The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
COLTS AND COOLERS
BEGIN SEASON WITH
NO RESULT OBTAINED
Play Nine Innings to Tie Score-Both Sloan and
Austin in Good Form Errors Freely Made
and Largely Responsible for
All Of Scoring
All Of Scoring.

2 authority whatevcr--but Tod Sloan
pitched a magnificent game OF ball
tie managed To uncork one or two
awful hcavcs helpful TO the oHpos.t .on.
and so did Louis Wocrth, but the two
managed to give a really clever cNhi-
hition Of pitching and catching. Bob
Austin, who came 10 Petersburg
through u trade. in which Krcpps FIG
ured likewise hurled III splendid style.
while Lowe. y Nouncster recruited from
the ranks Of Trinity College. in North
Carolina. cauGht like veteran. Adj
vance information tina. the Coolers
We're woefullN weak in playing
strength was easily disrroved
In offensive proves ii was stand
of Neither team played up TO Its de
iensivc strength. At critical moments
the men cracked. and il was when
these vulnerable points were displayed
That the scoring happened. Had both
teams played up to their normal de-
iensiye strength. The score would have
been reduced apDreciably.
Unfortunately. Austin is slow
worker. and FOR that reason the con-
test dragged weavily throuc hou; more
than two hours OF play Winn Clarke
"ud Umrire Mckee tried their best to
iNstill i little pep" into the combat
ants. hut without avail Neither the
'vcather nor the crowd was conducive
smallest opening audience ever faciDG
.TsiIiA League team in Richmond.
Il i probable that The weather had
something to 10 with this. but the
real explanation IS that Richmond
FANS resent the treatment Richmond
received AZ the hands OF the magniSes
~ the adoption Of schedule
Petersburg jumped from the gate
with three runs IN the rirst stanza
IS eller beat his rap down toward second
nasc, after which Ell Laval Whitfield.
On . hit ana run Busch. Who was ha
g; tho strength OF his club. Knocked
70 risat Held. sending Keller TO third.
$40 advancing 10 second. while Craven
was going cut Keller scored Oh the
ol5 Busch stole Third and scored or
>-ean "Nd heaTe Jackall was walk
20, stole second, advanced 10 third on
" eerth wild heave. and caShed on
Newton boot OF Damrau's offer Tina,
made three runs.
The anal scores u the opposition
.a.as n the eighth, when laval hit.
"hi!@ "usch best out his inneld hi,
toward th,rG base. craven came
through WIKI safe tap. scoring Laval
snd ending his boss t. third Jackail
men mt, scoring Busch, and giving
tete7sours The lead. 70 :
Hiehmond scored irs, III tn, second
Bunting doubled 10 right. Edwards hit
sag '4.t--H' " oerth Ait 10
centre scoring Bunting. and when
1-aTai iet the tall get away Edwards
'a>hti "oerih, vino had advanced to
MIRA during the excitement, scored or
S'esh sacrifice ioft 70 right
AhYthel counter came ia the afth
"Aen Newton hit went 10 second on
,"1""l-s loot, vent 10 third on Der
sacrifice. and cashed OF Loves
"''a thro" The tiein- run came In
'te 'iNth Bunting Was safe on 4 hard
20 h's Ecwards delivered a
ae4de1 sacrifice and Woerth droyc a
t=I .tio centre that scored Dave
ny; -. the chilly day, the spor,
-L'i st tcer Vary good The men
".Fe ee'-olsiE nervous. and this &C
,'Aa's io- .ae errors made. Now tina,
'1s Ne"rsss has been rubbed OF. the
ta''es soAid Progress with more