Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-29
ROYALS GET EVEN BREAK
), BY WINNING FINAL GAME
Hrrors Of Commission and Omission
with Barnes Inability to Puzzle
Brings Defeat.
MCCONNELL. STARS NJ. BAT
GeS Two Single and Triple in Three
T'mes tp-l.Ucals Outhit Royals,
hut Fail To Count Oficn--'Ceam on
ROMd Wednesday,.

inent OF curves. lie displayed rather
ni'tN bcndcrs ~ times. hut they did
not puzzle the ROYALS 10 amy great cA-
tent. which accounts in q small degree
Tor The fact that Richmond maa 49,
featcd by % score. The lickuL
of Yesterday made Ii an even brca.
on the series. tho last two contests
hnins dropped after the local cluh hal
outplaEcd Tho NiAitOrs in every dcplr:
hen' during tho TWO opcuin: ron,cst=.
II va. said tina, Harness failure To
riizzic the opposing batsmcn accounted.
~ EMAIL degree for his dcfea,, an.
fhaf - essentially true. ;ui ii was
The errors his supporters -, mauc br.
hind him that played The more inn
por'ant part in switching the decision
TO tho Montreal standard Not ONLY
wer. there several miscucs Of COM
mi.sion. but there were also errors
of omission. The exhibition. staged
unfortunately before the largest
crowd OF the week. dragged alon1
until during tho last frames ironical
>-Trs's Of applause were vouchsafer
Richmond players uDou almost every
time they managed 4" nit q piachDl
bal or 10 retire ririn"r.
Luther EarncS had TWO bad innings
and was walloped nightly during
them In other frames it was the mis-
cues Of his hclders that permitted the
ScurinH| and even in the initial s"s-
sion when three tsIles we're gar
EfSed by Dan iIowIeys club. miscue
D1-Sed an important, part. Tn" nttn.
while primarily Barncs's fault. WAS IN
the nature Of unfortunate occur
renee. and something ths, almost nny
hurled is likely to eNpcricnc. here.
With one on. Gathers lifted the pclle;
over left field fcnc for nom run ami.
nj corrs. two counid
Richmond outhit Montral. punching
seven OF their eleven hinclcs In tw,.
frames but they were unable to
squeeze the men over who should hnvs
counted. Although stewart appeared
10 be hsin2 shoestrinc aud grim
~ his stock ia the hurting trade. the
loctis were unable 10 connect with amy
rrIhlarity III Other sessions and Il
waE only In two frames that runs We're
tcored Steinbrenncr "utdid all pre-
rtous performances by tanning three
Zines. The hoysls cot away van :,
speedy double steal one Of the runner.
making The plate. II there Was a
noticeable feature Of the contest. out
side OF the ch'llin: rain in which ~
was played II was Hack Ebel. IN
ability 10 perform In his usual man
ltcr. lie failed 10 get iu-fropt .: drives. :
he called I" cover hrst aud IL perfect
throw wcni l" the hl~Ich-,s and he
iu.sSlch several OF the balls MIN.
W. he landed for double and Acorc,i
TWO OF the :llus
:. no,a,> &c, t,rrilrn, stars,
Montreal decided IN the very be-
ginning that Richmond W.. I" be k.p,
come from bcand. Is the usual GUS
tom. So Holden connected Tor !, dou- .
bic a. - starter. Moran was AN inticld
out but Iimhcrmann pounded one to
left field fence for double md Holden
counted. DanlrAu famed ard Gathers
va passed, whereuuon SiSttevy cam.
Ia bat. S!atS pounded QUO 10 Eibel
thar she Called 10 set in from, Of The
, ball struck his foot. glanced far INTO
rich, field and Zimmerman scored
Z N irlp ,..'I d Il
the pill, had hurled u 10 second ~ III,
cfor; 10 stop Si"tt"ry. Ilvwcv.r tho
ball struck The hard ground took u
bad hop and Stats Was SAT. while
Gathers rompei home Ma J"r's uv 10
McDcrmott ended the frame
There WAS n" scoring don. in ,h,.
second or third sessions bur the fourth
resulted in another pair 81 runs Stat
terry was hit on the elbow q, :. starter
Major was then up and lined nu;. To
SGlnbrenncr. lie threw L. frs; bat
Elocl dropped tho ball ana all were
safe with two on How!cy app. rent
" was about I" sacrifice. 50 l:ibcl
i.movcd in near the batter However
Howlcy lined one To Steinbrcnncr. The
runners practically had made their
bases. so Steincy threw fast u frs!
TO get Howlcy. Eibei WAS very con-
spicious by his absence in sni:o r
the fact that the throw WAS perfect
and the ball went 10 tho blcachcrs
Slattcry counted while Major ahd
Iowlcy advanced 1t base each stewart
hit I" left and Major scored. stewart
neins thrown out at second when he
~ tempted 10 make tbs, bac How
ICY was held on third and Holden
famed. while Moran ended the agony
with fly TO Distell
The NTH resulted in another .wo
runs. Gathers parking Tho Ic,,h.
after Damrau had hit ,hrourh second
The final tales were made in IN.
seventh zimmerman was passed autl
WIS retired on Redcr. choice.
Ca&hcrs MT 10 center. advancing Dam
Eau TO third. and stealing second a
hapcnt later Sattery few out on
cehter. but Barnes miscucd on the
chance Major gave him and Darrau
scored. the others advanrine Cath
CTS and Major then worked the double
steal successfully and Gathers sl;I
home with the final Montreal counter
Richmond Starts During Fourth
tRichmond landed for single i'm
b"th the hrst and tho second bu, Nc:
pcrmott. who differed second was tho
only runner Ia advance Thc third
was unproductive even to q hinsIc.
In the fourth. however. the locals ii,
into stewart apparently Nth tho de-
termination and with excellent pros
poets OF tyinS things up Hanford
opened with hard drive through
third and Eible doubled 10 right. Me-
Council came through with his first
hit and both Red and Hack scored
HeEnoIns cloutch into left and Mct'on-
lfcil advanced DistclrS niield ont
advanced both. but Stcinbrenncr fan
odd and Barnes drove q Nv 10 center.
ending the frame
Clemens landed for n double to start
the nth. but could get no further tnan
third. Mcconnell secured his second
single In the sixth. bu: EeynoLI. MI
into a double play and again chances
for score were ruined. rnere was
absolutely nothing doing IN the sew
rnth, but the eighth brought With il
another near rally.
McDermott was an easy ont Int
Hanford pounded ono through ,hiid
and took second when DamraiI bnuicI
"a drive on which Eibel got II life Mc-
Connell at this stage decided 10 ger
out OF the single" class 80 he lamm I'd
~-t,nc up to the center field fence. driv-
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