The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-08
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Richmond, 81 Norfolk, 1.
Dnnvillc, L.; LEnchburE, S.
Roanoke, 3; Petersburg, :.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Norfolk at Richmond.
Lynchburg mt DnnvilIc.
Petersburg Mt Roanoke.
BY GUS MALBERT.

SDdIlle Ea6p sal the sun Smell
tered place set aside for the visiting
baseball club yesterday and smiled
a look OF scorn spread over his usual
~ placid features as lie glanced az the
bench whereon King George and his
worthless were seated. For Charles
Babb had decided to send his mightiest
warrior to the front in order to deci-
mate the upstarts of the newly ere
ated House of Cowan, trying to re-
taliate for the manner in which they
had Haunted him on the day previous
Perambulating Poole. he of the long
windup and the west side delivery,
was the embryonic nero. But Poole.
as do most of the mighty. had his fall,
and the House of Cowan proved again
victor over the seasders. this time
by the very pretty count OF to /.
It is gooo that Charles had his
smile before the game, for there was
never moment that he had chance
to work the muscles in his face so
that they caused laugh after the be-
ginning. In fact Babh remained on
the ground but a brief space
Bnbb Put Out of Game.
He got in an argument with PEN
der just toward the close of the sec
ond spasm because the umpire called
Law out for falling asleep about three
ker had the ball in his hand ana
tagged him. The argument waxed hot
and so did the jumps. with the result
as is usual in such cases. that Babb
was ordered off the field, making the
iirst young man playing baseball who
has been so treated in the local
grounds this year. But had Babb been
present all Of the time the result
would have been just the same
First and foremost Cy Pierce pitch
ed great game of Gall. He had very
good control, and when the ball came
over the hard hitters of the visiting
In all. five hits were made by the
Tars, and three OF these were of the
infield variety, and very scratchy Only
one run was counted. and II was the
result of one OF the four passes which
Cy gave. Another tea ture OF the game
was that II went Just two hours.
great improvement on what has been
Going on heretofore
Dobson the Star.
While Pierce deserves many words
of praise for showing that he really
can pitch when he tries, Dobson was
the bright particular star of the game.
though every man OF the Colts did his
work in the most approved style. 1t
Tor the locals. and it was his fielding
which kept the grand total for the
visitors down to one
The locals drew blank In the nrst.
but Norfolk got a man as far as sec
ond In the second the Colts showed
their mettle. for. after Wallace and
Martin had gone out by easy routes.
Maths hit so hard and SO fast down
first base line that he slowed UP only
at third Dobson produced the neces-
sary swat from somewhere in his
makeup. siamming double TO the op-
posste corner of the lot and Maths
walked across. George Cowan. with
the'- managerial toga hanging closely
sbost him waved and Dobson remain
cd at second
Right back came those Tars in their
half. Staub outguessed Pierce and
drew pass from The deck. Law hit
10 Cy. who waited just a moment too
long 10 make his throw. trying for
Staub at second and both men were
safe. shaw struck at three without
hitting even a foul. but Walsh doubled
10 left and Staub came across. After
that there was never danger until the
ninth and even then il was no, dan
gerous.
Poole Hit Hard
Where Poole made a mistake was