The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-09
ertlnent Comment
BY GUS MALBERr


~ Talking of close pennant fights now
occupying the attention OF some thous-
hhds OF persons throughout these
United States. there is the National
: League race, which none will deny is
ABOUT as pretty as can be found in a
days travel Then there is the race
In the American League. Dropping
down about one peg. we come 10 the
Eastern League Marathon, in which
> three teams are battling for the hon
OTIS But after all Is said and done,
mas there ever been such neck-and-
neck aHair as Is now being presented
rlsht In our own little Virginia LcagutY
rave you been watching the Colts and
the Red Sox lately? If not. we hereby
commend these two teams to your az
tention.
What matter it that they are battling
Tor inverted honors? Looking through
tine wrong end of the telescope. II all
amounts TO the game thing. bottom or
lop' what's the difference? For DAYS
upon days the Colts have tried 10 out.
ih'Iip lhelr HelShbors from the country
~hero the red clay blooms In season
and out and where the tobacco bug
chanto his lay 90 the pleasing accom-
PaHiHent OF medley OF human voices
But the blasted Bugltes will not be
ousted 1t has been such n race as
makes the blood tingle. Never since
the days OF Ben Hur and his fiery s,eeds
OF INC chariot have people come to
Know what 1t Is to win almost by an
eyelaah. only to have hopes dashed to
che ground by the equally determined
rivals OF our aims. Not every city is
SO blessed in Il ball team as is Rich
hiohu' Sot every city cun boast OF
near-cellar champions. Few indeed
are The cities OF this country wherein
baseball team finds habitat that can
cry with Richmond: I'VE have missed
our goal. but We shall ever try. ara
then try little more"
There may be some who will scor
ana who VIII take lightly the consist
eht work Of the Colts. 1t is primarily
Tor these unappreciative souls that
thedc lines are being written So long
GO we can't be on top, we will-aye
we insist that we WILDE on the bot
tom NO halfway measures shall be
ours. 1t is rule or ruin, and If DAN
vine stand In our way, then woe be
unto Danville. Consider all this II
taxes as much patience and cndeayor
TO lose as 1t does TO win, and dare We
cay that our boys" have been lacking
in this endeavor? File upon We ana
another lie, and then Il couple more.
30 forget your crouch. Give praise
where praise is due. and let your voices
Ia Carton tones tell forth the news
mat nowhere elEe do ball mines lose
30 well as in Vir-no. Richmond
Now. we have arrived at wha. should
have been the starting point AS Eva
would say. we done IL again" ,ybicb
Interpreted, signifies that Lynchpurg
mas added another game to the won
column because Lynchburg played
f'chmond. The only. reason that some
other team in the league didn't add a
game in the won column is because
that team happened not TO be playing
Elchmond, which is that teams loss
stu! there Is hope. for Richmond viii
play almost all OF the teams in the
league once more before the season
closes.
a. speedwell Hanks was again
brought from his resting place TO par
ticipate in the afternoons entertain
ment. But a. Speedwell was laboring
under an illusion He evidently
thought that he was at a quilting
party from the case and grace with
which he planted the scraplets OF his
delivery There was. they do say, IA
hurricane scramble 10 get at him. HIS
Is
rowful TO relate, the willow of Lynch
burg. but not for long. Manager Cow
an let him quilt for three sections
OF the quilting, when he was sent to
minGle with the hoI poiloi, for defin!-
ton of which reference may he made
10 any standard baseball dictiona ry
Ira Hogue was his substitute, bur Ira
was longing for home and mother, md
his lapses were taken advantage OF TO
such good effect that a four-run lead
which the Colts grabbed early, was
made to evaporate In the steam which
was generated from the celebrity with
which Ira's breaklets were pounded By
stocksdale and his jimm!ehandlers
over in the news story OF the game
you will find that at the killing
Lynchburg had eight to Richmond's
four.
+ Uhlan. the champion geiding of the
year, eaualed Lou Dillon's trotling rec
ord yesterday al Cleveland, doing the
mile in two minutes fat. The fact that
the test was on q track not near as
fast as that on which the mare worked
adds to the performance OF the horse
He went to the three quarter post in
1880. and the crowd felt sure that ne
would break the record. as he has been
strongest in the stretch. But he fall
tered In the last quarter. which kept
his time down. AT any ratio il was a
notable performance. and he will lower
the mark before the present season Is
over.
The report of the game deals lightly
with the Colts. saying merely that sew
eral OF the home teams runs were made
because Richmond was outgeneraled."