The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY.
Richmond nj LynchburE.
Roanoke Mt Portsmouth.
Norfolk mt DnnNhc

Richmond nj LynchburS.
Roanoke Mt Portsmouth.
norfolk mt Dnnvihc.
cr,m, aid the work-Grifn with
an arm on him that worked iiko
rir,on of transcontinental
Griffin with bunch OF pehdcis
would have put Ty Cobb TO tne pu ,,'
and made tho grand old Honus ~
like a false alarm IN
shop Nobody in the hehn, ..a,u,,aars
vas there when the call Tor vols'i.'e
o,,,e and the cry TO save the country
n.n,t ,,nheard by the score OF 10 l.
The game started yesterday IN
ari,zIi,g rain that gent everybody ss-
cant tho players higher up IN M
bIeachera. and the weather -
oroaked dismaliy. Five innings loos
as good as old wheat 10 VI. ~.
helieycrs and when. long about IN tlo
ylfth inning. the sain stopped ana ths
.,n came within 100000 miles OF
ehin,nr tho crowd could hardly
nrcxs a cheer, even though Coiis W.
diving on every bag. and the VI
,,mphant yells of the enemSs coa1h -,
sounded like siren whtstles IN ZOE
bank
o,.s CLEAN Of light shone over The
ian,ond in the fourth and 1t was not
~. .rn either. Little King. who was
thrown into the discard hy Lynchpuls
Iast week. stepped UP in Titinans p I.
and landed on n straight ono Una.
didn't stop until 1T hit the centre heia
fence.
Even that was not enough for KING.
,c,o rran,ed to rub 1t into the bunch
ina. fo,ted him from an easy oerth.
and NTH Sharp.s wild heaVe ne
sninneds over the plate like gay ana
Joyous cfarnois.
That rim lied the score, nn. no
for long In the very next box beni l
made good on one wfnte heae'1e go
not looking and the centre heiu
h,ea cheers were the only thing In the
world that stopped II from going TO
Ashland for the weekend Behan
etopoed at third Revelle got into MS
old. time form for short while. ana
bent them so curiously that the ne *,
man up famed. He was wen on IN.
way to strike out Grimm "nen nc
tovial worthy landed unexpectedly on
good ono that not only got him &c
the first bag. but scored Behan
Reyelle tlghtened up again when Hoff'
man came up and he was fanneo. pu
the harm had been done
After the fifth inning the game
was as tight as plumber on paSoas
Not a man was allowed TO take aoEan
tage of his opportunities. and although
I.vnchburg made something that looked
mighty like fife In the sixth
Revelle and the fielders put stop I
all foolishness and no runs came.
Where He Wanted Them.
Although Revelle struck out min
men during the game, he allowed MI
for extra bags when they were ooun
to count Except for Sharp's two oas
ger in the fourth, Behan,s double
the fifth. and two clean base hits !
the sixth. that incidentally didn
amount to anything, there wasn't
chance of Lynchburg's' scoring. Grit
fin. however, had the Colts eXactl
where he wanted them all through tn
s game and there was absolutely notf
Ing doing.
Griffin not only did a bunch of wor
In the box that would have mad
Christy Mathewson change his loI
into run. but he came across Wit
two hits, one Of which changed tt
complexion of the game. That W;
when Behan had nailed one out Il
three bags and was banging to thil
waiting for help. Lucia struck o.
and the crowd stood on tiptoes wis
Ing for Griffin to do likewise. tt
Wishing didn't count for cent. al
Revelle in a moment of abstracti'
slid one squarely across the plate tn
caught Grifhns eye That was q
Behan scored on the hit and the Col
We're downed.
In the fourth box Baker misbehav
to the extent of throwing Di
Smiths easy groundeF too low +
Shaw to handle It, and Sharp was SO
on the bag when there was room a
M to spare for a putout. That thrt
and Sharp's bad throw OF KIM
three Dagger were responsible for t,
of the runs which were scored. T
other run, from Behan's drive. "
we'll earned.
The score:
Richmond.