The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14

Good sport I'm Both.
both games furnished enough sport
TO last an entire season. and there were
those present who never realized that
the second contest had been lost until
Charlie Strain, relied upon as tho
pinch hitting genius Of the outnt. mad
whlmed a; three cruel twists issued oy
no less person than Joe Flnncran.
who. earlier in the week. met .eicat
ct the hands OF the same frisking Colts.
Small wonder that Amusement greeted
the close observer as ne peered into
the faces OF the people who pay the
freight along abou, the eighth inning
OF the last act Mr.. Perrym1n mad
heen Distinguishing himself most by the
inireQuency OF the safe belts corraled
by the Tars.
Starting his engagement by allowing
one 10 cross in the opening frame, he
took hitch IN his bolt. adjusted his
hcadplece so that - rested more srscc-
fully on his manly brow-get the Ian
grhgc. on you fans--iurned his Napo-
leon!c profile sunward and started TO
work in real earnest. For six innings
thereafter the outer edges OF blank
was all that could be achieved BY
the visiting lemons OF the shlliaiah.
And now FOR the sad music, music
caused by the solid pounding Of wood
against unyielding leather Everybody
AoOA WI III ppoi CT III '44a = '4t +tN4S
and Porter. essaying the role OF back
stop Tor Shaffer. stood 10 the front
twice AS may have been gatherei oy
the scrutinizins reader. six wholesome
runs were the result Perry had wilt
cd collapsed, shrivoled UP. or any
other nice term which will let him down
easy. He awoke in the ninth and 'ioled
another blank. bur 1T availed him
nhught
Colts Begin Early I'm First.
without even hesitating. tho Colts
grabbed the opener In the FIRST two
rounds by hitting Steve Castor good
and hard. mixing 4 few sacrifices and
one or more walks in proper proper
tons 10 yield scores. Robert Carter
Sir Robert. IL should be. tor he posi-
lively asserts that he is the scion OF
the great family OF Carterettes-but,
anyway. Carter started Mi the racket
of that initial engagement. He poked
drive through short to begin with,
causing Hinton untold trouble trying
TO locate the wham Fred Graf dumped
one just in front OF Finncran. and Steve
Griffin showed his pass Burke tore
down to Hinton. who dug the leather
out of the dirt and made a perfect peg
10 Keller to force steve but * eiier
dropped the ball. and the sacks were
staggering with human freight. John
Raley came TO the fore. hit through
Stanley Bigbic. and when the dust sub
sided Burke was on third. haley on
second. while Carter and Grinin were
over. Burke scored a moment later
while Johnny Mace was out which
made n total of three for the frame.
Not satisfied with the achievement in
the initial session. Harvey Bussey
slabman par cXcelTences proved that ho
Is some sticker as well as hurler
getting his safety. Career was there
with the sacrifice and Kcllar was kind
enough to pull Bigbie on the bag. both
runners being safe GraG dumped his
second sacrifice. both boys advancing
OH the out Griffin was once more in
the limolight pulling into left anG go-
Ing to second while Bussey and Carter
were breaking into the run column.
Carter for the second time in as many
innings. Steve scored when Burke