The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
Bankers Lose
To Battle Axes
American Security and Trust Team Beaten in
Richmond to in Championship Came
Baltimore Boys Win.
By C. w. SWAN.

Richmond, Va, Sept 9.-Before the
largest crowd that ever attended an ANA
teur ball game in the city of Richmond,
the Battle Axe team was returned the
victor over the American Security and
Trust Company aggregation in the sec
ond double-header in the Intercity
League by 1 to o. Both teams played
great ball, but the, Richmond club had
the best pitching, and that was what
won the game. Strain, who served them
over, pitched a ten-inning game yester-
day for the Richmond team of the Vir-
ginia League, beating Petersburg, the
pennant winners, in the tenth inning.
He came back to-day and allowed the
Bankers but three scattered hits, famed
seven and walked one.
This practically puts the Bankers out
Of the race. as Richmond and Washing
ton will both have to beat Baltimore to
even cause a tie. Chris Feinle opposed
the Richmond hurler. and pitched the
kind of ball that will win almost any
game. But the work of Strain was too
big handicap. While F'einle was touch
ed for ten hits, five Of them were infeld
taps that had the bases been cleared
would have been easy outs.
Feinle in Form.
Up to the fourth inning the Battle Axe
team was helpless before Feinle. only
one man getting on the sacks, but in that
session they showed a runner as far as
second and put one on first Then
Feinle frightened up and famed Dowden
and Bowers.
1t was one of the best games of ball
the writer has ever witnessed, not ex-
cluding the big league show. and the
fans of the Virginia capital Were liberal
NITffh NhaN Nlofr 90, FN.
ture play came up. In the third inning
Basil BoyEin came tearing in and
grabbed Rady's drive off his shoe tops
Again, in the third, Boykin caught a
long fly of the bat of Strain that looked
good for a doLble. The center fielder
also poked out one Of the three hits
made by the Bankers.
Davis, Riddle and Hayes put up good
games, the air-tight work Of the infeld
in the seventh inning. when the Battle.
Axe team made four straight singles and
failed to score, being of the highest or
der.
Not only did Marty West peg to the
sacks n great style, but his all-around
receiving was fine In the seventh he
shot the ball to Riddle with three on
the sacks, catching Strain. mapping and
retiring the side runless after four safe
ties had been made.
The Bankers started on in the best
style possible. Macdonald. the first man
up, singled through third and stranded
on first. Mike promptly stole second,
and he died there, as the next three
men were easy outs. The Battle Axe team
went out in order in the first.
The Richmond champions got men on
first in the second and third, but they
died there. as the necessary hit was
not Forthcoming. 1t looked bad for the
Bankers in the fourth, but with two
on the sacks Feinle frightened up and
famed Dowden and Bowers.
Strain Too Much for Bankers.
In the sixth the Bankers had a good
chance, but Strain put them down after
Feinle' had singled and had been sacri-
feed to second, Hayes going out on
an infeld tap and Riddle whiting ~
three. 81
The real hot time came in the
seventh. Dowden, the first man up,
singled and stole second. Hay dropped
a little teaser down the third base line
and beat the throw to first. Schmidt
drove the ball to center field and Dow
den tried to score. He was nipped at
the plate on a great throw home bt
Boykin. Strain hit to Hayes, and Haf
was thrown out at the plate Strain
then strolled Off first and he was picked
of the bag by beautiful peg by West
In the eighth the only run of the gains
crossed the plate. After two were out
]. Boehling singled and Dowden fol-
lowed with a single to center. Dowden
then dropped the ball back of first base
and Boehling crossed the pan with the
run that won the game.
In the Bankers half Of the inning
Boykin singled to left, and West bmted
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