The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
ninth beaten
BY RICHMOND
in TWO GAMES.
Local Amateur Champions
Handed Double-barrelled
Jolt in Virginia Town.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
First Game, with Kelley Pitching. Lost
by 6 to final Contest Is
Cakewalk, 8 to O. Z
BY WALKER II. coLsroN.

BY WALKER II. COLsToN.
Richmond, Va. Aug. 9.-Ninth has;
failed TO take Richmond. |
The Washington champions failed ut
terry to class with the Alec club. OF
this city. in the twin sketch staged at 4
the Broad Street Park today, the Vir-l
ginians romping OF with the first gamsl
by s to score and turning around
End smearing a coat Of kaIsomine on
the Capital City pets in the final. to O.
Manager Buehler's army OF Church.
men went into the first fray with Eddie
Kelley. their star hurier. on the mound.
but after scoring three runs in the third
and having the Engine Builders tie upl
the count in their half of the same frame,
he retired in favor Of Larry Cheney.
who held the Virginians I'm check tilt
the stand up frame. when three more
were showed across the counter.
Otto Won Herbuies ascended the mound
for the Christians in the final, and was
nicked for three runs of as many hits irl
the opening stanZa, which proved TO bSi
two too many. but the bOmbardment OF
hits continued. the count being ten hits
and five runs when he was sent TO the
showers in the seventh. Larry Cheney
again doing relief duty. and allowing ths'
Coolers to add three more runs to their
total In the final.
hhSc ON E9aAlA.
Frank Pee oprned up the curtain-raiser
by drawing a hase on balls. but died in am
attempt to pilfer second while BhClS,
Rountree laced out single. taking thiTI
when Tignor threw into right field trying
to catch him mapping, and Harris looked
over four bad ones in the second, and e
was not until the third frame that the
Christians came into their own, pushing
three taIlies over the rubber which. for a,
second. looked to be enough to win the
bail game.
Pee nailed a single past third base. and
pulled up at that station when Tignor
again tossed the ball to the right garden
in an attempt to peg him on first base
Marceron placed a three-spOt in right,
scoring Pee, and counted a moment IatCE
on GiOvannetti's sacrifice fly to left. maxi
ing the third run. as Cheney had gotten
on and had raced all the way home ON
previous errors
The -Alcos came right back and
evened up the count in their half on
three successive singles. together with
Tinsley's triple and MarcerOn's error.
Tinsley made the final out, being
caught at home, when the squeeze play
failed.
Kelley was forced to retire from tho
game at this period on account Of sick<
ness, being attended by Doctor Parker
Of the Battle Ak team. Larry Cheney taxi
in up the fiinging and retiring ths
side in order until the seventh, when tha
big blow-off came and the game waA
sewed up.
| Flanagan was safe on a fielder's choicei
moving up on Dowden's single, stealing
third. and racing across when Pierod
reached the initial sack on Roundtree'
tumble. Dowden moved up on the play4
Asher hit TO Harris, who threw wide I'd
| Broome. :he throw getting away and the
/ two men scored while the whole Ninth in-
! field ran down Asher between first and
second.
Churchmen Score In Ninth.
The Churchmen scored their final in
the ninth. King being hit. going to sec-
ond on Madigan's bingle, and counting on
! Ames' boot ]
The second game was won in the first
Inning when Asher singled past Roundi
| tree and went to third on a wild Pitch
from where he counted on Ames' single
Tignor accomplished a feat which had
| only been done three times before. wherl
he lifted one over the right field fenca
for the circuit. scoring Ames ahead %
| him
Won Herbules was touched up for fouA
safeties in the fifth, but loose work on
the base paths prevented more than one
run counting.
A base on balls. an error. and a base
knock allowed the Virginians to dent the,
pan again in the seventh, after which
Cheney again essayed to do mound duty,
the winners duplicating their feat OF the.
former game by banging the little sOuth-
paws delivery for three more runs.
VIctOrs Score at VIII.
Bigbie was safe on N. Broome's boot
and took second before the ball was re~
tured. Flanagan's one spot Tailed him
Flanagan stole second. moved up to
third while Harris was throwing QUE
Dowden, and crossed the rubber when
Sanderson died by the same route. ASH
ley cut loose his fourth single. stole sec-J
ond, and scored when Tinsley dumped
one to the same spot before King threw
out Ames.
The batting OF Asher in both games.
combined also with the stickwork oc
Tinsley in the second and the twtrlina
Of Cy Pierce, formerly OF the MarshalH
A. C., of Baltimore. and Sanderson. both
Of the local team. featured for the Vfr-i
ginians, also the aIl-around work OF
ROuntree, for the visitors, who made sev>l
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