The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-06
HOME PLAYERS TAKE SECOND
GAME NJ BANGING BALL
ALI OVEN LOT.
WALLACE CHIEF HERO
uE GETS FIVE HITS, INCLUDING
DOUBLE AND TRIPLE, EGAy
sNfs SULLIVAN STEAL BASES
-~BAkER's HOME Run.
RX JAY LEWIS.


BY JAY LEWIS. |
"Ies, We know IT'S something sin |
ful, shameful how we treat the Tig-
ers. But we need the games. must |
have them. Otherwise that team IN |
Norfolk---N Norfolk by the big sea wat |
er-~wiii have cinched the State lea |
que pennant long before the seasons |
ended"
Thus the fans upon the bleachers |
speak IN bidding Richmond triumph. |
Grab three games. you Richmond |
players. Win .hen all. you pennant
chasers. Twist the Tigers tails with |
JUNCTION. Twist them till they howl
IN anguish. Send them home defeat !
ed, beaten: send them back 70 laugh |
~ Ro'noke humbled. beaten to a frax-
zle. Beat them once again. you Rich |
mond."
And the Richmond players. hearing,
grid themselves once more for bat
tie In the park that borders Broad
street, In the park where they play
baseball
Twice they have defeated Ro'noRe.
Twice they're whipped them to a
FRAGILE, But the fans are after three
games, they demand the whole blAm-
Cd series. They have seen the Rich
n9nd players pelt the pill and run
the bases, roll up runs In two big
s~atfests and they will not be content
ed with a lesser. smaller number than
three games in this here series.
And that's a fact
Fans Want More
The poor old Roanoke team has
been so easy that II the home bunch
should drop n game the fans would
certainly let out yell.
And the Roanoke team 10 Just as
ikely as not to grab a game when II
II least expected. The Tigers a.e sed-
" crippled. Shaughnessy 10 doing the
best he can with patched up team
and IN not claiming a pennant Tor
them just now. But he has two or
three real ball players In his outfi.
and once they get together tho team
that beats them will have to play ball.
They have been easy for Richmond
the past two days but Saturday II an
ether day The Tigers took one from
Norfolk and they might possibly clip
one over Oh the Sullivan outfit
Gu never can tell In baseball.
Tiger pitcher might have an ex-
ceptionaily good day, the luck might
be all against Richmond and---weil
YOU never can tell
Cannot Afford To Lose.
Richmond. however, IL going after
three games from Roanoke. With
the way the Norfolk team IL travel
Ing the Suliiyanites cannot afford TO
drop any games. give them away by
careless work or through over-con-
fldence A game Lost counts iust AS
much now as 1t will toward the close
Of the season,
Norfolk appears TO be having an
easy time with the Danville team and
the Richmond fans do not care to see
their team trailing the Tars. Nobody
knows this better than Sir James Sui
hVan and he certainly is not going to
let any sentiment interfere with win
ming
sullivan nearly had heart disease
when Roanoke scored six runs In the
flrst inning Of the first game here. He
had allowed by Pierce TO have a rest
and was especially anxious TO have
him In shape. When the big pitcher
gave his great imitation OF the WILD
man from Borneo Sullivan fairly FUN
ed. However. as the home team won
he feit better and next day. which was
friday. Pierce had his revenge
Pierce Gets Square.
Pierce, in the language OF General
the bat boy, was there with the span
giles, Friday. He. had all his old
smoke. aft his old Blenders and the old
fetsAa~tSrs aE St0Tke NsOWau 9AyE.
Once in the sixth inning he appeared
ready 70 go in the air but Sullivan
steadied him. and hsskspt his fact
on terra Gotta, to borrow an expreR-
sion from the hleachers
IN that inning, Pierce struck out
the side. Vet three runs were made
= on him. chiefly through his lack or
control. To be sure he blamed the
umpire and Cook certainly made him
SNttf the nIaf4s fn rar ~
yet the big fellow did not have good
control.
Pierce has a lot 10 learn. He has
got to learn that he Is not the most
important pitcher that ever hurled a
ball and that he 10 not eight-ninths
Of the team. He may think II big
league stuff to swagger: look tough.
sptt through his teeth and bawl out
the umpire. 1t may look good to
him but in the classic phrase OF an
"id-time fan, Tt don't git him nav
thn'.'
Somebody should tip the big boy
90 cut out the conceit and play bail
Back to the Game.
But to get back to the game and
that sixth inning.
Holland struck Outline pitching.
Pressly had two strikes on him and
then damned out q two-bagger.
Shields WAS given his base through
the kindness Of Umpire Cook. Cefalu
struck out---two down.
Then DotSon was given four balls
and Pierce complained, for the bases
were now full N1ikerson was told
70 wait the pitcher out and shaugh-
nessy was doing war dance and
bowling like stage Indian on the
third base coaching lines
Going ups" said the elevator boy.
Wilkerson had TWO strikes and two
balls called. Pierce was sure one
OF them was a strike and told the
umpire SO emphatically. He even
stepped out Of the box. a. IL to appeal
to the spectators.
III that's the sort OF a deal I'm
going TO get I wont play His atti-'
3 stsF6e prscsaissfesf.l sullivan told hfm
TO 60 ahead and pitch. Meanwhile
sid Lothrop was warming up. Pierce
went back In the box, the umpire
passed Wiikerson and a run came in.
Pierce was made enough TO chew
his fingers and when Pritchard siam
med a single that brought in two runs
he was mad clean through.
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