The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-04
BY Gus aIALDERT.


dividual, Charles Faust Lynn, whose
ehief bid for fame lies in the fact that
he is tho purveyor of laughs TO Allie
Newnham's Rebs, they sure did hit
that ball yesterday" Which very near
ly explains why Richmond won over
! Washington in the final game OF the
series. making the verdict unanimous.
by tho score Of 3 to IL.
y mere trfle of thirty-onc hits were
made during the afternoons engage
ment, including six good for the cir
cut. OF which the Rebs garnered five,
Bi!lY Trout, having grown TO healthy
proportions since reaching this be-
n!Ghted cline. corraillng two in the
hrSt two innings, With Mcfarland, Bert
Blue and Ralph O. SeyDold following
in order For the visiting Senators,
Adler turned the trick.
1t was pre- cm!nently Il day of gal
Tops. Every member OF the local outfit
broke into the hit column with II blud-
seon except OIIare. Seybold made
up for lost time by making hts wullop
good for two counts. bringing In Ior-
man ahead of him. George browne
was not far behind. and in the last
box, with the l;ebs good seven runs
10 the merry, Brownie started some
trouble which caused The fans TO re-
main glued to their seats, awaiting the
outcome. y combination OF three dou-
bles and an error. landed four OF the
Wasiiing,onians on the right side of
the plate. after which Itcaycr ADAMS
began to realize that he might be up
against 1t, and frightened the rcins.
ThereUpon the game ended.
1t was The kind of game which de-
lights the crowd. 1t wasn't n run
away affair but one In which both
clubs did some fancy clouting. No
finger on earth, regardless OF his
brand or quality OF shoots. could have
put stop to those stickers. They
had it In their system and Just had to
work it out. 1t may be that the sun
shine OF the past few days has had its
effect, but whatever the cause, tho ef-
feet was certain enough.
Contractor White. who, by the way.
should again be commended for the
changes he has wrought and for the
speedy completion of his work, may
find II few loose planks in his fence.
Otherwise the physical damage is
slight, except To the Ringing averages
Of the three participants in the shoot
.ng box
Big IIeggarty was Ncwnham's selec-
ton. and after getting away to a good
start in the opener. just three facing
him. he weakened. and in the second,
was touched for quartet of saTcties,
hit Gcary and was scored asains,
twice. In the third he was hardly
more effective, and but Icr sharp field
ing behind him, more than the one
score would have happored. After that
Allie used the derrick. and when the
fourth dawnod, Adams was sent to the
centre. Until the last nc logged alous
under loose rein. allowing few
hits. but not being worried. George
Co"an made his debut as a member or
the United States clan, wearing n
Washington uniform. and caught
good game until he was yanked in the
seventh in favor of Trainor
For the locals. Prout started the do
ings when he parked the first bali
thrown by Bennett for count one. From
then on the Rebs crossed in every in
nfns, but the seventh There was one
IN the second, two in the third, four in
the fourth. one again in the NTH. three
in the sixth and ore again in
the eishth-thc result of batting. not.
errors Hoffman had all the fun lie
wanted, sailing four times out of FIVE
tries, including one for ar extra sack.
Blue was second in tine biting line.
with three out OF four. and home
/ run to his credit OF the thirty one
hits made the Rebs had sixteen. and
the Senator's fifteen to their credit.
Some fast fielding ard some heady
work marked the play. Everybody
was on the jump: and despite the large
score and heavy bomhardment. the
game went a short two hours. for the
} reason that there was something OF in
/ terest happening Reading Will be here
! to-day and Will remain for battles on
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