Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-05
DUMMIES CLIMBED
OUT OF TWO HOLES
Toronto Took Lead in Each
Game, but Lost Double
Bill to Richmond.
SUPERIOR HITTING DID IT
Climbers Swatted When Clouts
Counted-Cottrell and
McHale Victors.

YESTERDAY,
coming from tho rear in each instance
ana boating Toronto in nerve-racking
hnishes. The first clash was won in tho
ninth frame. tho score ending to s..
INC Leafs only counted once in the sec
ond encounter. but that lone tally
locked mighty big until the sixth. when
II was overBhadowed by brace OF
markers. Another was added In tho
seventh. making the count to !. the
game being called on account Of dark
ness.
Cottrcll and McHale, both Yankee
loans, were the heavinS heroes of the
afternoon. with Herbert. the Giant ro-
cruit, and Luque. tho Red Sox CASTOR,
as the victims. Norbert was hit freely
while Luque was alright until the last
two Innings. Both teams cloutcd the
Pill hard IN the opening frame Of the
curtain raiser. but tho twirlers settled
down and had a pitching duel for the
b3 lanco OF tho game.
Richmond won the first game by SUI
perior hitting. Toronto started off with
bang. getting three runs before the
Climbers realized what was happening
They came back strong, however and
clouted In four tall!cs In their end Of
the chapter. The Canucks added an
other in the third. and still another In
the seventh. Then the Climbers came
10 bat In the ninth. and with Healey
substituted for Cottrcll at the bat the
count was knotted. Angels Arragon
then landed for "A blow which scored
Hcaley from second and ended the
WILLIAMS HIT OFFERING
OVER RIGHT FIELD FENCE
Williams opened tho second game by
swatting the first ball pitched for the
circuit. The pellet cleared the right
field fenco by good margin. That
vas the only run made by Toronto. as
AicHale held the Leafs TO just three
more hits. no two coming in a single
inning. Tho Dummies fell on Luque In
tho sixth for two hits. with n walk In
the middle, and two runners came
across the pan when kocher overthrow
nrst Although not needed. another
counter was made IN the seventh when
Sweeney singled and came home on Ar
ragor's triple to the center field fence
il was a good crowd that witnessed
two bang-up games. Although the field
Was too soggy and deadened the ball.
some fas. work was exhibited Twom-
bly,. filling IN At second, made one great
stop. which he turned into double
play and probably saved the game for
Tho locals. Arragon, besides hitting
well. accepted fourteen chances with :
out mshap. In fact, the two errors
made by the Dummies were excusable
ones, Ed Sweeney overthrowlng third
when "A batter stepped in his way. and
MulIn Juggling n hard one In the mud
OF arat base.
Gilbert hit we'll in the first game and
helded good in both. HIS running one
hand stab OF hot liner was great,
while he peSged one in from deep CEN
ter that cut Johnny Bates OF at the
plate.
Toronto got n mighty start in the
opening clash. making three runs or
Ensign Cottrell IN the first inning.
williams lead on with a single. Rath
singled. Williams going second. where
ne was caught mapping. Gilbert popped
IL, - %har
followed with singles. after Daley had
walked The whole counted for trio
of markers with the aid of Swecney's
overthrow OF third base.
The Climbers also had few hits up
their sleeves and before the first IN
ming was over they had covered four
runs Arragon started the day with
a single, and was safe at second on
an error by Carroll on Twomblys
grounder. Mullen singled. filling the
sacks. Pick followed with a liner that
brought in a run. Bates drew trans
portat!on. forcing in another. Mullen
scored on q sacrifice ny by Bankston
and Bates romped home on Thompsons
bingle. Pick had been thrown out at
third and Thompson went out trying
to stretch his blow into a double
GILBERT SAVED LUQUE
BY ONE-HANDED CATCH
Neither scored in the second. Only
three faced Cottrell. while four came
up before Herbert. Arragon working
him for a pass. The Giant recruit was
saved by a great one-hand catch by
Gilbert of a hard-hit liner to center
The Canucks hit It up in the third
after two were out. Graham reached
first on n fielders choice and scored
when Kocher hit to right for two bags
The runner was out at third trying to
stretch his clout into n triple. The
Dummies failed to score in their end OF
the frame.
Cottrell famed two IN the opening
of the fourth and Ball popped up.
Bankston lead off for the locals with n
pretty hit over first. Thompson popped
mp to Neal Ball. who purposely dropped
the ball to make Il double play. Thomp-
son started down with Sweeney at
bat, but Big Ed was called out for
interfering with the catcher's throw.
Cottrell grounded out.
The fifth was fruitless for both.
(. while the Leafs were also BANKED in
the sixth, a remarkable double play
cutting off their chance to tally.
Twombly was the chief actor. picking
hot bounder out Of the dirt and tossing
II TO Arragon who completed the play
with relay to Mullen. Ball famed
for the third out Graham made all
three outs on the Climbers in their end
of the sixth.
With two out in the seventh. the
Canucks gathered in a run. Rath sin
gled and Gilbert doubled, doing the
business Richmond looked good to
get hack the run. but failed Cottrell
had lead Off with a double but was
CAUGHT between bases on Twomblv.s
inheld hit. fly and force out com
pletad the inning
The Leafs went out in order in the
eighth, and so did the Climbers. The
Canucks duplicated in the ninth. Then
the Dummies came in and won that old
bal; game. Shag Thompson waited
out four balls and got his base Swee-
ney grounded out, advancing Shay TO
second Tom Healey was sent in to
bat for Cottrell, and unlimbered two
base blow, which knotted the count
Young Dunn went In to run for
Healey. and romped home with the
winning counter on Angel Arragon's
long drive to deep centre.
Williams clouted the first ball