The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-25
Try FINEST POILARnN

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--- Those fovers- o. ye -o,d-trrne yfuEfcTts
who graced seals in the grardstand
and hleaehera At Broad Street yester-
r day afternoon doubtless spent a most
enjoyable time witnessing the final
cIash OF the series between the R!ch-
nsond Virgintans and Tommy Lcachs
Hustlers, which was won by the Ro~
chester club by "a count % 70 TO II.
When william Reynolds drove one
down near the clubhouse with the
bases loaded, giving the Nirg!ntans
five-run lead over the visiting aggre-
CATION il looked as If the old hall
game had been sewed up. But along
about the eighth frame dark clouds
began TO hover over the field, and
Tommy Leach's underlings took adj
vantage Of this opportunity 10 score
and before chapter closed the lnFad-
ers had pushed a sufficient mum her Of
runners across the plate to win out
over the Nirginisns by one~run mar
gin.
The game was unusually long he
cause Of the heavy hitting ana fire.
uuent scoring Of both sides. ana added
To this black e}end hung over the
fteid putting tho bail lot in SEMI
darkness. But the arbiters believed
that the game should proceed. despite
this fact. and while many were at
home reading papers by gas light the
4, Virginiaus were out in Broad street
Park chasing hits from the bats Of
the Rochester boys Then in Rich
- mond's half Of the eighth the Virgin
tans ireafeHed to even matters when
Arragon, the first man up, walked, hut
after Tommy I@dch came In and held
a conference with the umpire" the
decision ~9as- reYnraHdi thu ltttla Gu
ban being called out. instead Of being
allowed TO remain on the base Just
why the decision was reversed is not
known and Manager Smith Will doubt
:. less protest the game
= One Big Smuggling Match.
II was a struggling match from the
opening inning untl the very last. the
Virginians gathering in no less than
nineteen. safeties, while the Hustlers
came through with fifteen. Both
teams used up three pitChers--Lcake,
v-Makenry and Ross working for the
firginians while Hersche. kirkmayer
larsTs Ritter ala the slab work for the
visitors
Richmond should have had about
four more rims than they had rhalked
Up on the scoreboard in center field,
BAD baserunning at times cost them
two or three markers. while . coach
ing mistake prevented the Nirs}uans
from registering another one
The fact that the NrEinisns got a
total q ninefeen safe clouts may be
accounted for by the fact that three
hats were offered 10 them yesterday
afternoon for performing certain feats
with their bEudgeons. McDermott won
one of The h~adrieces by landing on
the ball for the first two base hit of
the game. while Tim Hendrix gets an
other for having the best batting per
centa ge. the local center fielder land
Ing the pellet for three safe hits
out of many legal trips 10 the rub
her. Reynolds gets the third I'D for
Y driving in the most runs. Most all OF
rSthe other Richmond boys hit the ball
Clemens connected twice out OF three
legal trips to the plate; Bankston
landed on the pellet for three out OF
four: Kelliher got two OF four, while
Prieste landed for three out Of five
tries
virginians Get Big Lead.
Rochester threatened TO score in the
opening inning when Leach walked
and was sacrificed 10 second by Nc
Auley. However, Sloan popped 10
asss Bankston, and, after Jacobson had
- walked Hoeike forced the latter at
-A-Aecnnd for the third cut Ia the aafn
frame Clemens led of for Richmond
with single 10 left held and Nc
nermatt gent him m third with q
A9zfhie Herarvx scored torr 0r rfTEn
with triple r. center Hendry<
ronped home on Rankston's single 70
right Kelliher sacr6red sending
sBankston 70 second. Arragon struci5
out and Johnny Prieste singled 10
right scoring Bankstnn, Trieste went
TO second on a wild pitch. and Rev
nolds sent him across the rubber with
double 70 left Leake ended the
. fun by popping M Ia Beatty
The Hustlers broke into the run
column in the second after two were
out, Beatty was issued free trans
rortation and Hersche scored him
with double 10 left Leach then
drove one into right field, which was
y misjudged by Bankston, and went for
three base hit McAuley scored
Leach with single 10 center Sloan
brought the inning 10 q close by aero
planning 10 Hendryx In Richmond
hair OF the same inning McDermott
walked after Clemens had gone out
ard Hendrix singled 10 center
Fankston walked. filling the bases
~ this tuncture Hersche was derricked
ADD Rirnayer sent in the box Kel-
iiher, tfe first Ia ta-e him. drove one
N thA -cAEtAr- Aala fence fer -tr4,,i4-
scoring Mc1ermott and Rendrvx
Fhnkston fell down between third and
home and was thrown out al the