Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-24
CYLINDERS SPLIT SERIES
BY BEATING PROVIDENCE
ToOtS Schultz Has Two Bad Innings,
and thermometers Pound
Him Hard.
Buck O'Bricn Is Turned Over to
Locals by Grays-Arragon Shifted
10 Second in Place of Ball. and
Thompson Returns TO Game.

pEoVlpENCE. r. /. June 23.-Toots
schultz, premier pitcher ana follower
OF the fortunes Of the Kaiser ran
hcadioug into two batting rallies pro-
i"ctcd 10y Jack puuu's climbers to-day
al Molros5 Park. Toots. like Cooper,
who collidcd With one Of those hitting
storms ON Monday. was q badly bat
tered pitcher when tho fourth Stauza
died away the hus;hng Richmond
team having niCked his offerings for
nine juicy bincloS in this dizzy ses-
sion and the ono that preceded 1t.
Tha; was al! ana tho seven taliios cor
rallied sent tho Grays high and dry on
the rocks. Richmond romp!ng away
with the iinal came Of the series by
After the glorious fourth. glorious
for Jack Dun Tie Kaiser pitched one
of those airtiAhi games he has been
helpless rs a lot of tethered sheep. hay
Ing all the better Of Alorriscttc. Toots
got away finely in tho first two stan
zas, and finished strong. but il was the
meat In the sandwich that killed the
cat.
Morrisette had little in the box. APP
about like man on stills the last
sin innings, but he never let 20 of
the GraNs goat that he has had on
leading strings since the season opened.
THIS defeat being The fourth he has
hung on the Grays so far this wear
and the second in tho series that ended
today He was plainly ratified In the
last two or three innings. but his sup
port held good ana fortune hung to
him. Tho GraHs had chances enough in
tho Inst four innings 10 swamp 4 bat
'lcshtp. but couldn't break the spell
the husky HEAVIER has cast over them.
smart shower happened along
about IN" time the Kaiser was lodging
hits and the dcni2ens In the bleach
ors yelled for the "Umps" to call tho
game and then broke pcli nell for the
grand stand, invading the sacred pre-
cincts four hundred strong. The rain
That promised much when ii started,
did no more than wet the grass and
make 1t difficult TO peg correctly. the
Wet ball causing Shcan to make =
weird throw TO onslow that cost two
runs and later caused Pick 10 hcave
one 10 the fence. Shcaus slip cost n
brace OF runs. and Picks was response
Crane Figures In Fielding.
liu' In the murky turmoil of tho
hattie there We're two bright flashes
saved lot Of potential damage. ON
slow thrust his trusty glove in front
~ tremendous wallop by Bates and
tho pin stuck, and as Pick was the vic
Tim OF misplaced confidence and had
startcd for the plate all Eddie had TO
Go after he discovered his whereabouts
was 10 toC tho bag and completed a
r"d-hot double play all by his lone
some
rho other rift in the clouds was
ernh out OF the air of Shean's
N|'lNi lilEt inner lil;ll crane captured he
for" &; got settled into its nleht for
Tho fence ana found IL too hot to drop.
Providence tore off tho first run in
lu" second and should have had two.
nut IN" one that was haGgcd was ~
clean Eift by Pick, who lost his mind
for the moment ana threw tho ball
INTO u" Eiehmond bench onslow had
started tn" session with a walk and
inter llalcN had polcd a high one to
Dunn, McNally doubled to left Onsiow
rounded third. but was held by the
!"3cAer The peg was bad ana the
ban rolled to tho stand Then Onslow
Srriutcd for homo ard was caught in a
sling, all the visitors taking part in
ln" rounn-up excepting Bates and
Ihomrson. Pick got tho put-out and
son, threw the bah into the Richmond
dugoW ma Mike trottcd home
Win ON" ont in the third Morrisettc
singled and Thompson walked. Pick
singled and Mo:riscltc scored Bates
hit slowly 20 rirht ana the corners
THOMPSON 10 score. Arragon pushed
the bail down tho wet grass 10 Shcan
VINO dug y ont of the grass and let
~ 3" ln the general direction of on
SLOW hui it .s,kidded by and two men
Went over m" fourth was a ropi,i-
Won of the, third and i've singles and
Then Toots stcqSt.d. down.
Shcan's doubIc N The fourth followed
lN iialey's single gave tho second run
and pnslow and Pick wild hcavc were
turned INTO two runs in the sixth.
Manager Dunn sent Nrrapon to sec
ona 70 r'placc Neal BAH. who was re-
leased ami signed BUCK O'Bricu. the
former Red SoN hurior who has been
"ith the Grays all season. Shcan con
Se:ich 20 let '.lirjou 20 because he had
ilN QUEER pitchers on his staff