The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31
AFTERNOON GAMES

1t didn't take many minutes for tho
good folks who had given up other
pleasures to make trip to Lee Park,
TO understand that the Rebs would 7
have merry old time OF 1t II they
wanted to retrive the loss of the morn
ing by squirt in, the afternoon.
Firstly. Our" Bill Taylor was not
himself Whether he was worrying
over some untoward event In his
rather eyentful though brief career, or
whether he was not primed properlyf
for the battle. is purely mater OF 1
conjecture. The solemn. cruel. ever ap-s
parent fact is that he was not him
self.
Like Richard of old, he girded him.
self for he task; grabbed his trusty
armor; mounted his favorite steed and
travelled with grave mien and FORE
boding gestures to the ramparts. The
courage was. the same and the Will
which was lacking. After which
lengthy prelude it might be well to
tell just how the underside of an g..
to z count went to Newnham.
Trouble starts Sarly.
Trouble. with storms gathering. be-
gan just as the curtain was raised
Schall, mighty nice little man, from
rick Bohannon, our Mr.. Pat gathering
the pellet greodily in his hands and
touching what is formally called the
initial sack or bag. Which, so far as
1T went, was very, very considerate OF
Mr.. Sehall. But there were not all Mr..
, Schalls In the lot. A gentleman with
the uncommon soubriquet OF Johnson.
+, not at all of the puglistic family.
grabbed a club In his fin, whaled what
looked like 1t should have been a very
bad ball over the fence which borders
| right garden and trotted 1oyously
around the clndar paths with the
jaunty air of a candidate for Olympic
honors Which meant that he had
scored the first run.
Mr.. Walters. also nice and good look
ing. found that Our" Bill was a.
trifle wobbly. and aoaxed him for a
ride to the nearest station. He act
ed most rudely, and beat Bert Blues
peg to stop him from going further.
When Mcfarland did the unusual by
muffing a fly ball which didn't get
caught In the wind until Nc was
about to grab 1t, Mr.. Walters like
wise took advantage of the opportun-
ity and counted. d
That was all the damage which the
I. invaders managed to wreak until the
fifth. Then Our" Bill, following
habit which he contracted early !. in
the game. walked the first man to face
him, Yielded triplet of bingles. one
of the double variety. which added,
three to the sum total of trouble UP to
this wiring. A duplication of the fifth
happened in the seventh. when the first
man got a free ticket and then fol-
lowed three biffs. sandwiched In be-
tween a sacrifice hit and a sacrifice
fly. Three more. which made the total
eight was the result.
Try Hard to Win.
The Rebs tried good and plenty to !,
overcome the lead. and as a matter of
fact. came to the front in the third
holding the lead until that miserable
fifth Painter, the Indian, was by no
means steady. and he lasted just three
and one-third innings. He walked two,
threw wild twice and was hit safely
eight times. when Nelson determined
to give him rest and substituted
Ruger. during Painters performances
three scores had been made.
The game was interesting. though
weird throughout. The fans stuck.
probably In the hope of seeing a be-
lated victory. 1t took two hours and
thirty minutes to finish the contest,
but then 1t was worth the time spent.
Sox Seabold, and Johnson, for the yisi-
tors. both came In for good Words
each catching a high one up against
the fence. In the case OF Johnson, the
fly ball he caught from Bohannor's
bat IL missed. would have spelled de-
feat for his club. The score: