The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-12
the COLLEG|ANS
WERE Defeated | ! J !.
.Anthony's Brownies Win From
the Petersburg
Team.
VISITORS PLAYED GOOD Ball.
Bit Errors il First Two Innings
Gave Home Boys a
Lead.
VISITORS PLAYED GOOD BAL

Albert Antnony,s Brownies, Il nine COM
posed Of the pick Of the Twin City
League players. defeated the Petersburg
Collcglana at Broad Street Park yesterday
afternoon by the score OF s TO S. Crawford
did the box work for tho Brownies and
& Williams was the tosser for the visitors
The game was not what could be prop
erly called d good one. Errors in the first
and second inning gave to the home team
about four out OF the six runs made. And
1T was likewise errors that gave Peters
burg three runs In the fifth inning. Thus
things were evened up. But Williams, the
6curyeologlst for the boys from the Cock
Eade city, should have won his game, for
he allowed but five hits Crawford per-
n1ittcd nine Of the visitors to swat the
sphere safely. At least five OF these hits,
however, were dinky ones or bunts beat
out. 4
After the second inning the visitors got
together and demonstrated very. clearly
TO the fans that they could play base
ball. For seven innings the team managed
B by Anthony couldn't squeeze man
across the rubber, and It was principally
b on illiams's account. His benders were
mysterious. q
Rose, who BY the way, has recently
been plucked from the hotbed Of Barton
Heights .ando transplanted In the Fulton
Brownies garden, opened for the locals
H pasted one to short that was SO hot
1t scorched the grass. Sharp followed
with one 10 w. Llpscomb. the short-stop
for the Collegians The ball was stopped
by Lipscomb. but 1t was held for se-
cond or so and Rose had reached the Sc
corfd sack before the sphere got there.
Both men were safe when a double play
might have been pulled OF with fast
work. Bowers sent one to deep left, and
Rose came over the plate on the return Of
the ball. Jack Anthony sent one to center
and 1t was pulled down. The ball was re-
turned and not handled at second. and
Sharp splded the rubber. Albert anthony
had q clean single and could have stretch.
ed 1t into two sacks. McLeavy called him
out for not touching first plate, and the
inning was over.
How It Happened.
ItaSwas one-two-three with the Co.'s
legians IN the opening. and Albert's boys
came back to bat. Eacho took one In
the back and walked to the initial sack
Gilmore made pretty sacrifice, advanc-
Ing the runner to second. Eacho pllfered
the third sack and Hogan got life on
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sent one out and was saved by the first
basemans error. while Eacho was coming
home And then Rose biffed one for two
sacks. Sharp sent one out to left, and
Rose. Who had gone down to third, came
homo before the ball could be returned.
-Four runs had come across and only one
hit was recorded against the visiting
twirler. 3
The Coleglans made one run in the
fourth Inning and three more in the fifth.
Williams went out to left garden and w
Lipscomb famed at three OF them. Frank
McEvoy. who had taken Elmore's place
behind the bat when Gilmore got hurt.}
didn't hold the third strike. The ball
Jumped out Of his hands and he had to
throw 1t to first. He threw It over
Anthony's head. Budd bossomed out
with a bunt and beat 1t out, He ana
Iipscomb worked the double steal racket
pretttly Green got a feder's choice, and
when the ball was sent into McEvoy's
hands TO stop the runner. McEyoy drop
ned II. Gill sent one to Hogan. who re-
turned it TO McEvoy, who again dropped
a, And thus the three runs were mad @,
each one attribute BILE to McEvoys errors.
rhe official score folloWs