The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-07-28
BASE BALL
Notes and Gossip
How They Stand.
Details TO the Greatest Struggle
Of the Year Between Rich
mond and Winchester
For First Place in
Base Ball Race.

Richmond went to Winchester Tues
day, July 20, with only ten poins-a
half game-separatng her from Win
chester, the latter having to win that
afternoons game to place the Clark
county hustlers in first place, from
which our gallant lads had not been
displaced since the season opened.
Winchester people were all excite
ment and confident of putting us in
second place. Their best hitter, Ellis,
was out ofthe game with split thumb,
but on the other hand our leading
batters went into the game crippled
Dawson witt a lacerated head and ear
received by pitched ball from Lex
ington pitcher, Robbins, two days be-
fore; and Whitaker with a weak an
kle. Also our Captain Grohe, was in
Cincinnati. With these inequalities,
we entered the game, and the story Of
ienouement is worthy of historic
It cord. considering the great import
ance of its bearing upon the Blue
Grass Base ball situation, and with all
eyes strained upon the two leading
teams.
Winchester selected their great pitch
er, Toney, to oppose our pitcher, Com
stock, the young man who had display
ed before his ability to puzzle our
rivals. Thus the game began with
Richmond at the bat.
Maloney hit the first ball pitched by
Toney and went out 2nd to LIST. Bard
smashed our first safe hit over short,
and Whittaker's grounder to short
forced Baird out at End Dawson hit
four fouls aud struck out.
For Winchester Steele grounded out
to Dawson at LIST; Goosetree famed,
and Barney flied to Hall in right.
Second inning-Our catcher, Thoss,
flied to Schmidt in left; Tilford hit safe
pas: Sd, our second hit; Welch ad-
vanced Tilford on bunt, which Toney
threw too wild to first; Hall flied to
Schmidt in left. Comstock to Toney
aud out at 1st, leaving Tilford and
WEIGH on base.
For Winchester, Campbell grounded |
to Tilford, out by Dawson at list.
Schmidt to WEIGH and Sawyer, and |
both out to Dawson at LIST. All like |
clock work.
Third inniDg-MaIoney to Sawyer
out at LIST. Baird flied to Reed in CEN
ter; Whitaker made our third safe hit
into right; advanced to I'd on Dawson's
hit on the wrist by Toney; bat both
left by Thoss' foul fly to left bleachers,
good catch by Schmidt.
For Winchester, Reed got Winches
ter's LIST hit over I'd. after two strikes;
Horn to Tilford, out to Dawson; Toney
grounded to Welch at Sd out to DAw
son; Reed reaching I'D, where he
died On strike out OF Steele.
Fourth Inning -TlIford makes his I'd
hIt, the fourth for us, past &c base,
reached % ION Welch's bunt, which
catcher, Horn threw wild to Isl; COM
stock famed; and here is where the
balloon went up -Our center fielder,
Maloney, hit a hot one to Goosetrse at
81, and latter could have touched out
Tilford running to base, but throwing
wild over lst both TIlford and Welch
raced home with two scores-the only
ones made by either side during the
game. Moloney left at I'd on Baird's
high fly to Schmidt in left.
Goosetree, for Winchester, hit safe
over I'd, their second hit OF game; Bar
ney hit grounder to Tilford. which |
he schooped, and doubled out Goose
tree and Barney; Campbell then made
their third hit over short; left on base
by Schmidl's fly TO Maloney in center
Fifth Inning Whitaker fiild to
Sawyer at short; Dawson made his I'd
hit of first ball pitched. oyer short. our
fifth hit; Thoss got our sixth hit over
short; but Tiiiord fouled to catcher
Horn. and WEIGH struck ont. leaving
Dawson and Thoss on bases, after
Dawson had stolen Sd on Goosetree's
failure to bold Horn's throw lron
home.
EOs Winchester, sawyer struck out;