The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Norfolk mt Richmond.
RonnOlSc Mt liynchburg.
Dnnvillc mt Portsmouth.

ihiserapie, unnecessary base on
balls, followed by d three Dagger that
would have done credit to the stick
of I. Roosevelt, put the crimps into
the hopes of the Richmond fans yes
terday afternoon and tied the score
into Gordian knot which tho Colts
were unable 10 unravel before the end
of the eleventh inning. At the end o:
the eleventh. Umpire Fender called he
game on account of darkness, with the
score j to 4.
Although the game was as slow as a
fat man going up a hill, il was
crammed full of plays that made the
spectators stand up and take large
portions of notice every half minute.
1t dragged along time and again UNI
I'll everything looked lovely for a
score and then Just as the runner was
calculating on that bow to the grand
stand before entering the dog house,
somebody would stab the air with a
loose looking NIT and the umpire
would sound the death kncll. Then
somebody would drop d ball that
should have been cased in ice and the
runner would so another bag.
Goose Like IInllcy's Comet.
In the first inning the goose looked
SO high to Richmond that it was less
distinct than Halley's comet is to the
jag-roller at $3.50 a. NJ. On the first
jump INTO. the pit Landsraff drew a
base on balls and, by a series of de-
clsions that looked as close as lovers
In June, wormed his way home. Baker
helped the good cause with a sacri-
flee and Just as tho fans were wonder
ing how he figured on score, Titman
slammed the ball against first base
and ii bounded back into the coachcrs
box.
The first baseman. who had mitt
stretched forth for the ball, stood,
looking like q eve lamb disappointed
in love, until Titman was safe on
the bag ana Landgrair had come nome
IN a cloud of sand. Then Bigbie drove
sweet one over second base, and
Iltman came home like delayed can
non ball.
In the very next inning Norfolk
came back with y vengeance. and land
ed on Peterson like battering ram
tagainst the walls of Syracuse After
| the second hit, which brought in two
runs, Tom Messitt, who managed the
team from the bench, called Peterson
OFF, and Nerbout went in to save tho
day. The bulls of Bashan would have
sounded like the whimpering of a sick
kitten beside Win Clarke at this stage
of the game. and that first base coach
er's box Will have to be returfed be-
fore 1t is of any use for anything
With jackson and Lowell on bases
and two men down and out, Clarke
tore the last blades of grass from the
base lines, and, tossing his sweater to
the winds, yanked Otey from the bat
ter's box, where he stood to receive
Peterson's layout. Then it happened,
He hit that ball lusty clout, as Piers,
the Plowman, would have it, and Low
ell came home with the run that
changed TIE score board signs.
Took Peterson Out.
Peterson was relieved OF the re-
sponsibilities OF his position, and re-
tired to the privacy of the kennel.
where he viewed the remainder OF the
game as pitched by Verbout. And the
fates backstood Verbout like
specified pointer in canebrake. He
sent wide outshoot to Bonner. who
caught it clearly at the end of his
bat ana started it in the general di-
lrection of the tall timber. Brown did
| a high dive, however, and pulled that
ball down, so far from the ground
that lie almost hurt himself in the
fall He made quick throw to sec
ond, and. catching Clarke off about
| nifty feet, ended the inning.
| Nothing but work happened from
l7then until the ninth inning, when Yer
| bout slipped a base on balls to Null
laney. and before the embarrassment
of such thing had passed, Murdoch
cruelty smote the ball for three
Dagger and rum
Through the tenth and eleventh in
nings the two teams walked up and
there was noJhing dong--not a thing,
And at the end of the eleventh, Umpire
Ponder, who continued boss OF the
situation from start to finish. declared
that It was far too dark to play any
LONGER,
NAMED To the finish, had not had near
enough OF tho matter when the game
was called and would have gladly re-
NAMED until the score was changed