The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
ERRORS HELP To
PILE UP TALES
Rochester Nine Walks Over,
Colts, and Game Goes
Slowly.
TOO EARLY FOR KNOCKS
Fans Discourage Local Team,
and Give Visitors Bad
Impression.

| Richmond lost to Rochester,. ali
| Eastern League club and out of the
| Colts class, Yesterday by a score OF
| II to .. Two of the local pichers--
| Peterson and Waymack---were batted
| hard and the team did not play wei!
| behind them There We're dumb plays
that helped the visitors to pile up
| runs. and there were chances foi
scores by Lawlor's men. that did not
materialize. The Richmond team did
not do itself justice, and In the prac-
tice series has shown up much better.
But the performance yesterday by
the Colts offered no excuse for the Sc
we're roasting that came from thu
spectators. and Manager Camel, of
the Rochester nine, was perfectly right
when he screamed to the bleachers
What do you expect of a team when
you don't give 1t show?" There We're
raps from every quarter When the
game went against Richmond; but
those who yelled loudest paid the
cheapest entrance fee and they dis
gusted the visitors with the whole
crowd. Manager Lawlor was selecteu
as u mark OF unjust ridicu!e. as the
appearances are that he has good
chances for n winning team, and IL his
ON u UdllluS SNcIuSC hoS ''Ni'A'i'''SNs - 4
for the games played. II would prob
ably be better than any man OH the
local nine last year.
Lawlor had one easy chance in left
field 10 get ball that resulted In a
hit, and he refused to take 1t. y Irvine
made a dumb play in tho very first in
ming when he allowed Anderson To
steal home. Landgraif ought to have
held the ball in the same inning, when
Anderson got to second. Gilligan
threw one ball away over Eligible
head. that let in two runs. Other
things happened for which the Colts
might be criticized.
Against Major LenSuers.
The Rochester team-consider it's
composed largely of men who are nos
quite good enough TO be in one or an
other of the major leagues. Some OF
those who showed against Richmond
yesterday are among the best known
players in the country. There is Can
eel, for instance. who used TO be IN
the game with Cincinnati, and Pattee
and Alperman and others, that look
remarkably good from the grandstand,
and the wonder is they are not top.
notchers. But the bleacherites roasted
the home team. and served TO get
good natured crowd down on team
that is going in to land the Virginia
League pennant.
There was no roast for Baker. at
shortstop, who took every chance that
came his way without an error No
body kicked on Landgraf. and his err
ror was excused on the strength OF his
stick work. Titman nailed dandy
past Holly for three base hit, and
Gilligan. who is out OF his position at
third base, surely didn't do anything
to deserve the roast handed out 10 the
Colts.
When the season opens and Rich
| mond is on the bottom--if she ever Is
1T will be time enough to kick: but
until then, and a least as long as the
try-outs are getting good practice. the
fans might overlook mistakes.
Visitors Earned Runs.
Until the fourth inning yesterday
Peterson did not allow the Rochester
sluggers a single hit. But he weak
ened in the fourth, and four singles
netted one run. He was batted freely
in the fifth, and in the sixth John
Waymacl< took his place. In his first
inning Waymack allowed three hits,
one a three-bagser. but in the seventh
| and eighth he was stronger, and held
his opponents. Cancels three-bas hit
was corker
richmond scored nor first run AFTER
Titman singled. stole second. went to
third after I.awlor and Bigbie walked,
and Gilllgan got one into left field for
| a safety. Gillian walked in the
| seventh, and came home on singles
| by Irvine and Waymaok. Four Of
| Rochester's six runs in the fifth were
earned. and In the sixth two OF the
| three tallies We're batted In.
The tabulated score: