The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-14
BY ERNEST POLLARD

~ nA1ANLACA LOAALAnD
just when Jack Enright started
steaming them over the rubber will
such rapidity and speed that JACK
Dunn's Orioles could hardly see hi,
offerings; just when this Richmond
hurler was pitching the best baseball
OF his short career. and Just wher
Inc fans began to look on. mixinl
amazement with JOY at the wonderful
term being displayed by the former
fank. and began to see visions Of
another victory over the razor-edgs
voice leader and his Birds from ths
monumental City, the usual nliscus
had to be perpetrated.
Although Enright is charged with
the loss of yesterdays eleven inning
combat in Boulevard neld. tho fac,
that the VirEinians are not ceIe.
Drafting a victory this morning over
the Baltimore outfit instead OF hav.
Ing the second defeat OF the series
4 hanging over their heads cannot Re
attr1buted to this young hurler. He
displayed the finest assortment oil
benders seen within the West End
enclosure this season, and II seema
nothing less than a crime to char ge
this young fellow with defeat. but
such is baseball and oftentimcs a
hurier must suffer for the mistakes OF
his teammates The game was won
by the Baltimore club. 6to S.
But for the wonderful pitching OF
Enright Richmond would have lost
\ the game In the tenth inning In
this frame Mooer's error put Bently
on nrst base, and Schaufeie sacrificed
him to second. The Richmond hurler
then proceeded to strike Parnham and
Truesdale in rapid succession, pulling
himself out of a hole in which he had
been placed through no fault OF his
own and incidentally killing the
chances of the Birds of winning In
that frame. The start OF the eleventh
was repetition Of the preceding one,
Acosta. the frst man up. hit one to
.Moosrs and again he booted. It, Bent
sly then drove one into the ribs of I'm
pire Black burn. who was standing to
one side OF the pitcher and he was
safs At first. All of this served to get
on the nerves OF Jack and he walked
the next man to face him. Bues then
hit one to DistclI ard the local center
fielder let II get away from him and
Acosta counted. shannon and Bently
the next two men up. famed In sue
! cession and Schaufele went gu. on an
infeid ball. This settled the engage
naent. for Richmond was unable to
even knot the count in its half OF the
eleventh chapter,
N'Sptays Great Form.
EnFight did not pitch hat are ia
nirgs. relieving Magaiis after the sixth
inning, but ne demonstrated TO the
entire satisfaction of the fans that he
still possesses his old cunning. In the
Ave frames he hurled the youn gste-
Yielded but three hits, and one Of those
was an inneld tap. In the last four
Innings he struck out six men, while
but one free transportation WAS issued
that coming in the eleventh frame
The only run scored OFF of him carus
IN the eleventh as result Of the
aforementioned errors
Psrnham. lanky boy, fresh from
the Philadelphia Athletics, went the
entire route for the Orioles. Although
he gAYe up four hits to the YirEinians
In the Initial frame, he became more
and more effective as the game pro-
creased. and in the last three stanzas
the tirginans could do nothing with
his offerings.
~ .sTKa~hase offerings hxs Bas her, and
Williams in the opening inning gave
Baltimore run, but the yirgnians
came back with q vengeance and went
Just one better, hanging up couple
Of markers. Mcconnell started things
with single and Conroy singled To
center. Clemens popped up one TO
Tru eedaie. but Rankston sent McCon-
ncii ACROSS with q single to right.
Bankston tried to stretch II into a
double, and although he was appa-
rently safe by yard or SO. Umps!e
Blackburn thought otherwise and de-
clAred him out. Eibel then singled
and conroy crossed the rubber Parn-
haN threw to williams and Eibel was
put out. Rather he was declared out
BY Blackburn after the arbiter had
hesisated fully a minute. While his
royal nibs was trying to decide just
what to call II, someone yelled that
the hrst sacker was ou., and that set
tied IL, for the umpsie decided TO
agree with him.
In the fourth inning Baltimore
knotted the count. and in Richmend's
halt OF the same inning. the Virgin
tans again forged ahead by sending
another runner across. Bill Reynolds
saw to this when he lifted one high
over the left field wall for home
run. Again In the NTH the Orioles
tied things up and again in the same
frame the Virginians took the lead.
A single by Mcconnell and a double
ny Clemens gave Richmond this run.
In the sixth the Baltimore club put
over two runners and took the lead
ana the count was not again evened
BY the local talent until the eighth
inning, when. after two were out.
Bankston drew a pass and Hack Ebei
drove him home with . triple. This
ended the scoring until the Birds put
over the winning count in the elev-
snfh.
Maaalis. who started for Richmond.
displayed streaks OF his usual form.
At.t In the sixth when he deYeloped
wiIdness he was taken out In favor OF
Enrtght.
The boz score follows:
Richmond.
Players ABB r. H. o. A. e. /,
Mcconnell. IS. -. s I. 81
Clemens, II. ..... 4 0 0 OIL
nankston, ri. ..... 4 / . 0 oil