Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-15
RICHMOND HITS HARD
DEFEATING PETERSBURG
Players Apparently Acquire Batting Optics and Walop
Goober Hurlers- Adams Lands for Homer-Bruce
Fields Well, While Klein Is Star.
I,y "NONTY."

Whatever they did or whatever they
did no, do on tho jaunt among the
Virginia League clubs last week, mem
bcrs OF tn" Richmond team accom-
piished one thing at lcast--they found
their batting eyes. Bad weather may
have intsrfcrcd with III" development
"t the team and in the conditioning of
tic PLAYERS. arms may be sore and sig
nails may still IL. az mysterious TO the
members Of the squac 10 opponents:
bni ono thing Is certain. their eyes arc
showing the results Of watching many
bcuders and their hitting is iuprov-
ing.
No matter If Billy Smith and his
mon were UP against much inferior
type Of hurting than that which the:
will have 10 face once the international
League opens on Tuesday. every man
who played yesterday Was able u
Judge the bcnders nicely. There is
ample evidence OF this fact when
Climb pounds tho pill for a total of
sixteen bingles. and with only a couple
OF sirikc-outs scored against them.
That's what Richmond did yesterday
when they defeated Ham Reynolds
aud his Petersburg club by score
of - 10 ..
Every man on tho team got at least
ono hit. eXcep, Pitcher Miller. Pitcher
Adams landed tor homer and "a sim
ric in his couple OF times at the bat,
making up for the others deficiency In
q measure. Bill Reynolds ciouted ont
a trio az singles while Clemens. Han
ford. Eibci. Bruce and Adams each hit
safety twice.
Nut only was tho Improvement
shown b' the local club noted in tho
hitting, hiit il was evident in almost
"N.rN other department. The players
worked together exceedingly we'll.
'rhcy ran bases hard and with good
Judgment. once working the double
t..al fn- nd l. ;rSv 1,-u,
Of every opportunity Tor advancing.
Hack Eibe made the only miscues. but
each Of them was questionable. and
made after difficult chances. The sig
mails evidently were working WELL and.
for the first time this year, the men
showed flashes OF the form and quick
thinking that keeps players in Class
Az baseball
Dutch Klein show. CInss.
A,ogether it was quite an inter
ostinS exhibition in spite of The large
score. All of the noteworthy perform
ances were not confined to tho local
side OF the score-sheet, however.
Young Dutch Klein, who is holding
down left field for the Coolers had n
field day all 10 himself yesterday af-
ternoon. He accepted nine chances
without an error. many of them OF
the most difficult kind. He showed
speed and good judgment In the field
and good batting ability as we'll. land
ing safely twice. He opened the game
with double 10 right held.
While the hitting done by the Rich
mond players was heavy and hefty.
the crSors made by their opponents
aided considerably in the scoring. a
total OF five wobblcs is credited against
The visitors, two Of them falling to
the lot OF Goalby, at second. That
the t'ockade City men were not in
the best of shape and that several
were bothered with sore arms, plainly
WAS evident, Spade, who started on
the mound finding 1t almost iinpos-
sible to get them across during the
first frame.
The Petersburg men took rather
kindly 10 Miller's offerings and gar
nercd q total OF six hits off him. Strong
defensive work on the part OF his sup
norters though, prevented them run
ming zip the score. Men were on the
bags in every frame except the third,
hut in only two sessions was il pos
sible for them to shove across a tally.
\ succession Of hits off Miller brough:
each Of these runs.
Pay opened the sixth against Miller
with a three dagger to right field that
Bruce made a desperate effort to field.
Bruce fell after leapinG headlong at
the ball, and the runner was able
to bring up at the three-quarter sta
lion. Fishers single scored him.
l>lChett uouDieu as starter IN the
seventh. advanced on Ham Reynolds
nfie1d out, and romped home when
Dutch Klein slashed one through Cur
ny. Pay followed with another single,
but Fisher flew out to Clemens and
only one run counted.
Richmond Bangs BnlI Hurd.
TO give n detailed account OF how
Richmond scored it's fifteen runs would
be almost an endless task. Two runs
were made in the first on a double by
Clemens. Eibeis single, and double
steal after Hanford had walked An
other couple was registered in the fol-
lowing frame by Adams, who bounded
tho ball on ton left-f1eld fence and into
the vast unknown after Reynolds had
singled into left field.
The third was scoreless. but n taller
was made in the fourth by Bruce He
onened tn, session with single
through frat base, brought, up on third
whom Reynolds singled and scored on
Adainss single through short The
fourth also was scoreless. although
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