The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-20
RICHMOND TAKES NINTH
CONSECUTIVE CONTEST
Newport News Team is Victim of Colts in Their Dash First
Position-Locals Take Series, Playing Errorless Ball
and Hitting at Opportune Times.

marched his bunch Of Colts out on
he field at Broad street park yes
erday afternoon he instructed them
% win the ball game to be played,
Ind while he was doing this the New
bort News ball tosse-s were figuring
bn doing just the very same thing
hat Mr.. Ryan wanted his team ~
10, but as Ii was only one Of the
leans could win. Result, Richmond.
Newport News, :.
That was just the way II was. And
was the ninth consecutive stra x ut
win for the Colts in their race for
|irst honors. Ii was any body : game
From start to finish and the Colts
look advantage Of their opportunity
md COPIED the bacon,
pirate" Macarthur, the long boy,
who came to pitch for the Colts from
pitfshurs, was on the mound for the
GOALS, and. although he Was touched
Up for ten safeues. he was steady
md with the fauitless support which
vas rendered him, held the visitors
check.
"cyt Barton kept the tailies down
Tor the Newport News bunch. He
made the best showing II pitching
made here IN the series with the WIS.,
tors and was allowed only one more
bit than Macarthur.
Builder. Start Hitting.
Newport News Started hitt3ng the
pellet right off the bat 1t Was the
Iirst hall pitched in the game that
Happy" Me'xeli sent over To the
tight field fenee for a three-base hit.
fprast. next UP, was out shorstop 10
lirst, after he had hit a hard line
frive 10 Doc" Newton, On Il single
| hH lot Il he 10 ftttr -
lsooaers. Meixell came fomplng home
nth the first tally. Macarthur ia lsht
FUNK OF first base, and AIte~ Aft1ar
Smith singled he WAS thrown Gut
rying 20 steal second, by Ryan 10
Bunting.
linda united. though. by what the
News bunch had done, and IA taelr
Determination t. win. the Colts }fed
pp The game In their frSt franc.
|Gheese" sehweltzer, who - sal -
pave at one time played Win ~
.aGts Browns ana WHO came Ia Rich
bond from Birmingham ia he
Southern league noted for his ahIAty
II eyeing the hall walked 80 first
base on free pass Clarence Berger
katssiied all present with a ~ base
bit To right field bringing SchaestaeF
10 third. There were some 1ut ~
fhe park yesterday who said that
Berger got the tWo-basger FAST 10 w.
hind people that hs Nas baEs "a the
ea me, bat az any rate, y came in
pretty good. II Was at this point hat
smiling Jim" Spyder came up 10 bat
Ind slammed one out tor ii single -
|eft field. scoring Sehweit2er When
|34eiis Gray hit hard llnaF Gafaea,
ne visiting arst sac&eg, tage~
II shy der, going - second. ana Gen~
|luih threw cal Gfa3 gong - FIRST.
Newton then came 3p and famed
In the second inning the vssGtars
ksatn showed Ina; they wanted 10
|xin and succeeded sr pushing anoth-
kr man across the pan walters was
but, third base 10 first Gondoi8 hit
he giohuie into Mc8rthur's waiting
ands and was out a. hrs; Then
Earnes Knocked put "a single &c Left
Geid stole second, and scored on a
E'nsis by Manefeo, 10 lei, field. Bar
Ton then struck out.
Colts Score Again.
once more the Colts tied Il 9p ln
heir half OF the second frame Pop
Robe sent smashing single t. eeit-
fer afid Bunting his the ball 10
Barton and Robe was out 0n . field
hrs choice 1t was AZ this time thar
Manarer Ryan made himself u hero
Ind in Williams vefnaca.ar. lin
green cnlors with mayonaisse Ryan
busi lifted the bali To the right acid
feuce for three base run ard
brought in Dave Bunting, Near
thur tried his best 90 bring in Mana
ger Ryan, but failed. going uat pitch
pr 10 first. sehweitzer tried To BRING
him in, too, hut was robbed ef hit
when Chunk made a. beautiful catch
# his long fly,
For two whole innings neither SIDE
srored. and compared with the two
games preceding this one. things were
A little dull But the Colts again
irove a man across the home plate
with the winning run, ut least, the
run that won the game,
sthweitxer scores Again
Schweitzer led of with line drive
between second base and the snort
isld being safe on first Berger Was
,ut on a skyscra per 10 the center
Heid Snyder's second hit brought
Schweitzer to third Dolly" Gray's
single brought Schweitzer home
Newton was safe al first on tielder's
,noice, and In the second double play
by the visitors In the game,
Newton and Robe were out. pitcher
o shortstop 10 first
Both sides fhep plavea The me 70
he finish, the Colts still ON the Of
'ensive getting three hits during the
innings
IN the ninth frame the VISITORS
r de a vain attempt TO win the game.
ondolf laced out single 10 the
,enter garden. Carnes was oat on