The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-01
RICHMOND TOOK
THE FIRST GAME
Petersburg Played Well, But Couldn't.
Hit Roach.
PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM
Two Homo Runs and an Errorless
Game is the Iscason OF the Sue
cess OF the Coits-How
it Was Done.
lTY OF ENTHu slAsM

The opening of :he State LeaEue in
Richmond was suspicious. There was
good attendance and there was plenty OF
roofing and enthusiasm, and. above an.
there was 2 good game. Wnich later
was particularly true Of the Colts.
Manager Bowers men went at it, glass
arms, glass legs and all. and hit the ball
gu. for one two, three and four bases at
times when such hits counted for some-
thing.
The attendance and the game Itself
were sufficient evidence that the season
will be a successful one. and II was most
encouraging 10 the old stand-bys TO see
SO much enthusiasm in the crowd.
Rioters Row was sracei with a NUM-
Der of ladies. and some of the eld-iimers
were there with their ringing voices anS
eyer-ready word OF encouragement. Cap
tain Charlie Phillips was there, and so
rras Uncle Billy Cullingworth and Judge
Witt. and there was a big contingent
from Manchester Darktown was well
represented. and they rooted their worst
for the visitors, and the small boy with
his brass horn made plenty of noise
UNCERTAIN FOR AWHILE.
For five innings the game was uncer-
tain, for the score stood just ? 10 0.
True Petersburg was doing very little
with the stick, but the unexpected might
have happened. ct didn't happen for
Petersburg, however, but the Colts con-
tinued to make runs. getting the score
up 10 10 at the end of the sixth inning.
This made the game look a little one
sided. and Callahan wanted TO drop out,
but Captain McGuirk wouldn't let him.
and me seventh inning was begun and
ended, when the umpire called the game
on account of darkness.
Roach pitched for Richmond. and It
was an easy thing for him, apparently, to
hold down the beavy-hitting Petersburg
PLAYERS McGuirk, O.Brien, Hannigan,
Hoffman and Sanford all fell by the way
side, with one little hit to centre field
between them, Hoffman getting that.
While the game would appear from the
score 10 have been a one-sided affair,
such was not fact The Petersburg
players put up good ball. and they exc
cute5 a number of good plays. The trou-
BILE waS that the Colts got on to Gala
hans curves and hit the ball good and
hard two or three times.
HOW THEY PLAYED
Barley Kain is as fast as ever, and
covers all the ground in his territory
with ease, while Harry Berte caught the
crowd with his same old style and quick
judgment. The new players made friends
quickly Gilligan is a fast one. and will
become a favorite. He plays in the out
field, but he works like Eiberfeid did
and is a good coacher. Tannehill has
plenty Of style. and is as quick as you
make them, with a good hitting eye.
Stouch is fne-looking fellow, and in the
game got everything that came his way,
and Drauby allowed himself lots of ter
ritory at first base. Roach and Kelly.
as the battery, did good work, and if the
other pitchers on the staff show up as
well as did Roach they will be doing well.
Richmond's first run was made in the
second inning. Drauby walked on balls
and caught third on a bad throw down of
Hunt, and scored on Berte's hit. The
next run was made by Tannehill in the
fourth. IIe hit the ball out for three
bases. and came in on a play between
bases when a successful effort was being
made TO catch Sutch at second.
In the sixth inning four runs were
made, three Of them clean. As a starter
Eillgan hit for TWO bases, and Went to
third on a put-out at first, and then
scored on Drauby's great hit out in deep
centre for a homer. Sutch was hit with
a pitched ball on the arm. He stole
second, and went to third on a bad
throw down by Callahan, and ti1en
scored on Berte's home run. Kelly fol-
lowed by making a two-bagser, but
Roach died at first and the inning closed.
Nobody got further than first base for
Petersburg. In the first inning Hoffman
got hit with pitched bali. but he got
no further than the initial bag, for
three other men got out without giving
him chance. Hoffman made a hit, the
only one. in the fourth inning. but perish
ed In a double play. In the fifth oBrien
was hit With a pitched ball, but he also
died in double. That ended it, and the
score follows:
RICHMOND.
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