The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-27

/ NggregattUN COW IVA
After the Blsons had brought 80
close their hair Of the sixth chapter.
the gloom that settled ln The grand
stand and b}eachcre was more dense
than the fog that lowered over Broad
street Park almost throughout the
seven innings Of playing In this
frame the Buffalo boys raced out into
the neld with lead of three runs
tucked snugly beneath their shirts,
and. with old jupe =. sending forth
sthe elements with such rapidly that
another inning Of pastimirg seemed
Impossible defeat for Richmond
seemed inevitable The score at this
d juncture Of The gan stood to :.
and ever, hnd> seemed worried over
the anal outcome but the Nlrginians.
Come Back with Vengeance
# ifnasunted ~ the three-Tun lea O,
4 the Richmond boys came in and start
"a iactng the globuie with a ven
geance For while hits came thick
and fast aud several pairs Of red and
\ blue stockings started circling the
hassorks with gait that would have
H made Dorando turn green with envy
had the one-time famous sprin'eT
been grazing a seat in the grandstand.
{ Before the fireworks had ceased seven
runners had raced across the plate
and the Virginians had gone four
y runs a hfad--a }e8u Whi'h 'IfeN HhEI~
tained until the very last,
II took little Angelo ARA gon that
nl1sky little Clban who halls from
The far-or tropical land. 20 start the
" Nirginians towards the victorious
goal He drove one over second base
that was good for a single. after which
r this aforementioned Mr.. Bader sent
ore OF his smoke balls into Everett
4 RankSton's ribs Marty Nye was Is
y,yfe lon Hpg
base. and the hassocks were loaded
William Reynold then came forth and
& drove out neat safety. both ArraEon
4 and Bankston rompinE home. with
two men on bases and victory in
sight. Manager Smith sent Clemens in
TO pinch hit for Lefty Humphries. and
he was hat on the leg ny rhe ball Al
This tuncture Rader Was drawn from
q the game, and Manager Donovan
rushed Tv Tyson that elongated ex-
ponent or the slippery elm, to the
rescue
Hendryx Waiiops Pellet
~ Tim Hendrix, the FIRST man 70 face
TNson, gave The young fellow warm
Welcome deucedly warm welcome
don't v know He met the first ball
sent acrosa- tire pan nv the Bison
hnrler. and had not the left field wall
been in the way II would have been
n still rolling or else buried deep into
The eighteenth hole on the hermitage
Club golf links II was one healthy
waliop and before the erstwhiie
Routhern Lea suer stopped running he
N had slid into the third bag IN perfect
safety. while three additional count
cps had been registered Burch fol-
xoweH with an fnheld MY. but Hendrix
IVES held on third base Both OF them
-onaped home when captain Frank
McDermot' drove one TO the left
center fence for another triple The
NEXT two men were easy outs, and
Captain Frank was left stranded on
The '.peep-in" station. However, the
damage mad been done. for Richmond
had garnered sufficient numhr Of
,aities 10 get the verdict.
The season was officially ushered in
here promptly q o clock, when Gov
ernor Henry Garter stuart. Mayor
George Ainslte. Alvin NJ smith and
Gerry simon president Of the Rich
nond and Buffalo clubs, respectively.
d and A. l.. Besrdsley. ~ the Richmond
Advertisers Club. left the boxes which
they occupied JuSi in front of the
grandstand and strobe out 70 the
. home plate The bal VAS presented
II 70 Mayor Ainalie by Governor stuart
y The former TOOK the mound and sent
the pellet straight over the rubbe-,
and the game started.
Although the FIRST TWO men to IA Sa
lNffy Hnmphries who was selected to
do the hurting FOR the Virginia MS,
proved easy outs "Sier' John Hum
mel. the old Brooklyn player thor
nugkIy demonstrated that he has some
rood hits stored away in his syste'n
when he drove one up against the
n rtrht field fence for three bases
rhanneii followed with single, scor-
h 4nK HumNel In the frst half OF the
fourth the Bisons moved further away
B from the Nirginians ny enneNing twD
II more counters. However. the Rich
4 r,nond boys came back strong in their
81 within one run OF tying the score.
McDermott Scores First.
!, A a starter McDermott was hit Iu
4 the back with 6 ball Kelliher aero
pianed one 10 the third oasemau. but
Arrason took four bale and raced 20
Snrnt base BankstoB got an infe'C
Nh. fliinR the bases. Marty Nyc
Arove a sacrifice fy to right feld and
cRmc home with Rich
4 Rnond's first counter Arragon went
4 ~ second on an error by Lonergan
n INA came all the ways home from the
N kevsfone station on an inaeld tap ~
z&E4umphries. II was a neat piece Of
y hase-running. for the bali was per
fek4iy handled by the visitors.
A. has been already related the
~ 0teona tocx three-rsn lead in the
4 sS1xfh. only to have Richmond come
kntk and send seven runners across
M home plate.
despite the doEnnour OF rain both
f1ans put up great exhibition In
X1Ie neid, while both HUMPHREYS and
&der worked In grand form, save for
5zz I#n fact that the latter was aa Wild