The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Virginia League Results
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
Portsmouth, ., Richmond, ].
RO1nOke, !, Petersburg, 3
Norfolk, 4; Newport News, n,
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
Portsmouth Mt Rtchmond.
Newport News nj Norfolk.
Petersburg mt Roanoke.
nY GUS MALDEItT.


meath the weight of untold years of
struggle. wears an expansive smile on
this good day; a very expansive smile,
NO might add, for your uncle Jesse
Tannehill yesterday cast off something
like scorc of years and drifted back
to those other times when lie was wont
to win ball games for Jacob wells.
sometime ball player now monarch In
the land where Thcspis rciSns.
II was indeed just Ike those other
days save that that dependable lief.
nm of your Uncle Jcsse's was not work
ing from the firing pit. and that your
Uncle Jesse was not working for Rich
mond, but agin her. yes. palpably and
noticcably agin her. Uncle Jesse pilot
cd n ravaging horde of Pirates from
Portsmouth, and his ravaginE horde
after having succumbcd to IIcinle Busch
on some several occasions. won the
opening encounter By . to !. Therefore
your Uncle Jesse smiles.
In strictcs: confidence, Manager Tan
nchill. when he goes to count up. finds
himself in much the same plight that
our own genial Raymond Ryan discov-
ers. or did discover until the influx of
some new talent: for Manager Tame
hills pitching stan is summed up in
one man and that one man was select
cd to perform upon Manager Tannchill s
re debut in Richmond.
The name OF the young man to whom
we refer is o Brien. accented on the last
syllable In the good. old-fashioned
Irish kind Of way. TO say that Mr.
O'Bricn hurled good game of ball
is expressing it too mildly: he per-
formed supcrbly and deserved n no.
score result for his efforts.
The one AMI only count for the Colts
which happened I'm the fourth stauza
was the direct result of two az cruel
errors as have ever been pcrpetrated
on any grass plot devoted TO national
paStiininE.
In all. II wonderful total Of three safe
slams were corralicd by the local hit
tiers, which liz quite some achievements
TOT. with all their Elaring faults th..
Colts have very clearly demonstrated
10 the entire satisfaction OF n number
OF beavers around the circuit, that one
OF their faults is not inability Of con-
siderably harass the sphere. The only
Flemish for Mr.. OBricn, therefore. is
by no means chargeablc to any dcrclic-
tion on his part 1t so happened that
when John Ralcy drove deep and hard
OFFERING TO a certain Mr.. BAXTER. who
1ourncyed to Portsmouth by way of
Jersey city, with letters accrcditinC
him as shortsto7. the said Mr.. Baxter
booted most horribly. Clarence Ber-
ger. of college fame, peltcd the leather
INTO right garden. which advanced
lfalcy two pegs instead Of one, tho
relay bacK to iiowCdcll. usually "A de-
pendablc player. got away from him,
and Raley scored
At no other time throughout the
contest did the Colts threaten to be-
come dangerous. They advanced and
retired with the precision OF properly
drilled marines ready to invade Iiu-
erta's strongholds. Once in while
MIR. O'Brien distributed largesse in the
shape of free transportation, but he
did 1t much in the manner that the
provcrbial cat toys with the equally
proverbial mouse. Our Wanted swat
smithing strength was lacking, and
there's an end TO explanations. May
hap. our lads arc saving IL all up for
the remaining games. may-tush!
Harry Griffin. our very oldest master
of the curved art. has nothing at which
10 hide his head in shame. or to cause
his gray-flcckcd locks to grow one
whit graycr. None of the Colts pitch
ers has been called upon heretofore to
be satisfied with just two scores Tn
fortunately for Harry, he was picked
on the day when the Colts were as
barren of runs a desert Is of ice
ioes He received corking good sup
port. as the seventeen assists narratc,
but the artillery was. If not silent, at
least dormant. Six safeties for two
runs is no mean record. yet Harry