Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-08
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During tho i5s tw" frames nf IT,.
game a. Eoulcv.rd fI.id Yesterday ar
teruOou Il appeared rs il B,i smith
had AN aEgIc=utinu Of white ..e8uau;-
on h!a hands. atou. hj;u auu all over
him, Bu, - Che contest progressed
and the NirGiuiIl- inn, cVod ,he'r bal
Ting eyes tn" Athletics dii no, seem ~
have so much ou ,hH local players
For our hopsfuls Ndd.d li-ht into tk,.
offerings Of tho philadelphia hurlcrs
and boosted th..r OF nsiVe until til"
final count registered only an S 10
defeat for the Iachmonders
All things considered IL was quite "a
game. There wee fewer spectators
out than ;,ttcn.cd the Washington
game the week before. and tina, de-
spite the fact that III. park had been
improved considerably and the vlr-
rin!ans had attained better condition
ing. There was It'll. In the actual
playing OF the game from the Rich
mond standpoint, tina, - due for crit!-
cism. for most OF tie men worthily did
their share of the work The head
work was no, as good as might he ex-
pectcd later IN the season but the
fielding and batting was good, con-
sidering the opponents
or course all of thu Athletics were
there. Wally Schanr caught the en-
tire contest. Connie Mack and Harry
Davis were on the bench. Ping Bodie
and StuNy McInnis played the entire
game. as did Thrashcr. late of Nor
folk. and Ray Bates. who went 10 the
Athletics from Newpor; News. while
Joe Bush. Amos Strunn and Majors
decorated the bench. Then there was
the army sergeant. who put the Attn
lctics through twenty minute drill
on tho field before the game. giving the
afternoon touch OF military aspect
Considerable NIGH 10 said at ~,
performances Of players Billy Smith
has gathered abou; him. i;ut the men
who attracted tn" L. eater part of the
attention yesterday. as Il result of
their work. were SUITS Mooers. Jimmy
=. Curry. Charlie Hantord Wyatt lee.
Guy Hoffner and Art Kohler.
I.ocnl Players show :tcnI Form.
Mooers frisked about third base as
though lie had been playing league ball
there for years. pulled off several ex-
cellent bits of fielding. got his bin
gle and scored run. Jimmy Curry
Rcooped up a couple of drives around
second that seemed ticEcted for free
territory. secured his hit and tailed
once. lianford showed form, during
the game and gave evidences of the
ability predicted for him some time
ago BY Billy Smith. He also contri-
huted swat. the first home run drive
that failed to go outside the mark.
and, or course. counted. driving n man
in ahead OF him Ice. veteran mounds
man that he is. worked well and per-
United only trio of hits. one in each
of the frames during which he worked.
kohler appears to be a real catcher
and valuable addition to the squad
Like Bill Reynolds. he landed for a
double
The VirSinians were blanited easily
during the first three innings nv II.
Johnson. Wits first error putting the
only local player on the bags during
those sessions. However. Lawrv's
dandy stop and throw of Eibels hard
drive across second robbed that PLAYER
OF 4 deserved hit.
1t was in the fourth that Richmond
Garnered the majority Of it's runs.
Mooers opened the frame by drawing
a walk Distell. having replaced
Clemens in left field. banged a terrific
drive to Thrasher who gloved it after
a speedy run. Charlie Hanford then
came across with his mighty swat to
the left-held fence. the ball striking
just I'm front Of Bodic and bounding
past him. Both runners tailed before
the sphere could be returned. EibeI
drew pass, and Bruce followed suit.
Curry bounded ono to witt. and Bruce
was retired. Jimmy being safe and
F.ibel advancing to third. Bill Rey-
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