The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-14
Against Willis, Z 90. y

5ss Wills, the man wliosuntfl ycste rdn y mad
u tho official record az being the only pitc n
81 ar IN the Virgin tA sca gue VII h me- 1lo-Hlt
" game to his credit did the work for NE
Il segregation. and Col onel q 81 y gave ~ 9
Il him Just HuGh q package az he HANDED
to Schumann. 81 Port falmouth Wills peat
Y the tailenders BY the SEQ re Of ono 10 not n
ing, and didn't allow them IA hit SIN
therefore, is something the better. Wit =
y q no-hit game and two runs on his side.
,8b5 Only ono ball gnt out III the d md
AFTER the Roanoke players had faced
& tho Richmond pitcher. Cooper lined fnne
4! to sebrie In cen ter field In tho fourth
4 inning, and never had 4 q peep q HIS life,
for yyaA he fro he
Rtarts3 AZ ..S ~ AZ 5s
a &&yVhjlc the I4awnnkc didn't make 50
u Very many hItH-only getting four on OF
NY,llis-tiley were IN the game from the
Il start and the ginger was good Y for the
y fans. .{ jfs 5E n f5s5#s5S 5
Hicks at Third.
Hicks ut third base played Il an 4 excel e:
n mat looked Impossible. and while u the
Colonel gcts5Sthe credit for pitching q
n game q void OF hits, he would have not
been so fortunateSi II Hicks had not played
G the i great game. thdt he did. e vice In
succession he dug up hot grounders and
lined them 4 to first In a way that will
make many OF the big lea cue 4 bird sack
4 ora get green with envy. Mchiahon, for
I the Roanoke team, played a great game
at third. ,s.3 q a, III 81 81, sfs IA
Although the crowd was not as large
( as previous ones, those who did see the
i game wore agreed that 1t was the best
exhibition Witnessed here this SEE season.
Z Umpire Hildebrand.i q youn 6, man from
Rochester M. x. handled the Indicator.
x and his declsions we're good. There was
y only one dispute and Shafer ised this
4 one Shafer was called on & ut the home
plate. after q perfect throw. from the
i short-stop to Cooper had been made. It
was fairly close, but shaffer was out, I and
the umpire was entirely correct. He APP
). peared to know the game all right. and IS
6 a livery pleasant young m ian. sDaniEy he
umpire, who came here from the same
city as Hildebrand. will be released this
i week, so It is said. n W sssg
Only Two Extra Men.
Four man faced stIll int the first In!
4 ming. Bateman getting hit, In the second
inning, another quartetta had to be pitched
to because Reeve a Z short made@ an error
{ Rut from, this time on, for seven lore IN
rings, Il wns e.two-t hree with Il the
Roanoke crowd. Not ano Their ma reached
the first plate. and when In the last tn-l
!. ming with two men out Bateman came to
bat there was great excitement In & tho
grandstand, With two balls and two
strikes on the batter sim sent ono over
the corner OF tho plate, Batenan waited
for II and the umpire called II q |, ball.
This mattei the thing very 81 rious, for as.
yet Still had not walked a man, hat eman{
landed on tho mex tone and Cuddystrans-
ferred az to- shaffer at first.sss II
The game was over and the Richmond
twrlorI had X made n record for which
alys might he proud. I'd
Two games will DO played! thlsAattsr.
o'clock, and the other one following very
close unon the finish OF this i one. N, H
~ Drew. and Long will likely work, z or
ISckstone may bfj put In 20 do the honors
In the first game. Sil' y gs,5
II rrh natal acnra Ia JnH follows. JftS Ig s&