Evening star., 1912-09-08
PEPCO HAS CHANCE TO MAKE
CLEAN SWEEP IN BIG SERIES
Electricians Outclassed Richmond Team Yes
terday So Much AS to Almost Pre-
clude Possibility Of Losing In
tercity Championship.

that was apparent to every one In the
stands before three innings OF the first
game had been played.
Judging by what was shown on the
field yesterday, there is no reason to
doubt that a prediction that Pepco will
make a clean sweep of the series would
not be far amiss. and certain 1t Is that
1t cannot be seen how it can ever fail to
win at least one of the two games sched-
uled to take place in the Virginia capital
next Saturday.
Just as was mentioned before the games
were played would probably be the case.
It was found that the Richmond club was
not as strong as the one which repre-
sented that city in the series last year
The main reason for that lies in the fact
that the pitchers are to a great extent
inferior. Neither of the three men who
did the hurting yesterday for the Vir-
ginia champs can in any way be COM
pared to either of the two who did the
pitching in 1911. Both Boehlfng and
Strain were very capable men. and with
them in the box this year there is no
doubt that the club would make a much
better showing.
Good pitching on an amateur club Is
everything, and without 1t it Is not often
that even a fair showing can be made.
Such was the case with the Richmond
team yesterday. 1t did not show any
where near as we'll as 1t would had it had
creditable box work to play behind.
No pitcher who ever started to pitch
a ball game appeared any more nervous
than did Hulcher when he began that
first inning against Pepco yesterday In
the second game. He was exceptionally
wild and could locate the plate but once
in awhile. When he did not get the bali
over the pan the Pepco men took free
passes to first, and when he did manage
to place 1t where the umpire would call
strike the batters would land on 1t
good and hard. The result was that
seven runs were rolled up before the
first inning had been ended and the game
made easy for the electric companys
pitcher.
Barton had little trouble holding his
own at the start of the first game. Bar
ring the first inning. when he was lit
had his game slowed away where he
wanted 1t and began to let down.
Also In the second game Ted Sullivan
started out to pitch his head off, but
when he found that there was little
chance of his teams lead being over
come he slowed up In the first four in
nings Sullivan went at such a gait that
ne sent eight Of the opposing batters to
the bench on strikes.
1t is probable that both pitchers could
have kept UP the shut-out gait during
the length OF the games had they de-
sired.
Country Morris led off one inning YES
terday with wallOp over short which
went out to center field So fast that the
man playing that position had little or
no chance to get In front OF it. The ball
went through and Country made the CIR
cult OF the bases.
Morris also got a three-bagger In the
first game The three-sacker, though,
was not the clean drive that was the
home run.
Buck" Barton is rather a handsome
fellow in q base ball suit and the fsc..
has not gone unnoticed by the gentler
Sex. many of whom, by the way, have
appeared to take an exceptional interest
in his work in the post-season series.
There Is one little girl who has watched