The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-20

header from Buffalo in a walk. and
then lost the other half in the same
spirit. Engers pitching may have
done good deal towards losing The
hrst game for him when he bic" Up
IN the second inning and allowed nine
men to complete the circuit before he
settled down to normal again. In
the meantime the game had been won.
and Bob Clemens had chafked up for
himself another home run, executed
At the psychological moment wnen
three of his little playmates were out
there waiting for him TO do just what
ne did. This placed the score beyond
redemption. and the lead couldn't be
overcome.
Nothing happened In the first IN
ming, and in the beginning of the sec-1
ond Buffalo suffered another shutout.
Then Bankston came to the plate for
two Dagger, and Eibeis s. ngle
scored him Manager knabe thcn-took
a single. as did Reynolds and En-
right. Mcconnell singled, and Han
ford arrived at first also. in the mean
time Eibel and Knabe coming across
the line. Then Bob Clemens came TO
the mark and laced another home run
over his savorite spot on the left aeid
. fence. IL scored with three others.
Bankston then came up and got his
second hit In one inning. Eibel ad-
vanced him to third and he came home
on a wild throw. Distell and knabe
followed, neither reaching front. out
leaving nine runs on the credit side
of the sheet.
In the fourth, kopp hit and Hum
mel walked, the former advancing TO
third on a'steat Then Carlstrom sacri-
f1ced kopp in on long ny. jackson
followed with a double, bringing Hum
mel home. These two runs ended the
success of the Bisons in this period,
and they could do nothing in the
next. However the Nirginians gar
nered three runs here. knabe and
Reynolds placing themselves on base,
and coming home on hit by McCon-
nell. who had begun 10 warm up 10
the occasion. He himself came in on
two base hit by Clemens. This ac-
tivity was the last of the game until
in Buffalo's half OF the ninth Tuman
was substituted for Engel, and hit
'single. The ball was tossed wildly
about the field during the proceedings
with the result that Onslow and Tu-
man came safely home, leaving the
final count in Richmoud's favn- by
12 TO s.
With the exception or the second
inning. IL might have been called
very good ball game. Mcconnell. who
has been showing increasing form for
several weeks, did himself more than
justice Yesterday. and became gen
eral fayorte with the fans. Jao< En-
right held the game well in hand, ana
pitched good ball The team was
working we'll. while the Bisens seemed
to be unable to adjust themselves TO
the situation. Several costly errors
should not have been made, and they
:. lost the game.
In the second contest. AlS Leake.
former Richmond favorite IN the Nir-
glnia league, took Engeis place on the
mound for Buffalo. and showed a de-
ciaedly different tendency toward the
whole proposition. In the h"st inning
kopp. who played a pretty right field
far Buffalo went to first and stole
around TO third. going home ON
another steal on the other hand Nc
Council forrf. stih 9n<fha asc@'9erets
hraced up TO n two~hagger, and fah-
ford followed with the same. NcCon~
nell scoring In the second. Bunalo
secured nothing, while Disteil walked,
-haupeife single and Mcconnell ar
peared for triple, scoring Dtsteli ana
. Chappelle In the third period l|eaNe
walked, and kopp brought him home
with a triple. Then Channeit scored
Kopp. leaving the count 4 TO n faVoF
OF the NirEinlans.
In The beginning of the fourth Chap
nei,e was taken out and Carmichael
nlared in the box for Richmcad. lie
walked Mcdonald but allowed no othef
camalties. On the other side. Conroy
walked. and Carmichael drove an un-
usually long one over the lert helu
fence 1t was a FOUL howeVe'. ana
IN. yirglnians were netted nothing.
Throush the nth the line OF blanks
continued. and in the sixth Carmichael
walked Jackson and Mcdonald. where
uuon he was removed from the
mound and Magalis substituted Tor
him. He Herewith walked Tunan'
and Casey hit one through MIN, &cot-
inc Jackson. Mcdonald auehf'ea 10
20 home and was thrown GU. kopp
hi one through first and s. 're6 Iu-
wan This gave Buffalo a 10 lead,
and in the seventh this was increased
-, one run when Hummel scored on
a long one from Channel TO the iel'
6eld Richmond was unable to BLOCK
the lead. and in the eighth Casey
scored after his single was iolio"ca up
nv Hummers two Dagger. On to the
ninth, the situation remained the
same. until Carlstrom got triple ana
,.me in on single from jackson
This left the figure to 4. "hch
remained until the end.
Al Ieake's pitching was puIz.e
for the Virginians. and they coutdh
and him as they did Ensei' Mss.,-
naii at shortstop. played spectacu-
lar came. Before the engagement
s;.rted. the Republic Motor Truck
n.nd. which is now in Richmond on
4 demonstration tour. played the ma
t;onal anthem while the flag was be-
inf raised, as Is done every AFTERNOON
war the Boulevard field. During the
AVE the hand rendered numerous Sc
,.ctions. Tomorrow the Bisons VIII
meet the Virginians again. as they VIII
siso on Thursday and Friday. The
n.xt visitors to Richmond will BE- Mon
treai on June %.
Yesterdays score:
Observation-Disclosures Game.