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Show (Continued from Pago Two.) RITCHIE GETTING INTO STAR CLASS Who Is Lou Richie, who trimmed the Giants so frequently this season and last? Lurkl Lou ia a youth who deserves credit for developing himself him-self into a star boxman. Richie en-teied en-teied the employ of tho Phillies in 1906, and tarried there until mldsea-son mldsea-son In 1D00, when he was traded to Boston. He never was more than a second string pitcher with the Quakers, Quak-ers, and though ho occasionally flipped good ball, he was considered lucky to be hanging on to a big league berth While a Quaker he was always easv for the Giants, and seldom lasted longer than a few Innings In-nings against them. The Cubs grabbed him from Boston in a trade in the spring of 1910, and while Brown. Overall and Roulbach were pitching, Lou got little chance Jo go on the firing- llne, He. was orilv a second string pitcher then, pnd was sent In only against the weak clubs. In the 1910 world's series, when the Cub flinging corps was battered to a pulp, Richie did not get a chance, pitching only one Inning in the entire series. Shows Real Class. Chance had to use Lou last season, sea-son, and the humorist began to show real class. He won five games from the Giants before the champs stopped him on the last western trip This year Lou lost his first game to Mc-Graw's Mc-Graw's men, but since then he has won six His record over the Giants In the last two years is 11 out of 13. In spite of Richie's success against the Giants, he cannot be classed among the star pitchers of the game. He' stands high In tho National league pitching records, but frequently has to retire in favor of other gunners Before taking his last thrco games irom the Giants he was knocked out of the box by both tho Phillies and the Braves, his two former clubs. Richio is one of the funniest men in the game and is extremely popu-. lar. He is a happj go lucky sort of athlete and does not take baseball seriously. Cbanco hands him 100 bones every lime he trims the Giants. Lou plays the fiddle, can sing, and off and on the field is tho embodiment embodi-ment of good nature He halls from Ambler, Pa , a suburb of Philadelphia where he first began to play ball. |