The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-07

fAfthful veteran always dangerous
against left handlers. plays only q Ia inst
that styee O. PITCHER. Memo Leibold
plays against the right handlers for
Rowland
Collins feuied OFF the first ball; the
second was n called strike. the third
another foul. and then Collins singled
to right, McMullin. the recruit base
nan bumped the frst ball pitched at
him. by Sallee. very gently with his
bat and pushed II back into the pitch
er's hands. Sallee could have thrown
out Collins at secsSnr as he had plen-
| ty of time, but instead he turned and
tossed the ball to Holke. getting Nc
Mullen. ---
ri >raaw ,E-iesrhe-ssnt Hslke rushed
ap To ssaifee, ana shouted at him
Some thought they were chi1frR him
for his play As matter of fact they
were encouraging him. Eddie Collins
/ hft n roller TO Fletcher who threw
the former Athletic star ont ut first,
Collins going 10 third. Jackson rails
ed a tricky fly back OF second and 1t
! looked as If = would surely drop safe.
but Herzog backstepped rapidly. and
made n greet catch for the final out
OF the inning.
Holke Beats Out Runt. H.
In the Gtants end of the second
dlleT FBSIFNRF ana i}dNS ItpttA lSOti
had gone out, Holke beat out a hunt.
only TO be caught fiat footed and nap
ping OFF first by Cicotte In the Soxa
end OF the same inning, Chick Gandil
siashed terrific grounder at Zim-
norman. and Heine lust barely man.
aged TO break down the drive and
get his man at first.
II was hit as hard "a any baseball
was ever hit and Zimmerman made
grand play in stopping It.
| George Burns drew the first base on
balls OF the scries In the third inning.
afte- two were out. and Herzog fol-
lowed with a single 10 right, just in
front OF John Collins This brought
Ksuff, the 'F'Ty Cobb Of the Federals"
as they fuse6 TO call him. to the bat.
Kauff let the arst ball go by. He
stepped away from the second. and
II was another ball He swung des-
pcrately at the third. and fouled it
| back wards with great force. The
! next pitch he fouled high In air and
Gandil got 1t.
After Zimmerman had made a
startling one-handed stop and throw
| on Schaik In ths third. Cfcotte sur
| prised the crowd with a sharp sin
| gle to center. John Collins smashed
the first ball pitched to right for a
single and Cicotte tried to make
/ tAlru, he slowed up JUST a tFlile aitSE
| he rounded second. however. to look
back. the left arm of Robertson shot
the ball 20 Zimmerman on the bound
and Heine got 1t and tabbed into
| Cicotte's stomach for an easy out.
Meanwhile Collins had gone to sec
| ond, and McMullin. the recruit, also
swung at the first ball driving II to
center It was short fly, and Kauff
| came plunging In from deep center
y -. u -
playing 1t sefe and letting Ii drop for
a single The ball hit the ground be-
| fore Benny got up and then sheltered
| through hts legs. and far away. 1t
was set down as a two-base hit. and
J John Collins, OF course. scored easily.
Ed Collins fouled out to Fletcher.
McMulIin Makes Good Stop.
Heine Zimmerman was again booed
40 he came to bat and fouled out to
! Schalk on the first ball pitched, Me-
Mullin made a good stop and throw
on Fletcher and Robertson doubled to
right. Felsch crossing the field with re-
markable speed. and making great
stop. and throw to second MeMullin.
who was az busy as q recruiting off
Ger. threw out Hs'ke On a hopping
drive.
Feasch's play cut or what seemed an
almost certain triple. and NO other out
fielder In the league could have made
It with the possible exception of iris
Speaker. Right on the heels of, that
Felsch stepped up to the plate and hit
| the ball into the left field ~bleachers
for home run. He hit the second
| ball pitched 10 him. Jackson had been
retired ahead OF him on a fly to Burns.
After him Gandii and Weaver were
easy outs.
7~"Happy's" blow wins him a $50 lib
erty bond from A. l. Jolson. the actor.