Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-26
RICHMOND WINS FIRST
CAME FROM MONTREAL
Victory Won After Same Manner as
All Games Have Gone Thus
Ear-SCore 10 too.
BOTH TEAMS POUND PELLET
Cold Weather interiors With Pitch
crs. and BattcrS Fatten Averages.
Two Home Runs-Montrcal to BE
Opponent Again To-Day.

terday And il Richmond fans ar"
10 he treated TO new variety of
baseball a kind different from that
which has been displayed here sine"
tho opening OF the season, 1t must
he brought TO liGh, during tho re-
naindpr Of the games Montreal is to
play here this series Tho battle yes
terHav was as replete with singles.
doubles, triples and homcrs inter
spers.d with niscues and an oc-
Casoral unusual play. as has been
any Of those staged here thus far.
Richmond finally managed TO emerge
a 10 30 victor.
Anyone who heard Dan iiowlcy and
his crowd take up the refrain OF
"Attahoy" in tho third inning, when
his clansmcn got close To Rebel Cooper
for total OF four runs and took a
ihrec-run lead. would hay" imagined
that SO far as tho decision went It
was all over hut tho shouting. Yet
tho echo that Richmond's Smithless
club sent back ut them in their half
Of the frame drowned any attempt to
start the noise again and "Attahoy'
became the slogan OF tho local fans
who shivered and Yelled in tho stands
when the homo club leaned upon
Pitcher Garner and banged out
half dozen Rms.
Even after tina, it was nip and
tuck AFFAIR with Richmond maintain
nr fair lead up 10 the eighth.
threatened to tie things M If not 10
take the lead. However. ii was sho;
OF while Montreal still was be
hind and the ninth failed to produce
any more ITALICS for tho visitors.
Weather Handicapped IIurIrrs.
Yesterday certainly was no day for
baseball. and the cold made itself ap-
parent in the work OF the pitchers. If
not in that Of the other players.
Cooper went TO pieces in tho third. and
was relieved by Hoffman. who man
aged TO perform fairly we'll until the
eighth when he gave way to scheme
berg. who succeeded in wcathertnG the
storm until tho end Montreal hurlers
also had their troubles, Corner being
pounded from the beginning and
smothered IA tho third. when the en-
tire Richmond team. with three mon
batting twice, faced him. He was re-
placed by Stewart. who was hit fire.
quently during the next frame. hu;
who hlankod the local club after that.
Mcconnell made his first appearance
in a Richmond uniform. and put MP a
fairly good game, working well with
Ed MooerS ut short. Ntooers pulled
a dangerous. but dandy, play in tho
seventh frame, when. in fielding Dam
rau's Clout to short, nc slipped in the
mud and. sat down. only to throw out
the runner with n perfect peg to Hack
Eibel. Clemens lost track Of the outs
In the frame, and practically presented
Montreal with their final tally by fail
inc 90 throw to the plate after catch
ing Slattery's fly in left. zimmerman
jogging homo with ease.
Gathers bounced hard one up
against IN" prize sign in left field dur
ing tho third. and Is to receive his
$50 Damrau. the next batter TN
dropped one over the fence and cleaned
tho hnses. Eib"l rarnered n doubl.
for Richmond. Distel pounded ono
through Moran in center and brought