The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-13
Standing of CIubs
Games TOdny
Portsmouth IN Richmond.
Roanoke in Norfolk.
Newport News In Petersburg

Steve Grifin's Colts. fresh from a
series Of victories over the Tars. and
Lee Garvin's Pirates. who have suf-
fered q series Of disasters at the
hands Of Matthew'S Shipbuilders, en-
gagged In the liveliest and most un-
satisfactory kind OF a setto at the To-
cal ball lot yesterday afternoon. I'm
satisfactory It was because the Colts
proved rather easy picking for the
invading forces and were defeated by
an 8 to 2 score.
Charlie Strain. one of the chief
sources Of pride for the local fans.
was on the mound, and was not In
the best form which he has shown
this season. In fact. the Pirates took
kindly to his offerings from the hrst,
and during the course OF he nine
frames banged the ball to most of
the corners Of the enlarged park. Not
only that, but they o advantage OF
the youngsters wildness. and finding
that Jay Rogers was also having an
Off -day they ran the paths like ante
topes. The generally reliable bat
terry was not in form yesterday af-
ternoon. and that tells the greater
part Of the games story.
However. II does not tell of tho re-
m~arkably good game which Johnny
verbout, late Of the Richmond staff,
pitched against his old teammates.
Johnny had the Colts guessing by
his tantelizing benders, n held
them safe throughout. Piez and
Charlie Strain were the only players
on the local team who were able to
locate the exact point at which the
sphere crossed the pan, and they
were able to do so but once. Zach.
The entire local OUTFIT seemed to
he at outs with someone or with
something. and their play lacked the
ginger and snap which has marked 1t
during most OF thu games here this
season. Even Steve Griffin. who dec
GRATED the third base line, did not
l:ven up and give vent to n near
Jennings "Yee-yahs." which have
made him famous aroun this cir
cult. Whether II was the all-nfght
trip up the river Is unknown, but
the outfit bore small resemblance to
that which has been playing here.
Strain was not in the best physical
condition Ii Is known. In act. he
was sick and In no condition TO
work. This accounts 10 a great ex-
tent for the showing which he made.
So far as to how the runs were
made there ~ Iittls 10 tell luc
Pirates simply banged the ball when
hits were needed. and took advan-
tage of the passes. their ability to
steal and the several misplays and
accidents which occurred on the
Colts side. A bad bounce enabled
the ball to get by Piez and the run
ner to make an extra sack. Laval
mis3udged a sk~yrocketing ball and
another inner made third. go II
went throughout the game. These
with the Tour doubles. two three sack
ers and six singles brought the score
up to octo point
On the other hand the Pirates gave
verbout superb support, and he, In
turned. proved a stumbling block for
the Colts. Howedell accepted several
hard chances in dandy style. while
Evans made n sensational catch OF
a line ball over second.
Bob Tenant, another former Colt
also did stunts for the visiting aggre-
CATION. He landed on Charles offer
ings with something more than a
good will. and banged the ball TO the
right field fence twice during the
game. Both times he made third be-
fore the pill was returned.
The box score shows c~onciusively
exactly how the disaster occurred:
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