The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
LUCKY COLTS WIN ONE
GAME FROM VISITORS
Newport News Takes First Event in Double Header and
Loses Second, an Extra Inning Affair, to1
--Pless Is Released

when team looks good to get a
double beating -5h ono afternoon and
then gets away with one of the games
in an extra inning contest, there is
only one thing to it; that team is
lucky. The Colts were lucky yester-
day. The Newport News shipouilders
had them on the run from tne start
Only rare good luck and d never
say-die spirit kept the Colts from get
ting a double licking
Manager Jack Grim has marshailed
mighty one team to represent the
seaport city He has Il couple OF
former Richmond players in his line
Mats and BFaek IN iie-f,-af4ti trt,
has player who properly belongs in
Richmond, Hooker. All three Of them
lnek very good Indeed AT present al
though Bruckmiller did lost his game
yesterday and Was not a winner with
the Colts
Then Grim has Martin Walsh In
Tire outdeId This former mound art
ist can certainly bang the bail. Mar
tin may not be a Ty Cobb for speed.
but he IS there with the Lajoie wal
Top. On second, Grim has nifty
little player IN the person Of slayin
Wolfe asn't an SLOUGH either
Strain went after the FIRST game
and looked good until it was noticed
that the Newport News boys We're
getting 10 him with eonsiderab fire.
queucy Then Il was noticed tina.
Richmond has the original village
cut-np playing left field Whe- the
fans looked on their programs they
found that this gardeners name lis
Pleiss. The outfieIding Of Mr. Pleiss
would make mos. any manager Yell
p iice'- only for fear that Mr. pieiss
might xlIsund erstand and imagine
that he was being called by name
The fans called MI Pletss yesterday
and Mr.. Pleiss responded by waving
has cap al them. He will wave his
car from the Visitors bench hereaf-
ter. for last night he was given tho
decoration of the empty tin can by
Secretary Bradley.
Richmond wasn't in the first game
Brown had the Colts Ike bunch Of
amateurs. that is with the exception
Of Captain General Griffin and fdr1.e
Willie McComas. Little Willie banged
out three nice little hits out Of four
times up. which rs gong some. Grif-
fin cot two
Ruhe Pleiss made the only run for
the Colts and saved them a shut-Out
He drew a pass and when MeComas
hanged the Salj at Hooker for a sim
bile Pleiss went around TO third When
Hooker let the ball get away from
him he came on home. That was the
only run the Colts made n the first
spasm. Newport News made six
Among the consoling features Of
the defeat was the way Herr Graft
played third. He ate 'em up ana
threw with the speed and precision
Of a prize gunner.
In the second game Bruckmiller
the former terror Of the Colts and
lately Of the Richmond club went in
against Harvey Bussey, Newport
News put run across in the first
frame that seemed as ,big As Il house.
for seven innings. Hooker singled.
stole. and when Bennett threw the
ball to center field Hooker kept right
on to third Mattss brought him In
with single
Richmond came back in the eighth
when all hope seemed lost Porter
miscued on McComas and Little Will
lie was safe Bennett atoned for his
error by driving out a single, Then
Bussey hit TO short and Willie beat
-tha-haif= tn- tHs-ys4a :s-----
In the tenth Pleiss. like a wise 1T
tie fellow, drew a pass again, wen.
to second IN MCComas sacrifice and
scored on BENEFITS single. Mr.. Ben
nett Is some hitter. He saved the dav.
anyway. as the detailed scores will
show.
The scores