The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-09
less TANNEHlLL WINS
OPENER FROM COLTS
Former Big Lacquer Trled Good Ball Against Locals and
- Pirates Captured Game BY s to Score.
E'Knockers'' Cause Trouble.
~ ERNEST POLLARD.

Occupying the mound in a full game
for the first time In a minor league
since fre WAS bought from the old Rich-
uaond CLUB by the Pittsburg Nationals,
Jesse Tannehiil, who nov pilots the
Portsmouth Pirates, selected himself
yesterday afternoon 70 oppose the
Colts ana clearly demonstrated he
could come back" Although he did
not pitch with the same effectiveness
as in those good bail days In Rich
ra1ond he hurled en- over good enough
IL hold the team on which ne once
played To four runs. while his under
lings were eaFHering just twice this
number To be more explicit the
Pirates won the ppeuang encounter
here from the Colts by an 10 count
Things were going very smoothly I'M
ia that fatefai ninth inning. when an
explosion resulted In The Pirates gath
ering a quintet ~ runs. The Colts
came back strong IN the final frame,
after two men had been retired; and
made three consecutive hits. Had they
come before the frat two outs they
probably would have caused a tie
score. but they came too late, and the
--tucHfs- II rtr-- to- crrr-cr,iiyy -cn@
across the rubber.
Sir Robert wallace. who. for two
years eayoTfed around the center gar
a reputation as a stuEger, appeared In
Portsmouth uniform for the first
time, He showed that he was Up To
his old tricks again, when, In the ninth
inning with three men on bases. he
sent them all home with a two base
swat to right field Besides doing this
he got a single over second base and
made a sensational catch OF Doc New
toms long ny to the left field fence,
Fight Narrowly Avert~d.
4 fight between Manager Ray
Pvan and two men In the grandstand
was narrowly asertea. as a result of
some sarcastic words being said To the
local pilot Several Knockers had
been engaging Ia their favorite pasttgne
for some time. and in the ninth inning
Ryan had stood enough OF II, and pro-
ceeded TO tell two OF them, who sat
In the front rev. to keep their words
10 themselves. Both OF them became
offended. jumped ap and started into
the field after him. but Mt this june
ture two policemen interviewed and took
the men into custody. BY this time
practically every one In the grandstand
and a number from the bleachers had
crowded around the three, and the
game was temporarily discontinued.
However the fuss was soon Quieted
and the game r. sumed,
blame for the trouble. He acted very
rentlemanIs about IL, and did well TO
stand the remarks being said about
him as long as he did. Both this grand :
stand and hleaehers are daily frequent.
ed by a crowd of knockers" who.
no matter how good an exhibition the
local club Is putting up, they must
find some fault with the playing. 1t
Ia Just those kind OF people who ruin
good ball players and lessen interest
In the games This is not the first
time that such things have occurred
At the local park. for last year Mana
ger Steve Griffin received the sam
treatment. There are some people who
,nsider the manager of team a king
cfhile he Is winning all of the games,
but as soon as he drops one or two that
old knocking machine is started or
Game lntere~ting.
Hut 70 get back to the game. The
contest was pretty as one would
wish 10 witness until that last inning
In this game the visiting aggregation
drove both Ramey and Grimes to cover
but were unable to do anything with
Tod Sloan.
Clarence Berger was the fielding star
OF the game. He covered ground
galore and prevented extra bases on
two long hits in his territory. Both
IT them ordinarily would have been
..ss three-base knocks, but he man
aged to hold them ut Uncle lawn"
Raley's sack. In passing 1t may also
De said that he secured a single and a
double out OF four times at bat. George
Robe led the team In hitting. driving
out two singles and double, while
lalAy and Bunting also hit for two
safeties.
Sloan or Grimes will face the Pirates