The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31

IN the Ilrst inning and din't stop until
the red sun had laid the setting upon
the milk white clouds and the dairy
maids had all gone horne. In fact.
there was nothing TO suggest milk.
The lone Portsmouth rooter said so.
and what the L. p. r. says is true In
cidentaily. the l.. p. r. has switched
his attention to Petersburg of late and
yella Just as Justify for hits and outs
az he used % do when Portsmouth
was a reality
1t started. as the best chroniclers
say. in the a.st inning. Petersburg
was on the unhoky log and Richmond
was more .han to the good. In fact
Richmond and the Colts that Lawlor
has gotten together did all that was
ever expected Of them. and then put
r few extra frills on the matter Just
TO show that they were still living.
Just as was about to be divulged In
the first paragraph. 1T started in the
first inning. Burke went out on a
scratch. Then things began to hap
pen. and tne way 1t happened made
the Petersburg rooters. who were pres
ent in great numbers. weep with pain.
1t was awful. The way the Colts
cantered across the plate was thing
that the fans had not expected. and
those who were not fans hoped that
they might die.
Baker Scores.
Baker opened the ball with smart
drive to Kirkpatrick. and Kirkpatrick
failed to connect. Error for Kirk.
Then Shaw had the temerity to swing
on one that looked good. and before
the Petersburg rooters. who, as has
been said before. were there IN great
numbers could collect themselves,
Shaw was on second base and; Baker.
was lsafe in the haven that spells
home.
Then more things began to happen.
Not content with the honor and glory
OF le-bagger by Shaw, Wallace
undertook to salivate the ball, and his
undertaking was successful from every
point of view. In fact. Shaw scored.
Then Titman got into the game with
heavy swing to centre field, and,
we hate to say IL, Petersburg, Wallace
4 scored.
That, of course, was all to that first
inning, but 1t was Indicative. and in
dicative Is one of the best words in
the dictionary when describing the
game. The colts were indicative all
the way through and the way they
showed the Petersburgers how to hit a
/ pitcher was really pathetic after the
first nine hits.
,f Mr.. Welsher. as nice young man
a has been seen in Richmond in years,
undertook to pitch winning game for
Petersburg, but the undertaking
was just wee bit too strong
for him. In fact, he looked more
like pallid water liig thany
anything else before the Colts had
attended to his case. In spite OF
his nervous spurts he seemed to be
just little to the bad
'.a Reyelle Makes Two Hits.
Even after the rstinning the Colts
were not satisfied. They started to
rough house matters in the fourth,
and succeeded In making Welsher's
stock take downward plunge. Then
4 1t was that Dobson received a free
pass and waited himself to the home
4 plate on a singing hit that Revelle
managed to pull out In iaCr. fIeVel1e
was among those who stood highest In
the batting list, and pulled down two
clean hits out Of four times at the
bat. s4
In the lucky seventh" the Colts be-
gan to prance again. 1t wasn't neces-
sary. but the Colts Wanted 20 pr aas,
ed the ball with hit that Toner
could no more handle than he could a
baby hippopotamus. Reyelle was then
sacrificed to second py Burke, and pc, !. ],
come home on Bakers clout left
field.
Baker was eased about the bags by
scratches, and such until Wallace came
brought him home with the pigs feet,
That was all that Richmond did. eX-
cept to close down on the Petersburg-
ers as Petersburg does at half past
. O'Clock on the thirsty-throated
Nothing that the Cockaders could do
counted for anything. although they
did all that was in their power.
.5 Bowen scores for Petersburss
The only hutter that Petersburg
made was contaminated In the fourth
AIMING. when that lusty son OF Thor
Bowen accepted a free pass. ~ he NEXT
4 man up struck out, but klrkpatrlcks
came up strong and with q swing that
would have done credit TO the sword
OF Galahad, he put the ball Where
Wallace had no more show than &
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