The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-18
.SECTION
TENNIS
WRESTLING
ROWING
RICHMOND COLLEGE
TAXES FIRST GAME
Initial Championship Encounter Goes to Spiders by to
Score-Io Collegians Hit Garnett's Offerings
Hard and Timely, Garnering Nine Safeties.
BY ERNEST POLLARD.

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Undaunted by their string Of de-
feats on the recent trip through the
TarheeI and Palmetto States, Coach
Frank Dobson's Richmond College
Spiders displayed a reversal of form
yesterday afternoon at Broad-Street
Pnrk and started off the 1915 Eastern
Virginia intercollegiate baseball gon-
Talon in a most suspicious manner.
The local coilegians' opponents wers
the william and Mary pa.stimers WIN
ners of last years pennant. the Rich
monders winning by q score OF I
20 2.
Garrett. the star hurier for the
Williamsburg institution. WAS clouted
hard and opportunely at times. ard
his downfall cannot be attributed to
loose playing behind him. The Spi-
ders started lamh Blasting his offerings
in the opener and they hit safely IN
practically every frame. Tho VISIT
ing aggregation hit Robertson hard
at times, but most of the eafeties
came with the bases empty. The
score would have been much larger
hut for the headwork OF the two
hurlers with men on bases. Both OF
them were In some bad places, bat
save on ons or two occasions they
pulled out Of them without much
carnage belng done
Score I'm Third
After two scoreless stanzas .ts
Williamsburg boys broke the ice In
the beginning Of the third by sending
the first runner OF tho game across
the plate. After Jones had sent a
skyrocket TO Cris Cox IN right gar
den. Zehmer proceeded to get the
/ first hit for the visitors. He stols
second and went to third on Gar.
nett's lntiel5 hit. Hefiin then hit.
one to IAggan who in his haste IN
cut Zehmer off at the plate. tossed
the pellet several feet over Blank
enship's head, allowing the runner
to score. -Addington contributed an
other hit. sending Garnett. 10 third.
However the next two men proved
easy outs. and no more runners
crossed for the visitors In that in-
ming.
The Spiders hit the ball hard In
their half of the third frame and
managed to tie the score. O'Neai
started things off by getting a hit.
and advanced to third on Liggan.s
two base wallop to center field. An
carrow was hit by one Of Garnett's
twisters, loading the bases. Captain
Wiley then uncorked perfectly good
hit over second base. scoring O'Neal.
I IT looked like a big inning for the
/ homo boys but Garnet proceeded
to tighten and the next three men
went out without any more runners
I crossing the rubber. However. they
made up for 1t in the following in-@
ming by garnering duo of counters
Logan led off with safety, ana
+ Biankenship was safe on an error
by Hefln. Robertson hit one to GAR
nett who feldcd the ball and tossed
Logan out at third. Garnett hit
O'Neal and Liggan in succession.
forcing In Blankenship. Ancarrow
then worked the squeeze with O'Ncal,
the latter crossing the plate. Wiley
i duplicated Ancarrows stunt by Lays
ing down a neat bunt and Robertson
crossed with the third and last run
of the inning. The next men went
out.
Visitors Start Rally.
The Williamsburgers threw a scare
into the Spider camp In the ninth In
ming when they threatened to start
a rally, but It resulted In only one
count for the Loonies. After Jones
had gone out Zehmer got his second
hit of the game, and Sherlock"
Holmes, batting for Garnett, singled
,, over first base. Blankenship then
unbottied wild heave and Zehrmer
crossed the plate. However. tho next
two men went out without further
damage being done.
Both teams showed lots Of "peps
and the contest was characterized by
fast plays by both teams. Rich-
mopd's infietd performed in fine style.
while the work of Tucker. on third.
for William and Mary was very good.
Zehmer caught beautiful game for
the visitors. The tabulated score
follows: