The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-14
PIRATES FROM SEAPORT CITY
ONLY GET TWO RUNS IN
CLOSING SESSION.
COLTS TALLY UP Ia
STRAIN MAKES HOME RUN ON
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
AN OUT, WITH BASES
FULL, IN FOURTH.

Just look at that score: Richmond.
IA; Portsmouth, 2.
OF course. those Portsmouth Pirates
make a pretty fair baseball team. but
there are times when they must wish
that the game wasn't so ALTERED swift.
You see they are a husky lot Of bu-
ccaneers and look as If they could
handle plenty of SAIL but when 1t
comes to chasing the horsehide
sphere through nine toiisome innings
they must yearn Tor a little less weight
and sigh for that lean model that the
Griffin team favors.
Most of the Richmond fellows are
of the lathy variety. except for Cherub
Maths, Buster Burke and Cupid Grit
fin himself. They have lean and
appear to be able to go all day at a
rattling rate.
They sort of proved II yesterday.
From the start the game was all Rich
mond. After the Sourth inning the
spectators sat back and merely APP
plauded when Charley Strain pulled
of great play. or Doc Ayres struck
out broad beamed Pirate, like Cap
tain Castro, for instance.
What sort of a game is this?" IN
1utred an innocent ian who had been
brought along by Demon Rooter Shu-
man, along aboue the seventh inning.
"Little batting practice" replied
Mr.. Shuman, shifting his gum and
squirting quizxicaly at the score
board which registered IL runs for
Richmond and none for Portsmouth.
I'm glad you explained" replied
the dnnocent fan. although l thought
II was ball game.
Game ended in the first inning,
only batting practice now" replied the
Demon Rooter
That sort OF describes 1t. Ports
mouth didn't make run when the
huskies took their first turn at bat.
although man did get as far as sec
ond. Richmond went In and made
three on two hits. one q double by
Captain--generai Grifsin. In the third
they pat across three more and the
score was six to nothing. In the
fourth they AIDED five and by that
time II was only question how many
runs the Griffinites would score. and.
secondly, would the Pirates get a run
at all. They did. two in the ninth.
Just little gift to keep them from
the disgrace of shut-out
1t was regular smuggling team tnat
Richmond had in the field. Griffin,
F-iournoy. Strain and Gran wallopped
the ball for fair. besides several fouls
Strain played shorts.op and played (,
IN the way Herman Long and Hugh
Jennings used to play ii and HonuE
Wagner and little Donnie Bush some
times play Ii In these degenerate days
an the old time fans say.
Strain went into deep left and got
his man at first. He gaIlopped over
into Griffin's territory and got his
man. He made a stop off Britton's bat
IN the NTH far beyond second in
right field and only missed getting
Mr.. Britton by an eyelash. When hs
came In from the field the fans just
naturally rose and nearly tore the
roof or the pavilion with applause
II was a great day for MIR Strain in
the field and at the bat. especially in
the fourth when he hit the ball 70
left, for what proved to be home
run. The left fielder mufred the brace
and the third baseman mussed up the
relay so badly that Catcher Garvin
didn't have a chance to get IL. This
was when the Ave runs came In
Doc Ayres pitched ii grand game
He had a sharp breaking outshoot that
quite took the gimp out OF the Pirates
especially buccaner Titman. Flour
noy made great catch in center and
Mace looked we'll behind the bat Al
together, Il was a great day for Rich.
mond as the score proves.