Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
'H|GHLAND PARK WINS
ARE BETTER
-: - MUD-lARKS THAN DUPLEX
Yotltn Hes Slight Edge on waldhauer
~ ~ While Amos md BenEley DO
- Well With Willow.

s.Hishland Park and Duplex. OF the
Of their scheduled double. header yes.
sycEday afternoon at Byrd Park. despite
The fact that the mud over the entire
-9lamond was about ankle deep. High
asS. PARK proved TO be the hes, mud
of to Q.
The contest was pitchers battle.
between Doc waldbauer. premier hurl-
holds like position with the High
.Nnd Park nine. There was practi-
two hur Ge no
allowed one less hit than his opponent
md famed ten Ct the Suburbanitcs.
SEE hi Joliiff sent only three OF the
put route. Waldbauer walked two bat
-ters and hit two. while Jolliff walked
three and hit none.
- The game was remarkably free from
errors. despite the fact that the field
Was in a horrible condition fer play.
ewing to the rain yesterday. Highland
pick was guilty Of three miscues. two
OF which were made by Pat Monroe
and and one ne by Esnalsy Lee l;iessn: short.
the only miscue made by his team.
-:s.Duplex. as usual. started the scor-
fhss a and put across the first , run Of
who catches for Manager Lowery. when
he Is not playing some other position
scorching single. He stole second and.
with two men down, scored when Irv-
Ing Green, the promising young out
he!der OF Duplex. came through with
a Duplex held the one-run advantage
until the fifth inning, when the Subur-
and pu, aeross three so nnns ea Simon Lazy
-Tence. who holds down the third base
dob for Highland Park. caught, one Of
with the result that the sphere went
flying to left field. Lawrence making
second: Plug amos who has heen
nobody-knows- how"iong. t was the NEXT NEXT
man UP. Plug laid down neat lit
tie bunt and then legged It for first
-monnd was heavy, he landed on the in
itial sack safely, while Lawrence ad-
-ranced to third.
In order that the small crowd of fans
would not think that the bunt he beat
out wae fash in the pan of his old
form. Amos then proceeded to steal
service in several professional lea cues.
advanced to the plate and followed
the example set by Lawrence. hitting
safely over the inheld with the re-
scampering across the plate with the
runs that put Highland Park in the
4hoine: the outfeldcr threw the bali in.
but 1t got by Beazley, and Leibs kept
pm around to third base from whence
he scored on low throw TO the plate
. Highland Park scored its fourth and
i last run , OF the game in the sixth
fielder for the Suburbanites, was re-
sponsiole for this final run in more
ethan one way. First. it was his single
THAT started the ball rolling. He took
~second on wild throw by Monroe
-and went to third on NIoss's hit Moss
IN ade second on the first pitched ball.
land Beazley, on fake throw to sec
.sond. caught Carter off third. The big
fellow was trapped between Beazley
land Monroe and would have been a
sure cut had he not been so big In
fact, Carter was so enormous that Mon
roe in an effort TO throw the ball to
:. Beazisy, hit him square, in the back.
and the big fellow scored.
=. Doc Waldbaucr had the honor OF
scoring the final run OF the game.
The big hurler started things off in the
seventh by singing. and went to third
ION two passed balls. from where he
-scored on an inficld out. Duplex came
= near scoring In the ninth inning. Beaz-
- ley got two-base hit after two were
sout in the last chapter. and, with Wald-
- bauer at the bat tried to steal third,
: but was caught. Leibs to Lawrence
:. The contest was featured by the bat
= ting OF Amos, who secured two hits
I'm two tries. and the hitting of VALID
of three trips to the plate. Beaziey
!, Docs batterymate made two hits out
: of four tries. The score: