The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-07
BY GUS NItLBERT.

BOW, dII Ee iaitniul, 10 youthful
King George! Ground Your spears and
hearken 10 his call. for It's a merry
sound which calls We TO battle for his
new majesty's sake. King George was
crowned yesterday. Not the day before,
nor last week, nor the week before
that. but yesterday. and il was at
Broad Street Park, not London, that
the coronation exercises took place.
The first official act OF the new mon
arch was TO parade his immediate
bodyguard for the benefit OF the as
semhled hosts, and his second was 10
humble the saucy menials who travelled
UP from Tarville In armor plate of
gray. the defeat being registered. s
to 1.
But King George did more than de-
Feat the invaders. He issued his new
est battle anthem. and il liitcth TO
the melodious strain as now set forth:
we must win that pennant." Gladly.
and joyously did his cohorts dance to
the tune. Uproariously did they cels-
bTate the occasion. 1t was the Sood
old times come back again, and that
wee bit Of mite Willie Baker. with
the new colors dangling from his
belt, vociferously chanted the melody
as ne suolied UP and down the third
base line II was the day from witch
the baseball history of 1911 will now
date. = new dynasty has begun The
chalk board is wiped clean and the
very FIRST mark is one Of victory
Best Baseball in Months.
Not since the pennant-w winning days
OF Perry Lipe so far back that the
mind OF man :aile;h in the retrospect
ton. have those Colts pulled off the
stunts which they did YESTERDAY Tha,
same Willie Baker began II all in
the very frs; inning, when he did d,
hand spring ana caught The !irst bail
hatted by Kircher which would have
been d sure hi; day before yesterday.
with his lone gIoved hand
But Willie Baker was not the whole
game Lord high keeper u the m!dsta
ton, johnny Priest, . recent importa-
ton from the Yankee camp, UP in New
York town, helped considerably in
the jo.liacation IN more ways than
one But be al! this as u. may. the
one big, luminous thing OF the Who'll
affair was thar the Colts showed signs
OF baseball! sense, the which has been
soreiy lacking previous 70 the reign OF
King George.
There were many things to eele-
6rate. II addition 10 the L Il X OF the
c. 5, Priest, Robert Pender. erstwhile
handler OF the indicator in the Eastern
League, made his first bow OF :ne
season 70 a Richmond audience. and
ne made good Away, 9 good umpire.
ne did remarkably w.!! during his
first game. Again, the game was tied
up several times but always the Colts
managed TO pull away in their half
Indeed, II was & pretty contest
Heavy Fielding Fenture
Martin Walsh and his sp!iball were
the victims Incidentally, the whole
Norfolk team suffered Johnny Ver5out
pitched pretty game OF ball. ana
he was ably assisted by every man OF
the eight working with him. Their
were two n!splays by the locals. mn
only one counted in the run-Eet,!n.,
and : M 1.-TWO We're made b. the a4,v
arrival. PGiests"they are hereby for
given because he more than atoned Tor
his defensive errors by mis- offensive
proves making two hits out OF tl,ree
times M. each nit counting in brlne-
ing home a tally
The first inning was blank for
both teams The second produced q
counter for the locals bur rothfr-
for the Tars Martin, keen OF siah9
waited calmly while walsh failed N
mo The Plate. When MATHS came M
Walsh had not yet settled, ana H.
threw one with so much twist 10 81,
'hat Phelan Jet It get away and Mar
tin pranced to second Arr!vine. tbcrr
's '''"' nc 4NdlHer haG not
yet been recovered ne kept on 20 the
next watering tank. and arrived In
plenty Of time. Maths shortlv tbor..
after, was kind enough to ron aw.o
via short hut Dobson sent a wine
keeler 10 centre and Martin scored
The first oaseman took lead Off
and started to second whea the ars,
ball was heaved TO Cowan. He ha1
Phelan's throw beaten withou, tallin..
to the dirt had the throw been nar.
feet But it wasn't. and while Babl
and kireher We're hunting for the hsll
out and Verbout helped Dodro's a.io.
ing average. so Dobson's efforts v.er.
In vain.
Tara Were Industrious.
the th!rd was a blank for the locals
hut Norfolk tied the score Rska,