The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-11

Richmond and Petersburg broke
.vsn yesterday afternoon in the sche-
duled double header at Broad street
mark. the champions taking the hrst
without apparent trouble bf me
score Of 8 10 and the Colts "alSl7s
.wav with the second in easy fashlon'
winning. TO l.
strain and Creiger opposed each
other In the first bound and whiie 'ht
hits were evenly divided Creiger haa
the better Of the duel. In tire seeotao' |
Harvey Bussey put EN- over TOT .ne
locals aud the way in which ne olo II
left nothing to he desired MOT sAn
rath on the other hand. was easy |
~ ,~nIts hitting him almost al wlii !
large crowd turned out 10 see
the battlers for FIRST place. car II
draw. several hundred Noci'et ~.
ynoters from Goohertown sweillne 'nt
attendance. The rival fans iett pte'
=. we'll satisfied. the VISITORS usN.ns
~, tho fun in the early part OF me
afternoon, while the locals macs ga
the noise as the evening drew VI"
The First Game. ~
killing Time" supported os AZ a.,
..ar caste OF seventeen with ma. n~
go -, az. title role, liz what the
g., game might be called. FOR nm
80 ,rr,rvs. consuming more una"
go bonrs of time the contest oEHk
rea its way 10 CLOSE -.
crowd got its moneys worm Va -
80, gare II the amount Of plcasu,
~ computed by the hour II 'hI ~
rs wanted those who came nai ~
ye,t repaid. Take SLOW, T,,t,
,1axed game and add to thAt
X, the visiting team sand tne NE
~. "a not entire satisfaction on ~
-
pa,ersbnrv we're prepared 70 oVs'
80 Amor points, however. oe'hs
we,I satisfied with the score,
rha erst inning having pas,
.t,u, the visitors started wy
.ncopd by ennexing run -
Gr,ff,r brought the local t'"'s -,
.heir feet with a eeauttni 49,
timer from Anthony oa., -
,he veil that had burst IRON
throats Of the Coolers IN ''e sapra
- Barnett gave them c,aA.0
a"na u our Of their systems. nov
whom he drove one TO f,N",
,.r scoring I.aughlin, VINO
.s.n,aa The Coolers hrst s"s ~,
AN nj the plate trying I" SUI,
.ha drive into home run. w" INA
w aaaed by the champions ~ w
,h one Of strains pehue
.agnd Spencers foot anu 'no
ea,as~ accepted the free trai ssi,.atr
,,ar 20 arst This mispiay on rnha a.
mar, brought the JinS' "h,en frans.
,,tor.abtv on TOP OF the -.
s and remained long enohsh y
T tha- visitors to cinch the eain.
sa, took second on i@aoeh'ir
r,sca and third on Ah1hohs
80 81, barnett then ht' 20
a.@ sonas and everybody oTeet'ie" ~, =,
~, tho throw to hrst Was -,
r,is,, fumbLd IL long eno"en go
'.,,, barnett 10 land safety anu o'1 81
60 ~ cross the plate
l,wed with a triple. sehu'ae ~ 40 m
across. Creiger whifeo' ou' ''''
age vas done. ,..,sut,ar a white
-, .nis same inning. Nhh On
80 Ctrain bounced the ball OH ".
~, Geld fence, hitting the mp :,
Trarh,a. sign With two COW II =
.aared on CRAFTS wallop to LETT n'3
t.rc.. which Spencer maus
hut vain effort 10 get. nli'ih 20
ana Burke walked. Mining tne
but Creigef showed nimse,, ~" w. 9
tbs situation by forcing Raiey |" !,
w ~ an easy grounded, Busch
Roth Strain and Creiger riteEe
800 hall. but the Petersburg t"ft
"a. steadier In the pinches ana
reiyed better support. Zen men
IN bases. tells the story OF the o'
feat OF the Colts.
The Second Game.
In the second game the ooi,s -"
1, easy. They We're never IN danSe
Harvey Bussey holding the l;ncHl
veil in hand throughout. easing
nrI,, IN the ninth when three singh
Melted one run. !,
The locals started the scoring in =
second inning showing across one n
nm singles by Raley. Tenant and NJ
-f.otn.s Two more we're added 10 II
,nt,l In the fourth Griffin start
thinrs by waiting for four bad on
ana stroiling to first. Burke douni
10 left. Rally sacrihced. ana VIZ
~ euueeze play was worked pesfec
- 0urke crossed the plate. Eose
singled but died at the first corner.
The squeeze play brought non
the bacon again In the following
ming. Bussey singled and took s~cD
~ carriers sacrifice, moving 10 WI
when Morganrotn fumbled Graf
s,ouy one 10 the box. coming fhe y
~ the way when Griffin hunted
ward frst. ,.,, A.
Two more runs In the eighth on
single by Griffin and doubles by sur
and Raley ended all the cnahchss
the yisitors. batting rally IN
ninth dying still born.
The second game was an impro.
ment over the first, aside from
v.ct that the Colts "on. Both tea
rCcrttnued on Second PaEe.)