The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
NINTH INNING RALLY ny BOYS
FROM NORFOLK GIVES THEM
THE LEAD.
COLTS TIE THE SCORE
NORFOLK PUTS ONE RUN ACROSS
IN TENTH AND WINS GAME
FROM HOME TEAM,
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Broad Street Park yesterday Look
ing at 1t strictly as an entertainment
1t was very fine ball game. full of
thrills and the unexpected. But 1t
didn't leave the fans in a pleasant
frame of mind. On the contrary. as
the Frenchman on the ocean liner
said. when asked If ne had dined.
OF course you have guessed, If not
already wise, that the home team lost.
Yessuh, lost. Lost any chance of
making a clean sweep of the final
series and ending the season in
blaze OF glory. Looks n$g as IL 1t
might end like the steering end of
rocket.
If anyone should ask why the Colts
lost, don't heed the frixouIous per-
son who replies that they did not
make runs enough. 1t was something
besides that. IT was also something
besides the fact that Norfolk made
more runs.
IT was simply because Chief Griffin
changed his batting order and with
1t his luck. Every time the chief
switches the batting order something
drops and ii dropped In the ninth In
ming yesterday.
Something to Think About
Think OF having a game comfor-
tably won. Think of the other fell
lows being On the short end of a
score for eight innings Think of a
pitcher going along as smooth az
cioekwork. the men behind him Civ
ing him the niftiest. gfossiest kind of
support and then think Of the whole
works going up like a Mcnamara ex-
piosion. In the little old ninth inning.
And speaking of the McNamaras.
there was an umpire in the game yes
terday and by the same token he came
from the Pacific coast. Get that9 See
anything like coincidence between
an Umpire Mcnamara from the Pa
cific coast and the entire Richmond
team going into the air There's
something to ponder upon, This
MCNAMARA may be- n grand srrrspfrE.
he may be all that. although Doc
Ayers split the pan for Keller in the
ninth and the best he got was called
balls. Any umpire is liable to do
tnat and a man named Mcnamara liz
1ost as liable as any other to mistake
perfectly good strike for a ball.
Be that as 1t may. The Colts had
the game won until the beginning NJ
the ninth. They scored a run IN tho
third and apparently sewed the ga ms
up IN the sixth. Perhaps 1t was onIy
oasted, for 1t was ripped apart in the
ninth
Scoring the Runs.
But anyway, Fred Lucia hits one
at the pitcher in the third ana runs
for first. He ran faster than Fred
mad run since the time he heard
Mackey and Walker sing "Lifeboat-
men, Ahoy." But it was no use. The
| ball beat him to It.
| Harry Griffin came up and nom
] chalantiy pushed single over the
second Dag. Graff went out, Kircher
| to Bigbie, but me bold Mr.. Garman
| comes up. unbelted a single to center
and took second ON the throw in
| that didn't get Griffin at the plate.
One run.
| Sixth inning: Garman popped TO
| Hinton. but Burke, who drives the
ball whenever he does meet it fair.
slammed double to the fence in
| center Bob Carter, the never say
die kid, pelted single through a
hole in the infieid. and Burke raced
| home. Another run.
| As Harry Griffin was pitching great
ball and the rest OF the team was
backing him up in STYLE the game
/ seemed about over. particularly as the
| luck had been with Richmond. For
Instance. In the fifth. when CASTOR
| pasted one vicieusiy to left field that
| would have been sure two-pagrer
| generally. Charlie Strain turned ais
| back on 1t, twisted himself, ran.
! sprung In the air and came down with
| the ball In his left mitt. Some catch.
| believe us. Again in the seventh
| Walters siashed one inside of first.
| and Red Garman got 1t. He threw
| to first. but nobody happened to be
!, on the bag, and Walters advanced a
| base.
Strain stars Again.
There was one down. Bighie hit
! to left and Strain threw out Walters
at the<plate. Bigbie went to second
and scored on glount's hit. Bat this
| way the Colts were going.-------
| Then came the ninth.
| Hinton few out to McComas. but
| Gordon doubled. Walter singled. Big
bic singled and Steve Grimm called
| on Perryman to stop the run-getting.
/ Perryman went In, and Btount uash-
| ed a hounder over Griffins head.
Braun singled. but on Gaston.s hit to
| McOpmas he was doubled. Three
/ runs were in. and the Tars were
| ahead, a to 2. e.t s.s-s5s;... S..
| With Burke and Carter down, Grif-
| I'm singled McComas singled and
| Grimm. who had advanced to second.
| scored McComas went TO second,
4 and Strain scored him with a single.
| Lucia popped to Braun.
! The score was tied. and the fans
! went nearly wild. But the Tare had
| their second wind. and Umps McNa-