The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-11
BATTLE AXE BOYS
ARE CHAMPIONS
THEY DEFEAT THE C0LLEGIANA
gro 9, IN DECIDING GAME OF ~
LEAGUE SERIES.
TREVILLIAN HIT HARD
HAY MAKES TWO HOME Runs
EACH TIME WITH TWO MEN
ON BAsEs-oTHER FEAT
UREs OF GAME.

league Yesterday by defeating this
c,ollegiana. to s, on Christ Church
association field, in game marked
by heavy hitting, particularly the Bat
tie Axe boys Four home runs were
made nv she winners, Billy Hay park
ing the bali twice and Hulcher and
Biount putting IT over the wall once
each. Hays homers came with Two
men on bases in the second and the I
third innings, so the sturdy catcher
from Church Hill drove in as many II
runs arr the Coilegians scored,
Trevillians pitching just suited the <
Battle Axe sluggers The boy from "
Ashland started off in good shape.
but in the second inning the fusiliade
began. Blount the big third base
man of the Battle Axe team, lifted
the second bal In the air end It went
sailing to left field Billy sitterding
backed up against the wall but II
was OF no use. The ball kept right
on over his head and dropped out
of sight Blount. who had rested on
first until he was quite sure the bali
was gone, shook hands with FritA
| Sitterding, babe him n solemn fare
/ well, and trotted around the bases.
| DR. Parker did a war dance on the
| third base coaching lines and Dr.
Bagbs smiled a sinister smile. so Mack
| Hart in said to have remarked, as he
sat on the bench and saw Blount beat
hts way around.
Hay Hits Homer.
| Dowden banged a single to center,
It vas a low lire drive and II the
center field fence had not been in the
yay would have been good for home
' run, as II shot by Richardson and
into the wall like a bullet. Hulcher
singled to right and Hay came up for
the first time. Hay had remarked
that Trevillian was easy and he proved
II by driving the ball over the center
field fence. Dowden and iiuicher scof-
Ing ahead of him Whitfield singled.
! But Trevillian famed Schmidt anc
Rady.
II DR. Bagby had changed his pitch
are ~ this point he might have had
"A chance TO Win, In Dunn ana
, Wright the Collegians have two of
the best pitchers in the league. Damn
was good enough to receive trial
, | with the Richmond team OF the late
: United States league. and Wright. a
, speed merchant mas pitched great
ball from the time he entered Rich
/ mond college and became star box
: man The Coliegians have won about
i ali their victories with Dunn iii the
{ box, but DIR. Baghv had an idea that
{ | T'revillian was better than either OF
O his regulars. and he sent the Ashland
Q boy after the game. The ColleG1ans
> had received no little criticism, which
- happened to be unmerited, by the
. way, for signing Trevillian arc 1t was
q all tn. more bitter for them and all
n the more pleasing to the Battle Axe
v bov to have Trevillian fall down in
It his uIost important game OF the
b season.
&c Hay Hits Another Homer.
Hays home run probably looked
o like piece of luck to the Collegians
l. for Trevilian was kept on the mound
"a when the Battle Axe team came back
in the third inning. Bauer slammed
a single over the second sack. lie
~ stole second and aided By poor pea
OF Billy Stout kept on to third and
! made It. Blount lifted one to Mckee
an | hut fanny Dowden came TO the res
lr cua with single scoring Bauer Then
ma Tulcher singled to left and Billy Hay
ne came I'M again This time Hay sen
n the ball over the right field fence
scoring Radv. who ran for Dowden
an and Hulcher ahead Of him hiIneif
at walked, Schmidt struck out and Rad!
We singled The entire team mao oeen
sh bat and Or. Bagby gave Treviilai
~ the high sign !.
49, non 10 McRee Out the game was gone
f. All Wright could do was to keep IN
T.
o. score from growing any larger.
n crowd Enjoys Itself.
Meanwhile the crowd had been en-
towing itself hugely. The Coiiesia
asst were in the enemy's country ana IN
he rooters kept up an unceasiHs VII
ew They seemed TO be conNersaht Win =
ub mo gossip of the league. as girl !
m ths ndstand demonstrated ~
Raehy. iokingly. had invited ~
IA Ea1on the president of the league.
rth he his guest in Washington wnen IN
collegians went there as the repre
yer sentative team of Richmond IN g
in Intarcitv series. Or. Eaton vas sea
ma ed on the veranda Of the elub nous
Tn with Mrs Eaton, Mrs. Jonn hooPs
Tohp ~ Dunn Manager Coiher =
uia H. Athletics, and other well know
no ,ans when he was hailed by the Sis
artx a rather pretty blonde
oIN roo bad. Or Eaton. you cant
,aS to Washington. she shouted. u
crowd roared and even Df. hasps re
to laugh. ,,
,;ch Wright Does Weh
80 Wright d,i his best 10 hold q
the parkerites down and succeeded ve
and veil The game went tamely aioi
NTH untu the ninth inning. Here =
"a. collerians made a rally and befo
,hey could be stopped five runs We
vest scored Hulcher who had pitcH
nds great ball, grew ht'tc - w 80
FER thonrh he had several batters IN
uch ho1e with two strikes on them re
our nutting over a slow one which :
,unt collegians peppered. They failed
we Knock any over the fence. however
our Dunn was sent in TO bat for Wris
and singled. Fritz sitterding sent :
pro- ether single TO left. Mckee ram
and Augustine hit to Biount. forci
Sitterding.
- Word shot a single through shs
6e,d Edie Rose tore off a two q
ger. Ezekiel and Bilg atserda
TT got a safety each. hcharusun -
LIZ hit in the neck by Huicher ana ~
came M again This time he was
an eager and famed.
At End Of the Game
telle That ended the game and the ere
nent a.rarted happy except for few tc
lived Cni,er,an rooters who want ~
mo mournfui. asking each other over Z
der nver again why Wright or Dunn