The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
By ERNEST POLLARD.

By ERNEST POLLARD.
Despite the repeated attempts of
kheir umpiraticai nibs 70 hand the
closing encounter Of the series to the
homeless Indians on q silver platter.
the vsrgfntans fought a gallant uphill
battle and succeeded In getting s
TO . verdict over the Red Men and
their allies.
10 was plain to be seen from the
very start that the aforesaid Jumps"
had no desire whatever 10 zee the
local FASTENERS emerge from the con-
nict with victory, and 1t was GER
tainiy not their fault that the In
dams did not win the final set-to.
Handicapped by having to fight eleven
men instead of nine. as is customary
In present-day baseball. the virginians
had to exert all OF their reserve
power TO administer Eddie thinner
man and his cohorts the knockout
blow. But It was forthcoming. and
in the lucky seventh a sound of firece
blows rent the atmosphere In Broad
Street Park. and several pairs OF
black stockings were seen moving
with rapidly around the hassocks.
Before this chapter closed the locals
were one run in the rear OF the toma-
hawking braves from the wflds of
Newark. and when the fun finally
ceased. let II be known right here
that II was a good bit of It. our boys
were Just three runs ahead.
Unapares Decidedly on.
But TO get back to this umpiring
business. Just what an exhibition of
officiating these two bIue-clad arht-
ters. who were thrust upon US, dts-
played. dsfies description. It was so
poor beas1y poor. don't y'kuow, that
IL recalled our minds those Virginia
League days. We will not even class
them with tho Virginia League holders
of the indicator. for II we did, 1t
would neceesitate an apology TO the
worst who ever umpired IN this cir
cult. On numerous occasions the usn-
pares. who answer TO the names OF
Brown and Hart, rendered decisions
both behind the bat and on the bases.
that repeatedly came near paving tho
way for the defeat Of the vfrginians.
On top of theAr bad decisions. Pick
wNe fined and sent to the clubhouse.
while Manager Dunn and Bill Nor
risstts wsse ISN'T from the park pickle
run-in with the umpires was the re-
suit Of . decasiou IT third base. Pick
attempted 20 steal third In the third
f1&zas y&md apparently mssde this base
~ Q foot, ~ least. Brown evidently
Thought he was safe. for his first de-
ciEon w. 70 wAye him safe. but q
few seconds later he was declared
out Tho iccal third saci<er failed to
agree with no arbiter, and as result
was Gned and sent b the showers.
A howl Of protest went up from the
srAndstanA and bieachers, but this
tailed 20 hGvs any effect on the the
o6adatoTs. for they continued 20 throw
thinss Reewa11k's way.
Nnnek1 In Great FUxm
k1E1aough It was announced before
the game that "Nube" Meadows would
occupy the mound for the local boys,
the youngster developed q sore arm
q the last moment and Allen Rus
ssll who has been dubbed the ''iron
man" was selected 70 do the huri-
ing. II was the third time he had
worked within week, his efforts
being rewarded with victory on each
occasion. The local dispenser Of the
first-claM hurier possesses, and he
uncorked an assortment OF twisters
that had the Indians completely baf-
fled during the major portion Of the
conflict. He had his outcurve break
Ing several feet. and time after time
ne made the opposing batsmen draw
away from the rubber only to see
the sphere bend at the right time and
steam acress the pan. The Red
Men got two hits In the second in
ming and duplicated their perform
ance in the following stanza. but after
that there were no moro safe blows
for them until the ninth, when they
managed to register one more. maxi
ing a quintet in all. Despite the fact
that he has worked moro recently
than IL expected OF any pitcher. he
showed no signs of weakening at any
time during tho contest, and he fin
ished with the same old steam with
which he started. Nfn6 wtrs sent
back to the visiting dugout via the
strfke-out route. He was right. and
the brand cf hurting that he exhibit
ed yesterday will win most any day
In the week.
Sc1nmntx Hit Hard.
schmutx Newarik.s mound artist.
held tho locals In check for six In
nings, allowing them only hit here
and there. However. the seventh
frame was faugft with sorrow. as
far az he and his teammates were
concerned. for the local boys pro-
eeeded to bang his offerings In va
rious directions. and before he could
pull himself together, a quartet of
talliea had been hung up on the CEN
ferffeld score board They got TO him
again In the following frame. but
only enc run couEtcd.
tss IN S<tor1 ma held i pnss-a
xuf An eoalpl n1 &Fansea fne'