The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-01
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BY C. NJ. MONTGOMERY.
The little bird supposed to be the
hbIem of Victory. of Joy and Glad
~. fiuttered all around and over
a camp Of the Colts yesterday at
moon. but 1t did not alight. Twice
f,uttered down for an instant. barely
k,chNd and then went on its journey,
Shampered by the big end of a score
hich might have been the Colts In
nIace the shadow of the symbol OF
az appeared and during the hour
"A forty minutes which 1t took New
81 News to wrestle the opening
4me Of the series from Richmond.
q Roanoke Tigers were iambaster-
the Petersburg pitchers and de-
Sting the Buschmen. The deIea1
the leaders and the runners-up pre-
rves the relative standing OF tne
lbs and possibly insures that AFTER
ts series, in which the Colts were
pccted to pull up considerably on
fsnohers. the clubs will start on
last six weeks of the campaign
~ the Same number of games sepa-
ting them. =.
There are several reasons why the
BITS dropped the game to the Build
Yesterday by a 3 to score. any
r az which might have been SUM
knt TO have caused their downfall
young rurier by the name OF PAX
II Was one Of the principal reasons
N for he managed to keep the
tfnen helplessly hitless when PIN
- might have done wonder1ui
tnrs, Then there was the ability
the Builders to Judge Just where
krry Grif1n's drops would cross the
a and their subsequent knack OF
living the pill into safe territory
nnr with these items might ne men
Aned the occurrences In which rleA
rred home. off second. when HARRY
Finn popped out to short with one
Svn; and Chick Davis delay In hlk-
: FIR home when Matthews threw
second to stop Ducky Enerus pa
ring OF that station.
pns whether we won or whether we
II the fans who made the journey
the mark. in spite OF the heat ana
h~hlin1 day. saw a very creditaoie
IN "a me and one in which there was
me clever play and few sensa-
bns. ~ s,sur
.Young Chick Davis. the amateur
" mir t4g on the sandiots. who was
Ither fast and fair feIder. eohtih-
IN h.n the pill with the best on
! club and ts fiefding In a style ~hlch
hn1d make him valuable TO almost
1 : club in the league. festerdsy ne
Rnaed for his usual cIout afd pulled
me IF tne cieverest kind OF held-
Hts ston Of drive Just 10 the
Eat OF second and hts clubbing oat
Matthews was OF real class ana won
In an excellent hand ana ne maae
Snther stop. this time throwing out
chance
'rharlie strain, who WAS sent In to
lrform around the shortfield after
Awton had disagreed so expiosively
m Sorcum about the decision rem
rod on Smith at second base that ne
y sent 10 the clubhouse to drown
= ire In a shower bath, grabbed his
~ chance In dandy style. but drew a
orus of disapproval a few frames
her when he poached on the terri
.ry allotted to Davis Eherts saved
{veral hard drives from becoming
Kettles by being the man on the spot
Ia Johnny Mace broke into the lime
kit with a timely clout, which sent
berts across with the run which put
IL Colts ahead
Lost Opportunities Tell Tale.
lRichmond's frst opportunity to score
line in the third frame. which F1sx
D6NAU WIN n GoupAf ~ t@beEss AAHt"
buted one To the pitcher and was
lie when an attempt WAS made TO
bp Sandy at third. Johnny was out
hen he attempted 10 steal second.
hmm famed. and Newton left Charlie
landed on third by skyrocketing to
bndolf.
|Three hits. which would have been
Insecutive ones. but for a base on
Kills. was SUFFICIENT to score only one
In for the Colts in the nth inning.
Avis started things with a single to
r. ~
IEberts completely fooled the op-
Aaing teams defense by taking
hnt on the first pitched ball and
len. ON a his and run signal, poking
Init through the infield into the CEN
II garden. thus advancing Chick to
10 three quarter post. Eberts then
|Arted his slow steal of the second
Ag and while the Matthews clan
IRE deciding whether to run him
kwn between the bags. Davis started
bme. with every hesitation OF the
kfense he hesitated also and when
kally he dashed for the plate was
|Aily thrown out. Piex was walked.
Ace delivered a clout through second
ia Eberts sprinted across the plate.
Another run was scored during the
|lIowing session. Newton beat out
Il to the pitcher. was sacrificed to
|cond and crossed over when John
hley hit to left field. After this in
Ing the Colts did not have the barest
lance Of scoring again.
Two successive hits, walk, two
|olen bases and another hit sent
Dir OF the Builders across the pan
the sixth frame while safety to
|e garden nearest Broad street
Fl, sacrifice and timely swat TO
Fought over the tally which decided
le fracas.
The score:
Richmond.
Players ABB r. H. o. A. f.
ewton. IS. ....... / 0 2 o.