The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-19

est ball player in the world. but he
sure did infuse some of that old-fash-
ion pep" into the Colts yesterday. 1t
was a fighting bunch from the drop
OF the flag. and though the whip had
to be resorted to in the inal sessions.
the men responded with a gameness
which earlier in the season would
have had the club n great deal near
er the rag. Four runs, tied in a
bunch, generally are enough to boost
the percentage column OF any club,
but that number was not enough yes
terday.
Blanks were served the Colts until
the eighth. But the round thing with
nothing In the middle should not have
been their portion. Enough hits had
been made and enough men had been
on for n comfortable lead TO have
been established. Some tank base rum
ming caused all the trouble. There are
young million IFS" which might be
inserted here to show the why OF 1t.
all. but the climax Is so fresh and so
brilliant that it would be like patting
the men with one hand and hitting
them with q brick with the other to
tell all about It. The one glaring,
bright particular thing is that the
Colts won. and won despite the ton
mage of four runs on their backs.
The peculiar part of it is that had
the game been lost Arthur Wallace,
the hardest hitting fielder in the
league. would have been to blame.
and as 1t Is he comes mighty nearly
being the fellow who won II. Ills
circuit swat in the ninth. when hope
was dying fast, tied up the game and
his double in the eighth started the
rally which made the tie possible
All in all. 1t was his big day, and he
established another league record, hav-
ing batted 1000 In two consecutive
games. Thursday he made three safe
ties in as many trips. and to-day he
topped 1t all and very nearly equaled
Keliher's record. by making five out
of five. including a homer and a dou-
BILE. 1t was his big day.
Johnny Priest. aided and abetted by
that old-time campaigner. Steve Crit
fin. also established a record by pill
fering second third and home. hav-
ing a total of four stolen bases for the
day. And when II is taken into con-
sideration that his steal of third and
home came when two strikes were on
the batter and two men down, the feat
is all the moro surprising. 1t was
simply O case of outguessing the Tars
Not a single man on the visiting team
was looking for anything so audaclous,
and that's why it went through. Steve
felt that he couldn't hit safely, so he
did the next best thing, and figuring
that Babb's crew would not be look
ing for the play. told Johnny to steal
He got away with It, and even II he
hadn't there would have been no
blame attaching. Some felt that he
was out but Henderson was on top
Of the plate and should know best.
Incidentally Priest did look good st
!irst He ia not sure Of himself yet.
hut took the throws and folded his
position as IL he was willing to stick
at that station. Fourteen chances with
not fivver is not a poor fielding
record by any means.
The whole team looked good II
looked like the champion machine it
has been touted to be all season. with
the possible exception of the way the
bases were run.
Just to show what effect one mans
work may have on the outcome OF
the game, look at walshs perform
ance. He had been prforming brill
liantly. accepting eight chances. but
he wavered too long on cowan's fly
in the eighth. and when he did throw
hit Wallace in the head, allowing m
additional run to scort and paving the
way for another. In tie sixth he came
very near letting Martins fly get away
and squeezed It only after juggling
for q while.
Baker wobbled on Kircher's nasty
grounder In the frs. and Rabh scored
! 1t is doubtful ii H. could have been
held at third even had Baker fclded
the ball Clearly.
Steve Griffin got a great hand when
| no came UP for his first try In the