The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Verbout Shows in Steady
Formand Danville Got
Only -Four Hits.
BUsSEY, UP IN AIR,
is AN EASY MARK
Batting Rally in Seventh Brings
In Five Runs, -Four of Which
Came Before Bussey Left
Box-Bugs Score Three
Before Colts Romp
Across.


In spite of q lead of three runs
piled up before a Richmond runner had
Gathered across the plate. the Colts
pulled themselves together yesterday
afternoon. and discardlng all gloomy
thoughts of rain and such like, landed
on young man named Bussey and
batted out enough runs TO make the
score glorious victory. The final
score was TO 3, but Bussey was
only responsible for four OF the runs.
Fffty-fve hundred fans put brace
into their hope and went to the ball
park yesterday. and 1t is safe to say
that 5000 of them rooted hard for
Richmond. Johnny shaw took Bakers
place In tho inieid. and the Baker was
called for in clarion tones to como
forth when shaw fumbled the first ball
that he got hot off the bat, but like
the missing tooth In the ipside
straight. he forgot to come. Shaw
pulled off two errors. but in the main
he played an unnoticeable game.
There with the Clean.
verbout was there with the steady
CLEAN all through the game. He did.
not strike out man during the
whole nine innings but he allowed
only two bases on balls and when 1t
came to batting them out there was
nothing TO It. only one of the four
hits inquired in the run getting. and
that was single By Vinson The other
four came at times when hits only
mean MT another man for T. Messitt to
throw out at second.
And incidentally T. Msssitt was
throwing some. Three men died on
second from sudden throws and one
expired on third victim to that re-
lentless wing. Those who predicted
that Mess.tt was gaining in the head
and losing in the arm can throw theii
wager memoranda away and make out
new sheet. for he is there.
Both Danville and the Colts played
as tight as fiddler on Saturday night
until the fourth inning. No matter
where the ball was hit some fielder
was waiting for it, and they didn't
get by for results. In the fourth. how
ever. Hooker pulled out a base on
balls. He went to second on wild
throw by Brown, combined with a
stinging clout by CASTOR. which came
within an ace OF being hit. and
came home on long fly.
Much Like Funeral.
The grandstand looked IKE q lune1-
al during the sixth inning. for 1t was
then that two runs came home fot
Danvillc, making 1t three in all. HOOK
err flied out, but Blythe let one slip
through him and CASTOR discovered
first base. Then Ninson slammed ono
out that brought the runner home. y
folders choice that didn't exactly
work put vinson safe on third and
r Il, Ill WI i
a rather bad bounce. brought Vinson
to the plate Tho decision at the
plate was as close as a safety razor
shave, but Fender said he was safe
and that was enough.
Then the Colts began to prance.
Morrissey was weakening, and without
further ado Titman struck out just
to show that 1t was all right, Lawlor
smacked out a good one, and Bigbie
brought down the house with a three
Dagger that won't deep into the uncut
orchard grass In centre field. Bigbie
never got home. but was laid upon the
retired list by a quick throw home BY
Griffin
In the meantime Griffin had lost
faith in Morrissey and had put Bussey
in his place.
Dussey the Dls Lark,
In that seventh inning Bussey was
the biggest lark that the Colts have
mad since the last game with Rich
mond College. Five clouts that would
do credit to giants We're slipped to
him, and five runs came across like
country politicians going to bar
4 becue. Nothing seemed to be able ia
stop them until Messltt finally sent
an easy one to Lloyd. who relieved
BusseY after the damage had been
done. which was nailed to first base,
Continued on Fourth raGe.D