Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-04
RICHMOND BEATS ROYALS
IN PERFECT EXHIBITION
Errorlcss Contest on Part Of Boil,
Teams, and Hitting Was
80 Hard and Clean.
VICTORY WAS WELL DESERVED
Bfllsmiths Put Up Snappy Gamc In
Field and Batted in Great Style.
y SS;NIcDermott and Damrau Vie in
Great Defensive Work.

Only tho very hest can he said OF
i, such game as that seen at Broad
;. Street Park yesterday afternoon. With
I. both teams putting up perfect de-
! Tense. the aggregation displaying the
=. hest stickwork won. That Richmond
= came off with q 4 to victory over
" Montreal was incidental. The playing
was the thing.
!" ;. Superior batting alone gave Rich
mond the same. Nine hits. four being
for extra bases compared with hve
~ safcties, spelled the difference between
&. the two teams. Both gave great OK
&; hibitions III the field. and everything
,5s,hat Il ball players. OF no matter what
class. could have tielded. those boys
"a got.
/. Little Rcd McDermott and Damrau.
the opposing third suckers. We'd with
each other in making impossible stops.
J. AS fast one would make a scnSa-
!. ,tional pickup. the other would try;
to go him one better. Red capped
the climax when he went down the left
Geld line and took fly with his back
turned TO the diamond. The ball would
have fallen into safe territory, and
With men on second and third and
none out the result OF the game would
ohave been much different
! "a Eibol and O'Donncll were in tho
i game, and while the former did not
hit. the latter did. Eibcl, however. put
up a good fielding game and his back
Ing up, including third base. was OF
a. ttp-top order. Shamrock lander for
= Nsingle and triple in his four trials.
M7founS Gleason. the Colonial League
recruit, was OF the mound foi Rich
mond, and he put up a stellar grade
OF ball Five hits were made off his
delivery, and one was a drive which
came at him on line lie stopped
the ball and diverted ii to Arragon,
but too late to nip the runner.
% nirh Il;
a frequency that caused delight TO the
followers OF the Billsmiths Hendrix,
In two times up. landed for single
sand triple. Bobby Clemens pounded
out single, double and triple in three
nmes ur:. Arrason got one hit in two
tries Everett Eanks;on hit twice in
: four attempts
Runs were made in six of the nine
innings, one or the other getting a
:. tally. The locals drew first blood in
the opening frame. Montreal tied il
:. UP in the second, but Richmond added
one in the third. fourth and seventh.
The Royals tailed their second one in
the eighth.
. The game put Richmond into the lead
e IN the present series. having won two
= ana lost one. The final game is schri
:. uied Tor this afternoon. when Ehoadcs
g or Jarman will work against Cadore or
S. Smith.
Richmond scores First
Richmond scored in the first Hon
dryN opened the game with a sinpic
TO left but was forced by McDermott
NJ second Red, however. was driven
IN by Clemens witch two-barrer Ia
ieit. Banhston tanned and Arraeon
- The Royals evcncd the count in the
second r. Smith was hit by a pitched
pan and took second on a passed ball,
he was sacrificed to third by Wells.
. ana reached home on a second passed
< pail In the third and nth spseIv
double plays cut the Royals off from
i ;; In the third the Rillsmiths hrousn,
IN run. HendryN led off With a mass
=. .Mcl,crihott famed hut Tim wen; IN
second on single by Clemens to cen
9 - hankston scored him with :. hit
nippcd AZ third. ArraGon walked. hui
Elnei went out on ground bail to
Two triples came in the fourth of,
-. Caldwell. With one down ' tTron, oil
poied one 10 deep right for three har.
TIE scored on an out on Gleason Hen
nTSX duplicated the long blow I'M,
IhicDermott~ coald not land for !, safe
Two inicld hits ana "A double s,.,,
pnt men on second and third in tba
soN,h, but Ethel did not measure M
10 the emergency and struck ont NJ
also failed. making the third ont tbe
men hhNing got on with one down
"A triple by Clemens opened the sew
M Man round nd, ,Eankston popped UP to
rifce ny by Arraeon =" sac
Trieste. pinch hitting for Caldweu
landed Tor single i'm the oneuing &c
v.noe elEh IN, for Montreal Smyth ad.
,IcDermot' made his great catch ~
Morars swat To left holding ,bn 49,
ners TO the bag. but Gathers sacrihrnd
o"' 20 clemens scoring priestc
RlS0NS AGAIN. TpiM ooavo