The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

Marooned In scethtnE. Rowling
mass of humanity. several hundred
faithful Goobcr followers sat in grim
silence yesterday afternoon ma young
Clarence Berger sped around tho tow
path ut the Broad Street pasture. after
making circuit drive to the club
house in deep centre. lust in front of
The hefty swnttcr were two gratuitous
travellers, passed to first by an act Of
Kindness. The three TALES, with an
other in the eighth frame. gave the
Coltr 10 0 victory. and incidental
~ the second shut out OF the day. 1t
was Indeed Glorious Fourth-if you
happened 20 live on the James. and
owed no allegiance to the murky APP
pomattox River.
Never did Petersburg have az much
as peep at the game-and that
counts for both contests The morning
clash resulted in n g TO 0 win for the
locals. while the second meeting came
near being as sad n tale-for Peters
burg. Both games were won by
hearty clouts. although the hits were
we'll scattered. Free passes preceding
the swats. brought the score up al
though earned runs were sufficient to
count. without considering the mis-
cues of the twirlers.
TIL" Coolers entered the afternoon
game full OF pep, and determined to
wipe out the defeat OF the morning.
with them came several hundred sup
porters counting on seeing that Heinie
Busch did the job in proper style. Said
root"rs added much to the din during
.he early stages OF the game. but n
dark brown silence settled over III.
Cocande City contingent after Berger
bined the horse hide. and the little
pani slowly melted. until I'm the ninth
scarce handful remained to mourn
the lost laurels OF the day
JIeinie Busch sent in his best hot,
In both contests Munford in the fore
noon pitched n masterful game. and
average winning ball Kaufman heaved
tne PHI In major style. but met his
Waterloo by the one solitary long
crack, which alone counted for three
Inarkers Ills nassing of Gray in that
inning was evidently the result of in
structions, as the big boy has been
walked many times in the series. and
always deliberately. And II was not
/ the first time that the foxey Heinie
erred in his Judgment during the very
pleasant weekend
Sloan and Foxen were on the firing
line for Richmond. The former should
be given tho utmost credit for his work
i Under most conditions. he would have
received credit for no-hit game. but
! luck broke against him. and the hard
hearted Goober scorers were kind to
the gardeners AZ his expense. AS the
records must stand. he held the Pc
i tersburg sluggers to two snfeties
Foxen has recovered from his w.,d-
ness of the early days last week. and
twirled pretty game. IT was not
alright ball BY any means, but IT was
steady. and with his teammates work.
ing Holidly behind him. he won n pretty
! contest He was touched for seven
safe knocks. only one OF which went for
an extra sack. No two hits came In the
same inning
Resides the homer made by Bcr-
ger. Dolly Gray and George Robe each
achieved the honor of tapping the pei.
= Woerth were the others to get bingles
Each team Is credited with double
play. As n coincidence both occurred
In the fourth round. With Lavel on
second. after long drive. Laughiin
= was given free pnss. Agnew at
tempted to sacrifice, but laced one
into FoSen's hands, and Laughlin
was caught off first. Petersburg du-
plicated the feat when Robe was
thrown out by Damrau at first. and
Bunting was nabbed in attempting to
reach the look-in corner.
Richmond scored. as, has boen told
before. when Berger drove the ball
to the clubhouse. The aforesaid
double play had just been pulled. and
j. Snyder received a gift at the hands
of Kaufman; Big Dolly Gray step
ped to the PLATTER, but four wide ones
. were sent to him. and he walked
Berger met the second ball pitched,
and IL went on straight line to CEN
tire. The pellet was never more than
three feet from the ground. but nosed
its way to the furthermost point in
tho field.
The final tallcy was made in the
eighth. when Robe and Gray doubled
and Berger singled. The last two were
on the sacks when the third man was
sent to the bench.
Morning Game in Detail
Before the largest crowd that has
witnessed a ball game In Petersburg
this season Richmond goose -egged
their rivals yesterday. Sloan was at
his best, and all that tho Coolers
2could get off of him were two hits
lie should have the credit OF no-hit
game as Berger made splendid eff
fort to catch Lavals fly to left field,
and but for the fact that he was
sprinting some. and could not steady
himself. he would have caught 1t. The
other hit was straight Mt Sloan. and
was made by Agnew In the third in
ming. Sloan knocked the ball down,
but it was a twister,. and rolled away
from him, and Agnew was safe at first
i Richmond made, n run in the first
by a base on balls, single and
felders choice For the next six In
|nings the batters were retired almost
las fast as they came to the plate.
In the eighth Bunting fouled out.
Laval mufed Rohe's fly to center. W.