The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04

he shattered hopes OF about G. 600
fans ratified on he floor Of the grand.
stand IN Bread Street Park YESTERDAY
afternoon when the Colts dropped ,,go
games TO Dauyille, putting the Bugs
where there is no longer any danger
that Roanoke will pull out OF the race
ahead Incidentally, the Colts pu. up
the rankest exhibition that has ever
been seen here. II the players had
been candidates for the Short Pump
High School nine the captain of that
team would have gone to the infant
class for material They did every
thing wrong u1at could possibly have
been done. and when the time came
for them to do something which re-
CURED human intelligence, the solid
Ivory arrow was hung over their
devoted heads. The scores were: Dan
ville 6: Richmond. 5: Danville 8 !;
Richmond, 0.
Many sideliEhts.
Although the games in themselves
were about as poor a variety of sport
rs could be found after a two-day
search. the sidelights were fine. There
was something doing every minute
from the time Jack Lawlor was tred
from the grounds for using unparila-
mentary language to the ump until
Umpire Fender called the second game.
on dCcOuHl Oh uuEkuesS..s Al isdsl 10
said darkness. but there was sneak
Ing suspicion that he was actuated by
motives of sympathy for the Colts.
and thought they had been beaten up
enough.
Among the attractions offered yes
tcrday afternoon was little exhibi-
ton of free hand profanity by Pro
fesscr Lawlor. a onc-round go between
Titman and shaw. and joint debate
IN epithetic nomenclature between an
unknown sport and Umpire Pender IN
which the umpire. in short, terse.
I hut to uhe point "few remarks, put
the unknown to the mat for the count
and called for the police.
Incidentally. so great was the inter-
est in the little go between Tltman
and shaw, which happened In the aog-s
house. That the surging multitudas
broke out the front panel OF the
randstand and laid themselves IN SER
t@ried ranks upon the green sward OF
the field. BY the time the spectators .
had recovered friends had eparatsu
1.-THE belligerents. and peace was
stored In the family.
After Pennant Blood.
peacon Morrissey started out In the
nrst pame, and Danville went after
Ypennant blood from the first llhtter
\ from the pit Rickert started thinsas
the first time he went to bat. and ne
leads the bapting order by slarhrlins
AIT drive that was absolutely 5000.
He stole second Just like ne was TAX
Stng pennies from blind man cup,
and when Castor sent an easy one o ~
intnathe diamond that was tuH oieu os
Cowan on the throw nome, ficKe g,
scored. That was the begin 2, y, ,ana
the.aend didn't come until the ninth
\ ..-I 7. nonyi11a won the EaInc
bv shaking home two TALES.
Tn the second timing things happen-
ed again that Jared the Rlchmond
fans to the core With two men out
Clayton fumbled Murray'sg sroundes
ana made that individual safe at irst.
Murray stole second. while Shaw and
Clayton We're sleeping and Cowan was
throwing badly, and when Mayberry
clouted out a single. Murray came
IN the second half Of the same In
Ming the Colts showed signs of awaken
ing iutelligence. Wallace and Bunting
went out easily and gracefully. but
one out for single Dobson sent a
rather warlp proposition TO Priest, and
Priest failed to connect With two
men on bags Cowan heard the call
{, the country was sendlng out and
! smashed a single that scored both the
runners and tied the score. But not
for long. 's3s
IS Rnked Home Two,
9 In the fourth inning Danville got TO-
gether and beginning with double
Dagger by Priest. an error. a base on
balls. and another hit by Rickert. ra,sed
home two runs that put Steve Griftin's
men exactly where he thinks they
Richmond woke up again In the
fourth Inning after Titman had &been
hit BY ( pitched n,ein ball. While MayberV
(Was no. looKlng .rl,man to ok sec ond on
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