The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-15

After Taking First Game and Cup From Battle Axes in
Broad Street Park, Teams Play Exhibiton-Home Team
Trounced Twice, 10 to 2 and to 0-Former Governor
A. ]. Montague Presents Trophy to Winners

@ Former Governor A. J. Montague.
now Democratic candidate for conf
sress from this district, stood 1t thu
homo plats In Broad street park.
yesterday. and presented the Pepco
team. Of warrington. with massive
loving cup. emblematic OF the inter
city baseball championship. There
Vas no doubt shout the Pepcos win
ming tho cup. They had trounced the
Battle Axe boys three straight games,
captured the series with east and
then proceeded TO rub the defeats In
~ administering = fourth by the
score OF , to q. The latter was prac-
ticAily an exhibition game and should
not be counted. ~ Charley Strain
played at shortstop for the Richmond
team. The score Of the first game
was 10 to ..
Manager &rey. OF the Pepccs, took
the cup by one of its three handles
and iugged 1t to the bench. while
the members OF both teams, who had
grouped themselves around Mr.. Mon
tague, DR.. Parker. manager Of the
Baltic Axes and Manager Grey ap.-
piauded heartily. The thousand or
Also lent their kind acclaim and one
or two Pepco banners Of red were
waved bravely by enthusiastic visi-
xorA
Two had Innings.
Both would have been very good
games except for one inning In each.
In the first game ii was the NTH.
Here Bob Baur. who had warmed up
like big Lacquer, lost his cunning
for . moment and the team behind
him was smitten with butter fingers
or paralysis of the digits. or some
thing. Anyway the boys couldn't
seem to tstdp anything and every
time an error Of 11nmission or COM
mission was made q Pepco batsman
saudwichsd In = hit RAdy appeared
TO BE- the chief offender on the de-
Tense, but there we're others on the
team with q bad case Of rattiess
Eight runs went across IA this session
and that hxsd the first game. Leo
Whitfield came in to pitch for Bnur
and after that the Pepcos contented
themselves with hitting the ball In the
Msr. Eixist rayt ct ;twafvs hatazuen.
went our on dies in the last four In
nings. 1
Huicher In center field made =
number OF pretty catches, but one on
Howard in the fourth inning was enc
Of best ever seen on, any field Howard
hit one to the club house in center
and Haicher speared It with his left
hand. high over his head, while going
full speed. II Was marvellous catch
and even the Washington rooters join
ed in the applause. Billy Hay made
n catch OF high foul OF Murphy
In the same inning. going almost to
first base for IL
Play After Shower.
In the second game the bad inning
was the last after little shower had
made the bah slippery. Whitfield
had pitched good ball up to this time.
: but wieu he lost control and the
Pepcoes touched him up a little tho
boys behind him went picking daisies
again. They didn't play ball. anyway.
The score, . to 0. tells the story.
While the Battle Axes failed to
score with Sullivan In the box. Barton
actually appeared to have more stun.
The winners are q nifty. all around
te4m. Munich. the catcher. has great
arAa. but he wastes large number
Of throw& Meyers in a great first
bassman on fielding his position and
IL built to hit the bali He did not
do much with the bat yesterday. but
II he can hit anything after the
fashinn In which he fields Ne Ii good
enough for any Glass C league team.
Murphy at second and Gill NJ
short are fast players and Fury. Nor
rts and Green are . swift lot Of out
felders Tho repcoA arc greNt on
the bases. and although Murphy was
caught once taking . chance going
home, Rady's failure to cover third
when Biount ran in. allowed him to
ret back safely. Biount tried to pj,ll
of q Ty Cobb. He made d delayed
steal Of second In the fourth. over
ran and yet escaped being put out.
Then he tried 20 steal third BY catch
ing the pitcher Asieep, but he fell
down, literally and nguratiyely speak
tng. $ r '' e -
The details follow:
First Came.
Pepco---Murphy walked, stole Sac
ond Gill out from Baur to Ford.
Fury hit to powden. who caught
Murphy on third. Dowden, Hay.
Rlount ana Ranr getting assists On
the ont. Fury going to third on the
plAy. Morris out to DowdeN No
Z hits no runA
B6ffIe Kxe--Rady singled to center.
Hay New out to Fury DOwd6n sin-
gied to center. scoring Rady and go
ing to second on the throw IN. In
attempt TO catch Dowden on second
Barton threw TO center field, Dow
=tfeHEat tsHsptx -htft--Mna
thrown out from Green to Barton to
Munich. Biount strnck out. Two hits.
Y one xiRl ~
Second Inning.
PepcoIAtx struck out. Green beat
out m infseid hit Rady. Howard new
out to Schmidt Munich out from
Baur to Ford. One hit, no runs.
Battle Axe--Haur new out TO Nor
ris Ford struck out Huscher dew
out to Green. No hits, no runs.