The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-09

Hobby. who reached the bag in time
+ to retire the side
! In the fourth Hobby sho swift,
| grounder to Niehoff who fielded il
beautifully and threw him out. with
two balls called on Lewis. the latter
struck at low one and missed it by
foot Lewis fouled another one
! toward the Philies' bench and high
, ball made the count three and two
whereupon Lewis sent another fou
whizzing into the press stand.
! third foul landed in the street be.
hind the grandstand. Then Lewis
! swung for all he was worth at a fast
one and was out on strikes. Gardner
followed with a pretty base hit 'tf
center. which was the fourth safe
! drive off Alexander. a wildly pitched
ball made Barry jump away from the
plate. but Catcher Burns hung on &c
lit Trying the hit and run game
! Barry retired the side with fly tc
Cravath. No runs. one hit.
| Whitfield Drives In Run
: SO far the Phillies had not driven
the ball beyond the limits of the
diamond. But the first ball that Shore
delivered was smashed into right by
Paskert for a clean base hit Cravath
promptly hunted for sacrifice and
was thrown out by Shore at first
( Paskert easily advanced to second or
! this play. With Luderus al the plate
the crowd howled for a run. I.uderous
/ however. was tossed out by JACK
Barry on an easy grounder Pasker'
| meanwhile moving OF third he was
F.! the first Quaker to reach that sta.
+ ton and a moment later he crossed
( the plate with Philadelphia first run
on Whitted's infield hit to Barry
I Whitted's speed carried him to abe
bag before Barry could throw his out
after handling a. slow hopper in front
OF the middle sack. Whitfield promptly
stole second. OLoughlin deciding him
safe as-Barry,. taking eady's throw
tagged Whitfield on the head as he slid
with three balls and two strikes, Me
+. hon knocked several fouls as he vain
! ~ tried to straighten out shores swirl
I Blenders Scott finally picked up a
j smart srounder and threw Niehon out
One run two hits.
With one run lead Alexander now
buckled down TO real work in the NTH
+ inning Ntehoff grabbed up Gady's
/ sharp roller and tossed him out I-anky
Shore however drove single to cen
ter and the crowd was shocked. Harry
Hooper raised fly which was cherry
pie for Bancroft. and II was up to Scott
to do something. SCOTS effort was
! a ROOu one, nut ANlehph Hiabc d VI ~
/ liant stop of his srounder and threw
| the bali to Bancroft in time to force
Shore at second.
Shore put over three strikes for
! Burns. KLEIN calling them all and the
| little fellow was out again. The fans
! applauded Alexander as he strolied up
to the plate. Shore burned up the
| first strike and Alexander ducked the
second ball as 1t shot straight for his
head. The third ball was raised high
| to Lewis. and Alexander went to the
bench. Stock bounced one high in the
air between the plate and the box,
and beat 1t out before Shore could
handle 1t; it was another scratch hit.
Bancroft hit the right field fence with
liner. bat the drive was several
yards foul and the crowd groaned
Bancroft a moment later was thrown
our by Shore on a weak little grounder,
Whitted Makes Good Catch.
With one ball called on Speaker In
the sixth the latter struck at the next
two, missing two low curves that were
/ close to his knee Whitfield sprinted
/ in near the left foul line and caught
+ Speakers curving fly on the run, Hob
by landed on q fast one and beited
/ II swiftly to reach the center for n
/ safe bingle. Alexander turned on full
speed for Lewis. who struck out. Hob
by stole successfully at the same mo-
/ ment. Burns. dropping Lewis third
4 strike. and being charged with short
passed ball. Alexander quickly put a
strike over for Gardner, who hit the
next bali high In the air between the
first base line and the box. where
Burns made a we'll judged catch.
Shore tried TO fool Paskert with two
high balls. but the latter would not
bite and then Shore put a strike over
waist high. Paskert swung heavily at
tossed him out on a slow bounder
Cravath went out on sky scraper
which Speaker coilared near the
bleachers in right center. Luderus
: cracked the ball savagely at Barry
who made splendid puck up and
threw him out.
The seventh inning was rather tame
Barry singled TO left. Cady sacrificed
Alexander to Luderus. Shore and
Hooper struck out.
Whitfield field to Lewis Niehoff was
out, Shore to Hobltzell Burns was
ont. Barry TO Hohlitzell
Red Sox Garner One.
Alexander showed increasing speed
as he began pitching to Scott in the
eighth inning. Scott's hest effort was
a high one which Bancroft Eobbled a
ward from second base. The Royal
Rooters" begged Speaker for a HON,