The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-13

BY JAY LEWIS.
No same Thursday, doublc.headers
with Altoona Friday and Saturday,
and eur demon team OF baseball play
ers Will have concluded another week
OF practice.
Going some that team Of ours.
Even Bob Pender cannot cast .
perpetual gloom over our darling sth-
letes. MIR. Ponder. be It said. UNI
plrsd = very fair game Wednesday.
two Of EN-. in fact. He didn't make
more than one raw decision against
the home team, and this no evened
up by another that Jared the visit-
Ing Montreal crowd. He was as strict
as ever In regard to balls and strikes,
but Pierce did not fare as badly as
usual, perhaps because Lodge and not
Cowan caught him.
Cowau seems to get on Jmps PEN
der's nerve. AT least. he seems to
have nerve exposed when Mr.. Cow
an 10 around and Cowan IL rather a
rough person TO rub against,
Umpire FENDER IN Better.
SO let It DO recorded that Umpire
Fender umplrcd good game and
would have done better II he could
get to second from behind tho plate
TO decide plays there. Some day,
when umpires win be equipped with
planes. pender will be unrtvaiedp as
an arbitrator. pair OF opera glasses
are tho only things lacking in his
equipment now.
But we are forgetting the game
two Eames' Don't forget It was q
double header OF five innings each
We might have won both, but we
didn't. We should have won one,
but we didn't. We. to tell the truth,
the plain. un5apa1ned truth. lost both
halves of the double header and lost
them In the very moment OF win
ming. The f~st one We lost because
the Montreal club had all the luck.
and the second oen we lost because
and the second one We Lost because
means that Montreal played better
ball.
Luck With Montreal.
Talk abou. your luck.
Take the NTH inning Of the first
session, for instance.
MATHS hits n fly 10 Ray Demmitt
In left field aud all the fans repeat
Rays last name ferventiy.
II ooked sad for us, for our team
hasn't scored II run UP to this time.
while the other fellows have tailed
twice.
Hut Wy stops little George cowan
and no plants the ball in center and
IL aafs ON nrst. String Lodge lams
one at Silent yeaxer and he wings II
TO second TO stop Cowan- French
falls to get his hooks ON the ball and
both men are safe.
TITS John verbouts turn at bat,
and UP walks Sir John OF the rudy
face. When John doesn't hit the air
ha certainly slams the bali This
time ne didn't hit tho air. When the
ball got back to the diamond Co~an
had crossed the plate. Lodge WAS on
third and John on second.
One out. men on third and second
and Baker NJ sass'
Does Il lock good
IL doess
Huw One Game Ended.
Baker lets two ~ by. ons Is a
.,rtke. t'o,har a bali. The next one
and there ID roar from the crowd.
Baker has smacked II on n line Just
outside second base.
Aias'
Across the neid Holly humps him
self and spears the bali. Before John
verbout can turn and dtvs into sec
ond Holly tpsees the bali to French.
who steps on the bag, ana -taat game
h gone forever.
nut II was a fstting finish to wei,
played nve innings. One team had to
lose and II Richmond did lose 1t was
something 10 die nxhung.
That ID. where this years team IN
going 10 prove strong. With this
hand .of boys \ game Il never lost
until The last man u out.
Montreal scored because Texas
ieasuer by Miller got him To nrst. an
nut brought him to second AND DEM
rltt tKulsestl hit for a single.
In the second French got a life. 4
Texas Lacquer hv yea2er sent him To
third and eaik by verhout let him
stroll In.
.rvmsh. oat yerssaat certainly did
make a baik.
11,> sscond sre.is,a.
A. for the second 9ame. II looked
as eAay for us a. eating peanuts IN
an elephant.
A mica little boy named Ashton WAS
sent 70 the mound by Manager Nc
Cart~rty Of Montreal In the Ian
xua2e Of the FANS he didn't have
thing. Hw was a novice Ia fast COM
pany, Montreal home lad. getting a
tryout.
Baker walked. but he failed TO steai
second. One down. wallace hit for
Egan slammed one to center and
wallace came In. Martin shot one
to left and. the bAses were hill. Mat
tis fouied OF a haiti doxrn and then
missed one, gulne bach to the bench.
And aeorxe Cowan popped ono to the
enorgeta Mr, Holly,
Ashton looked easy ana the fans
told him 10,
In the second Inning Lodge went
out. Holly to 0Aadil. Pierre hit for
the longest single over eeen on the
grounds 1t struck the fence In LEFT
center and bounded back into Dem
mttt's hands> That strong armed
youth man hurled the ball to ~ec-
ond In time to hold Pierce AZ hr~t>
Waliacs Rsaltess Ambition.
Baker slammed n single to centre
and then wallace ryallssd his one great
ambition. He let two 20 by him and
then, on Etorys smashed the next one
like \ farmers boy falling corn. Up
sailed the ball and over the ieft centre
nela feac~ Il disappeared. Had the
fence been fifteen feet higher Il would
have rANd< no dfsterence.
MY. hat that ball had . ride
wallAOe sneAkcd for the bench when
he troatSA In behind Pierce and Baker
FOR the crowd was applaudhiH like
mad even y group OF Montreal ladies
IA summer gcwns and automobile
coatA that looked very thin In the
chilly weather. ThAg wore Chinese
nroarnlne1N yellow 3onquxls can be
termed sc--And no doubt they felt
rnournfai. but they just had to applaud
that snalfe. It certainly WAS some
srnfte. a 4
But for all that We didn't WIN
Those were tho last runs Richmond
scored and In ShA NTH inning all our
hopes w~ere dashed to the diamond.