The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-05
COLTS WALL0PED
BY JERSEY CITY
VISITORS SECURE EIGHTEEN HITS
Off RICHMOND SLAB
FIVE PITCHERS USED
gKEUrERs ADMINISTERS LOCALS
WORST DRUBHIN0 OF SEA-
SON. WINNING BY 10
TO SCORE.
FIVE PITCHERS USED
BY ERNEST Q. POLLARD.

While q ANAL portion OF Rich
monds Gport-lovtng populace sat for
two hours and ten minutes and shiv-
cred In the biting breezes which swept
over Broad street yesterday afternoon.
she JerDey City 'Skeeters administered
the worst drubbing the Colts have
suffered during the exhibition season.
The Northern visitors started lam
ba1ting tho sphere in the initial In
ming. and did not have any mercy on
the f1ve Colt recruits who took their
turns on the mound until the last
ball had been pitched. When It final
" ceAeed the scoreboard IN center
Geld read: Jersey City. Ia; Rich
usond. Z.
II was apparent that the Ave Rich
mond slab aTtists who confronted the
'Ekseters were not accustomed to
working with the thermometer regis
tertng thirty eight degrees above zero.
Mercury may have been a little high
er mp the ladder than thirty-eight. but
before the fracas had terminated 1t
felt as L. It had descended within
tubs.
Lefty Shipe. the CoitH portstdcr.
was the first to face tho Jersey City
batters, but he was relieved by Char
lie Strain after he walked two men
and had given a like number of tho
visitors free transportation to Uncle
John" RAley's station Strain Jared
little better at the hands of the North
erners. a triple and single being made
of OF his delivery in short order.
In the second inning Manager Ryan
sent Lemuel Sim" Mcintyre to the
hill. For q while this elongated twtr-
Ter proved Chinese puzzle for tho
'Skeeters but they finally caught on
to his delivery and banged a few out
for safetiee During the two games
he faced the visiting team he worked
veil and made . very favorable I'm
preston.
Button, . late arrival in Coltland.
was the next to tos8 q few over. He
stayed three innings. in which time
ne allowed nine hits. In the final
frame Byrd worked and let the Jer-
seynen sown with one hngle
While the visiting outfit were send
ing thirteen mon over the rubber. the
Colts had to content themselves with
the eighth inning after Doc Newton
started the ball to rolling By landing
on the sphere for two ba8A Ryan
followed him with o single. sending
the runner home Another run wan
annexed In the last frame. when
woerth sent ono 10 left field fence
for a triple and came home on an
lnuo3c OuL-
n woerth continues to show tho
form he has displayed since he be-
came a member Of the COX squad he
is destined to 60 much higher than
the Virginia league He In one Of
the quickest oatchers the virginia
league has ever known. and yesterday
he caugh. two men mapping at the
initial sack. Very few haESocks will
ne pilfered this year while he IN wear
ing the pads.
"Dollie" Gray was ont OF the game
Yesterday. and his position in right
field was occupied by ColhnA Col
Inns played a good game In the field
and landed for two OF the nine hits
secured by the Gotta The entire Coli
infield played we'll
John verbout. who tw1ried here TOR
several years. fAcsd the ColtU In the
last three innings Of the game The
locals seemed very fond Of his of3os-
ings and handed on his bendeE1 for
three singles. q double and . triple.
Shears. who preoeded him IN the box.
let tho Colts down with four httS In
six innings
Ooo Newton W09 there Win inc
willow and drove out two angIes and
. double. Ryan and Collins each con-
trihutsd two. Loan. who caught the
flrak part ok the game for tho Colts,
showed his usual good form.
Following u the tabulated 0ocros