Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-28
Amateurs PLAYING WE'LL
aSANDL0TTERS ARE SHOWING
IMPROVEMENT IN WORK
MnnT Pretty Gnmes Staged Yesterdny
on Locni Dinmonds-Other Gossip
From Basebull Field.


From Basebull Field.
Teams playing under the Richmond
Amateur Baseball Commission are be-
ginning to round into form and are
playing much better grade of base
ball than was seen earlier in the sea-
son. Yesterday at Byrd Park the game
between Havana Consuls and Duplex
was. after :;,e third inning, a beautiful
exhibition of baseball. and the players
al worked as II tn. championship Of
T Inc city depended on this game.
Paramount set an amateur record
Yesterday BY defeating Cobb. 30 to 4.
In the seventh inning OF the Fair
mount-Cobb game every man on the
ra!rniount team hit safe In succession.
1ahinS nine consecutive hits, and
consecutive hits. They also stole
twenty-e!sht bases.
Honey Duke set a jefferson Ward
League record BY making six hits in
seven times a. bat.
/, Curt" Harper hit safe Ave times In
SIX times al bat. HIS catch OF line
"FiVe was the fielding feature.
Dutch" Thedieck landed for double.
Triple and homo run in four times a,
me ball hard. sm!thers also stole six
" Johnson was trine wild. bu.
s!& innings.
Pete" Smith. an old. timer n,,c,.d
the, last three innings for Fairmount.
ara was invincible. He also went TO
hat twice in the ninth inning and hit
., nieh order. Flo made several nne
~ ! 9WsWnie Lowe and Young played we'll
o'Connors won again. tho h,..,,- .,
W.nSo being the feature, while Cnlly
ano HGnnal!e led the Highland Springs
team in batting
, !..a, Railroad s. ii G a. game q y tss
For the Juniors. the entire inncid
r.ayeo good ball. Whitfield and puiien
n 6egs, two hits each. Kcndler and
""sset' moth made ono each
Thomas played an unusually good
nne mating a sensational running
;;n.ings i+e also made three ' two. b sose
,l,s o ear 81 .opr times NJ som. hit
20! the Y. VI {. a. Wharton wa.
eas!.% the star. making several sensa-
good game. accepting tou. out o. six
chances.
Green and Hamle, led in batting
se''lng two hits each.
Tae Blues and First National staged
osaIi:U! game yesterday Shelton
".icnea a!f;ignt bali. aud was veil sun
'"rieG by his TEAMMATES
The Firs, Nationals we're represented
- l"ef S'fonses; lineup yesterday
" sne!ton's hitting featured for tho
The nelding .. ,he Blues was ., ,,.n
prds1T with FRS, National nos "a Ear "i hs,
Next saturday the Blues and HEN.
. A'nd Park Will battle for nrst place.
+. C.t,rring made :. g-ea, one hand catch
." '"s h!Ath, saving n home run
Ths Howi'aers came back strong
MeG!il's has j -oot team. bu. m.
."|s c2n sec!n 10 play together \
.,Ie !n!d-"eek prac,ic. would work
n. cst,sT 6, hung te.,g1ed the gam.
,, Coulter is sttll pitching alright ball
ne Keeps UP his present work High
.. and Fark VIII be strong contender
II =. 9. helded perfectly. br, was
ed by the absence ct woodward
Stumpt and Wharton. -
Fairmount took revcng. ON ~.
DOUGH. Mixers b. allowing them only
rrs..i meas!y HI hi I'm ore of the
ball played this season. WiIIisr,s @
= great form. only twenty-seven maa
racing ne him: His teammates backed him
up Ike lot of big leaguers.
Boston" Scott. OF the Dough Mixers"
"as me only one who could md vii
Parson Hoover's boys continue t,.,-
winning streak. 1905
IN swattnF the Pill f He iSns selieY feS
three safeties out of i've chances. ''
The Havana consuls- Duplex PLAYED
ten Innings yesterday, and the score
s sbs ra1,s to Tb Vim the umpire called
from start 10 finish. and both teams
were on the imp all the time.
All Of the Duplex regular pitchers
were absent yesterday. and NIanaeeS
Lowery. had TO do the twirling. He
was Wild for tho first two inninrs
but after that he settled down and
pitched alright ball
Pat Monroe got four hits ont OF five
trips to the plate He got one three
ha gger and three singles.
Bransford got three hits out of five
trips TO the plate
Jollif pitched superb ball Yesterday
He famed nine men and allowed only
one hit.