The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-09
Standing of Clubs.
Games Today.
Portsmouth in Richmond,
Roanoke in Petersburg,
Newport News in Norfolk.
BY C. NJ. MONTGOMERY.

And now we attempt to gather to-
gether the fiimsy threads Of that
elevep-inning melee of yesterday in
which the Pirates nosed out the Colts
by an 8 to Z score Whatever may
be said of the contest 1t was, for all
that, hall game. The scrappiest,
hardest fought and most Interesting
of any played during the present sea-
son in Richmond. Every variety Of
baseball was exhibited and almost
every possible play was made at some
time during the game. The crowd
never knew what to expect and was
kept on its feet through the greater
part of the afternoon. There was no
sixth or seventh inning move toward
the gates. The result was too much
in the balance and the unexpected
too probable for anything of the sort.
First, the Pirates managed to breast
the Colts in the third inning and then
in the next frame they took the lead.
The lucky seventh brought Richmond
again to the front. but the unlucky
ninth tied it up and the miserable
disastrous eleventh saw the game slip
away with the fading daylight, and
with it the leadership of the league.
for the Tigers were trouncfng the
Coolers at the same time that Lee
Garvin was romping over the local
pasture and dragging Off possible
Colt victory.
Disaster after disaster followed fast
one upon another when once they had
started. Doctor Ayres was the first
of the locals to get II bad. A. ter
rife drive, OF Howedells bat, almost
dislocated the medical students finger
and he was forced to retire in favor
of Strain. A few innings later John
Raley received a nasty crack on n
didget. while at bat, and he also was
compelled to seek consolation at the
clubhouse Meanwhile Rogers had
relieved White, a student from the
Medical College of Virginia, who had
been substituting for Steve Griffin. on
second Laval was brought in to take
Raley's place and Lusky sent to right
field, where he handled several
chances in excellent form. They pres
entity Johnny Mace made desperate
dive at wide one and had finger
cut by the ball so badly that he had
to he replaced. Lusky came in be
hind the bat and Burieson took up
a position in the outer garden. This
left only Smallwood and Busy who
had not entered the game. Fortu-
nately the physical disasters ended
here ard only the loss of the game
remained TO occur
The grim side of the game Is but a
small part Of the entire story, though
There WIS ir9uDfe with the umpire
then Garvin and some of the other
Pirates made trouble for the un
pirn- And throughout 1t all Lee Gar
yin made fun for the stands Lee
played the game under protest. claim
ing that Eberts should not have scored
when Herbert made balk,
Colts started With Rush.
Portsmouth was easy in the first
frame ana no one reached first. The
Colts started with Il rush, however,
and landed three across the rubber.
Laval drew pass. and Raiey got an
inGeld hit. the outflelder making third
on the play Ia first. After Eberts had
sent a high one To Tenant, Piez and
Bresnahan walked, the latter's pass
forcing in Laval Newton flew out
to left and then White surprised the
nation by singing through second.
scoring John and Connie, Tenant
took in the third out on fly from
Johnny Mace,
Two other hits were made In the
next inning, but nothing in the scor-
Ing line occurred until the third. Piez