Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-05
EVEN BREAK IN DANDY
CONTESTS OF PITCHERS
Newark Beats Out Cox in Ninth Of
Morning Game-Enright Invin-
chile in Afternoon.
EACH FAST AND WE'LL PLAYED
Fine Fielding Marks Play, and Sew
eral Unusual Incidents Occur.
Mullen and Knabe Hold Love
Fete"-No Game To-Day.

season. and games featured by what is |
decidedly unusual from a local stand
point. excellent pitching from all the
moundsmen who worked. Richmond
and Newark broke even on the Fourth
of July games yesterday, the visitors
taking the morning contest. 3 to 2, by
a rally in the ninth. and losing the
right let them down with a couple OF
singles. That battle was the first
Richmond has Won by tho shut-out
route this season.
There were errors in both contests,
Distell. who had been reQuisitioned as
a third baseman because Of an injury
to Conroy. making three in the two,
games. Neither of them figured in the
scoring, however. The miscue made by
McGanigan was the more costly, as 1t
placed Getz on base in the ninth SEES
sion OF the opening battle, and per-
mitted him to count later.
Ernest Cox. the husky youngster
secured from the Charleston club. went
to the hillock for the locals in the
first game. Ernest showed that he
has considerable, and bids fair to be-
come a valuable addition to the Rich
mond pitching staff. He was very
nervous at first. and fans who had
heard reports Of his excellent control,
began to doubt the reports. Once he
had figured in a play. though, his
nervousness left him. and he pitched
a game hat should have been a winner.
He was In rather deep water on sew
eral occasions, but each time he set
tied down and showed sand by making
the Bears pop up or go out to in
nclders. Cox has an excellent break
that closely resembles the now-famous
Shine" ball. although he apparently |
relies upon no artificial means for
securing II.
Jack Enright was the little toy god
of the local baseball world during the
second fracas. Jack. who incidentally.
has been bearing the brunt of the
hurting recently. blanked the Bears
with nothing that cven resembled n
bingle until Haas came UP in The
seventh frame. That player pounded
out one fairly and squarcly. and, just
to prove that 1t was not an accident.
duplicated the feat when he came to
bat In the ninth. He was the only
one to connect though. and also was
the only man to reach second base, Dis
tells error giving Haas first base in
the Initial session.. and that player
stealing second. Callahan's grounder
TO Eibcl. enabled him to make second
In the seventh.
Bears Pitchers DO Well Also.
Stacked UP against such pitching as !
that. Newark had but the slightest
chance for winning. they could only |
hope to hold Richmond. In that they
were fairly successful. both wilkin-
son and Enzrnan hurting corking games
and working in n manner that would
have won for them had they been OPP
posed TO a Jess effective moundsman.
Only one OF the runs scored by the
locals was earned and that resulted
from a walked batter. the other re-
sulting principally because Blackwell
registered one OF HIS three passed
balls after MaGanran had piifered
second and third. following n hit.
Wilkinson had been going along ex-
CcllcntIy through tho forrth caer;ao
but Needham figured that
speed would be more effective thar Will |
kinson's curves after the low-hanging
clouds had blotted out what little sun
there had been, and the playing field
had become so dark spectators scarce
ly could see the BAN. In this he was
slightly mistaken. for Richmond Sc
cured a couple OF binglc off him n,
they had done of Wilkinson and reg
istered their earned run. One OF the
hits. however, was ountcd SO only be-
cause OF the power behind the drive.
Branded got his hands all over. Ham
ford's wallop in the seventh. but could
not hold 1t. and Callahan had TO stop !
the ball In center field.
There was some fielding Of noto done |
by the Bears during the game, but the
majority OF 1t was performed by locals. |
Enright 1elded his position even bet !
ter than ordinarily and stopped sew
eral drives that seemed ticketed for
safe territory, retiring the runner ut
first easily. Iianford and Clemens. an
we'll as McGafigan. came in for dandy
bits of nelding. McGafigan's catch OF
Lewis's high liner over the shortfeld
, prevented what seemed to be a certain
hit against Enright.
For Newark. Fuller robbed Enright
or a bingle when he romped back into
the outfield and trapped a hot gruunder,
out :he pitcher at hrst.
Good Fielding In First Game.
The morning battle also was fea-
tured at times by excellent fielding.
Lewis handled we'll a bad throw from
Branded. while Haas and Eldred bag
ged several difficult chances. MaGaf-
nsan, Eibel. Bankston and Clemens
pulled In hard ones and Cox settled
himseif down and became a real pitch
er AFTER catching a short pop-fy III
Haas's bat in the opening session.
Despite the fact that Distell made
three miscues during the course OF the |
games, no was Of real assistance to the
locals. AS is the case always. he was
as chattery as a w~ell-satisfed parrot.
and he covered more ground than sew
eral or the others combined. No mat
ter II he was playing in an unfamiI-
lar position, which probably accounts
for the miscues. there was no play
occurring anywhere on his side of the
field that he was not near, and several
times ne was discovered camping close
to clemens or Reynolds after a put
out. His throwing at times was dandy,
the fast, accurate losses retiring more |
\han one speedy runner.
Clemens landed for the only extra
base swat of tho games yesterday. In
the eighth stanza of the morning
fracas he pounded the ball into deep
right field and succeeded In making
second. Bankston followed with an
other drive to right and II WAS IN fhio
play that one of the unusual features
Of the contest occurred. Eldred got
his hands all over the pellet. but, see
ms that Clemens was about to start
for third at he caught the ball, en-
~deavored TO make a quick throw. It
was quicker than he intended, the ball
rolling out of his hands to the ground. |
Hart called RapkstQn aa&a danaital