The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-09
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VIII Pitch Today.
SMAI4LwOOD OR BUssEY will
probably decorate the center of the
field today. In either case It Is like
ly to go hard with tho Colts, in view
OF the injuries which they sustained
in yesterdays contest. It seems hard
to send the boy In. with his perfect
record. with the poor support which
the crippled Colts are almost certain
to give.
Has Storm Time.
UMPIRE SHELTER certainly got
his from players and fans alike yes
terday. He had some very close de-
cisions and. to the fans In the stands.
he was wrong in several cases. The
players were certainly Off on a few
of their kicks. though. Considering
the cioseness OF the score and the
manner in which the two teams
fought throughout. he got away with
the game in pretty good shape.
You Know 1t Was.
BELIEVE MUH, it was some ex-
element to that ere game. Nip and
tuck warn't in It for closeness. Hands
Wagner and Tyranous Cobb and iris
follower nor none of them best
what-is players hadn't ought to have
nothin' On the Colts and Pirates af-
ter that game.
Split the Lead.
EVERY SPACE on the score sheet
was dotted. except possibly one or two
squares. About everything possible
to a baseball game occurred and had
to be credited. In fact, there was SO
much lead scattered over that score
sheet that 1t might we'll have been
used to make q carbon copy.
Have Fingers Split.
AYRES. MACE AND RALEY all
had their fingers split during the
game and had to retire. Uncle John
may get back into the play today, but
1t Is doubtful. while the other will
probably take several days rest be-
fore they will be able to play again.
Here's a Comedian.
LEE GARvIN Is the comedian of
the Virginia circuit and his stunts
yesterday kept the fans and players
in roars throughout the contest And
with his hurnor, Lee has most OF the
qualities general possessed by a real
ball PLAYER, too. His continual Jest
ing and the way in which he boosts
his twirler up do wonders for the
man on the mound. IL
Here's Some Others.
are the Schaffer and Altrock of the
Richmond team. When you get
these two on the base lines there Is
something doing. The fans loosen-up
and generally so do the umpire with
the result that one or the other Is
generally advised to return for a
breathing spell on the bench.
Few We're Left
sMALLwoOD AND BUssEY were
the only local players who did not
get into the game yesterday. Both
will probably see, work today.
Another Doctor Here.
DOCTOR WHITE. a student from
the Medical College of Virginia start
ed In at second base to take Griffin's
place yesterday. but WAS yanked just
before his bats" in the seventh. In
the field he was rather nervous and
made a couple Of boots: but at the bat
ne shone with a light almost equal to
that exhibited by any of the Colts. He
landed for a doublet and also a single.
To be very explicit. Doc lost the game
and then won X again. and then some
one else lost ii. His wallop. in the
third. went to the right field fence. and
but for fast fielding would have been
for another bag at least The lad also
pilfered pair OF sacks.
Continues to Hit
BOB TENANT showed us what he
Is capable of yesterday. He has got
two hits and a run in every game since
leaving Richmond. and kept up the
record yesterday. One of the hits was
for three bags and but for close ad-
verse decision at the plate Bob would
have been credited with homer.
Form Monopoly.
THREE PLAYERS. Munday. Cook
and Garvsn. seemed to. have a mo
nopoiy on the outs, up to the seventh
inning. After that, though. the Colts
began to bang the ball to other parts
of the field and some of the other
Pirates took a hand.
They stole the Rags.
THE PIRATES made more stolen
bases yesterday than have been made
on a local catcher this season. The
breakup Of the Newton-Griffin COM
bination was probably the reason. for
in several cases the bag was not COW
cred, and a stolen base credited when
1t should have been an out.
And These the Plate.
TWO THEFTS OF HOME were
made in the Newport News-Norfolk
yesterday. Tho Builders only tally
came by this means. That's right.
Matthews, go and win anyway. but win
one game at least
One in q Scorer
NEW NAMES APPEAR inr the New
port News box score each day, but the
same old head has to be retained by
the newspapers, Newport News drop
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