Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
|NTS BEAT GIANTS
IN FAST CONTEST
New Workers Unable to Take
Measure of Virginians
Yesterday.
CIRCUIT DRIVES FEATURE
Visitors Get Two and Locals
One-McGraw Walloped by
Spectator.

There was no beating the Ints yes
terday Cndismayed bv Z one point
lead carly In the game. they soon
Jumped ahead Of the New York Giants,
and even two circuit drives were not
sufficient to prevent the Dunnites
from taking the third scalp of the
week, and the second from a major
league OUTFIT. The score was TO 3.
tho winning tally coming over In the
ninth frame.
Richmond played BY far It's best
game OF the entire exhibition season.
and although outhit almost two TO
one, the entire team was on ts toes
ana every advantage was taken of
Slips by tho majors. MuKSsy McC;raw
Vainly irplorcd his men TO come from
last Inning combination Of errors
and heady PLAYING brought the win
mig counter across the rubber
me Dunnitcs were in nnc fcttic
ana encouraged by the largest crowd
since the opening day. put up a hard
consistent hght The Ints were faced
by l'"i Pcrr.t and Rubc Maruuard
inc lear. frog artists. while such men
as Merkl". Snodgrass. Doyle. Thorpe.
lober,, Myers, Fletcher and Murray
were in the fray agains, them. oniy
inc veteran George Burns was alb
sent from the lineup.
Allon Russell. tho right-hand spit
yer. went the whole route for the Ints
ana pitched n uiastcrful game al
though several hard wallops were reg
istcred OF his delivery Three of III.
long h!ts we're favored By a stin breeze
ana Two we're carried across tho fence
between left field and the center
garden.
hofFMAS STARTS THINGS
WITH HOMER TO CENTER,
II Dutch Ion,.,,
VINO started the fireworks for the
Nirginians With the score against
the locals In the fourth inning. the
ued II up and in tho sixth Hoffman
..m,nn IL by h"hr clout to center
scoring Bates. who had reached first
on pass and himself completing tho
circuit. II was the longest hit OF ,bc
season. going clear TO the club nous.
tn. rs
New York scored in the seventh a,d
eighth. both times on homers Thnrn
ma Mefkle turning the trick, but for,u-
h"'c!y win no runners on the bags Tho
hle indian sent the pellet clear Of tho
renee but Merklr's dropped or top and
t"uhc"d over. No more scoring could
be- done. although the Giants worked
HnodgraSs around TO third In the
seventh, but there he died when
Schaulfe neatly fooled him with a fake
throw 10 second.
Pcrrit was sent in arnins, the V!r
on the first trip to the bag and Berger
vent out with Erounder to Doyle
Bates electrified the stands with "A wal
loD to the right field fence. where the
ball and Thorp's skull hit about the
same time. HOFFMAN was called out by
tmps eligible on strikes.
The 1nts were easy In the second and
third frames, the only ones reaching
first getting 10 the bag on gratuitous
transportation. Tn. Giants up to that
Inn hlI oil leo hnn,
TWO were out in the fourth, however
Murray singled. and was driven home
by long hit TO rightneld by Thorp.
Richmond evencd up in its half when
Bates. who was walked TO first. was adj
vanced TO second By an inheld hit by
Ball. and came home on & sacrifice ny
by Mclnnis
SNODGRASS MAKES HARD
TRY FOR LONG HIT
Neither team scored In the NTH frame
In the ending nf the sixth Bates again
walked. and was driven home when
Hoffman laced a high hy 10 the club
house for the entire circuit Snodgrass
| made 4 beautiful try for the ball. but II
| went too far out OF his reach. Thorp
! and Merklc. with homcrs in the seventh
and eighth, respectively, tied up the
score
Richmond came to bat in Its half Of
i the ninth, with Ac score even Ball
vas the first man up. and his hot liner
| TO third was picked up by Lobert, who
made a bad heavc TO first. letting Ball
roost on second base. Kellogg sacri-
feed by laying down pretty hunt,
which put Ball on third base. McInnis
hit n fast one 10 Fletcher. who made a
bad peg 10 Myers when Ball came home
with the winning run.
The Ints played practically faultiess
ball, the one error being chalkcd up
against Schauife. who threw high to
rhnn 4
Snodgrass reached third, but Schaulfe
Immediately pulled off a play which re-
= deemed his former miscuc and caught
Snodgrass mapping, much to the delight
OF the fans. Snodgrass had been play
ing the youngstcr for Il grcenhorn and
- when Schaulfc started TO throw 10 sec
ond he started home. The kid turned
quickly, however. ana sent the ball to
= Long, who got Snodgrass n foot from
- the bag II was a sheepish Snodgrass
who walked back to the bench
LOCAL PLAYERS HAD
EYE on THE RAIL-
While the Richmondcrs got only four
hits, every man had his eye OIL the
pill and most OF them hit, only good
fielding preventing both twirlers from
being driven to the bench. Snodgrass
made one wonderful stop of long hit
10y Mc1nnis. and came near making
more wonderful catch OF Hoffman's
WU
after ball, and crashed into 1t when
he jumped. just too LATE to trap IT.
The local infield worked we'll, and not
misplay was made. Several good
pieces Of fielding were done, thirteen
runners being nailed at first base dur
ing the nine innings.
Russell did great work in the box.
especially in view of the fact that he
went the whole distance. He struck
out only three men. hut most Of the hits
came after he had fooled the batters
into taking one or TWO strikes. He only
walked two men, having almost perfect
control. lie fcldad cXcellently, too.
getting four assists
Pol Perrit early in the game aroused
the animosity OF the bleachertcs, and
they kept up continual fire OF re-
marks at him. The jumps. too, was un-
able 10 see them Pors way, and that
added to his irritation. He was relieved
n the sixth by Marquard, having yield
I'd only two hits.
LIT