The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-23
PIRATES
TAKE OPENING GAME
Teams Hit Ball Hard, But Colts Safeties Fail to Com
at Opportune Times Dolly Gray Pitches
Final Inning for Colts.
BY ERNEST POLLARD,


ide from seeing the Richmond
drop the opening game OF the
TO joe Holland and i4is rejuven-
Tigers. who hail from the city
Portsmouth, Richmond fans were
cred the opportunity Ia witness
Gray's debut as a Colt pitcher.
ute the fact that Dolly worked
one inning, he acquitted himself
ell in this frame that he is liable
@ called upon most any time by
ager Ray Ryan n the near future
top batting rally, lie went 10
mound Mt time when the OPP
ng hit,ers had just donned their
ng attire and were driving the
IRE TO all corners OF the local ball
Fter Raney had been hi FOR thir-
safeties In eight innings the big
Was sent TO the mound In the
lng chapter. the former taking
I field. Although one hit was
ktered against him. 1t WAS Of the
tch variety and should have been
Nut. TWO n the other men 10 t-sae--
Could only Knock little pop flies,
e the third fell a victim 10 Doliy's
tier
few years ago the big boy was
her Of some rcpute, hu, when he
ia that he could no longer serve
bis capacity and continueao wallop
pellet al a lively clip he hied HIM
TO the right garden. where he has
performing ever since.
Both Pitchers Hit Hard.
ylthough the Colts secured as many
L. al
ut then, TO as good advantage and
the contest by "A 10 TO score.
3rien was hit hard throughout the
be, but up TO the seventh Ramey
. allowed the Pirates hut four safe
I Is. which had resulted In two runs
visitors got next to him in the
enth and eighth and managed TO
| Two triples. double and five
kles. causing eight tallies.
The Colts started the hostilities in
very first inning, when Dave
bling led off with triple 10 left
Der Rche scored him with a
he Georgia stole second after
iaer had struck cat and counted on
liz Gray's hit The others went
ard this ended the Colts scoring
II the seventh. when two more
)nted. After one had gone down
= ey singled and Grimes substituted
on bast Berger singled ANA both
Fed when O'Brien threw the ball
INTO center field while attempting
Istch Grimes playing OF Of second
Ither wns added in the seventh.
ka outings walk was followed by
kiea by Robe and Snyder. The
! run for the Colts came in. the
|hth after John Raley had led of
h triple. He counted on Ber-
II long sacrifice fly to right field.
Etsmouth scored two in the third,
n in the seventh and a like number
|she following frame.
McElveen Features.
The big feature Of the game was the
|dng of "Humpty" McElveen for
visitors. In the third he ran be-
Ia third base and grabbed IL ball
IN one hand, rohbing Sloan out Of
hit, as well as Richmond out OF a
b, one NAH being on second base
made another beautiful one hand
n of a lot ball IN the vicinity of
|ond base Whitfield also made a
ktty catch of Berger's long fly to
|ht field fence.
Nonet SnSuer ana RhiSS leu IN hft-
g, each getting n trio of safeties
ay got couple.
a few minutes after the game had
Irted Newton sustained a fractured
ger when he was hit with ball
d had to retire from the game
nting was switched to shortfield.
q Sloan was sent to second. The
ter accepted three chances without
error, while Bunting performed
II In at short