The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-01
Standing of Clubs.
Games To-day.
Buffalo in Richmond.
Montreal in Baltimore.
Rochester in Newark.
Toronto in Providence.


When George Distell. the youugster
from Madison. Indiana. who has been
doing In the right garden for the Viz
ginians the last few days. lifted one
l over the left field wall in the eleventh
inning of the initial tilt yesterday af-
ternoon al Boulevard field he made
possible double ba rreled victory for
Richmond over Patsfe Donovan-s Buff
falo Herd AS a result Of this four
base waliop Richmond annexed the
opening encounter by score OF TO
4, while the closing combat went to
the local Talent in a walk, the Viz
einisns coming out on the large end
of n to I score.
The Virginians' two victories over
the fellows who walked away with
4 the honors in the Barrow organization
last season can he attributed largely
to the fact that Manager Smiths boys
displayed a complete reversal Of form.
They hit and felded In mid season
form and al times fans wondered
whether or not they were looking at
The same team that had presented a
contest Saturday to the Montreal
ROYALS on q silver platter. The Bill
smiths came back with a vengeance
and PLAYED just the brand Of baseball
that win make thousands OF enthus-
. lasts flock to the local pastiminE
! grounds this season. They hit the ball
hard and opportunely and the fielding
] III the second encounter was ftawless
not single mtscue being charged
against the home team. Sensational
fielding predomlnated III both OF the
encounters, while the. work OF Guy
Ho~ru"r In the opening game and
that Of Wyatt: Leo in The closing con
fes' Yves good as anyone could possibly
desire 20 see
HOFFMAN In Great Form.
Jack Scheneherx started on the
mound for the virgintaps in the first
gave, hut when ne showed signs Of
!. wiidness in the fifth inning he retired
: in favor of Hoffman The former
Peorian had everything his own WAY
DISPLAYING the best form cf the season
During the seven innings he appeared
oa the mound this youngster yielded
but two hits while he was not re-
sponsibe for single run. One man
scAmnered across The plate after he
had gone into the box bar IL happen
ed 10 be man who had singled while
seheneberg ~as doing service. Errors
In the eighth inning came near spell
ing defeat for him but good pitching
and clever work on the part Of Can
lain Mcnermott and Bill Reynolds
prevented any disastrous happening.
Only fifteen men faced him during
I the last four innings while only one
safety was contributed by the visitors
during this time
home run by Charlie Hanford En
the opening inning was responsible
for Richmond's first two runs, and IL
aided materially in administering the
visitors a defeat. Mcdonnell. the first
man up I'm the mining. started the da.,
right WITH neat bsngIe. He went to
third on two consecutive infield outs
BY M~Dermott and Clemens, AMI two
runs were registered when Hartford
caught ore OF MeCabe's twisters and
drove il over tho left field fence, Two
walks and s single by Mcconnell in
the second frame, gave the Nirginians
thtsr third rua CT the game. The
Herd tack the lead "a the fifth ian ag
and tney maintain ed it until the
seventh when hoffman singled cssr
Z second hAse. sending Edwin Mnars
home from the midway station. The
count reTraine1 l.noited until the
eIevent,i inning. WI ~. after Mo3crs
had gone out on As 10 center. GeoGse
/ DistelI DISTINGUISHED h.mseif by d-v-
ing one over the; fence. giving Rien-
mond I, %fctory.
Wyatt Lee Puzzles Bisons.
Wyatt Lee demonstrated beyond a
DAYS are far from being over Wyatt
and his slow ball had everyt hing their
own way. and as result the Bisons
could get but one run as their share
OF the spoils Although touched for
nine safeties. he always frightened at
the crucial periods and the only run
secured by the visitors came after two
men had been retired. Five of the
nine hits cleaned by the visitors were
1infleld taps which the Bisons succeed
cd In beating out
Richmond started scoring in the
second inning OF the closing game
Charles Hanford starting things off
by drawing free transportation. Eibel
followed with double, and Hanford
romped home when Tuman threw the
hall out Of Casey's reach. koehler
aeroplaned to center field and Mooers
sent Eibel to third on an inf1eld ont
Distell then sent Etbel home with n
single. Lee walked, sending Distell to
second from which place he scored on
a hit by Mcconnell. Although the vir-
gginians contributed hits at Intervals
this ended the run getting until the
sixth frame when three more were
registered. After Ethel had gone out
on ny to right field. Koehler drew
free pass. Mooers beat out an infield