The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Nv ERNEST POLLARD.

with two members M tIif local
pitching staff hursirg inyinctbc ball
during eighteen innings Of play .Hetnie
Busch and his GootNsrsown cosioTtS
failed utterly to garner even the
slightest Ss.Tnhiancr Of "A tally In fhe
two conflicts. and Ray Ryan's climb
ing Colts experienced little trouble
Yesterday In capturing both confs-sts
frcyr the Petersburg aGgrfs- alton The
opening encounter yesterday morning
III; the Gu-kartr tTt~ rr-strit--a tn y
To O victory for the Colts. and III the
afternoon tbe locals again dnwnSsl
them bJ To count on the BROAD
street baseball pasture.
Roth games were two Of ttac finest
exhibitions Of the national IiaSsifIie
witnessed in Petersburg and Rich-
uao1id this season, ana each furniShc1
its share OF brilliant and hatr-raisins
plays In tho morning conflict the
(,olts folded In superh in shion: not
al, errcr being ci,aiked against them,
while Henie Buschs charges COM
mftsexi only two. Each side had one
miss-uc credited against them In the
second game. hut both OF them played
real baseball and The spectators WIRE
afforded enjoyment galore
pe.taitc The fact that many kitn-
r,fsni@~~ ~ gyril ~ n certain rcrtssn-
arc 80 },c Fs3crshurg population HE'D
then ~ 80 he ss~ashores and other
plar.'- &C. sfouscrnent. both of the
rar,s-. -~tsr., attended by large mum
her ~ r~~-sla Mors, than three thou
saua W. a,c attended the morning
cr~ a.1 iauistand nj Broad street
nprs< ,ve-o taxed tn their entire Ca
paeity in the afternoon.
Sicaa Easy Victor.
In the morning setto Tod Sloan,
with the ala OF his slippery elm,
pitched his best game OF the rea son
hv allowing the smuggling Bushmer only
two hits. both Of which were the rank
est kind OF scratches. Both OF the
balls should have been felded anu
Tod should have heen credited with
the first no-hit game Of the season
Both of these alleged hits came in the
eighth chapter. and. despite the fac'
the first man mp reached second pc
fore the first runner was thrown out.
the Coolers were unable TO shove
runner across the rubber. Sloan
lacked nothing. possessing almost TER
feet control while his curves we're
breaking to perfection. He had the
Petersburg boys eating out OF ms
hand during the major portion OF the
contest. and only In the eighth frame
did they have even the slightest
chance Of sending a runner across the
goal. He was master of the situation
from the time the nrst hall was tossed
until the curtain fell on the CLOSING
inning His performance was un-
doubleday one OF the best Witnessed
In the Virginia league this season.
Mn,nfori Flows up.
Mumford, one of the latest additions
70 the Petersburg pitching staff. was
Busch's selection TO face the Colts IN
thu openfng encounter, and up TO the
eighth inning he pitched beautiful
game. having allowed the Colts only
two hits However. IN the eighth when
Bill Laval rnuffcd George Rohe's hy
ball, ne seemed to lose confidence in
himself and allowed the locals to
score a Quartet OF taiHes before he
recovered himself After Robe land
ed on first az result OF Iavals mis-
rue Lefty Snyder flew out to Chunk,
but Gray and Berger singled In sue
cession, scoring Robe. jim snyder
drew free pass and filled the bases
II was then that the aforesaid Mr..
Mumford became excited and MT
Kesfe on the elbow. forcing In Gray.
Roth Berger and Snyder scored on
Ray Ryan's inf1eld hit. Hunting
popped a fly to Hobbs and ended the
side. Three successive singles in the
ninth by w. snyder, Gray and Ber-
ger gave the Colts another run.
In this game the features We're the
hitting Of Dolly Gray and Clarence
Berger and the fast fielding OF Man
sger Heinie Busch and Dafnrau.
Foxen In Form.
AFoxen WAS sent To the mound BY
Manager Ray Ryan In the afternoon
: game. white Kaufman. a red -haired
Youngster, who Is said TO be a Penn
syivs mia DHtnhmaH, faced the Colts
The local fWirfef was In danger Of
beinG scored on only once, that tima
being In the fourth inning when BIZ
Laval led off with a double to left
field. LAughlin followed him with u
basaa on balls. Asnsw then put a
crinr into the Goobery chances Of
eeor.pg when he hit int. a double
! play. He attempted TO sacrifice, but
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