The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-05

The fact that they were playing
such world famous baseball stars as
RUDE Marquard. Chief Myers, Merkle
Snodgrass, Demaree and the other
players who compose the champions
of the National league seemed to take
all Of the nerve and ability out of
Manager Griffin's Colts yesterday af-
ternoon with the result that during
the early portion of the game they
gave the most miserable exhibition
seen here this season and lost by a
10 to 4 score.
1t took three fun innings fors the
stage fright of the locals TO pass away
and for them to settle down and
really play baseball. During those
sessions the Giants had pocketed a
round dozen tallies. however, and had
the game safely on ice. Immediate
ly after the passing, though, the Colts
got out search warrants for the Rube's
benders and drove q pair of runners
over the rubber.
Two full innings of very clean base
ball followed before Strain took an
ASCENSION. 1t lasted during two
rounds and half dozen additional
tallies were chalked up by the score
boys
In the meantime, however, McGraw
had sent Demaree TO the mound and
he was being found by the Griffinites.
No runs resulted until the ninth,
though. when another pair made dents
in the home plate.
Strain Pitches Entire Game.
Manager Griffin, for the first time
this season, allowed a twirler to go
the entire route and for eight in
nings Strain served them UP to the
Giants slugrers His support as a
whole was miserable and it was es
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the game Afterwards, 1t was as
much the twirler's fault az any Of the
fielders for he became wild and inef-
fective. Eight OF the visitors made
first by the generosity of the pitcher
and three others also received the bag
as a gift. but they would hardly have
called II a generous act. Especially
SO was this true of Marquard who was
hit just below the elbow, on his pitch
ing arm.
Tumble after tumble juEgled balls
and wild throws, after they had man
aged to get their hands on the bail,
were provided in rapid succession by
the Colts during those first three SEES
sions No one seemed TO he able to
hold control OF the spheroid and it
rolled loosely about the diamond.
And in the meantime-@~the Giants
were trotting runs across the home
plate.
However had the early part of
the game may have been there was
some rather classy playing done by
both sides at intervals and these in
stances prevented tn spcrt from be-
coming tire8ome.
Neri<le Parks Ball.
Merkle. Of whose batting ability
whole volumes have been written.
had the Unprecedented audacity TO
shatter all hopes OF traditions and
parked the bail over the left fence,
The fence Of the new park IL con
siderablv further from the home
plate than was that In the old park
and the ball travelled an exact dis
lance Of 44a feet before passing over
the fence. II fell some distance out
side
But for the fact that werkle
knocked the bah over the fence. the
home run part OF the stunt would
not have been so unusual for two
other Giants and our own MIR. Plez
broke into the four sacks swat
column Each Of these homers were
the results Of hard drives. The ball
was going fast on the hard ground
and got through the ffelders, travel
ing 20 the fence.
Richmond gathered its runs in pairs
two off each Of the Visiting twirlers-
MarQuard allowed three hits In sue
Cession during the fourth inning. and
another coming q few minutes later