Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-05
LOCALS ANNEX SECOND
AT TER LOSING OPENER
Mcconnell Dislocates Ankle-Onslow Knocked Uncon-
scious Diving Into Fence-Donahue Shows Dandy
Form-Scores 8 to and 4 to 1.

Not single playe. on either team
stole base with all OF them filled
curing the games yesterday. That |
TACT Is mentioned because II constitutes
about the only thing that might have
taken place. and which did not.
The casualty list reads something
after this order:
Mcconnell Is being treated at Memo
rial Hospital for badly dislocated
ankle.
onslow is recovering from the state
OF inconsistencies into which he
knocked himself by trying to use his
mead % battering ram against the
The Richmond team Is doing very
nicely under the circumstances. thank
you They suffered a powerful drub-
Ding In the first battle. being smother
ed under 9to-4 score.
But they were resuscitated sufficient
~ during the interim between drinks.
OF course we mean games. to arouse
the strength necessary to annex the
second fracas to l.
Hack Eibel and Art Koehler are
on the sick list a result OF the draft.
Both are making desperate efforts to
prevent having to leave the club this
week. but last night there was con-
siderable doubt as to the success OF
their plans.
Otto knabe, recovering from an at
tack OF ptomaine poisoning sustained
at Montreal. is able to sit up and take
nourishment
Providence was able TO hobble to
an early train and jump the town. and
knabe will follow suit this morning at
an hour too early 10 mention. taking
the team to Baltimore where double
header Is to be staged this afternoon.
Fnnt Action During Second.
Most OF that resume reads like an
undertaker's notice after a Kansas cy
clone Which might lead TO the belief
that things occurred fast and often out
at Boulevard Field yesterday. During
large portion OF the time, they did.
Especially was this true Of the second
game which was played we'll within
the local minimum OF two hours.
That last contest was rather nifty
game. and II was interesting from the
start. Donahue was on the mound and
twirled as pretty game as had been
fung here this season. Up to the ninth
session he had permitted only three
singles and should have scored a shut
out victory. but n couple of errors.
combined with a pair OF binGles. send
one runner across. During most of
the game he had the CLAIMS at his
mercy though. and only eighteen men
faced him in the first six sessions.
He was supported eHcellcntly until
the nnal frame. and this fact account
ed for his wenthering the seventh.
Knabe. who had replaced Mcconnell in
the opening battle. and who had been
forced to play the second game. fairly
outdid himself handling fourteen
chances without a wobble. Hanfords
frst chance OF the afternoon came at
the start Of the fourth. All three men
in this inning flew out TO him. and
Twombly made 1t four straight by
giving him the first out in the NTH.
And TO help things along. the locals
n 81 hat
they had exhibited In the first clash.
That is, they managed to squeeze over
runs on less hits, and this with the
effective defense shown by Donahue.
accounted for the decision. Even at
that, though. the count should have
been larger, for on two occasions the
hassocks were loaded and no scoring
resulted This occurred once with none
out, Donahue and Hanford tanning
and McGaftigan popping to Tutwiler-
bunch Hits Only in Fifth.
Which shows that the CLANS hurlers
also had something on the pellet. Shei-
lenbach started the game. but gave
way to Eayrs II the opening OF the
fourth Only In the nth did Richmond
manage to bunch wallops. three COM
ing in that stanZa and resulting in two
runs
But that opening setto was OF an
other order. Providence secured seven
of ten bingles garnercd during the
two opening frames. but thereafter
was unable to do much with Young.
Ethel essayed mound duty at the start
but returned TO first base when the
second opened Young fell into the
same difficulty experienced by Hack.
namely that occasioned by a home
run and each stanza was walled by
quartet Of runners. After that there
was not much done by the CLANS.
Incidentally, there was not much
ai done nv )Oca1S Hanford
made glorious start for Richmond
by walloping the ball over leftfield
fence. However. the locals were un-
able to accomplish anything after that
until the fifth. when four hits and a
pair OF miscues permitted three To-
Gals spiking the pan. Peters put the
clamp on the local baseball situation
however, tighter than his namesake
has put II on the local prohibition sit
uation; so OF course, there was ~
more scoring against him.
! Home-runs were one of the features
extraordinary of the afternoons sport
Providence bested Richmond in this
department. in that they banged
out the circuit wallops with men on
bases In the first, Twombly's homer
was delivered with three on, while that
of Brainard came with two sacks fill
ed. Both Hanford and Clemens took
occasion to lose the All over the other
side of the garden wall when there
were no runners to precede them to
the plate.
Mcconnell Hurt in Sixth.
Mcconnell was injured in the sixth
inning of the opening game After
Young had been retired by Onslow,
Mac drew walk. Reynolds then
pounded one to Thomas and Mac hiked
1t for second. sliding into the sack.
Massey had the ball on him, however,
and he was out. When he failed to
rise. players turned their attention to-
ward him. only to find the runner ly-
ing prone upon his back unable to
move, his right leg doubled beneath
him In way that bespoke only too
plainly what had occurred
While water was carried him. and
members of both teams gathered to do
anything possible, others called into
the grandstand for a doctor. None
y h