The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-03
BOYS HAVE A MERRY-Go-R0UND
AT DANvILLE AND NORFOLK
CREW LOSES.
PETERSBURG is WINNER
ROANOKE INFIELD Is IN POOR
SHAPE AND TEAM Is NOT PLAY
ING IP TO FORM--PETERs-
BIRG PLAYING GOOD BALL.
Gaek in first place again.

Richmond beat Danville. Lynch
burg beat Norfolk and Petersburg
beat Roanoke. which latter fact is
of lesser Importance than the result
in Norfolk. The Tars are the ones
who are giving Richmond chief con-
Germ at present.
Iut anyway. Richmond beat Dan
}ilie~-and such a beating
According to the rigures compiled
10y expert statisticians Richmond got
twenty four runs on sixteen hits. aid
ed by seven DanvilIe errors.
Twenty -four runs are few. Some
folks would regard sWenty-four runs
is enough for three good games of
baseball. However. they were chalk
81 np to the credit of the Colts all
ia one session and if the performance
did make the panNille folks dizzy
IL cannot be helped now.
The twentyfour runs Was a sort of
revenge for what happened the dag
before. Danyille, 1t viii be remem-
6ered. had ioso the game. The scor
Mas 5 to : against them when they
galne 10 the bat ia the last half of htc
eighth inning. Yet those red-legged
players had tho nerve 10 cDme across
and Win 9 70 =.
Mondays t,aue Protested.
Richmond really hasn't lost that
game Tor Keeps Vet. Manager Sui
Ivan has protested II ON tina general
grounds OF Incompetence on the part
III the umpires. He claims they ruled
wrong on a ituke home run drive by
Sehrader. lie also alleges they failed
10 call "a haik on ths Danviile pitcher
who went Ia fhe slab while the first
UaSeman worked the old hidden bail
trick
Chances arc sullivan won't get away
with his protest. But he has perfect
right to try. IL may mean It call
Tor this umpires Oh the quier but
not intending contempt of cpurt~-the
chances are that the president Of
the league Will stand by his hired
men publicly.
But To get back 10 the "aine OF
Tuesday when Richmond scored two
dozen runs and sixteen hits.
Lodge Hits Home Run.
Nine of the sixteen bingics were
made by Maths. Martin and Lodge.
Lodge got a home run among the
drives lie turned IN or turned Qua. He
also got a double and likewise a
single.
Everybody ON the t~am hut Jehgny
Nerboat got d hit aud JOHN vas
credited with sacrifice slam. Every
body OH the team made run, ia.
Guiding Sir John who got on first
through an error pa the aforemention-
ea sacrifice bfugle.
Arthur Wallace got four runs So
did Martin. MoCabe Egan MATHS
aud Lodge got three each. Baker
got t@o and George to@an and John
Nerbeut d nice little lone tally each.
The Colts peited Husk Hanks for
SIX hits in the very Nrst inning aHd
incidentally scored ten Runs. II was
a regular merry ~go+Tound
Cowan Gets Two Bagger.
\ &oungster named Beidnd sac-
eeeded Mr.. Hanks and Joe t.aughiln
feit so bard no dropped out of ri1e
game himself sending IN Smith, ~ ho
worked with Petersburg last year he~
hind slse bat. butarad Was tufsSfteel s4r
for ton hits. your Uncle George Cewau
making a two hagger.
SaW what do Non think of that
Norbout pitched "A good game in
spite Of the fact that he might have
taken matters very easy ite let the
NNa Legs IaAa aDa45I.le ~ rai1e. ltul
all told Danviie only tit the hig boy
for seven safe ones, one by AieAau-
der being n double
Free s>sss fff sssssig,srvs lrsffs esiis
the story fully. although briefly