The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-20
ONLY TWO HITS ARE MADE OFF
YOUNG RICHMoND
1rTCHER.
STRIKES OUT ELEVEN
COLTS SHOW UP IN FINE STYLE,
NEWPORT NEWS, ROANOKE
AND NORFOLK ARE
WINNERS,
Richmond. s.
Petersburg. 0.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.
PETERSBURG. VA. April ls.--
With blaring trumpets. crowded
streets. beautiful weather and bub-
bias enthusiasm Petersburg started
Its championship season I'm the Vir-
ginla state League yesterday after
ternoon. The city was upon holiday,
or at least half holiday bent. and fully
three thousand of the faithful follow
ers OF Gordon McCabe and his coterie
~ lovers of the national game. jour
neyed To the ball park. and co're NV" y
sadder. but none the less enthusiastic.
II such q paradoxical condition may
be permitted in baseball parlance.
Richmonds contingent of fans was
not as large as one might have ex-
pected. but what was lacking in In
terest. enthusiasm and patriotism by
the fans In general was made IN by
the presence OF Walter kirsch and
Charley Iiutzler. who would rather
see cred ball game than eat after
long fast
These 1--WE headed small party Of
Richmo adcrs, and they helped swell
the Gpplauaa whenever Charlie Strain
struck out man. AS the aforesaid
Charley struck out almost a dozen. the
.xhuherant spirits pf the small Rich
mond bunch dubbed to the overflow
frg point.
Petersburg Turns Out.
Long before the hour announced for
the beginning OF the game. the streets
were filled with men. women and Gull
dren bant upon roofing to their best
ability FOR the home team. Encourag-
ed by the score of the previous DAY.
the Cockade Cityites felt that inc
world was theirs. They appeared 70
take for granted that the game mao
already been won. and had II not uce. !
for the loyalty which hung aroun ,,
their bosoms. they might lust as Wen
have stayed down town and waited 70
saa how much the Petersburg team
would defeat the Colts. and then nave
N big bonfire somewhere on sseaH'osS
street. In celebration of that victory,
But they had no chance to ceie-
bratc, although the White hipoon
band In the glory ana spienaor u
handsome new uniforms. beguileu the
time away between half-past three
and half past four with such doleIui
tunes "a "Alexander's Band. Every
body" and other equally as plaantiNe
After half past four the band sunk
iuto solemn silence, until the hnisn
Of the game. when they were In.
duccd TO play cake walk SO that
the crowd would get out TO 'hei'
street cars before dark.
Charlie Strain, Hero
T, must be said that Charlie strain
VAS the hero OF the occasion He had
swift ones. slow ones, ana those IA
between. He had fade-aways, pii-
lows and invisible twisters. Even
Hein,e Busch, the midget manager.
not the brother Of Anheuser Busch.
fa,iaa to connect Nor could the big
fellow Spencer get In touch. although
he tried mighty hard. and kept Mat,
It's chasing upon two separate anu
distinct occasions- -,
a. matter az fact none of the fell
,ows who xwatted the sphere about
nrnad Street Park on the previous
dav could touch the lad from the
sand lots of Church Hill. Two fttie
hits was about all and the two heroes
who figured In these were left at the
first stop.
Early in the game Morga .ro,n
managed to connect for bingie
through Graf and Baker He rested
At frst. Later. in the seventh. Jack
Anthons placed a high one out In
right which either F1iurnoy. Burke
~ Raiey might have caught. 1t they
had not all started after the ball az
one and the same time. IL was sur.
arising to see that Grit himself did
not Get IN the chase. A. result the
hall dropped on the ground and the
old Richmond boy was safe at hrss.
Gets Pair n Shoes.
He rot Z pair Of shoes for doing
the trick. There was proposition
ont ~ one OF tho enthusiastic fans
ofYerinx to give any and all Peters
burg piayerp who connected safely,
a nair 81 shoes. He was lucky, Tor
III he had t. dossgASs To- EiNeS Ieuf
shoes away.
! There were no features In the
eame. except the combination which
Strain handed the Coolers. In nve
innings he famed eight would ne
hatterr. The first three men up Tell
81 the wayside. Not one OF the trio
even connected for a foul. In the
second inning three men faced the
The third inning was the red-letter
event. for Morganroth connected
:. : iT,sf~ly. 4 Two men had Ecsre down.
before the lifeboat hove IN siGnt.
however. and before Morg could set
away from the sack the third man had
mot his doom.
Tor Charles the First. Busch and
6Nnnctt both Gwatted Some holes In
the ozone, and went back to the
bench. Spencer put up y high foul
10 Ralcy. who gathered II In out near
the bunch OF c1amoroua bleAcherites.
without breaking doTn the fence. and
3riffln executed a nman hornpipe.
which created some sarcastic merri-
ment among those who had mean
feelings against the Colts
Then came the NTH. This proved
as disastrous as had, all those winch
preceded. Loughlan swung the bat
s.~..-A AAe~n ASvsnAa urffhrnrt coming In