
noason raises the Spiders total Of vets
10 six. The rema ming three positions
can readily I've :lled from the long
line CT last and likely recruits. This
seems to dispose of any apprehension
expressed earlier in the year in regard
TO the personnel Of the MIN. The only
question that could now be raised is
whether MAG" Pitt will successfully
fill the vacancy left by Fra TX Dobson
st. Joseph will put forth her best
efforts to bring aome the bacon She
mas always been knowI as one OF the
foremost college teams in America, and
from her lineup there have come two
players. wei known in the Intcrna-
t'onal LeaEue-namely, Meadows and
''rooks. Since rcpo It's say the fehting
strength of the aggregation has been
very niue diminished by war condi-
ions a hard-fought battle Is locked
for.