The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-04
~ ERNEST POLLARD.

IL took more than 9i1n8 eoA0
waMtnsr and a vielous Wind % prevent
aha Rlchmona vlgEiniana and Waafa~
Eawton Senator'S from staging their
ss~-alar scheduled game yesterday az
rsrnoon out St Broad Street PARK
And II took more than All this. plus
a mmmH crowd os people, 10 prevent
@fnk Altrork. oma 81 ths country g
smanA famanM baseball clowns, from
aEmpogslng his usual bit of comedy,
Despite ths fact that the Virgtniana
xarm@rad nlna safe wail0pa 70 the
waahanmsonimns sight. the Richmond
etnb lost the game 20 khs national
capfeaa CHAR by q ecant e 10 70 3
Richnonda asoond consecutive defeat
a. sha hands Of Nick Altrock's hope
falls nMmmot be attributed exclusively
90 TIA local hmrlaga Three costly mis-
gw@@ ana the same number Of errors
Of omission vvssA responsible for sev-
awml Of the Senators runs.
However, sven though the Vir-
wsniana lomt the encounter there Ia
@orn@ consolation In knowing that the
local boys tapped IRE old gio0nle for
nine safe waIiops In seven innings
willis the Alfrooka wers registering
gn@s eight three of which wers rank
msxakcaa@m-
xsoc@am Get Bad START.
Called BY the cold wind THAI blew
over the Broad street nsld. the Rich
naen0 players were unable 10 show uD
70 a@y advantages In this opening In
nfn@s. and three balls that should haw@
been easily nslasd went for satellites
Those. together wtth ehres costly
errors ard two bases on balls, Melted
shs WRahin@sonlMms a total Of ak
counters. which lead In sufficient 70
tAke the heart out u moat airy base
ball eAaxn. especially on yesterday win
sach unfavorabls weather conditions
prevailing However, un3aautea by
this l@@d thu ylrginians kept plugging
away. and there was only enc inntng
they failed 10 get one or more men on
the bases Fast a@idinR AZ critical
moments saved the washington pitch
@ra from suffering a aruhhinm at the
hands Of tire local ooya The Rich
Enond players hlt the ball and hit Il
hard during the mater portion q the
game. only two ct them whiting the
nxons.
Lefty Mamphrfas, who IL nov
part and parcel OK The Richmond club
was ina first 10 Taxa the mound for
Washington, working against tAa Viz
giuiana for three innings During this
tirn@ no allowed Ave waftGes three ~
which came IN ore inning Or. Yancey
Wyatt Ayrss then took tha box for tha
Senators. but he Jared no better the
local players landing on his benaers
tor 4 daubts and three singles im tire
trio Of innings be woraed And Eet II
be- sald Eight here that when this Yfr-
Esntans faced this "HHlswflla Hurr3-
cane knsy were up against enc % tha
hs@s tn Ban y. Johnsona American
League
E&isssssaond Pitchers Wessk Wei
Goodwin. who waa purchased fr0gn
the washington club a fsw days ago.
nad@ his initial bow 20 the fans yea
teFd@Y afternoon &na despite tne fact
that A@ goe on with u had start ne
srform@a well on the mound allow
tn8 bat s8v@n hits ga foug innings. five
OF OF those eein@ nakss JArman wwa
ths next a. ent@r TIRE ton. and he let
The Washinat0nlAns aowu vita ana
safety sn three samin@u not&sdg gh@
Richmond buffers Matksa ia . moW
eg@dttAhie manner
Because of tha cald weather nansr OF
tina ragas would have aou btleas lsff
long hagUr@ the game ended aaa rot
Ni0& AItrock &c nae 20 the rescue lie