The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-17
BASEBALL HONORS ARE
CAPTURED BY INDIANS
William Mary College Wins Championship of Eastern vr
gnia Intercollegiate Association BY Defeating
Randolph Macon Yellow Jackets, z too.

Once more the silver trophy en-
blematic of the baseball cham pionshIp
of the Eastern Virginia intercollegiate
Association will grace the ancient
walls of William and Mary College
This morning the Williamsburg In.
dams are celebrating another victory
over the Randolph Macon yellow
Jackets. their time-honored foes Of
the baseball field, they having
triumphed over the Ashland aggrega-
ton yesterday afternoon at Broad
Street Park by a count of to ..
Both teams put up a great exhibit
ton of the national pastime and VIII.
liam and Mary can attribute its VIC
tory to the effectiveness Of "Bis
Chief Garnett throughout the nine
innings of play and tho timely clouts
of his teammates. Although Al
times both teams made misplays, II
was lively contest from the time the
curtain was hoisted until the last
man was retired in the closing chap
ter. and an encounter that win Ions
be remembered .ty the student bodies
o. both institutions
Although defeat for the Ashland
boys seemed inevitable after the SEQ
ond inning and the gloom that nov.
cred over the Randolph Macon sup
porters was thicker than the fog that
hangs over the Dismal Swamp. the
Yellow Jackets never gave UP, and
they displayed the same old pep"
and fight that have characterized all
of their battles on the baseball field
this season. The fight that they made
in the face OF defeat was something
for which even the most loyal sup
porters OF the Williamsburg team had
to express their admiration. Had they
given up after the second inning the
Indians might have piled up at least
six more tallies. but they continued
their fight and as q result the Will
liamsburgers sent but seven men
across the rubber.
Indians Get Good Start.
The Indians started off good in thu
initial inning when they sent one run
ner across. They added two moro in
the second on three safe clout& Q
stolen base and q couple OF infeid
outs After this Woodf1n settled down
and held them scorelses until the NTH,
when they registered two mora In
the sixth the Indians sarnered their
| final talles, after which Woodhn was
| inv1ncible.
The Yellow Jackets. although thsy
had threatened on numerous occas-
ions. failed to send a single man
across the plate until the closing
stanza, when they got together and
drove in a couple OF men.
| Chief Garnet displayed q great
hurting hibition all the way through
Save in the last inning. he pitched air
tight ball in the pinches. Until the
ninth inning he had yielded but a
quartet OF hits, but two more were
added by the Jackets in this frame,
brin gtng their total up 10 six He re-
tired nine men VIA the str1ke-out
route.
/ Although woodfn was hit hard at
times during most OF the game he
hurled great ball with men on the
! ia ses While there is no getting away
| from the fact that he was hit. slow
fielding caused several of the balls
to fall IN safe territory. He made
eight men Whit the ozone, three OF
them falling vi TINS to hts bathing
henders in the opening inning.
| Most all of the Willamsburgers hit
the bail well. while one of the special
features OF the game was a beautiful
catch in left field by Newton. WAL
| Hams also played a nice game at
short
The fielding of Lancaster and Cog
fbill featured for tho Yellow Jackets.
while Butt erworth caught nice
game throughout
I Yesterday afternoon marked the
close OF one of the most successful
baseball seasons In the history of WILL
| liam and Mary College. The OUTFIT 10
composed of a good bunch OF pas
timers, and they deserved to win the
| cup.
| The box score follows: