Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
HEAVY HITTING takes
! PAIR FROM RICHMOND
Toronto Makes Clean Sweep of En-
tire Series Through Ineffective
ness of Local Hurlers.
GETS TWO Hos1ERs
XGllops Secured on Successive Times
at Bat-Locals' Errors Figure in
Loss OF Opcncr-Zabel Allows |
Them No Chance in Second.

could have stopped the Leafs ycster-
day. They continued to wallop the pei
let almost as hard as they had done in
previous games of the series. and had
absolutely no trouble garncring each
contest Of the double header from
Richmond. The first was the better
game, from the local standpoint. for
time, and finally was beaten out by
q 7-to-4 score In the second. the
local club had not a chance at any
time, tho Leafs taking an early lead
on MaEalis. and label holding the
Richmond offensive at bay. The score
was 6 to /.
AS has been the case In each Of the
other. battles with Toronto, whiteman
again was the big man at the bat.
That willow OF his must look like
sieve. IL a hole is left by each hit he
gets out Of II. He didn't do much in
the cleanup line during the final
fracas, but. oh. how he did wallop the
leather. In the opener. He got but two
hits. but each of them cleared the left
Hold fence by yards and went for hon.
ahead of him. And those home runs
were made during successive times at
bat, although one was made Off En-
right, and the other of Adams.
: While the Leafs were finding the
local hurlcrs the easiest kind of pick
ing, Richmond batters were discover
ing that the opposing moundsmen
really had something on the ball. The
crippled condition Of the visiting team
secined 20 matter little. Blackburne
filling Lajoies shoes capably. Rich
Snond crawled slowly upon the Leafs
during the in-raiser. and finally
passed them with a three-run lead In
the seventh. However, Enright aero
planed or ballooned or did whatever
It lis called when a pitcher puts most
~ tr,hn Ia por
the pill, with the net result of five
tallies being secured by Toronto.
After the Leafs had scored four runs
on him. and had got another runner
on base. Adams was sent to the hillock.
The hit garnered or him accounted for
the other tally. Then to make the Diff
ference slightly greater. Whiteman
parked the ball in the ninth. Enright
may have grievance against Conroy
for miscuing while he was pitching.
defeat of the series at the hands of his
old teammates was due TO his, own in
ability to hold en-"
Magalis undertook to stop the fierce
walloping of the invaders during the
second contest. He succeeded fairly
well in the first. but they banged out
run In the second. pair were Sc
cured In the third. and trio In the
fourth. making total amply sufficient
to win; for Richmond was doing moth
the feat OF making run until the
ninth, when the Leafs practically pre-
scented them the tally to retire the side
easily. Carmichael had to replace
MaEalis for the ninth. and escaped
without being scored upon.
Le.fs' batting Chief Feature.
Outside of the heavy batting done
by the Leafs. there were few real fea-
lures In either game. The fielding
Of the visitors for the most part was
clean and they seemed to find ways
for getting anchored directly in the
paths which the drives selected. In
fact, several horseshoes seemed to be
tied securely TO them. and several wal
1ops that ordinarily would hav won
local batters credit for hit were
shared easily In one instance. Jacob
son retired batter without moving
either foot after the ball was hit.
:, Richmond made a couple OF double
plays In the opening battle, and To-
ronto secured one. the Leafs making
another In the final game. Bankston
made dandy catch of Whiteman's
drive in the initial frame of the opener,
and doubled Jacobson of first. In the
final session. Schultz held a line drive
OF Reynoldss bat and succeeded in
doubling Knabe off second. The other
double-plays were on ground balls.
Conroy made a dandy stop of Co.'S
tello's drive In the fourth of the first
contest. Eibel ran considerable dis
lance and shared Kelly's foul in the
sixth, OF the last battle, and McCon-
nell retired Altenberg In the same
stanza, after making a corking stop
and throw. Warhop's one-handed stop
OF Hanford's wallop, in the second
frame of the initial battle, also was
conspicuous
McGaffigan broke into the local line
up yesterday and appeared to advan-
tage. The boy has an unusually good
arm, and throws with speed and ac-
curacy from the most difficult positions.
Many OF his throws to first yesterday
we're from positions we'll into the out
field, yet he managed to retire such
Schultz with feet to spare He covers
great deal of ground and handled
nine chances during the game without
b, miscuc. He got no hits in the first
game, but landed for couple in the
second. On the bases. he shows the
same speed demonstrated In the field.
when Knabe left the lineup at the
start, OF the last battle, Mcconnell re-
TUNED to his old position at second.
and there he did well. playing without
a wobble. but getting no bingles.
81. Enrisht Went Well at First.
& Jack Enrighti opened the first battle
well. and for five innings had the Leafs
feeding from his hand. During that
time only three had hit safely. and
but one had reached third. Things
ulu not look 30 DaOiy a1ter toronto
had secured one in the sixth. but the
big .fiare-up occurred in the eighth.
in the sixth. Altenberg and jacobson
hit in succession. and Schultz walked,
After Whiteman had popped to Eibei
McGafagan threw Costello out to first,
but Altenberg scored.
81 There was nothing doing in tho
seventh, the, batters going out on flies.
Altenberg gave an indication Of what
the eighth was to be when he opened
with a double. Jacobson singled, ad-
yanetng Altenberg. Whiteman then
parked the pellet and, OF course. three
men romped home. Schultz walked.
and. Costello dropped one in front of
Enrtght. When the pitcher hurled 1t
into the void. Schultz scored. and Co.'S
tello made second. Knabe then decid-
"a that Jack had seen sufficient SER
yiee, and called upon Adams. WARRIOR
VAS retired at first on Conroy's throw,
pnt Blackburne poked one safely into
lett held, and Costello came home with