Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23

MONTREAL. QUEBEC. a1av 22.-
Well those Richmond climbers cinched
their hold on the upper rungs Of the
international ladder this afternoon b.
hhnainE Dan iHowlcy and his ROYALS
another lacing--,he third in a row. bv
inc way. Although the visitors got
on IN the lead, tho locals soon rounded
thtm up. only 10 sec the demon Dunn
ties gradually forge ahead Even an
aoo''iYe ninth-inning rally failed TO
worry them, and they COPIED the big
end OF = : TO 3 score.
II was one of the largest crowds
~ the season that turned out To vii
ness The conflict. and the work Of the
Eichmonders has been Of such h!rn
order that II IS expected that huge
gathering VIII be out Tomorrow, when
the Royals and Climbers mix in n dou
BIZ engagement, Howlcy is going 10
send Beeb" in 20 stop the smuggling
visitors, while Dunn is expecting to
work big AlSfterzcr in the opener The
rcsul, Of the game viii determine the
beavers IN the final melee
Thc contcs, yesterday. while no,
hrill.nr, baseball by any means was
at least AN interesting ono. and both
teams performed we'll in the a.ld The
Royals suffered from two miscues
While the Climbers had one boot
charged against them. Both squads hit
we'll although tho locals had tho best
of the argument by two wallops Home
run drives hy hrracon and Dcvlin
featured this end OF the pastim!ng
while IN. fielding of Angels. Pick and
Crane was Of highly sensational order
at times. Bates, In the outer gardens
did magnificent work. getting four outs
two OF them in difficult chances and
aiding in retiring man al the plate
by pretty throw.
CLIMBERS START our
WITH TWO-RUN LEAD
The Climbers started off like house
aT-c Crane lead OF with pretty
single and reached second on Brock
enrldgec out. Pick was given n pass
and both came home on a triple by
Bates 70 center field. The ROYALS came
pulled ono run. and again in the third
they got Into their batting clothes and
brought the score even. In the second
the climbers Tailed another.
Richter. the local twirlcr had settled
down. and in the third and fourth
hald the Climbers hitlcss. In the NTH.
however. they unlimbered again. and
Bates. Who reached first on n pass, and
Jordan who followed with n single.
scored on two-ba eger by Arragon.
In the seventh Arragon drove III Jor-
dan with Il circuit blow. completing
the scoring for the Climbers
Although the Royals added one in
the sixth and started a rally in tho
ninth with three runs to go fast
fielding cut down the hopes Of the
fans .or victory.
Morrisette was on the mound for
he was touched up freely and only
good support saved him from drub-
b!nr Tho work OF the entire visiting
aggregation made the Climbers loook
like real pcnnant possibilities. and
members of the Royal squad, which
broke even in the series at Richmond,
saw the Improvement is remarkable
Naturally. Jack Dunn is tickled with
the showing Of his minions.
LOOK FOR BIG CROWD
TO SEE DOUBLE HEADER
4 large crowd is expected out to-
morrow The work of the Richmond
ors has been of extremely high order,
and many Of the fans are already pull
ing for the Dunnites, the Old Fox being
a prime favorite here, while Tim Jor-
dan. Charlie Tick and Wrichell are all
veil known here from their previous
connection with the international
league.
Dunnie stated yesterday that he ex-
meets TO get Captain Neal Ball back
into harness within a few days. Tho
old war horse has been suffering from
hollis and carbunclcs. hut is improv-
ing rapidly. II is possible that he
can get into one Of the games to-mor-
row. even for Il short time.
While the Royals have been unable
70 win. there has been an outstanding
feature. and that has been the inabl-
nv OF Dutch Hoffman to solve the local
offerings. The terrific swatter has
fallen off in the three games here,
while little Angels Arragon, who had
not connected before during the week,
nlnaned up twice Yesterday with iou-