The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-27
NO GREAT REWARD
FOR LOYAL REBELS
DOLLAR BALL DRAWS POOR GATE
AT BROAD STREET Park
BENEFIT GAME.
RECEIPTS ARE S171.25
DIVIDED AMONG TWELVE MEN
GIVES EACH LESS THAN sis
CoLLEGIANs LosE--HoFF-
MAN sUsTAINs INJURY.


meTahef the Richmond team Of
the fate United States league tribe
less than SIS each, as result of the
Testimonial game in Borad street
park. Yesterday The gate receipts
amounted to s171.25 and twelve
players shared In the spoils 1t was
not exactly as much as they expected
and 1t probably was not as much as
they would have drawn mad more
popular prices prevailed.
Bargain day baseball appeals to
fans in general Dollar baseball APP
peals only 20 the plutocrats, those who
get by the gate through passes on all
occasions save when a benefit game
Ia played. At least that is the reason
advanced by Royal Rooter John M
Dunn fer the small attendance.
smatl Crowd at Game
The grandstand seemed deserted
there vas a sprinkiing in the pavil-
lion ava n few scattered persons In
the bleachers, but every head rep
Resented real money and even a
SHIPS gate Is not to be despised.
The, game should have been won
by the Coiiegians. Had Dunn and
Trevillian been given proper support
not more than one Rebel would have
made the circuit. Had the breaks
all gone in favor of the amateurs they
would have won, 4 to o. All the hits
made off Dunn We're made after
chances had been given TO retire the
side. Ii was tough luck for tho
young pitcher. who was In great form.
Dunn's Splitter Works.
TiitppsS Hnifter hroka rtRhf and
both he and Trevillian put more on
the ball than did TAYLOR The latter
took things easy. but frightened Up
when the Collegians looked danger
Gus. This did not prevent his being
hit hard and a triple by Dunn was a
whale Of q swipe. The triple came just
after Fritz Sltterding had died trying
to steal second and the Coiiegians
lost a run through this piece of i'll
luck.
Sterding's jinx worked overtime.
He went up in the air for wild tos.
from Ezekiel in the second and got
Newman. a. pretty play and the very
next instant gave McAleese a life by
muffing his fouid fly. McAleese sin
gied and when Goshorn famed
poeppe dropped the third strike and
tossed the bali 10 Fritz for the out
1t was never made. Fritz dropped
the ball and was so surprised aud
Disguised he didn't know what to d.,
Meanwhile McAleese was flying
around the bases. And then Taylor
tripled.
Two were down when this comhi-
nation was effected and two runs re-
suited. Though luck? Well. rather!
All Luck With Rebels.
in n
two down Bohannon popped on
right where McRea should have taker
II with one hand tied behind him, bu
McRea seemed asleep an dthe bal
vert tor safety Blue got away
With a similar lucky one and Their
Newman made a clean single. one
run on pure una iulterated luck, and
Dunn pitching his head OFF. Dunr
incidentally made a great stop OF
McAleese this same inning and go'
his man for the third out
Treviliian went In the box at tht
start of the fourth and the brand OF
shoots he displayed made the fans
behind the plate sit up and stare. He
had binding speed and his curve bal
had a break to II that was dazzling
He is some pitcher, when he's right
and he was right on edge yesterday
Joe Boehlug never showed any more
than Treviilian displayed against ths
Rebels.
In centre field Freddy Word made
catch in the first inning that robbed
Bohannon OF a triple and the one
hand stab that Fritz Sitterding made
of Ezekel's awful threw vas as nifty
as anything ever done around tne
tr-<t--sele-t+t-t -4tt-tSroed- S*rees-PaEk
Eddie Rose made two OF the runs
scored by the 'Cohegtans. and tina
fielding OF Collins and Ezekiel wal
done accordin~ ~ Hoyle.
An accident marred the game. Hoff-
man, of the Rebels. went to take .
throw TO cut OFF Trevillian in the fifth
and the base runner rushed between
him and the bail. The result was dis
astrous, Hoffman lost sight OF tins
ball for a fraction of second, JUS
long enough for him TO fail to protec'
his face The ball struck him on thu
cheek bone just below the left eye
and cut a cash from which the blood
flowed freely.
Cut l. Sewn LIP.
DR. Nagby and all the players rem
dered first aid to the injured, anc
then FIR. Labenberg was called froH
the grandstand to look after tht
PLAYER The treasurer's room was
turned into an emergency hospital
where DR.. Labenberg dressed the cut
taking two stitches in it,
Hoffman said it WAS Just his 1uck
to get hurt on the last day OF the
season here. and that he had rather
expecteN something like that to hap
pen.
All the members OF the team will
probably leave Richmond today. 1t Is
said that Taylor will toin Hank
O'Day's Cincinnati Reds. Most Of the
boys will look for Jobs in the Ohio
and Pennsylvania and ncighborinG
leagues. where many Of them came
from--if jobs are to he had at this
stage of the season. Others Will play
seYni-p ball