Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-02

! Even to the worst OF affairs there
I comes change and an end IL one
waits long enough And so i. was
!. yeSterday-the affair which Slandersd
shthc very name Of baseball finally came
to an end and the group OF loyal fans
who had jourreyed TO Boulevard Field
TO bid Billy Smith and his squad bon
voyage on the eve Of their departure
for u thirty-day stay soiemnIy trudged
/, homeward their weary way. The score
was 6 TO 2.
!, The herd Bill Donovan gathered for
the tramplins of Richmond yesterday
vas about the same herd he had used
J on Monday when the Bisons were
, handed a double licking. but Yesterday
they were assembled differently Also
they appeared differently and they per
formed considerably differently. When
1T came to welding the willow. those
Bisons made three OF the local hurlers
look as though they might have been
stars in what professional PLAYERS call
the Epworth leagues. Their bats jus,
would connect with The best OF thu
curves. with the wors, Of them. and
in fact, with almost anything that was
passed UP to the platter. The resul,
was that so many opportunities Were
given the helders for fielding. and on
such an assortment 0: criv<s tina: ,oca
PLAYERS hung Up ;oia! O: eigh;
r0iscues
OF the sixteen sinsies sse--st ::
Buffalo. three we've :c- three sacis ana
another for double ;.!ea::io:.,,
hurlers passed e!Eh, ta:snel, a11
ri-s=e were eleven E.so-s ~: Or ,h=
|rzsh;cas These fzc:s ,:E-n ~ coz
-esa ot the Hero tzl!ist even MAJ o.
ne cl2s making N. .essi oa@ - =
z1r pie evidence q: ..7@ &int g: s~;;o
rhat vas staged
wAtle re Ans, -ss-ii sir>e some
s-oica-,oa % Richmond s,reHE:a il
* azait=srz:ico : -olne-a'rg a:;s.
- oro+- Q: -: = shell game
Richmond secured tt;5! =: ten h,cs
4: . t-Ee %: oa!y u re SIKH.
Taen Eve ostsUe- we're G.=r trans
5sorrs.ior and another pzs AGED ~
faEs=d ball. that -2c,e han q coup!.
- talli+s we're srrred The punching
= three hits IN the laird ana the eighth
assisted - me scoring e Two runs IN
tecH Of these innings TIE ucsc q
ne credi; is due FOR the @orl: In the
,Enth, though FOR IN IL. n!tn an
roies, while two doubles and single
->vere what produced the runs in Tie
.est local ta!iies
Seven come - eleven was the crv
nat Went up in the STANDS in the
seventh frame. when Buffalo had Sc.
eured an y . : lead over nc local
NIB. The raise was attempted. bu,
Iarlstron and Mcdonald quickly
drenched expectations Carls,ror, 5
catch OF tou! off Hantord's ba, after
lons run and McDonald's ore-hand-
20 stop OF Eibels drive and MS throw
out 10 first were among the features
Of the game.
Young Ed Mooers mad An OF aav
Yesterday and Is charged with exact.
haif OF he miscues made by the
,9esi team He found 1t particularly
dlfhcult 70 stop the frequent drives
tha were sent him and. although n.
made dandy stops of a number .,
mem and often got his man. on other
"ccasions nc would &c; 10 the bal,
90. iish' only TO permit II 30 continue
Hs way TO the agricultural districts
sNh- little diminished speed.
Disteil made a dandy catch Of a hard
oriFe. IRON humans bat in the eighth.
and Hack Eibel almost broke into ~.
feature column with q one.handeJ sion
OF hopps ~aiiop in the second. How
ever. he was unable To hold The nellie,
after stopping it. llan:ord did no,
show 10 very great advantage yester.
day and that riay have been DIV. 10
the fact that he WAS struch in the he al
with ball pitched by Schenelers dur.
ing practice and Knocked ont to, :,
few minutes Just before entering tho
contest. He appeared 10 have cnt.rtlv
recovered last night.
Il is not nccessarY TO tel how the
runs %ers scored. The general indica-
IONS probably VIII he sufficient tnr
'nost OF the fans. while the iox score
VIII give all other necessary intorma-
ton concerning she slaughter TO tel
III detail what did occu, .estcrda,
.itern BON would require hor,s OF III,
most t!rcsorne work on the par; OF the
reporter and hours OF more Eresom,
reading on the part OF the fans. Any.
way. the reporter mad II TO sec. SO ht
ls going 10 shirk telling about all OF
IL and hope for better things from III,
<eam while 1t is on its hike.