The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-08
BY r. o. BONNEVILLE,

BY T. o. BONNEVILLE.
The Colts go 10 Petersburg Monday
tie first game of their series with the
Coolers. The Petersburg club is go
ing strong now and II is expected that
the series VIII be particularly inter
esting.
The Colts leave on the / O'Clock car
for the home of the Coolers and the
game win begin at 4: 80 o'clock. Nor
rfsscy has returned after visit to his
wife, who IL Ill in another city, and
VIII be on the mound for the Colts
CoWaa viii be at the receiving end.
1t Is expected that large number
of Richmond fans will go over To see
the first game and there will doubtless
be number present at every game of
the series The road 90 Petersburg Is
now in good condition and nany will
go over In machines.
DR.. Matthews, the club physician,
would not give his consent for Baker
10 get in the present series in Peters
burg. The physician declares that his
patient Is yet too weak tn undertake
TO play and that TO do So might result
seriously.
He states. however. that the little
shortstop viii be able to get in Thurs
days game here and that he will be
none the worse for his severe attack
of appendicitis In Lynchburg We'd
nesday night. Baker is feeling well
now. but is still sore and weak He
says that he win be glad to get back
in the game again.
Considerable dissatisfaction prevails
locally over the second game played
on Saturday. IL is claimed that 1t was
too dark 10 play baseball after the sew
enth inning and that Umpire Wester-
welt should have called the game.
1t is certain that had it not been so
dark the Bugs would not have scored
u run In the inning When Murray
drove the ball at Ezekiel the youngster
could not see 1t until IL was upon him
and the best he could do was Ia block
IL, allowing the runner To land safe at
first when he would have been an
easy out This would have left the
score n tie. as Titman could easily
have captured Suilivan's drive could
he have seen the ball. When the bat
cracked the right fielder could not see
the bail for the top of the grandstand
in the background. He was thus un
able to judge IL and had no chance To
make catch. This would have made
the third out and lett Griffin on second
tied.
= 1t 10 claimed that Umpire Wester-
Welt WAS angry on account OF hav-
ing to work the last game. Both the
arbiter and Griffin asked that the Sec
ond game be called of, but the local
management could not agree 10 send
the people home when they had paid
To see "a double header. They insisted
that the game be played.
Those interested I'm the Colts claim
tina. +is.--sTt,tt-- continued rfIg game
until the end when he knew that IL
should have been called in the sixth
or seventh.
No blame attached to Ezekiel for
the loss OF the second game. though Ii
was his failure TO handle Mnrray's
drive that gave the Bugs the run
The best of players make errors and
anyone might have done so in Eze-
kiefs place. Yet II was SO dark that
the youngster could not see the ball
in time to make play ana he is
entirely exonerated oil blame. Man
ager Lawlor stated Monday that he
had no fault 10 find with Ezekiel and
that he could not be blamed for the
error.
Lawlor is we'll pleased with the
work of the local boy and he will con-
tinne in the position until the return
of Baker. Ezekiel will leave with the
squad Tor Petersburg Monday,
Manager Lawlor has not yet been
able to get in the coaching box TO
direct the play of the Colts but hopes
TO do so soon. The trouble is that
the manager has no uniform to wear
since they are all in use.
As soon as Baker gets back In the
game and some of the surplus players
are disposed OF he will don one OF the
spare uniforms and take up the
active work of coaching from the box
as does Steve Griffin and the other
managers of the clubs.
Sullivan's capture OF Verbouts
drive in the twelfth inning of the first
game was one OF the greatest plays
ever seen on the local diamond. prob
ably the greatest. 1t is the famous
play of Ty Cobb and there are few
outfelders who can turn the trick with
success.
Sullivan could not reach the bill
ON the run and Owed headlong with
his hand outstretched In the grass.
luckily the ball fell directly in the
glove. The play cut of the run as
Rickert was not backing Sullivan up
and with the center fielding lying on
the ground Verbout could have made
the circuit before the ball could be
felded.
Johnny Verbout has recovered from
his recent indisposition and his twirl-
Ing Saturday was of a class that will
support. The Colts gave great sup
port. only two errors being charged
against them. One OF these was
muffed foul by Bunting that pro-
longed Schrader's time at bat. after
which he got a single. The other
was made by Ezekiel who made a
bad peg to first.
The visitors had only one error and
this had something to do with the
result. Murray made q bad peg to
first following Titman.s third strike
In the thirteenth. Shaw went to third
End scored on Bunting's single q mo-
ment later.
A fortunate occurrance saved the
Colts from defeat In the twelfth.
Sullivan was on frst and Gastons
sharp single hit him on the foot as
he was GONG to second. He could
hAss made third easily and would
have scoTsd On 6chrader's single that
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