The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-02
Games Today.
Norfolk in Richmond.
Petersburg In Roanoke.
Newport News in Portsmouth
BY C.. M. MONTGOMERY.


II you had told any one of the fans.
who journeyed out to the ball park
yesterday afternoon. that they were
seeing q real baseball game they
would undoubtedly have emphati-
cally agreed with you, provided that
the remark has been passed before
the sixth inning. If the assertion
had been ventured after that frame,
when the Colts took the lead, 3 to ,,
1t would have been laughed at. 1eered
at. and you would have been made
the butt Of many joke II not &C
tuaily questioned as to the state OF
your mind and Judgment.
For after the Attn session the
Yracas looked like BIRDS eye view
of the rout Of Turkish brigade.
Seitz went absolutely to pieces. and
the players behind him proved rath-
er more of a hinderance In putting
out the Colt batters than they did
an aid For error after error was
made, and as each successive mis-
play occurred a man made an ex-
ira bag or the rubber in safety.
Charlie Shafer sat on the sunshine
bench and ground his teeth. He sent
another twirler out to warm UP, but
before the lad was ready the Colts
had taken such lead that sub
stitution would have been useless
So Charlie sat on the bench and
ground his teeth. He twisted mis-
can. and plucked grass from the
newly planted turf. He hitched EN-
up. and he bawled 'em out. but all
to no advantage. The Tars just
could not locate the ball that Small
wood was twisting up to them. and
failed 10 even start a rally toward
overcoming the lead which seitz's
wildness and the misplays OF the
other Tars had allowed the Colts to
obtain.
As was remarked. yesterday $
game was some contest up to the
sixth. 1t bore every appearance OF
going into extra innings, and the
fans had about settled themselves
to enjoy a few session extraordinary,
when all hopes were shattered by
the happenings of that frame. Up
10 the time that Seitz decided that
terra hrma was not suited to one OF
his temperament and chose to soar
among the planets. there had been
a closeness to the score and an IN
terest to the game that was fasci-
mating.
The Colts had overtaken the Tars
who had started to make runaway
of II, and were fighting desperately
! to keep abreast. The Tars had found
Harvey fsuSSeF tp NBGit @A'o
were carving their goose with method
and precision They had been un-
| able to take any great lead. but
! nevertheless. had managed to push
/ three runners across. and these look
/ ed large, indeed. when chalked NJ
| beside the Colts series OF naughts
| However. the third brought trio
/ Of scores for Richmond. and the two
| teams having settled down X seemed
I as though few extra sessions couic
| not be avoided.
Sends Smallwood In.
( When the score was tied steve
Griffin trotted out the youngest Col
and let him to the center OF" hestili'
ties. Smallwood Immediately Sc
cured the little goat which the Tar'
carry around with them as mas
| cot. and after that there was moth
ing to it so far as their scoring wa
concerned. In only one inning dif
they seem to have chance TO ge
across, and then their hopes wer'
killed by series of plays arounf
! ners, on fielders' choices as fast a.
they appeared at the bat
Keller drew n pass on his hrsf ap
pearance, and was out on feIder1
choice a minute later. when Voge
tapped one to Bussey DamTa'
famed. and Schrader sent a high on
out to Piez.
In the second the Tars made thel
first run. Kircher hit one to sar
territory and made second OF
Powelfs out Milan. brother to tn
great Clyde. doubled to LEFT. an
Kircher counted. Milan attempte'
to stretch his hit to third. on tn
throw to the plate. though. and wa
nipped in excellent fashion. Whit
craft struck out.
Neither a hit nor run was mad
nv the Tars until the NTH. Mia
and Whitcraft had been easy out
before Seitz came up and hit to righ
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