The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17

o. gentle reader, can the quiz, cut
8 out the embarrassing search after de-
4 tails and Just weep The day was fair.
1.-THE crowd was prepared for jump into
second place. and In the classic Eng
llish OF Hookworm Hungerpillar, .'the
surf were rolling high; but 1t Was no
/ use Those graceless pirates from
Roanoke completed their raid. and tho
leffort on the part OF the Colts to jump
5nnto second place In the percentage
column was complete. absolute and
total loss. The Highlanders ptped
their pibrochs, clou;ed out a few safe
tiles and absorbed both games OF the
double header by the scores OF : to .
and 3 to l.
There was steely CLINT In the eye
,of one Judge Pshaw Hennessy when
first game, Pshsw was after blood
and It didn't take the Colts half
minute TO discover that the red cor
tpuscies he sought were hidden in their
hides. Then the word was given and
the Highlanders began to take those
same hides of. In fact, and 1t is a
smournful fact. the Highlanders became
tired OF walking soon after the game
began, and the Colts were used as rid.
ing horses. and the way those High.
flanders rode would have made Buce.
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Began Right in First.
To be perfectly frank with the good
old general public, the carnage began
in the very first inning of the very
first game. The tide was sternmed and
the surf pushed back in that inning,
but there was every evidence to show,
even at that stage. that there would
be a killing and that the Colts wouldn't
be tried for murder. In the second the
Colts kept their strangle hold on the
tide. and again the Highlanders were
retired. dlscomfited So on until the
fifth inning, when the flood gates were
let loose and Jack Nerbout rode on the
first tidal wave.
The snow white mountain goat that
has been attached to Yerbout. and
which he has hitherto proudly called
his own. was attached, secured, cap
ltured and otherwise annexed by the
-pearanc. It went and there was
nothing to fill Its place.
In the fatal fifth Verbout started his
ascent into the upper blue with the
donation OF a free pass to PRESLEY.
Then Newton stabbed an inshoot to its
very vitals and PRESLEY moved up a
peg. with Newton as save as church
warden on first. That put Nerbout in
the hole somewhat, with a slight furry
ITO his composure but the Highlanders
were not satisfied. Andrada came for
ward with q heavy stick and placed a
ball In deep centre field9on a dead line
SO that nobody was present to receive
1t, and then the scores began to romp
home.
More and More Flurrted.
flurried and finally witt graceful
Shaughnessy and Holland, one OF
which forced In a run. Then Spratt
smacked an impertinent ball in the
face and almost broke UP the game
with the fourth tally In one inning.
Finally Schmidt consented to hit a
ball where Baker could get II, and
the side retired with 1our runs in
one inning.
In Nthe eighth inning the pibrochs
sounded again, and to the music 81
their wailings three more tallies came
across to put the modification of the
Colts enough above par to make the
opponents feel properly. VeThout was
as easy in that box as q newspaper
riddle. and he didn't seem to be able
to make himself hard to guess. Moth
ing in the world but the grace OF
Providence and some fast heldlhg pc
hind him put the Roanokers out as
quickly as they were.
Hollanh was the discrepancies IN this
inning. He stepped forward with
neatly placed swat TO centre field
Spratt came next with another swat
that carried Holland to third, Schmidt
& drew a base on balls and Holland
came home on Pressley's iielder'
choice that didn't make good az the
home plate. Newton clouted the pal
for a safety. which scored Spratt, and
4 Powell sent a sacrifice fly to Burke
which was absolutely good fol
Schmidt's score 1t was awful
In the meantime the Colts, witt
great eclat and much poise and sayolr
{ raire, managed to dig up two, hits
Ehe spaces on i he SCORE board between
4 the hits We're too far apart TO- make
any one think that they We're twins
pr even half others. and the work
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