Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-02
LOCALS FIND GREGG
HAS Puzzl|NG WARES
Richmond Fails To Get Man Past
Second Base, While Grays Send
Nine Around Circuit.
REYNOLDS MAKES y RECORD
Bill Calls Mullen on First Pitched
Ball and Is Promptly Elected.
Stewart Fails to Fool Opponents.
Several Fielding Stunts.

vesn gregg. who once hurled for
north of the Mason and b,Non line
displayed his wares out at Boulevard
Park yesterday afternoon for the bet
ter part of two hours and. after all
Was said and done. i<nahc and the
few hundred spectators. VIII" had been
Garrison finish ON, ThurSciay were en-
tirely satisfied. That i. they were
satisfied that Ncan can still hing en-
n few With his left wing. n"twithstand-
ing any reports 10 the contrary.
Ncan was pitching. finSing. hurting.
or whatever else ii - called, for Prov
idence and, consequently, il MAS F!uv-
,dence that !lcrtcG, Any u;hcr club
would have proi'tcd tust mucn With
Mean in ta.rv. for VEINS !cf. MAS
right smar. Of right as he saying
IS. and, with tina, state Of affairs eH-
isting. Nean cen just naturally throw
that old baschail.
His throwing Was SO effective that
NOT a single Eiclsmond runner got
around as far as third. True. there
weren't many Richmond runners; that
IS 50 far as running on the base lines
is concerned but none Of these got 10
third. 20 Ncan gets just as much credit.
Coming right down to cases, only
about a dozen Of the knabcmen reach
cd first, which is just another example
may be seen that Providence didn't
need the nine runs they arc credited
With, but anyway, they got en-. May
be with this load off their minds they
will do worse to-day, and, with one
snut-out behind. the locals may pick
up bit. and that Will help.
There will lac TWO games in which
this theory can be given try-out.
the first starting At 2:l1 o'clock.
Bill Reynolds yesterday probably
established :, record for speedy rejcc-
ton, getting the gate from Mullen
tho first inning. Mullen called it
ball. there was some other calling,
and Mullen called last. Intervention
of several players of both sides prob
ably kept the affair at the calling
stage.
1t threatened TO develop the rest of
The way right after the expiration oil
the ninth inning. but some OF chief
worncrs fines, put in appearance and
nothing happened
In order that Mullen should he prop
erly identified it should be stated that
he was officiating behind the plate,
sudEing balls and strkcs. while his
fellow-conSpirator. Blackburuc over
looked tho bases. After Reynolds had
been cxpuugcd there were few mild
chirps from both sides. but not enough
to warrant either Mullen or Black-
UP
stewart Failed to Take Chrnrc.
Manager Nnabc gave stewart
chance 10 make II Two straight over
Providence, but the short nm wasn't
equal TO the occasion. He WAS hc.pcd
along by boot or 50. but these
wouldn't materially have affected tho
nnal outcome .Ittcr being in there
seven innings, Stcwar, Mas removed
TO allow knabc a chance 20 ;,ailcp
the hor.chidc. otto's offering WAS
smoth.red by Walter EchS. Rche
covered second, and did one of IN,
niftiest pieces OF covering seen her IN
some time. MI told, RrhC covered
twelve chanccl, which Is not bad. con-
Sdcrinc that MAS "i coming his way.
After S,cwar, was chased, scheme
berg took UP tho burden ANA gave up
= pair OF hits ana thrJ runs during
his tenure of Office. Sch"ncbcrg also
heaTed one away and I!ued aud ahct,od
By Wild Conroy. Who also pulicd one,
allowed three runs Was easy
In the meanwhile OF Ncan wls in
there left-HandinS cn!, and ouc boys
were popping out OF managing &c ge,
out some other way. Tho frs, men
TONED proved tho more SUCCESSFUL
The two best chances that Inc kuabc-
men had 10 count wcr. ~ the ttth and
sixth innings. In the fifth, hoenlcr.
VINO succeeded Ein Reynolds, doubled
-
on thai old second seek. Ia tho sixth
frame both Couroy ana clcmous hit
safely. hut fankStor flow uut and pis-
tell hit into Il doubi" play Ncan
didn't pitch 30 A.ruch fright along IN
the fourth n.4ns. : hen he I,alked a
pair, sandwichinp Tie passes between
outs Then, With Two on and The 81 ne
dnWr liitel did "a casey
Stewards gifts were respon'ible for
tho FIRST pair OF Providence lilies.
which came N the FIRST ana second
innings, respectively \ walk 10 R,he
and single 30 right by Jack onz!ow
turned the irlck first \ walk 70
Thomas, another sacrifice by Cooncy.
IN on, b. Allen ana ,,rcgss s.rgie 10
center trouSh; in counter number two.
Gregg could have made IL . Ihir6 II
NC had chosen 10 cNtend hinsclf. as
bihtell ovcrgam Nean's drive allow
ing It 10 go to the tcn,e Nean pitches
better than he runs, though. so he Was
sai!sted 10 hold Hr - third ard watch
RohE ground out
hstell was IN there throwing few
himself during tho course OF the pas
time
For Instance IN the eighth inning.
fehg tried TO 90 from second TO third
on long drive By Powcll, but Dis-
tells pes caught the ESanite stand
.ns up.
inrOHEn Last frames.
To get back 10 the .urmakinr how
ever i should be stated that rrovi-
.encc didnA score between The second
and sixth, but thcvc.,fier ii was :.
regular parade, the sixth. seventh ana
ninth seeing pair O; visitors WALK
over the counting station, while one
went across In the eighth
onslow led off III the sixth with a
SINGLE 20 center. his third straight hit
n f,, t.
making four out or four. and walk ed
in the ninth Al! in an, Ouslow had q
very pleasant afternoon Jacks driv,
IN the third had gone for two sacks
and he had an idea OF going the sam,
distance OIL ciout number three Dis,
tell. eth! III there ncaylns EN-. pcgae
the sphere 10 Mooers, and Ons!ow Ma.
out.
That meant nothing in ru,w c!lo,'.
young lifc however, and he pgomptl,
hit to center for two sachs Thoma,
drove one through Mcconnell thai Ma