Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-09
.CHAMPS PLAY REAL BALL,
AND |NTS ARE SHUT OUT.
BOSTON Braves Defeat VirginianS by
s Their Heavy Hitting
Tactics.
sAioRRIsETTE LOSES TEMPER
Get Local Twirler
Hot Under Collar, and Evcrs Steals
Home-Fans Get Worth of Money
y in Exhibition Yesterday.

Late last fall the Boston Braves
surprised several hundred thousand
I fans by the havoc they wrought with
Connie Macks great baseball machine.
Therefore it was not much of sur
prise yesterday when Doc Stallings ad-
administered n similar dose to the Rich
mond 1nts. And at that the beating
was not worse than some handed the
Athletics. The stood to o.
Thirteen hot:y wallops. intcrspcrsed
With several badly juggled balls and
one or two acroplane fights. was re-
sponsiblc for the octuplc total for the
Bostonians. Three safeties. TWO of
(which were on the narrow edge. and
Asilt-edged fielding 10y their opponents.
swas the chief reason why the long
row of zero signs were hung up bE
sthe score boy on. the Nirsinian,S Inc;
Isufered this season.
Boston man handled three of Dunn,s
gyonnE twirlsrs. and they h 1has II MN ,han
slaughed off the mound 1t was, Mr.;
Bill Morrisette, who gave the local
fans the first exhibition of n nasty tenn
per. which has hurt his career now
Bfor several seasons, and which he must
slearn to control before he can hope TO
6keep his name on Class AA roster.
RIuQue, n squatty little Cuban. was the
slabbist sent to face the lnts Not
only did he perform his duty we'll In
y.
when he clouted them to the fence Tor
doubles. Only three hits We're made off
shis dlivery, and two We're iiuKys. AZ
that. Thirty.three batsmcn faced him
during the contest, but so perfect was
his control, and so we'll was he backed
up by his fielding brethren. mat only
one man reached third ana there ne
was glued.
The Bostonians, il must he said,
fought rs only teams fight when they
pre after a peunant Not only ana
tho men on the field play for every
thing in sight but even the dozen
bench warmers got into the contest.
kept up a continual line Of chatter.
much to the discomfort Of Mr.. Eill
succeeded in getting his nanny to such
an extent that Johnny f.vcrs stole
home, Then came the aforementioned
exhibition OF temper. which lead TO the
clubhouse in disgrace.
Richmond had its only chance I"
was lost by Sherwood MaGce, after u
noble effort to net 1t. Long reached
ger flew out to Marrc and Bates was
escorted TO first. With two on: Hon.
S,nan sent a long fly TO right field, and
two more hits We're made or l.uaue,
BERGER getting Texas Lacquer In
the sixth frame and Cap Ball an In
Held hit in the ninth. Neither got as
far as the third corner.
Jnrmcn IL IIit Freely.
Jarman was sent out to the. firing
line by Dunn. He was touched for five
hits in n row in the first frame. one
going for three bags and another be
ing a double. He frightened in the
Third, and encouraged by a pretty piece
Of fielding by Long. he proceeded TO
delight the crowd Of faithfuls by fam
ming Lanky Hank Gowdy. In the third
inning there was an acroplanc hight
hy the two corner gardians Mclnnis
and Long, both OF whom made bad
pegs after pretty stops. y wniN ana II
four TALES.
\ free trip and two doubles in row
IN. Jarman steadied again in the NTH
and famed Magcc and Smith, while
no scores We're made.
Morrisettc, in the meantime. had been
on the coaching line. one OF his re,
marks irritatcd the Bostonians, and
when he was sent into the box at the
beginning of the sixth, the visitors
ammediately opened on Him with good
effect. He was pulled ont of n bad
hole in This frame by neat double
seventh inning the fireworks Stnrtcd
Johnny Evcrs lctf. OF a@!th = single
through second bag Connolly fol-
lowed with hot one 10 the same spot
II was iclded nicely by Cap BAH. but
lie made q sorry throw 10 second, per-
uniting Evers TO reach the bag and
geo singled 10 left field, ana while
Morrisctte was trying TO think up n
witty retort to a singing remark from
the Boston bench, lGvcrs started like
a streak for home. Morriscttc coddlcd
the ball for just a second too long and
threw high 70 Schaulfe.. Hofor. the
kid could get the pellet on the runner,
EVers had slid under him.
Instead OF taking his medicine, Nor
trisettc sulkcd and rrOO|cd easy ones
across the pan. Only good fielding by
Ball and Long saved him from u severe
9drubbinE. Dunn rightly sent him TO
s,he clubhouse at the END OF the inning.
and put Shamlin in tn" box. TWO hits
and one run We're registered off this
victim in the next two spasms
Boston, as said before played just a
hard and as consistently as il did In
The worlds Championship series The
speed OF th"s" hoys VAS a revelation
20 fans used TO the ways OF exhibition
+ SnIes There was no loaf!nE or let
tiint+. up in the least. Every man was
81 earnest, and tn" work showed IL
4rhe Ints had no chance, ana no one
al,"med the men The. least for accom-
xIiishing the impossihlc The fans went
Sio see Boston perform and they cot
sShat they paid for
IS The lineup:
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