The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05
Shuman Found Easy.


the Colts this season. He struck a
snag with them in Portsmouth. when
he was handled roughly, and he had
the same thing to contend with yes
terday.
The big fellow has tried many
leagues, including one of the big ones.
and now he is simply pie for the
Colts. 1t is likely that, IL this thing
keeps up. there will be something
doing in the Portsmouth line-up be-
fore the season is much older. and as
Owner Bland is not much stuck on
Shuman, it is not hard to guess what
is liable to happen.
With the exception of the first in
ming Cassidy was in the box for fair.
Had he gathered himself together in
the first inning. there would lave
been a, shutout for the Blandites. and
he would have been more of hero
than he turned out to be, before the
game was over. It looked bad on the
start. and the Mighty Mike looked eass
for the visitors, as he was as wild
as some of the sayings Of the Hon
orary Member" After passing four
men. and giving the opposition
chance TO score one run. and after
ShafIer had directed Long to warm up.
he settled down. and not another pass
WAS HlHueu eouL OuTluS ,tho betHle. ~
five innings 1t was one, two, three, and
never after the first inning did a man
get to second base. It was either all
out by Reeve or O'Neil. or Hinton to
the man covering second bag. There
were no double plays by the home
team, but the runners who happened
to reach first were always headed Off
before they got to the second sack.
Some Pretty Playing.
There was some pretty bau-playing by
both teams. Moss, at short for Charley
BANDS aggregation, cut out one or two
hits, and Shuman's fast work IN puilihg
down possible hits, helped to keep tho
score down to what 1t appears III the ap-
pended summary.
Had the visitors not put up so strong
an opposition there would have been
bigger score recorded. but the Truckers
are in the game for keeps all the time'
although at no time after the first inning
was there a sound like victory for then''
All they had to do was to hold down the
fast-nying Colts.
shaffers Colts had to do some things,
too. to hold their own, and the crowd or
5000 fans were kept on the verge OF
Mysteries all through the game.
Ono of the remarkable things OF the
game was the fact that tHeIe were pus
twenty-five men recorded as at pat 1or
/ tho homo team in eight innings. That
may look queer to the average ran. put
it is accounted for by tho fact that Rlch-
mond had three sacrifice hits--ohe ny
OSNeil and two by Reeve-and there vas
a pass-Iitman-in the first inning. II
was mn and out for the Colts III TOUR
innings. and there were but three men
left OH bases Thirty men are marked at
hat for Portsmouth. Nine full innings
were played by them, leaving only three
men. apparently, over the twenty-seven
mark That Is accounted for by the rae.
that four men passed in the first. and
six men We're left on bases.
How the Game Ran.
The story OF the game is SVEN mere
Warren. the first man up for the
truckers, walked Cassidy was Wild.
rhen he struck out Lawrence, the next
man at the pan. That encoulage the
fans. who got back their waning con-
udence III Cassidy.
Martin, the third man up. was also
given n walk, as Warren piifered sec
ona sack The fans again lapsed into
intense silence, and began 10 squeeze
for they felt the Mighty Mike was OUT
az sorts. Pop Shaffer felt so. too, for
he sent Cowan and Long OUT to warm
up. After the two men had heen cour-
teously handed their passes, Loos was
given comfortable berth on nrst oav'