Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
TAKES FINAL
GAME FROM CLIMBERS
Richmond Loses to Bisons Through Errors at Critical
'rimes-Crowd Almost Equal to Opening Day Sees
Game-Kellher Stars at Bat for Billsmths.

4iwith Richmond yesterday by tho count
#lot TO 3. Tho Bisons took advantage
&Iof all Of the breaks and clouted the pill
&lat opportunc times. Had the fielding
Hlbeen perfect. it is probable that the
I'll Billsrniths would have made n clean
&iswcep OH the Herd. I'm spite of tho de-
8i cisvc score.
I'll 1T was perfect day for baseball,
Hand corkinE good crowd took ad-
III vantage OF that fact. II was by far
81 The best attendance that Richmond has
8l had on any Saturday since this city
81 has had International League berth.
"a III spite of the defeat for the local
81 cohorts, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed
III lie pastiming. and was fun OF pep
Hand enthusiasm until the end.
8l Three errors ruined what chances
81 richmond had to win the game All
To- them came at critical points. and
ii we're responsible for runs. Had the
plays been perfect the innings in
81 which the scores were made would
IN have been blanks.
81 Rhoades pitched for Richmond and
II was touched Up for twelve safeties
81 several OF the clouts were good ones
III hut others were extremely scratchy
81 rho Billsmishs only tapped Lore Bader
n fpr six. but all were clean
N Fhe Bisons counted in the opener on
~ walk, triple and sacrifice. Richmond
81 came back with one run In the same
III tra;nc, walk ana Il single. follow ed
Climbers jumped into the lead in tho
sixth when n double. triple and single
scored two runs
4 ERROR TURNED TIDE
AGAINST LOCAL TEAM
af In the seventh An error turned the
vi tide against Richmond. With the bases
n filled, Hummcl grounded 10 Eellihcr
" WHO nipped a runner at The plate. Rcy-
no!ds had a man off third. but his peg
II 20 McDcrmott Was bad, and the run
n that tied the sco.c tamc IN on what
& should have been the third out.
& Again in the eighth an error on n
i pay that should have ended the in
r'inr was responsible for two runs. and
h another error on what should have been
Il TIC final out let In ;wo
Z Jackson got on base on nuky in
3 Geld hit. with one down, O'Nelll hit
a sharply to k!rchcr. and Il double play
II should have been the result. Instead
George booted the bail and the run
ners were safe. Haner then connected
FOR q double after Haley had grounded
out. and both runs scored Kopp INT
cd UP a long fly which 5.nkston inuf-
fed scoring Bader and he himself
came home or /. single.
ln spite of these errors; the crowd
Was behind the team. Not q word II
4 protest was raised. but tr. PLACER ere
i i.ircn every encouragement possible.
} every good play got lis reward n
hearty applause and "a each batsn ~
q went up he was greeted with HAND
I ciapping from the stands. Not for
many years has Richmond crowd
shown so conclusivcly that il Is with
4 The boys who represent the city on tho
diamond.
The Attendance was nearly 5000.
j which far exceeds anything done for
Jack Dunn. not excepting holidays
only one occasion, the opening
:ame. did tho attendance last year eX.
ICED that az yesterday.
Mickey kellihcr led IN" locals on
hitting, getting two singles and
double in four times up Bankston
slammed out single and a triple in
our trials. Nye was the only other
Climber to tap safely.
Channel again headed the Bison
<iuEgcrs. polling on; Il triple and two
1 angles III four official tries. jackson
plate. while Mcdonald landed for
q jolble and triple III five attempts.
HHoADEs GETS STARTED
BADLY IN OPENING FRAME
Rhoades aud Badcr started tho game.
Hhoadcs got OFF badly. passing itopp.
'irst up. kopD stole second and went
80 third on :. wild pitch. Channell
laced one 10 the clubhouse, taking
three bases on the blow, and scoring
Eopp He came home on a sacrifice
ny 10 Hendryx by Humnel Rhoades
famed Mcdonald. Jackson connect
cd with fast shoot for n single.
carlstron forced him at second for the
third out
The Climbers pulled up one in their
end OF the frame HendryS opened
Y with fly to Kopp. Burch worked
Bader for transportation. McDermott
fouled out to Hummci, but Mickey
KeIlIher connected safely, driving the
ball over second. kopp let the
Grounder get past him and Burch
, scored. Bankston ended the inning by
/ grounding out TO Carlstrom.
Good fielding saved Rhoades in the
second. O'Neill bounced the first Of
fering to center for one bag. Haley
swatted fast one TO kclliher. who
cut ONeill off at second. Bader then
forced Haley at second Kopp drew 4
pass. Channeli drove fast ball at
Nye, who knocked it down and threw
the runner out At first. The locals
only put three men up, Kircher and
Reynolds going out on groundcrs. while
Nye famed.
Neither team scored in the third.
Mcdonald biffed one to the left field
fence for two bags. Sharp fielding
saved the day, however. The locals
/. only stuck UP three in their end. Hen
dryx was hit. but died trying to steal.
Ehoades had struck out and Burch
flew out to left, CHANNEL taking in bis
foul ny after a long run.
Richmond made good try to even
the count in the fourth. Only three
Sisons came UP in their half. with
orc down. ltelliher laid down a bunt
aud beat it out Bankston followed
with a single to right, putting Kel-
liner on third. Kircher popped up to
O'Neill. With Nye up, n squeeze play
was attempted, but the ball went wild
and Kelliher was caught on the paths
for tho third out.
Another attempt to knot it up in the
fifth was unsuccessful Nye walked.
Rcynolds went out to Hummel. trying
TO sacrifice. Rhoadcs flow out to Eopp.
Hendryx walked. after Nye had stolen
,sccond. Burch struck out. The Bisons,
in their end. had been unable to hit