The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-05
Standing of Clubs.
Games Today.
NA1tinAoxc in Richmond.
Montreal in Rochester.
Newark In Providence.
Buffalo In Toronto.
Ry ERNEST IAOILARp.

Even though the yirginians fail 10
1og1e up 10 expectations at times and
q 1m0 games like any other ordinary
Ill club. fans can't say that the boys
1kn cutters. In fact, Billy Smith and
9$114 players don't even know that
I&&here is any such word in the English
8poca hulary. This fact was thoroughly
K4amonetrated yesterday afternoon AT
m road Street Park, when they came
%3n for their last knocks three runs be-
Mind ard pulled a victory from the
5aSAWa Of defeat administering the Bal
1lanore Orioles their second consccu-
4tve defeat by a score OF TO l.
"a II was one grand come back AMI
4 my club that displays any such fight
4nx spirit as the Nirginians exhibited
I'll through the game yesterday after
moon. whether II be the home team or
~ Visiting aggregation, deserves to
Had things been reversed and
j baltimore had fought the same uphill
b4ttle a. the virginians. Jack Dunn
ssa1d his Orioles would have been given
the kane credit In these columns tf1tT
morning, That calibre of baseball Is
unbeatable, and. ladies and gentlemen,
i You Will just have TO hand 1t to billy
Il Smith and his boys They fought the
game of their lives~~and they triuu-
/ phed. 1t was an uphill fight from the
VERY start for the Virginians Every
thing went all right In the first in
ming. but in the next chapter the Birds
L dAd to go and take all of the JOY
Hen the fans by garnering no less
khan five runs--and this quintet re-
fDuited from two hits This put the
&rtrginians five runs behind, and II
WoHld have taken the starch out OF
&a1a0st ball clubs. But not 80 with these
1irKfnians. They just went ahead and
kcughL getting a run here and there
until that old ninth frame, and then
ME boys just mixed base hits with
&NtM~e egg and won out
Came From Behind.
sSx i .th, the score standing TO in
4Avcr of Jack Dunn's Monumental
sRMty aggregation. many fans got mp
and went home, and those who re-
mained to see the final dash thought
THAT Richmond had as much chance
Tnf emerging victorious in this closing
Mnning as a pine tag has of growing
ION cherry tree, But there's where
4sthey missed their guess. Five safe
s hits, an error and two walks gave
asa khem a quartet of runs and the game.
M Dusty Rhoades pitched good
game. The second innine was n bad
Scne for the Phiilie. but the fact that
the Orioles registered five TALES in
this frame cannot be attributed ex-
exclusively to him. The visitors didn't
8sEet but two hits in this inning and
had there been little better judg-
meat III the 41eiG not over TWO OIL the
SSmen would have scored. II that many.
After this bad inning he got together
&And pitched almost invineible ball
Mduring the remainder OF the game
gMWhile ne was little wild at times, he
xGeneraily pulled himself out in fine
etyle. He did his best pitching of the
fGame In the fifth inning. when Rus
'XoeH led Off with triple. The Balti-
niorc first base guardian was still on
Ehis station when the side was retired
&3arber sent an easy roller to Hen
&0yyx,. who held Russell on third and
u &osecd the runner out at first
NKombiey then beat out an easy one
- front of the plate, but still Rus
I'll remained at the third sack. La
oar then struck out after which
fop3 grounded out to Hack Eibel
Daniel Triple, the s1i, 900 beauty
1nxted out to pitch for Flock. bu,
- remained on the mound less than
x.tnnings--dve and one-third frames
i ~ ~ exact--after which he was
U4ood TO give way to Joe sherman.
! Orioles Make Triple Play.
ripple should not have remained
~ tho mound as long as he did. And
~ would not have done so had the
4oiss not saved his face by perfect,
! w = triple play. In which George
DOmblcy. Kopf and Russell figured
Aore were three men on the bases al
I ~ t1rne and II was a beautiful piece
Ge work Hendryx, ArTagon and
s% 0nk1ton were on the bases, when
Mickey hit a line drive to T>wonnley
who caught the ball and tossed II Ia
oOcnd. Kopf threw to first for the
4 &hsfd out
Rach1nond scored one run in the
Fourth inning and then sent over an
saG1Aer trio OF markers in the sixth
ban they came tn for the ninth IN
U11g tho score was 10 in favor OF
4#Nne v401ors. Steinbrenner started off
okh . single to right and Reynolds
otked. O'Donnell, batting for
zbpAdes. went out on an infield ball
<oOv1ng both of tho men UP a peg.
ekncns singled, scoring Steinbren-
~. and Reynolds counted when Kopf
erew the ball away. Hendrix
ngied. Eibci beat out a bunt, scor-
- Clemens. Bankston beat out an
z 71leid ball, filling the bases Arragon
~ short fly 10 center field and
olhher walked. forcing in the WIN
01nG run.
The work OF Steinbrenner, who took
Nanny Priests place az second base
- communicable The younxst er
4xed nice game In the field and hi,
= triple and two singles out oil
100 trips to the plate. Hendrix got
e4e hits. while Nbel and Bankston
~ rot . couple
- box score follows:
Rfchmond
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