The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-28

ent series with the Richmond war
riors.
1t vas not to be
Griffin watched Perryman and Ay-
ers warm up. and although the par
son looked as IL he had everything,
Steve decided to string along with the
medical student. He simply asked the
big boy IL he felt like working, Ayers
nodded. and Griffin chirped, ayers
Cowan asked him for the battery.
Cowan Some Umpire.
This same George Cowan lie some
jumps. He has called 'em right and
maybe called one or two wrong, but
the folks who have predicted that
George would lose his head and get
In a mixup with the scrappy players
Of the Virginia league, have another
guess coming. George had a chance
fused to. 1t was all over Il new bail.
Kid Efrd had been peevish over the
way Cowan had called balls and
strikes on his pitching. and with steve
Grimm at the plate In the ninth In
ming OF the first game he was even
more so. Griffin fouled off ball after
ball, and when Cowan handed Efird
Ii nice new, clean ball instead OF An
old. soiled. discolored one, Captain
field and told the youngsler not to
use il.
Hollands manner was enough TO
make a less hasty person than Cowan
Is supposed to be, tritie snappish.
Instead OF growing red in the face.
however, Cowan just shifted his cud.
went behind the pitchers box. passed
Ehrd the new ball again and said.
play BALI IN beautiful. duicet but
.4Sf itrsa
that. Mr.. Holland was so surprised
he went back to left field. close to the
foul line TO think the matter over,
while he was waiting for Griffin 10
hit the ball out there.
Calls Griffin Out
Griffin didn't hit the ball out there
because Mr. Cowan called third
strike on him in a manner which
seemed to imply that he WAS glad Of
the opportunity TO do so. Griffin had
nagged Cowan, and after fouling of
the new ball that Efrd had received
from the umpire, and lost It. he wanted
the umpire 10 use another white ball.
Cowan took Ii and tossed ii to the
bench. Somebody on the bench tossed
Il into the field again. whereupon Mr.
Cowan put 1t In one OF his pockets.
gave Efrd one OF the old balls. Efrd
shot II over on the inside corner Of
LnN DiaIe ana I impure SoNatI ofioui'o
loudly. almost vociferously, You're
out,"-and waved Griffin to the bench.
That incident ended the first game,
too. much 10 the delight of the fans.
for thew were getting hdgety over the
long stay OF Griffin at the plate. II
had been q tantalizing game on the
part OF Richmond The Colts did not
play like the peppery bunch OF the
day Before. and besides. Strain did
NJ 4, ~ ~
and luck.
Sec In First Inning.
Richmol~ got a run in the first
inning. Roanoke came back with
another In the fourth and won the
game IN the sixth. Holland drew a
pass and Newton hunted. Strain came
In on the lump. grabbed the ball and
had plenty OF time to get Holland
at second, but threw Wild to Nc
Ccmas Then Shields came across
with a two-bagger. He tried 10 make
1t three and was caught by a pretty
piece of relay work on the part Oh
burke and Griffin. Iafitte lifted to
Griffin and Efrd slapped one at Strain
and died ut first.
After the first inning 1t was al
most one. two. three for Richmond.
rhe Colts could not hit Efrd hard
had chance, except when Buck
Presley made a right hand stop of
Griffins drive and got his man at
first. in the sixth. which shut of
what might have been rally. In the
next inning Ralsy got on, thanks to
but Tenants line drive was
taken by Newton and Raiey was
caught dead off first He simply
walked back to his position. as the
double killing made three out,
Things Look Different.
Things looked different in the sec
ond game. 1t was the Roanoke
boys who looked poor at the bat,
while the Richmond fellows were tho
articles. In the very first
inning. after Carter had gone out,
corner Of the lot In right field. 10.
Fl olland tried to play tho pet trick
cf the Tigers on him. but 1t didn't
work. When a man gets to third on
Roanoke and the ball has been
thrown to third base and returned
to the pitcher. the third baseman
moves off the bag. Naturally tine base |
runner moves of with him Mean /
" lille the left fielder has sneaked up
10 the bag. the pitcher shoots the I
ball to him and the base-runncr is I
caught dead unless he has a coach /
whose eyes are wide open.
Graft escaped this snare and came |
n on Griffin's single through New I
ton.
In the neyt inning John Ealey |
lrove the bail to the same corner
where Graft had placed hts three
Dagger. Both must have landed I
within six inahes Of each other.
4 r.,x.,av paler third s,l
.ame in on a squeeze play. worked
With McComas at the hat. Tenant
lit the bail. but drove II to the third 4
.crner, making first when Garman
allied to tag him on PresSleys throw.
remnant stole and watched Rogers Z
% out at first, Garman unaxsfated,
vhile RaIey was still at the corner.