The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-03

BY n. ID. BONNEVILLE.

BY 4. u. BONNEVILLE.
Tuesday was fatal day for the
Colts, in that their defeat by the
Shoemakers, while the Tars captured
a doubie-header from the Champs.
put them In the position next TO the
cellar, and they are not many points
above the cellar champions at this
time.
With wonderful burst of speed the
Tars have become a factor in the
race, and IL would not be much of a
surprise not to see Clarke's bunch
keep on elm bling and displa~e some
of the clubs that have been near the
top all season.
The Colts will have to do something
soon IL they expect to finish in
good position. With the pitchers in
the last position. they are indeed in
a poor predicament. One fortunate
circumstance, however, Is that the
locals are hitting the ball now at a
better clip than at any other time
this season. Ii the twirters are able
to get back in shape the club may
Yet stand a chance of getting up in
the column.
Something was wrong with the
Champs Tuesday. and had their line
up been complete 1t In doubtful IL the
Tars would have walked away with
both games. PRESLEY is one of the
surest batters with the Champs and
he played only two innings Of the
first game. His place was taken by
Shaughnessy. who finished the first
game and played all OF the second
on first base.
In the first game Doane was Jgt
in right field and in the second game
schmidt played the position. Fisher
caught the second game, and had
Schmidt been behind the plate the
game might have gone differently
The Champs twiriers did MT show
had form, and but tor the mix-up in
the team things might have gone Diff
ferentiy
The Bugs seem to nave gotten back
in their stride though their Two last
victories may be a sudden flash OF
form that will not continue. 1t looks,
though, as IL Griffin has succeeded in
whipping the club into shape again,
and they have agai nbegun strong
tight for the flag,
new catcher has been signed UP.
and he viii, In "A way. make up for
the absence OF Joe Laughlin, who
was the mainstay of the club and the
real cause OF their great showing this
season. The way the Bugs handled
the two best twiriers of the Coolers
shows that they have not lost their
batting eye, and this being the case.
they still have good chance OF
maintaining their position In the lead.
Johnny Shaw had his batting eye
Tuesday and found the Shoemaker's
pitchers for three singles four times
up Shaw does not seem 10 like his
position at second base. but he played
IT very well after having played at
third for so long a time. Landgrafr
has not been missed to any great ex-
tent, since he never pulled OF any
sensational plays at second. and his
hitting was SO weak that there has
been no scarcity of long hits since
his release.
Shaw handles the position satisfac-
torily, and while the pony infield OF
the Colts was broken up with the ad-
vent of Dobson and Bunting, the po-
sitions are all in better hands now
than at any other time this season.
The news that yesterdays game
was lost through q wild throw by
Dobson comes as somewhat of q sur
prise. but there are few players who
do not make costly errors at times
The first sacker surely has a good
arm, and ii is doubtless a fact that
he had but little time TO make the
throw and that at least one runner
would have sored had he delayed long
enough to make perfect peg
IT seems that Dobson has the bet
ter of Bunting with the stick while
on the road and that Bunting leads in
the games at home. Both are hitting
at good clip. however. and have
every day proven their value to the
club. Dobson scored one run Tues
day and was robbed of another when
Leavy made a sensational catch OF
his drive that should have counted
for O homer.
wallace had an off day with the
stick Tuesday, and had the heavy hit
ting center fielder been been hitting
as usual, the game would doubtless
have gone to the Colts.
The center gardner. while probably
the hest hitter with the club. cannot
always be counted upon to cIout the
ball. On hts good days he 10 the ter
ror Of opposing pitchers. but at other
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out on fouls and easy inheld chances
Wallace went up four times Tuesday
and got not a thing that was of any
assistance In getting runs.
The Shoemakers are fortunate in
getting the fret two games OF the
series from the Colts. The local team
II stronger now than at any other
time this year. and II was expected
that they would have an easy time
defeating the Shoemakers on this trip.
Things have broken badly for them,
however. and both games have been
lost through hard luck. UnntnsM Of
the twirlers and coetly errors at criti-
cal times have been tho cause OF the
defeats and these vera things not
looked for.
: In the last game Of the series. on
Wednesday, Revalle will be in the
box for the Colts, and unless tina vet
eran has an on day. the HhosmAksrs
are slated for defeat. With Rsvelis
going at his best the Lynchburgers
will have hard time winning out
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