Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
GET LEAD
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Richmond College Wins First of
Series From William
and Mary.
GAME WAS PRETTY ONE
Large Crowd Sees Local Collie
gians Trim Boys From
Williamsburg.

Richmond College cleaned I'm on WI
liam and Mary yesterday In tho arst
championship game in the Eastern Viz.
g'nia intercollegiate Association. Tho
contest wns staged at Broad Str,,+
Park. the Spiders coming homo with
tho long end OF n to 2 score.
While never in serious danp.r -,
losing. the Spiders had several acarA,
thrown into them by tho wllliams.
burgers, especially In the Anal fran.
when one run was pushed across tbs
pan and other scores seemed imm,r.,.
AT all stages OF the game, howev.r
Robinson proved himself a master q,
tne situation, having solid support from
| his teammates
Robinson twirled a pretty esu >,
though he was touched for eight hit.
only frst-class fielding could hav. mr..
u ut the Williamsburgers from run
, ainS wild, but tho Spider fielders wera
In nne fettle. and nothing went through
.heh. The only errors were from had
heaVes. and not booted or INJURED halls
TOT the down-country collegians Gar.
49, pt.cneo good game. but his sup
porters aid not seem sure OF them
serves, particularly when Zehmer wo.
oadiy hurt In the fourth frame hv
ioui TIP. Although he stuck the con-
test out. his fellows seemed disheart-
ns" at the nifty receivers misfortune.
| ana three runs were garnered Off then,
In one chapter.
ROOFING AND CHILL AIR
WE'RE FOOTBALL RENINDEos
1t was pretty contest. and ono th.t
was thoroughly enjoyed by n largo
crowd OF rooters. Fans and fonnetteo
were out In full force to encourage
aneir tavorites. Collcgians and staid
graduates united in sending the old
cheers re-echoing across the field ana
the shrill shrieks OF the fair rooters
and the deep tones of base drnm
brought all OF the way from sleepy old
| WlIlams6urs added to the din and
ball game than n baseball contest. ana
even the nipping air added to this H.
! lusion. ms IL
While tho Williamsburgers were not
o a,,ai,! by any means. the Spiders
keener players, Evidently determined
70 retrieve laurels lost in the Caro-
mas, the Jaspers put steam behind
their work and played faultlessIy ex-
| cept FOR three bad throws
Nv, M,i'tam and Mary scored in the
third frame. Zehmer lead or with n
single with one down. He stole second
and went to third on an inhed mir
TO second by Garnett. Helm lined one.
wien was Knocked down by Liggon.
VINO QUICKLY recovered the pill and
run. The stop was a beauty. but tho
| throw went wild. No other tallies
were made, although only pretty field
ing prevented at least one more.
me locals came back strong in their
half OF the same inning and tied nm
the count. a single by O'Neu. fol-
lowed by double by Liggon. eyened
the score. With three on the bases.
william and Mary steadied down and
| put three out.
LOCAL COLIEGIANS DID
BIG SCORING IN FOURTH
1t was In the last half OF the fourth
| that Richmond got in It's big work
Logan beat out an infeld hit to third.
Blankenship was safe on first on an
error by Helm. but Logan was causht
going to third. Robinson laid down
pretty bunt, and Zehmer threw wild
to third to get Blankenship, who came
home on the throw. O'Neil and I.lggon
were hit by pitched balls. loading the
| oases. Ancarrow and Wiley both beat
out sacrifices. and two more run, were
| gathered.
Both pitchers frightened. Garnett al
| lowed no more runs. although the
spiders pulled hard in the eighth frame
10 score. Robinson was also effective,
pullinE himself out or deep hole in
the sixth when runners got on second
and third. ~ ee-bagger In the
! seventh was also wasted effort.
lhe spectators were treated to a
ninth-inntng rally by the visitors.
Jones flew out to center Zehmer again
peat out short hit over second base.
lie took second easily. and Holmes.
put In as pinch hitter. came across
| In storyhook style, laying one down
the riSht-teld line. scoring zehmer.
GOOD fielding and pitching cut of fur
| tner hope OF tying the score
| In spite OF two bad pegs, Iiggon
put up good game at short, fielding
In good fashion. Out OF three trips
to the plate he got two hits one a
double MacPitt played n pretty game
at third, and Captain Wiley was
star at the bat. with three hits out Of
| three times up
| For the W!llimsburgcrs, Zehmer
caught pretty game, even after being
badly hurt In the early stages He
made two hits and scored twice. GAR
nett pitched good game. The de-
| tailed score:
+ Richmond College.
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