The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
~ CHARLES M. MONTGOMERY.

~ CHARLES NJ. MONTGOMERY.
That much abused, that persistent
that incorrigible jinx which mas
proven an unlimited guest in the
domicile of the Colts for the past
two months, took q brief period OF
rest. yesterday afternoon. and whiie
he slumbered the jinxless Colts, led
by the imposing parsonage OF pincn-
hitting fame, Doctor Yancy Wyatt
Ayres got busy and succeeded in tax
ing the first Of the scheduled double
header from the PRESLEY Tigers by
the close score Of Q to l. Hoo-doos
come back. though, as a general thing.
and with Just regard for prestige the
FINK returned and lowered around the
local bench during the last fracas
With the result that the visitors had
an easy time getting away with the
ADVANTAGE end Of the offering, to z.
Tho Hiilsville Hurricane was well
M 10 his usual form in the first al
fair, and. although he was more gen
erous with his bingles than is gen.
orally his wont. he was seldom In
trouble. and on the few occasions
when the Tigers threatened to get the
better hand he strengthened or MS
support came to the rescue and the
crisis passed. Behind him the men
played In form, which has been no.
some time Chick Davis was the only
one to make "A wobble. and this was
on a rather difficult chance. and dtd
not amount to anything as Gardin
died slowly on first, while three or
his teammates famed or popped up
easy infeld flies. The doctor was
bit wild throughout. and hit cou-
pie Of batters. but he showed con-
clusiveiy that his pitching has not
Ann
of pitching so many games of late.
He had more speed and his curves
broke better than in several OF the
his past performances.
He Made the Fun.
But Of the second setto there is an
entirely different story to he told. The
INK was again on the Job. as be-
iieve l have mentioned before. and
not even the wild. hilarious roofing.
the begging entreaties OF young Rob
ert Harper, from the third base line.
proved sufficiently imposing To dis
pell the hoo-doo. It was sufficiently
imposing. however. to influence Um-
pire Norcum to suggest that the
young man abide peacefully on the
bench for a time. and to order him
10 take a sotourn In the clubhouse
little later when he obeyed Steve
Griffin and started to open hostilities
on the first base line few innings
later He started. but his course was
short. indeed. Also following instruc-
tions. he took up the matter of his
election from the coacher's box with
the umpire, and rather than allow
him to take the extra walk as far as
the FIRST base line Norcum chased
him, when he reached the home. out
ward bound.
Harper is one OF the Civic Church
association boys. who. with Johnson,
was brought out to the lot for a
: tryout. Both performed for the
benefit Of the crowd and OF Steve
Grimm. but Harpers roofing and
mock politeness when asked to relieve
the fseld OF his presence proved as 1t
was meapt to be. a merriment pro-
Queer for tho crowd.
But back to the serious part OF the
game. The pitching stan having been
used in the first game. luck and
trust that the ink would not return
had to be depended on TO win the
second. Neither proved equal to the
trust. and Jobson. after passing
through the first three frames in a fair
way. was an easy puxzle during the
remainder OF the game and runs were
scored IN every inning except the
NTH. The support accorded him was
not tho best in the world. and although
but two misplays show on the score.
there were several errors of omission
which aided the Tigers to run up the
score.
Tiger Hurlers Serve Alike
Opposed to Ayres In the first contest
was E1rd. and what Jap showed the
Colts was Just easy enough for them
to score a couple OF runs, widely sepa
rated, and to nose out his teammates.
Preacher Perryman was on the mound
for Pressly in the final game and al
lowed the Colts exactly the same num-
Der of hits and runs as did his
brother hurlcr.
The Colts jumped at Ehrd in the
first frame and succeeded in catching
up the lead which Roanoke had gain
ed In their half. Two were out when
and pulled up on first. Strain drew
a walk. but Ducky Eberts landed safe
in the territory into which Frank had
already blazed theway and the first
baseman sprinted home. Nothing to
the tune OF a run was sounded until
the NTH, when Newton saftied to the
same center fcld. Lavafs out -ad-
vanced him to second, from (which
sack he scored when Frank Dobson
delivered q timely double just In front
of the clubhouse.
After that neither team was able
to connect with the ball very often
and no other runs were scored Roa-
noke had Ayres in rather tight place
in the eighth. when they succeeded
in getting a man on third and one on
second with two down. The doctor
famed Colby and their last chance
was q goner.
Colts Made Good Start.
Richmond started the second game
as though they would make Perry
mans life an existence rather than
pleasure Laval connected safely
after Newton had gone out and Dob
son did likewise. MorelanG's ficlder,s
choice, however. killed Frark. and
Bresnahans, after Eberts had been
walked, proved death blow to More
land. 1t was not until the sixth that
another opportunity for scoring pre-
sented itself to the Colts. and this
they took advantage OF. Morcland
singled to left and Eberts followed
with an infield hit to Perrymnn. IRE
parson made bad heave to second