The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-02
Pertinent Comment
BY GUS MALBERr.

fielding average. Even staid jack An
thony bungled one, and Heinte lug
sled couple. though there is some
excuse Tor him. because he is suffer
ing from swollen hand
Rlchmond's defea; Is not at all at
tributable TO the run made in the tenth.
Inc game was turned in the third. md
Dobson is responsible. What was on
MS mind is not known. but he GER
tain!y managed to break into the mar
Die business with all fours, and he IS
one player not usually guilty of this
fault. He is hereby excused. but how
1t happened follows: Baker let sim
mons get ON by not handling his
chance Spencer sacrificed aud was
ou'. out nobody covering third. Sim
mons took the opportunity and started
Tor the bag. Baker was going back
all the time. and Dobson. forgetting
himself. heavcd at the bag, the ball
rolling 10 left held and Simmons walk
ing home After that there was moth
ing TO II. The Colts. including Hanks.
lost heart, and even a gift Offering was
not acceptable.
Hanks was in good shape and was
going along tamously until that mis-
helped some by missing quite q num-
Der which split the pan and absolutely
refusing to give the corners. After
the boy was in the hole there was
nothing to do but groove. and when
they came over. slam. bang-the Goob-
ers hit it to all corners of the lot.
Maths made his first home run for
a long time. and 1t was in the lot. But
the ball was hit hard and SO far
that he had an easy time making the
circuit.
Cowan hit to Hannifan in the second.
and the pitcher detected the ball with
his bare hand. The Official scorer
gives him an error. but II that smash
wasn't good for a hit in any league.
then hit has never been made.
McCabe seems to be getting into the
habit OF miSjudginG fly balls In order
to make his catch effective. In the
third an easy chance from Booze was
made into a grandstand affair because
Nc didn't judge it properly. He caught
the ball. but some OF theee days he
will miss one like that. and then havoc
!, will reign.
In that same third Busch hit a foul
for either Covan or Dobson. The bail
was high in the air. and both had time
to reach il. In fact, both did reach
1t, but no one advised which one should
take the chance. and so the ball
dropped harmless!y to the ground.
After that he hit to left scoring Han
nifan.
Baker is credited with an error for
missing simmons foul in the fourth.
He had an easy chance and mufted the
ball after 1t was caught.
Martin made a nice catch of Cowan's
throw to get Laughlin in the fifth. The
ball was thrown wide. but the short
stop grabbed 1t with one hand and,
completing the swing. caught Joe sew
eral feet from the bag.
Richmonds run in the fifth resulted
when Maths hit to Hannifan, who
threw to Simmons to get Martin. Sim
mons let the throw get away and Mar
tin crossed.
The two made by Richmond In the
seventh were also lucky. Three were
on. and Maths hit again to Simmons.
He felded the ball clean and threw
to Howedell to get Martin Jack hit
the dirt, and his spikes must have
touched Howedell for the ball was
knocked from his hands and rolled
into left field. McCabe and Wallace
scoring. Where Simmons made his mis-
take was In not taking the play at
first, where he had Maths by yards.
McCabe made pretty running catch
Of Anthony's fly ball in the seventh,
picking 1t from his shoetops
Hamilton saved the day FOR Peters
burg. Fhere is no doubt had Hannifan
remained in the box he would have
lost. Things went different after he
got TO the bench. AT that he made
three hits out of as many tries
Baker, Martin and MATHS each got
two apiece
Cobb, in the game with the Ath-
letics yesterday. made single, a
triple and home run out of three
times up: scored three runs and stole
two bases, and retired at the end Of
the NTH because he was sick. Wonder
what that fellow would have done If
he had been well7