Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-12
SPORTS
GREAT PL LAYING WINS
TWO FOR RICHMOND
Toronto Falls Easy Victim to Leake and Rhoades First
Two Games of Series-Sensational Playing
Features Second Affair

Richmond took two games of the
activities at Broad Street Park yester-
day afternoon from Toronto. and II
there had been three games instead of
two. the locals would havo taken that
one also. The Climbers were going
good, or which is better the Climbers
are going good, and they expect to
take two more games this afternoon
from the same crowd. Leake made
monkeys" out of the visitors in the
first affair, letting them down with
four hits and three tallies while his
club was making one shy OF n dozen.
In the second section Dusty" Rhoades
allowed eight safe ones. but he didn't
give the visitors very polite recep-
ton because he wouldn't let the To-
ronto boys bunch the bngles. Rhoadcs
had 10 win his game twice. The score
at last was. 4 TO 3.
Barrin- the fact that Birmingham
was ordered from the field in the first
game, and a few sensational plays BY
McDcrmott mixed in both games and
that Tim Hendryx hill two two bag
gers In one time at bat and Mickey
Kelliher broke up the last game. there
was nothing out of the ordinary. In
the last game Stcinbrenner only got
four hits out of four trips 10 the plate:
sorry batting! Another piece of work
was the fact that Eibel only hit one
home run, which only makes him two
for the week. He hit safely three
times in the first affair and walked
practically all through the last game.
The real feature Of the game was
double play. elcctrocutcd by Nc
Dermott and Priest McDermott stop
ped a hot one from McTigue's ba- ami
whipped 1t 10 Priest ahead Of Trrcs
dale. who was on first: Manning was
digging dirt towards third. and Priest
shot the ball back to McDcrmott. Nc
Dermott snarged the pill in his gloved
hand and while both feet were in tho
air and he was loop. he
dug the ball into Mannne's ribs. COM
plotting the double and retiring the
side.
Even with all that, which everybody
admits was one o. the bcsI plays pulled
AZ the park this year. there is some.
thing coming TO Bob" Clemens and
Red" Murray. Clemens pulled the
most spectacular play Of this season
when. in the seventh inning. he ran
diagonally towards left center field and
took line drive over his head with
his gloved hand. Graham was the vic
Tim who was literally robbed out OF a
threc-hase drive. In the same game.
and most OF the fancy work came in
the final one. Murray showed his big
league stuff when ne hooked one in
his gloved hand from Etbers bat tina,
was tattoed with three bases Ethel
HIT 1t straight towards Uncle Ned.
Markle was easy marklc in tho
first game. eleven tallics being made
of him Leake had an easy time. just
pitching them over in such way thai
the Toronto lads couldn't do anything
with him. Errors and passes. with hits
In between. gave Toronto a couple Of
runs in the fourth. and three ba Sc
drive ard a sacrifice ny gave them an
other in the sixth. Richmond made
runs whenever She took notion 10.
III the second game Dusty" Rhoadcs
and Manning fought out a duel. while
the felders OF both teams played great
ball. with only n few slight miscues
Thompson. IN right field saved his
team in the ninth inning. when he
caught a ny off Johnnie Priests bat
and doubled Stcinbrenner At third. the
latter having arrived at the Keystone
sack by his Own individual efforts in
slamminS out two-baEEer for his
fourth consecutive hi;. The tenth in
ming started with 3-3 score. and witi.
two down. McTiEue damned one against
right center field fence for three bags
Murray went out. Priest TO Ethel. and
ended the frame.
HendryX came UP first for Richmond
and walked. Bankston LAID down a
beautiful sacrifice, and Hcndryx was
advanced. kellihcr Went in to bat for
McDcrmott. and j. was just like him
to break up ths ball game. He has
tina, kind OF a disposition. He smacked
ont long single. and Hendryx tailed
with the winning run.