The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23


whom have We herc8but dcnr old Nor
tdccai Bro n dressed {all in spotless
white, ns tho emblem of hope Nor
idecai going In In the ninth Inning to-
hold 'cm runlcss.s Mordccaig4 had shisi
troubles, most of them handle him by
Archer. Bender was easy, but, strunk
popped UP the sickest sort ofaasl little
pop ny right into Morde cai's mitt.
Archer forgot{tllat thereSwere nine men.
on the side, and vent after tho ball
The conse quence was that just as Nor
.decai reached UP to snag that soft one
Archer butted into him, and the ball
rolled away,
Lord TIL EN- tried to hook a fast one:
through short, but Senior Jose Tinker
Allah be good to him-crossed over,
like a freight train on a down grade,
and picking up the ball whipped IL
back to Zimmerman in time to stop.
Mr.. strunk,s mad carter.
Then came Collins again, .and
sMordecai. The lightning fast infe1derJ
worried Brownie into feeding him
he had TO hit at the last one. He
dumped a pretty one In front OF the
plate and dug out ut full speed for
first base. Brownie was after 1t when
ball hit, and, scooping 1t neatly,
he wllizzed 1t over at the Peerless
Leader SC hard that Chance was al
most knocked off his feet. That was
one time when speed was needed. for
Collins was within striking distance
OF \ the bag when Mordecai cut loose
with everything he had behind tho;
throw. Exit the crisis kid.
The ninth opened with the fighting
chance IN plain view. One run needed
to tie,two to win. Schultz was rather
N a hurry. He looked at only two of
the sam pies the Chief was vending,
and on the third ball Mr.. schultz dug
his heels into the earth and cut loose
for General Results. Murphy, out in
right nel,t, began to run when he saw
that ball leave the bat, and he ran
himself black in the face, but he never
got anywhere near 1t. 1t went for a.
double.
Holman dropped in for his wallops,
the Peerless Leader waiting for the
next turn. Artfe fouled the first ball
on an attempted hunt, and the 2. L.
picked 1T up and spit on 1T for luck.
! es, he's superstitious all right, and
In the light OF subsequent events we
wish he had begun to spit on balls
~oftener in this series.
Well. Holman dropped a bunt and
sent Schultz to third, retiring himself
VIA Davis. who tagged him heels over
head on the line.
Turn on the spotlight. The peerless
Leader is at the bat. Same ball that
ne anointed, you understand. Bender
was gbeginning to show a wild light In
his dark gazel1e-like eyes. He passed.
up a hummer on the inside, and the
Peerless Leader hoped away from the
plate, wrlnging ..ls fingers as II NOR
tally hurt. Nope, Mr.. Connolly could.
mot see 1t. He saw the ball and not
the Peerless Leaders knuckles. Come
back and cry it over again. Again the
Ch1cf unWound himself inwide, grace
ful curves. and up came a second fast
bali. This time the Peerless Leader
took a roundhouse wallop and knocked.
the ball into deep entire for a triple,
SCORING Schultz.
Noise? Demonstrations? Excitcments?
1t was a typhoon in full blast. The
game would have been over then and
there II zimmerman could have lived
up to his advance notices. Instead Of
this. he poked up a two-ring fly back
of second base. and both Barry and
collins Went after It. They jumped i
la Casey. and Collins managed to
get his glove under the ball and IL
stuck by a quick pass and Collins
was glued at third.
Steinfeldt swung at he first ball
and sent up a foul back OF third base.
Baker loped after It., saw that 1t was
going into the crowd and vent into the
crowd himself, taking that ball right
III Of The open mouths Of the Phil
adelphia delegation. In an ordinary
game that sort Of a catch would be
considered larceny from tho person,
Some Heart Dlscase.
All right. The tenth &inS,d NO 81 So~o
heart disease here. With Baker out OF
the way, DAVIS. poled a hard one into
right for a double. but again Tinker
INTERVIEWED. Murphy dashed one be-
tween second and third, Tinker spear
ed 1t on the ny and tossed 1t to stem
fe1dt, who calmly suspende ed Old MAJ
Davis n tagged him on the most
prominent portion of.his anatomy.
barry then tanned, and the beginning
o. the end was at hand, along Within
potion OF the batting forder.8Ttnke
lied to Barry. and then came Archer
with a soaking double away out into
me lett field stand. Brown slapped
n down to short, and was thrown out
at first base, and then with two man
down, Archer waiting o snthird base
and.about $4,000 slunatics Jumping p
land down!
It was lovely. Perfect strangers
Were smashing hats right and left and
getting away with it. What's hat
ANYWAY? You can always get an.
other. Up came Sheckardg3He was
mo- recognized at the time. but he was
y real hope Of the white race after
all. Mr.. Bender thoughtaearnestly5a nt
long and then he unwound himseR TO,
last time. The ball was In The
groove and sneck went aftersit as ii
ne neve respected to hit another bal
IN his whole life. Bang! Out ovel
[Bender's head went the. ball a nics
ciean single into centre geld, and Ar.
cher' throwing up both hands withss
yell. came dashing home withssthe win,
ming run.
Frieids. It vas some ball game.