The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
VIRGINIA. STATE LEAG UE
Results Yesterday,
stan ding Of tho Clubs. b
Games TO- Morrow.
Richmond at Danville (two games),
Roanoke at portsmouth,,
NJ &e 88si Norfolk at Lynchbur9
Three.Bagger-..

Both games went to the Lawmakers
yesterday by the scores OF s to 4 and
8 to 2. Try hard as they could, the
Truckers could not win the first game,
and In the Second game they had the
sulks, letting the Lawmakers make as
many runs al. they pleased. Y,
I. The first game was OF tho thrilling
variety, that made the fans leap to
their feet and throw their hats away.
Hard as Grifnn's Truckers played, they
couldn't VIM. for Lipe's lively Law
makers were always able to go them en-
one better
The grand flnale--it came In tho
tenth act-was the most liant, dar-
ling and death-defying ever pulled s Z. OF
by these two combined shows In tn 3
Broad Street Park arena. II resulted
In score of 5 to 4 in favor OF Rich
mond. and to- Signor Sandy Sandherr
belongs the crown Of olive branches.
Instead he got q ihatfull OF money.
The luck. which seems to. pc nearly
always awaiting Lipe's lads IN the
seventh round. did not fail them yes
terday. and In that inning they tied
the score, 9 to q. Then came that
tenth and deciding frame. Wall died
at first, but Breenan worked his way
to the initial sack on balls. Billet Sc
lected a likely weapon from tho pile OF
sticks, and proceeded to slash
screamer to Titman's plot for three &c
bases, scoring Breenan. Lines fumple
OF schrader's grounder scored bll icy.
Gnadlnger singled. but .Guihee e, WAS wv. >
thrown out at first by Dutch. I ne g
TRUCKERS thought they had the game
cinched. and Rugged each other Wit d
Joy.
Fans Lose Hope.
ht,r, n rOn I e
shoulders of tho fans, as they did not
know what was coming to them. for
the Lawmakers, Heffron was Tagged al
first, and Lipe ikewlse. Gniheen's bad
throw put Kanzler safe on fri and q
small boy who had climbed the fence
had tho presumption to shout. Stln-
son followed ,wfthsa single to left fe i
advancing KAnzler to second, ana AZ
Least hundred of the s. 900 voiced q
fee BILE cheer =,
1t seemed ages before Sandherr Sc :
1ected the stick he wanted, but finally
he stepped to the rubber and assumed
4 determined attitude. Vail shot one
over. ~ .strike one" said Byron. Vail va y
al a another one over. Stri--.s y e
lsumnire never completed the word. Tor
! an3lexplosion broke 1t short Pande-
moni,m reigned Such an ear-splittlng
roar went up from grandstand and
}bleachers that the Go !els W.
condensed into rain, and be fore Sa ndys.
Icould draw up at third 1t was raining ain.
Ito beat the band. The horsehi ! NAG :,
tsned to deep centre, and Kanzler e an g
Stinsons had crossed the rubber, tying slIs
1.-THE score. g.
The game was called for a few min n
isutes until the sun came out. again
and then Griffin fumbled ~ tm nan :
,grounder. which allowed sandh err y
tally and win the game.
Both Revelle and Vail were MT n az
at times, but their work was9c +
In the lucky seventh Revelle struc <, out g,
three batters in a row. Schrade e'r $
clean three Dagger to sleft OF centre
and Gnadinger's sacrifice to. centre
gave Portsmouth one run In the second 9
frame. IA After two We're out In the the
sixth. Griffin singled, stole secornd, az 70
came home on Messittss bad q throw g
first . III IS g ,sE ~ I. X,
. with two out In Richmond $ hall o.
This inning, Sandherrs singl led, stole sec s.,
ond. and came home on ii tman's single
a the seventh Messitt sluggeSd q TWO,
In ger to cen ire, was critlced to- SECOND
by s evelle, and scored as ZIG ffronf3 wa !" $
nut out at first. The score :as d
Richmond.
81 Z q, I'd. Alb. r.. H. o. "A. r.