The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-20
Virginia League Results
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
Richmond, 3; Petersburg, q.
Norfolk, II; ROnnOkc, =.
Newport News, d; Portsmouth, y.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Pefcrsburg at Richmond.
POrtsnOuth at Newport News,
kOnnol>c mt NOrfuIL
ny Gus AIAL.IlIcI,,r.

We are called upon this morning
10 hhrrate the story OF Il ball game
"hich was played In exactly one In
nlhg, and. whether II be to your Xix
ing or not. that one inning was tho
hrSt- For 1t was :hcn that the Colts.
managed by Raymond Ryan, nodded
thelr way around tho circuit thrco
.iines' to tho accompanying huzzahs OF
INC assembled. y sprinkling OF
fanatics from across the Appomattox
remained until the finish. displaying
a brand OF stoiciSin not heretofore nc
counted part OF the Petersburg
makeup. MGnuger Busch was unable
10 count even once. Thus the game
came To quiet end with the score
8 TO o.
william Foxen, who has been com
PEELED TO labor along under tho less
impressive Jimmie until we learned
better. Is entirely to blame for tho
unfrienGly reception given our we'll
loved enemies. II William ever goes
I" Petersburg unattcndcd--hut that
has nothing 20 do with what ham
pen"d out there yesterday. Next TO
william Impressive appearance and
his still more Impressive performance.
is ;hc announcement that the green
s'vard has been improved. At least, we
are called upon TO assume that looping
on something like three feet OF grass
between third base and second base
- an Improvement. We nrc conf
dcntially informed that moro grass
VIII be Topped off in the near future
Harkkccpcr IIcusel has his shears un-
dergoing repairs and for this reason
the looping has been postponed
Having INDUCED In our little digrcs-
s!onS. wc might assert with something
akin TO bravado. that the Goobcrs
never had a look In they wouldn't
have had chance II they had been
walking aboard stills. William Foxcn
vas pitching himself back into the
southern League, where tho DAYS are
warmer and the SALARY checks larger
Rccounting just what nc did Just as
he did II. he added six strikeouts to
has already goodly strikcout account,
passed but ono OF the visitors and
allowed total OF three to visit second
base temporarily. Not one advanced
as far as third and the three who made
the middle station were so widely sep
aratcd that everybody forgot that they
were really n part OF the game.
The first Cooler TO advance an extra
base was Simmons. In the opening ses-
sion, Simmons having been the bcne-
factor OF the one charitable moment
displayed by FoXcn. Lavavs sacrifice
was the cause of his advancement
Another person thus honored was Iar-
~ Damrau. in the second. Harry lac
ing forth n beautiful two-base drive
Berger. Also Harry was the first man
10 appear before Foxen In that frame
However. both Barnett ana LauEhlin
hrecZcd. and Lowe popped an easy foul
To- Manager Ryan, and there you are
The third young man happened TO be
Mr.. Simmons. and he. too. knocked tho
ball out TO Bergcr's picket. Likewise
ne, too. was the first TO appear In the
ninth. Laval, bent on doing mischief
to his former friends. flew out to Gray,
Busch ozOned, and Jacket gave FoXen
chance 10 retire the side. which the
pitcher did easily. That's all the Of
fensive work OF the visitors.
In only ono inning were they able
to bring two safet!es together. tho sew
enth. Simmons hit, but was caught
between first and second. One was
already out. and that made two. Laval
hit. but Busch was out t. Lefty Snyder.
FoXcn gave remarkable exhibition.
and was never In danger He was mas
ter all the way, and hardly had 10 ex-
crit himself. True he go: errorlcss sup
port, but few of the chances given his
defense were hard. Juat three chances