Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-30
|EtfVEN-|N INNING CAME
STOPPED BY DARKNESS
Richmond Internationals Hold Wash
B fngton Americans to Tie in
ss Second Contest.
WAITER JOHNSON PITCHED
Blond Twirler Yields Two Runs and
Five Hits in Five Innings-Sena-
tors Inability to Hit Morrisette
and Russell Is Costly.

4, and Russell Is Costly.
Fl Washington did lis utmost yesterday
Eiafternoon to defeat the Richmond Ints
lin the second exhibition game OF the
E,season. but darkness won out In the
Eteleventh frame tho score standing . to
az. liability TO hit was the chief weak
EsIness of the big lcaguers, while the play
Fling OF the Nirgin!ans WAS surprise
Eleven to themselves. certainly to the
+ fans who journeycd 10 Broad Street
EiPark more for tho purpose OF seeing
siWalter Johnson perform than in the eN-
Expectation OF Il real ball game.
Eiji From the jump the Nirginians went
F-ifnto the game determined TO show more
Eiclass than was exhibited on Saturday.
FNand 1t must bc said that they succeeded
(~admirably. Even with the Peerless one
shooting across his Dcnders. the Ints
Esstood UP to the platter and struck
viciously at the smoking pill. During
Esthe Ave innings that Johnson twirled.
EShve safe clonis were garncred, while
1.-TWO TALES were pushed across the pan.
ESASafnst big Jim Shaw they were power
Ef1ess. but two hits were registered.
No. Norrisettc Was InVinclblc.
~ The Senator batsmeu were unable to
II solve the delivery or Morrisette, who
Hopened the game. and later that of Rus
Efsell, who finished. on the former the
n Griffmen made three hits In six frames.
swhile they OaEgcd four safeties of the
|Slatter in five chapters. Both OF the
Sruns were made OF Russell before he
Nsettled down to business. For the other
Nfour innings he twirlcd safely.
81 1t was n remarkably fast game up to
gEie beginning Of the ninth frame. The
asun was more kind than II had been
Heretofore during the training season,
9and both teams went good until shad-
9ows began to creep across the playing
|1feld. Then II was that the contest
3started to drag. although many pretty
gthrills were given in those final chap
lters, both outfits threatening TO break
1.-THE tie twice
81 When Jumps Black called tho teams
-into action, Morisettc went to the firing
slne for the locals. Tho first three men
Cup went back to the bench in order one
|sby the strikc-out route. The blond
|ryS-a shingtonian was not in rs good form
f!.and hit the second man to face him. and
|3ellowed one hit In the first appearance
iof the Virgininns ut the bat.
II Double l'Iny Cuts on HUNS.
~ AIorrisette was right again In the
s,second, retiring them in one, two. three
|s'order. In the third and fourth frames
|sthe held them hitless again. but in the
|fsflfth inning he was touched for two
slbingles, but n fast double play, Kellogg
Ito Ball to Mclnnis, cut OFT the Grif-
-lnen without n tally.
y The Tirgininns in tho meanwhile had
|5iDeen extremely busy. pushing over
counts in the third and fourth stanzas,
and keeping the speed King working In
the second period. The first counter was
hung UP by Neal Fall. who. after driv-
ing single to center, was advanced one
meg when Foster jugvlcd ~ clout by
Els ellosg, and was driven home by II
sisinglc to center by Hasson, following n
lisa srifice by McInnis. which put him SAFE
Sat the look-in station.
IA Another run came across in the next
thinning IIasson was hit with a pitched
,ball. Morrisette popped out to Foster
,and Long, the next up. secured iree
Berger singled to rlEht
field and Hasson scored. Long was go
Ing TO third. but Moeller relayed tho
hall TO Johnson who caught the midget
with quick throw TO Foster. bates
popped up Texas Lacquer. ana was
robbed OF hit 10y pretty eaten by
l,av Morgan. retiring the side
Washington did its scoring IN .na
seventh inning. when Russell relieved
Iaiorrisette. The new .s:fTler had , ar;
hcultX in locating the: piaTr.,n" S Wm,nes
went out, Russell 10 Mclnnis Mcbriae
Singled TO left field. and both cane III
5opS a-sjngle by shaw TO the same
r Mace. Russell frightened and struck
Nearly Won Out In Ninth.
IL While neither team again scored.
|SJs;chmond had one great chance In tho
|Siast half Of the ninth when Ball was
walked and Kellogg reached first on a
|SsinElc TO center field With these two
Fam base. shaw tightcncd and struck
lsl6ut two. while breckenridge flew out
l3to Milan.
In the tenth frame the Senators.
|5through a scare Into the Nirginians
IiLy loading the bases. hut the neces-
sary punch was lacking 10 register.
Russell came near giving the game
sSaw. III the ' STst Up. Mo"ier new out
10 McInnis. and Foster went out Long
to McI:;;.s. Milan deliberately
| walked, and Gandil reached irst on n
1iniscue by Long. Morgan sent a hot
one back at the little intielder. but he
1shandled IL we'll, retiring the side.
S In both the tenth ANA eleventh the
7isyirgini>ns Went out one, two. three.
i>The Senators. however. advanced Il man
Frs far second, but he Was rooted
Richmond is credited with four or
tors. Neal Fall dropped rmanhandicd
(6tne in the fourth, while Russell and
1ft.ong, each made boots. Berger. by not
1sholding on to the ?til. permitted Eos
IsSier to make second on an easy single
sF'oster found one too hot 10 handle
and one iniscue was chalked against
him.
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