The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-04
BOSTON 5, RICHMOND z
I hat Was Some Game Between the Bean
eaters and the Bean-growers in Broad
Street Park Yesterday as the Story
Shows---Pltcher Ayres Entitled to Put
aFew on Today
by HARRY TUCKER.

by HARRY TUCKER.
Boston, will celebrate today. and
there will be more brown bread and
beans distributed among the fans. be-
Ga use the husky Beaneaters. after =
fast chase which did not come to a
finish until Phil Hinton flied out in
the ninth inning, took the game away
from lot OF inoffensive minor
leaguers who had nothing against
them.
While the Colts didn't hit a. fire.
Quentiy as they did upon the previous
day, when they soaked II to the big
fellows. they held their own much
better than any other minor league
AGGREGATION In these parts has done.
There may have been Ieason. all
though 1t might be said that the
Bostonese might. At the drop Of a hat.
have mad to explain things when they
reached the Huh. The game was no
cinch. The Brown Bread crowd had
all they could do TO keep the Cots
from walking away from them. l,
may have been because the locals had
. local Medical College enthusiast In
the box. And that local medlco push
"a himself all through the nine In
terest,ng innings without batting an
eye.
with bieak. wintry wind blow
Ing In tbs 0GanG. which ching em-
braces the gteSrilOry between the en-
zine house and the Coli Club, and
overcoats most valuable acquisitions,
. bunch Of shivering faithful fans sat.
and sat through II all. They applaud
ed at the slightess provocation. for
activity meant . little warmth. and
that was one Of the scarcest things
Dat II farm =,
afternoon.
Rather Cold Day.
Cold soua and peanuts were not IN
denai nd Hot chocolate was the thing.
but some OF the warm things handed
out by the bail players. who were
~ cold AZ the crankB In the stand.
helped sosne. and that leads up 10 the
story OF the game.
The peYsonatication Of courtesy, an
he Ii At times, Grimm bowed the vtsi-
tors to bat first. They took Advan-
faxe Of this display Of Southern hos
piiaIity, and then pulled on mean
deal. They took two runs away from
the Colts. which. to say the least. Is
. thing tiI2t NO visitor should do. But
the hosts Of the OCCASION were not
behind the visitors much. Tor, In or
der to show how glad they were to
have them In their Eahiat. they Just
took back the two runs one al time
That was pleasing TO the bunch on
the aide line. and they howled vocal
er0usly,
But II was . cold and windy day.
Boston n somewhere UP near the
North Pole. and that bunch Of 1el-
lows knows what II means to have
tctclss hanging from the caves ON the
Fourth OF July and Ice in the gutter
In August
They Dsdn't Mind.
So. in the language OF Victor Huge.
they didn't mind.
After going through six innings In
. satisfactory manner the slsators
sought 70 rattle the youthful pitcher.
,Ih4E. didn't ~ ales him.. but they did
"a them, with tho result THAI tpere
seemed, altar that disastrous time up.
there was no balm ID 0ilead for the
sore fans
The Colts didn't seem to mind IT,
They were PROBABLY hitting them-
solves tor coming swats Ia tile weeks
ahead, but the crowd In the bleAch-
avina took exception 70 the way In
which the Bean-consumers appeared
" - piaYing nth ths. Colts, and. they
6xpTe1oSd thon11 olyes with more or
- vehsnsncs. augpented BY some
Thess two things braced tho Colts,
End 10 their half Of the last chance
NTH IT, Bostoasse this season they
eanYed 70 Do sonnethinG that would
have upset the grsndstAnd. and Mr..
bradley would have had 70 make
!. i9nFn = what they alta:
T3Shnr aafed ON an error or that