The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-05
Opening Encounter Is Lost
By the Roanoke Tigers
Colts Hit Ball Right Times and Easily Capture First Game
Of Series From Magic City Bunch-Richmond
Improved in Fielding
by ERNEST G. POLLARD.

Taking a special Hiking To the offer-
tngs OF Messrs. Mullin and Mailoy. the
Colts banged the ball to all corners
Of the lot and secured a sufficient
number Of tallies IN the third fourth
and fifth frames yesterday afternoon
10 win the opening setto from Man
ager Mills Roanoke Tigers
Although the visiting aggregation
secured one more hit than the locals.
Ramey. who worked on the hilltop
for the Ryanites. kept his btngles we'll
scattered and prevented the Magic
City team from scoring hut ffve rtisss.
e>n the other hand the Colts hit op-
portunely. which accounts for the
victory. The game resulted in "a score
of TO s, favoring the locals.
The Colts, especially the inneiders,
showed real class In the field. getting
everything which came anywhere near
their territory. Three changes had
taken place in the past week while
the locals were on the tour. Doc"
Newton. who has been holding down
the keystone station since the season
opened was shifted hack To mis- old
position AT shoristop. while Dave
Banning who has demonstrated his
ability tn play almost any position in
either the infieid or outer gardens. has
been appointed guardian OF the second
sack Robe the former Chita go
White Sox inieider. who has succeed
ed Connie Bresna han on third base.
was seen I'm action by local fans yes
terdav for the first time since he
placed his cognnnen to Richmond
contract The former major Lacquer
made "a favorable impression with
hose who Witnessed the game yeSter-
dag both at bar and In the field. In
fact. All four of the iutislders, Raley.
Hunting, Newton and Robe, showed
real class
Although Ramsey was hit freely
by the Magic CHy bunch. he pitched
good bali and kept all of the hits
well scattered. save in the flfth in
ming. when four hits netted three
runs, He showed up better than
usual in The pinches. causing large
number Of Roanokers 10 be stranded
on the hassocks.
Maliin, the Smiling Trishmsn.' =
started on the slab for the visitors
but he was renewed by Manager Mills
after the pilot OF that s1inh had ascer-
tanned that there was nothing on his
benders that would fool the Colts As
result he was escorted to the dog
house and Mallory came forth. The
last named slabman uncorked an as
fortment which was also very much
liked by the local batters. However
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decessof, as far as runs were concern
ed, only two being secured while he
Was tossing them over to the Colts.
Richmond started 20 scoring in the
third inning after Ramey had gone
Out on ain infield ball Newton was
safe when Graham dropped a per
feet peg. and Robe followed with a
: single. sending him TO third, Snyder
duplicated this feat and Newton
ronlped home with the first run of the
game for the locals. With two men
on bases, Mulin deemed it advisa Bile
to take no chances on Dolly" Gray
banging the sphere to some remote
corner of the lot. and he proceeded
TO walk him, filling the bases. Hunt-
ing raped out Il single and Robe
came home. With all OF the hassocks
stili occupied, Honest John" Raiey
came forth and banged one to right
field fence. clearing the sacks and
taking third on the hit. Berger fol-
lowed with hit and Raley crossed
the rubber However. the next two
men went out and this ended the seor-
Ing in The third frame. Two more
we're annexed In the following sstanza.
while an ADDITIONAL one was secured
in the fifth, which proved to be the
last one of the game for the Colts.
The tabulated score follows: =