The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-18
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sometimes settled by laying-whispcr-
IA Wee bat of ii bet
Just as the buzzng wire told the
| story that 1t had stopped raining in
New York. and that the sun was shin
inG' Old Sol, not to let Richmond be
o'ttdone, smiled benignly upon the
CITY OF Seven Hills. This time there
was no yell. rather suppressed
surshnS, Just like the infant prepar-
ing to sleep, after rather copious
meal
Play ball" yelled the man with tho
meSaphone "Devore up" said the
scoreboard, and Joshua waved, then
sat down From then. until the third
inning, when Meyers. after his hit and
similar offense by Mathewson, scored
the first run of tn game, and the only
one until the ninth. the crowd re-
NAMED. eyes glued on the tell
tale board. nudgins and exchanging
views When, in the Athletics half OF
the third. Il quick doubleplay, the first
OF the series. retired Lapp and Doyle.
murnur OF disapproval was heard.
but 1t was drowned as tn, Giants
friends looked upon the tally for their
favorites.
1t was seesaw from then on. Matty
pulled himself out of nasty hole in
the htth, when two Mackmen were on
bases, and here, too. the cheering was
divided. But neither side could gain
an appreciable advantage. Control
King Mathewson was superb Iron
Man' Coombs was going at his best
Baker Starts the Itonring.
FINALLY the ninth dawned. One man
was down and one strike was on
iiomerun j. Frank Baker. from Frappe,
Md. VIII he do 1t again?" The
question was clearly in the mouth Of
every one in that crowd Can he re-
peat?"
Strike one, ball one." said the
board. and then and then. quick as
flash. almost as soon as the crowd in
New York watched the leather go
into the rightficld bleachers, the light
on the board flashed THAT Baker had
arrived safely an first. then II flashed
at second, then at third, and, finally
on the rubber itself.
He had repeated. Tumultuous isn't
the word. Roar doesn't quite express
It, Imagine the fall OF Herculaneum.
the destruction of Pompeii. the bonn
bardmcnt of San Juan, and few more
such noisy trifes. and you can Imagine
the Snout which went up from that
throaty crowd banked in Main Street
between Ninth and Tenth yesterday
afternoon about 3 O'Clock
The score was tied. j. Frank Baker.
regardless of the games yet to be
played. had stamped himself as the
nero of the worlds series of 1911, and
the people Of Richmond knew II as
quickly as anybody else anywhere in
the worhl, and much quicker than
most.
Act just Like Bail Crowd.
Tho tenth inning was featureless.
but the eleventh, when two runs came
across on as many hits and an error.
brought the elimination of the hopes
OF those trailing behind the White
elephants. 1t was not until Meyers
mad been caught stealing in New York S
half. making the third out. and max
ing sure that the Mackmen had taken
the bulge in the series, that the crowd
Judged. Then II wendell its way just
az any other ordinary. well-b ehaved
baseball crowd would do
The game. with all Its thrills, with
all It's opportunities grasped and all
its opportunities wasted. with its time s
TO yell and Its times to deride-every
ming had been clearly, graphically and
instantaneously told on the electric
scoreboard from A wire which came
direct from the ball park to The Times
Dispatch Building, and operated by ex-
pert operators from the Western
Union.
The same performance will be given
to-day In just the Same way, and tho
crowd Will enjoy 1t aga1p