The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-03
ny HARRY TUCKER.

ny HARRY TUCKER.
With PetersburGs scalp hanging to
Its be.t the team from Beant0wn en-
tered Richmond yesterday with q
feeling OF walk -overness" prevailing
In the atmosphere Immediately sur
rounding their Hubble presence.
1t took just two innings. however
for Griffith to indicate to the bunch
from the large New England village
that there was no use monkeying win
the buxz saw.
While the final score showed the
close margin of to 8. in favor OF the
Colts, that score does not express the
incidents which led up to 1t.
Boston started with rush. iwo
big tallies were placed on the black-
board, and the fellows from the big
league staggered to the ield AZ
much a. to say
Well tust look how easy!
Richmond came half way back In
its half, but after that the balloon
went UP, and 1t was all over with
Boston. for the Colts went all down
the batting order In the second time
up, drew five runs four hits and
much enthusiasm. which infused
ginger into thes local squad.
Errors Help . Lathe.
Encouraged by this seaI the IocaIa
held the ianks to their original .wa
runs for five innings. but in the sew
enth Keyser beat out little oineie'
went TO second on Bakers tumble,
stole third and then took the run
through Hinton's bad throw to third
to head him.
Charlie strain had gone In the box
He received . large hand from n!s
admirers in the stand and bleacheries
and Or, Billy Parker handed him
certain magnetic mixture. For tive
innings Strain was hero. Tne tiVs'
time he passed a man. out the man
got no further than fsrs; base; tncn
two fell by the wayside and big pitch'
er perdue famed. The Colts were
responsible for the run that came N
the next inning. through slow neioiha
and fumbles.
The capture Of this run ENCOURAGED
the Beanton folks to yirther eHoft W
The next innig. and with plenty ol
aide talk and noise from the field they
endeavored to rattle the youngsier III
tho bcx for the Colts. TWO runs
went to the good in that inning, one
~ them due to a tumble by Strain
hlmsels. and the other aided ana
abetted by Hinton. who threw lns
nam away and triple by King. who
scored on Perdue's single. That wai
Ali they could do, and here u nov
the Richmond crew got their runs
Griffin Hits fos Two EAR.
In the first inning after Coates ma
flied out to left field. arinin pusneo
the piIl out FOR d beautiful two Dagger
vhich va. immediately duplicated
~ Fiourney, and Griffin scored.
The second inning was pro. re.
Meta With dumb plays and errors u
caused some OF the fans 10 IeHaI
that me BHantown Brigade were no'
ting to do anythtns, =.
Graf singled. Baker went out 20
rngerton. and Graf was landed al sec
ond from Raridan 20 nker,""'
Two out and nothing dgins'
But wait.
Lucia ran to the plate. He singled
There was a loud uproad from the
gyandstand- Verbout safed on rum
bic By Ingerton. who seemed 10 De
always getting in the way Then
Coates got himself together. and struck
cut. Raridan muRed the strike ano
threw wild to first and Lucia ambied
home. with vorbout and Coates safe.
The crowd yelled when Griffin peeled
the hide for aonther two-bagger. scor'
ing both the men ahead Of him. while
the Boston balloon got farther into
the haxy distance. F1ournoy put not
one In the direction Of the third base.
which Mcdonald could not handle. and
Grimm scored. while F1ournoy went to
second. There were happy moments
nuattnx all over the Broad street park.
Even Whitley HdrtseH smiled. MATHS
Who 3ust reached the city yesterday
mprning, landed from the shoulder on
The bean, and 1t stopped after Mat
had anchored on second corner. lie
stayed there. while Fiournoy scored.
for RAley died from Mcdonald to
Housur.
: And that was about all the locals
could do. although they kept up the
01rair Works Well.
Strain worked wonderfully well. For
Z youngster from = Sunday School
League, against one OF the biggest
teams In the country, he handled him
self like big league. Hero II what
First man up. went out to right field:
sacopd man. from second to frst:
third man walked. and then he famed
the fourth man. and retired the side.
Next inning the flrs& man went out.
third to 0rst. 1ec0nd MAn beat, out
slow inheld gr0under. went to Sec
ond, on arror by short. and scored
on bad throw ty Hinton 70 head him:
struck out next man, and retired third
man from second 10 flrst. Next In
ming, first man went out. short to firss;
second man safed on Strains FUN
BILE; third man hit TOR three bags. scor-
ing man ahead Of him, and the fob
lpwtng batter singled: next man. also
onsled. but with Just two runs.
j. s: I: i.a. hia, " asxs man was killed
pystty rood for strain. and Grimm
was tickled to death.
Today Griffin viii give Agnew. a
younR medico, . chance to do some
thing tor the country. This young
s2er u said to have aoms things cal
eulaAed te fool the Bean Boys.
HsFe n the score which tells all
about the Game IN which the Colts
swelloped the Boston Nationals:
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