The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-22
VIRGINIA LEAGUE

With every box filled with glitter
ing. cleaning baseball and 1000 root
ers sitting on the edge of the knife
waiting for something to drop. the
Colts fossed about the diamond yes
terday for twelve mortal innings with
but single run to grace each score
board. They would have been play
ing yet. no doubt, but the Old Sea Dog.
with weather eye for squalls. called
the game at the close of the twelfth.
Throughout the three extra innings
II took all the careful piiotage in the
world to keep the men on the teams
apart. and the Bugs away from Boo
Pender. Not that Fender was far off.
he was forty-two points nearer the
North star yesterday than he was the
day before. but he carried chip on
his shoulder. and Steve Griffin had to
call on his reserve force of self-con-
troll to keep away.
squally Sea Running.
Another squally sea began to run
in the eleventh inning when Titman
got as far as third safely. on base
on balls. and tried to steal home.
Hanks was looking and SO was Laugh
lin, but Messitt at the bat was not.
Tttman came in like the Cannon Ball
half an hour late and upset Laughlin
and Messitt beyond the hope of
Strengthening out. Incidentally. Laugh
lin tagged him as he plowed home.
Laughlin thought that Titman was
trying to wipe him off the earth and
resented 1t. Titman thought that he
was safo and resented being the prin-
cipaly in funeral procession. They
started to mix. but were parted, and
from that time on they couldn't meet
without their hackles coming out on
top.
The game started we'll. was good in
the middle. and ended in a blaze of
glory. Hanks and ycrbout kept the
hits where they would do the least
good. and although Danville picked up
eight hits from verbout. they came
when the gate was closed that led to
home.
Griffin'x Strategy.
In the ninth inning Griffin pulled
off a piece of strategy that was really
a classic. The srandstand did not like
it worth a cent. but 1t brought the oats
home. and 1t would seem that that is
what the manager is for. 1t so hap
pened that Landgraff had been pre-
scented with a free. pass and was ad-
vanced by outs to third base. Wallace
came to bat. and Griffin called a con-
sultation between himself Laughlin
and Hanks. Wallace was passed. Then
came Messitt, and without trying to
come anywhere near the home plato,
Hanks waited four over that were as
good for first base as Mary Ann was
for the party.
Then Griffin's headwork showed, for
every heavy hitter that Richmond pos
Eesses was in the field and there was
no one to take Verbout's place. YER
bout having made a hit in the third
inning, 1t was a thousand to one shot
that he wouldn't do 1t again until the
latter part of June. Verbout famed,
and Richmond's glittering chance to
win that particular game was gone.
Run on Interference.
Richmond's one run came as q
rather shady transaction, but as the 1
umpire couldn't seeit the transaction
stood. n I4andgraff had pulled his frstI
base on balls and had got to third
without serious diff1culty, but therel
had stopped Irvine sent an easy
chance to CASTOR. who handled 1t to
Schrader. Whether Intentionally or
motifs Impossible to say. but Irvine
ran into Schrader before he could
throw the ball. and Landgraff came
homo like a shot. Schrader put UP an
awful kick and the Bugs swarmed
into blne uldIIlpIlu ike peeS, pul tGcHQeFI
didn't see 1t and the run stood,
Danville's rim came in the fifth.
when Rickert singled Vent to second
on an out. and came home on Schra-
ders hit to centre field,
Hakcr Does Star Work,
After that run both teams settled
like mercury in a test tube. Little
Baker buzzed about like a crazy hor-
net. and the way. halls stuck to his
hands surprised the Oldest inliabitant
and oven he admitted that Baker
played almost as we'll as some of the I
dead ones did info. Landgraff was
there every time he was called on,
and Shaw and Yerbout handled some
hot ones that might have brought sds-
feat. Only two errors came ITO daubil
The game, one OF which was when
Nerbout. In attempting To put Gaston
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