Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-04

Ed Ruelbach proved yesterday that
there still Is something left in that old
wing of his. after nearly a score OF
years Of active service on baseball dia
monds. when he toycd with Richmond
batters through six frames before he
eased up and permitted half a dozen
hits in the seventh and eighth sessions.
Even at that. the locals were unable
10 win. for the CLANS had taken rather
kindly to tho benders offered by Adams.
and had garnered total OF ten TALES.
The final score was 10 to {.
Adams. of course. is responsible for
the fact that seven Of these ten runs
were earned. two OF them being cir
cult drives by Brainard.| But the lanky
hurler is not responsible for the fact
that his supporters made Jour errors
during the contest and contributed con-
siderably to the far from pleasing re-
suit.
Richmond played ragGcdly in the
field. and the batting was far from the
kind usually done by knabes hirelings.
Ruelbach had them eating out OF his
hand UP TO the seventh inning. having
permitted only hve hits and single
run in that time. In the seventh, with
a s-to-1 lead. he eased up and the To-
calls valiantly scored a quartet OF run
ners on three swatS. two OF them being
doubles. a double and pairoof sin
giles netted two more TALES in the
eighth; but nothing Was produced in
the ninth, a fast double play nippinG
a threatened rally at an early stage.
The locals also made a double play In
the ninth Adams, Mcconnell and Eibel
taking advantage Of the crippled Mayer
to pull the stunt.
Those two home run drives by Brain
ard, of course. were the batting fea-
lures OF the contest, but there were
several others that deserve mention.
some OF them the mention that hardly
can be viewed in the light OF praise.
Clemens made a corking running catch
Of Tutwiler's short drive in the fourth:
Distell featured with a stop OF
Cooney's wallop in the first and Eibel
made a one-hand catch Of Thomas's
foul In the eighth that brought him
applause. Twombly starred for the
CLANS in the field.
Mention of the plays that do not
deserve praise perhaps will be best
described in telling the circumstances
surrounding them. The CLANS scored
first in the second frame when Brain
ard parked the ball after Twombly had
hit. Singularly, the miscues in the
third did not lead to scoring. Nc
Gaffgan juggled Onslow's drive and
put him on and Distell dropped a per-
feet throw TO third when Hanford at
tempted to head off Onslow on Twom-
bly's hit.
Costly S1iscues In Fourth.
The wobbles in the fourth did count
in the scoring. however After Tut
wiler had been retired by Clemens,
Massey was walked but was caught
stealing. Mayer then hit to left. Dis
tell was unable to get Ruelbach's hot
one and, when he did SO, drew Eibel
off first. the runner being safe. Thomas
pounded out hit to left and Clemens
let it go through him to the fence.
two men counting. Thomas scored
when Cooney doubled to left.
Twombly and Brainard were wake
in the fifth and Tutwiler sent both
of them home with triple to right
field. after Adams had wild-p pitched
Twombly to second. Tutwiler was
caught between third and home, on
the felder's choice which gave Mayer
life and second base. Ruelbach's
hit to left scored Mayer. Brainard's
second smash over the fence accounted
for the run in the seventh. while On
a life on helder's choice and stole
second home in the eighth.
Clemens was safe on a folders
choice in the first and tailed on sue
cessive hits by Bankston and Eibel.
After that the locals were unable to
land for swat until the fifth when
McGaffgan doubled and Bankston sin
gled. Eibel. however. famed with the
bases full and there was no scoring.
The sixth failed to produce either a
hit or a run.
Ruelbach let up in the seventh, walk
ing McGaftgan and Clemens after Han
ford had flied to Twombly. Bankston
was given credit on a play that oc-
Cured somewhat after this manner.
He drove the ball to Massey with
Clemens on first. Clemens dashed for
second and stopped in his tracks when
he saw Massey running toward him
instead of the base. Massey continued
to follow Clemens. as he turned back
for first. Then, realizing that things
were not as they should be. he finally
threw to first. Bankston in the mean
time had made the bag and, before Tut
wiler could relay the ball to second,
Clemens was safe there, AIcGamgan be-
Ing anchored on third. Eibel next poked
hard one just inside the first base
line for two sacks. McGafflgan and
Clemens counting. Distell popped to
Mayer but Mcconnell placed one in
exactly the spot selected by Eibel and
Bankston and Hack came home.
Cooneys error gave first to Hartford
In the eighth and clemens's double
placed him on third, Bankston sending
him homo with slow roller to Mas