The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-05

the pinCheS ana likewise Dpoteu EN-
around a bit. the Virginians yester-
day made 1t an even break with the
Providence Grays. which also makes
the series $3.50 Considerable achieve
ment, when you refTec& that FIVE ball
clubs intrude themselves between the
Grays and Virginians in the s. .. c.
Again a first place club. the Vir-
ginians proved again that only one
thing keeps them out OF the first d.
vision. That's speaking collectively:
to be accurate. there are several
things. all of them pitchers
The afternoon was marred b. the &C
cident which befell little Mcconnell
In the sixth inning of the arst game
Mac sprinted to second on Reynolds
groander to Thomas and leaping into
the air for slide, came down with
hos foot doubled under him and broke
his ankle. Time was called and a
search made in the stands for a ply
stefan. but none could be found. Nc
Connell was carried from the aAla
by his team mates and rushed to the
Memorial hospital. where the bone was
set last night. The injury will ard
the boys activity for this season, even
II 1t heals ,cleanly and leaves his
pin as strong ever. His absence
will be keenly felt by the team. Tor
his play at second and at bat has hn4b
80 strong the past few weeks trat
knabs has let him DO all the work.
Ethel "Cann~ds in FIRST.
The ever confident Hack Eibel bad
his belief In the thickness of his bend
ers completely shattered before tn.
first inning was well under way II
his wont. Knabe's was. Hack was
yanked before the start OF the second,
Young replacing him. Eihel sta-ted
the play by waving Thomas to nrs,. on
him. Cooney didn't give him a chance
to. biting a doubtful one rather than
wait, but onsiow hung around until
Freeman gave four bawis. whereupoa
he followed hts two predecessors NIL
Ing the sacks. Twombiy then .pat
upon hts horny Fms and drove the
ball over the inviting left field bar
rter for the very rrst horne run ~
the afternoon He only beat Rrsinard
Is Il by one inning. though for Egan's
demon sIugger bounced one over in
-" second. by wa~ Of proving that
f'S '7v@ drives Friday were not fukes
stte' Twon,hlv had Hoped in with the
n tally in the nrst. Brainnrd
go oHt 20 p.stef. Tutwiler singled.
'ea- forced at second by Massey and
49," 's~ew AcNeili @out at first for
'.e thtrd out
voure was stuck IN in the second.
s'H.t~s opened BE- rolHns out to
F'A-i. who relieved pistell at nr~t
mas singled 10 center and Cuoney
6rave one where Mcconnell wont.
"'l0~ Thomas to third onsfow
slammed one tight at Courov ana
mas was caught between bags bc-
Ing finally tagged out by REYNOLDS
F"ooev moved around to third nnc
onslow took second on tha-n4ax
ywnsah'y thru va SsAa u fsor ~. .sss.s TN q
McTsftigan and old Sob added another
TO hts long list Of outrages by caus-
ing Mac 10 drop the ball Cooney ana
unslow both scoring. Rrainard then
ala hts daily BIT Twombly Looping In
ahead of him. Tutwi'er ended the In
ming by flying out to Clemens. but
eight runs had been scored and the
game won beyond all losing Young
pitched wonderful ball after mis- initial
inning. allowing the Gravs but three
hits. widely scattered. and should not
have been scored on again. The final
tally resulted from Masssv's drive to
left which worried It's way through
Clemens faulty defense the runner
taxing third when Bobhy followed this
with a miserable throw 10 Knahe. and
stealfng home a momen: later.
Hanford led of tor the locals by
losing the pill over the short fence
1t seems to move up nearer the plate
svery day. The Virgtnians didn't score
again until the NTH, although they
should have tailed IN the third. Rev
nolds singled In this srama Ethel
famed and Hanford got life on a
celders choice. REYNOLDS being forced
IT second on his drive 10 Thomas Nc.
Gaff!gan singled and Hanford stole
third. when Clemens ~