The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-01
BY ERNEST POLLARD.

IN their own enclosure. after north
$in invasion that was fraught with
9lSaster and gloom, Richmond's re-
Jnvenated virginians displayed a COM
piete reversal of form yesterday af-
ternoon In Boulevard field and as a
result the home talent brought the
victorious rampage of the Providence
Grays to close. However. vic
TORY for the Richmond ball tossers
vas not forthcoming until just bervre
Sho curtain was drawn on the after
moons entertainment. at which time
6aii Reynolds selected one of TQots
1cHuitzs steanling benders and drove
y several feet over the left garden
ksWail, enabling, two runners to scamper
across the rubber which gave the vir-
4anians a sufficient number of mark
efs to win out over Rhode Islanders,
Ene score being to 7.
Maybe 1t was the warm southern
n-eexes. or. perhaps. It was because
NnNy ware- eapeTtiHg around the BAH
ground before a home audience. but
Whatever II happened to be it served
TO inject some real life into the sys-
TENS OF the firginians. They GER
tainly put up fne exhibition OF our
nauonal pastinre, end their second
start of the season before a Richmond
assent lage was a most suspicious one.
n glance at the box score VIII show
that but one, lone mlseue was per-
pAfrated during the afternoon By the
nome team. and this did not serve TO
pave the way for hostile run. IN
spite of the fact that IL came on the
nrst man up in the fourth frau..
Good fielding, which was pretty close
10 the sensational variety. prevent
ed this boot from proving disastrous.
Give Exhibition Drill.
The gentlemen from the land of
s. m al fsA Nf 80 fnA4 hnN aH
are what we have in mind--aiso have
the military bug in their honnets and
Before the curtain was hcisted they
gave an exhibition drill. After this
drill they proceeded to drill out thir-
teen hits from the offerings OF two
Richmond pitchers, but even this
number was not sufsicient to send over
enough runs to humiliate the home
club. The virginians landed on the
ball for three hits less than the num-
Der garnered by their rivals. but the
home boys succeeded in delivering the
blows In the crucial pariops of rn~
combat and its the opportnne clouts
that count. after all
There was good crowd present to
Zee Otto Enabe. who was recently
handed the managerial rcins of the
+osub-make his initial bow before Rich
1EoHd~ " xF Yst siaxingi pstts.ss. S4,sss. wine
appears TO possess a lot OF surplus
/ 1esh. was aeen on the third base line.
and he made things lively through
out the game. The local fans were
rendered an opportunity TO get peep
IT several other new players. There
vas Conroy, who was once on the
Washington pay ROLL holding down
the third sack. while Everett Bank
tton was at his old post In the right
garden. Bank is not a stranger TO
the Richmond baseball enthusiasts.
but his appearance In the Richmond
Hne-up yesterday afternoon was the
first Of the season in Boulevard field.
He Is the same old Everett. and he
succeeded in contributing his usual
binEie to the cause. Jack E.nright.
late Of the New York Yankees, was
IN uniform, but Jack Is little BASH
full. don't y'know. and he remained
in- the dugout. But the fans did get
IN opportunity to see two other re-
hate OF Montreal. and Chappeiie. a
hurler who comes here with good
record Unlike Enright. Stewart Is
Tar from being bashfui. He Is a
noisy individual, this diniinutive one.
land when he is not trying to get the
over the platter he u out on the side
Hines whooping things up. He is so
small tina; maybe he would 90 I'M
noticed were his frequent outbursts
not Forthcoming. Anyhow he has q
hat OF pep. and he will be excused for
nj OF the unnecessary noise -he thrusts
upon the baseball public. Chappe1ie
4. the largest map on the bail club.
Tn fact. he compares favorably with
gtrang.Gr. Lewis. Jess Willard and
6fiasr giants of the mat and lighting
Billy smith Secs Game.
Billy Smith, who was recently de-
nnneA -BaaHa6ef- -IifginiaAs,
occupied seat in the Rrandstand and
~ his old boys hand the Grays a
Rubbing. In spite of the fact that
~ had just been ostracized, Billy
FsnuIIed" hard for the home club. He
Frequently had words Of cheeF for his
n applaud vociferously when Bill
Reynoids hit the ball over left heid
fencc that decided the issue. Ray
RvaYa. late manager OF the Rocky
S6ount club, was also present.
Adams started hurting for the vir-
Rintans. but after the nfth frame he
~ away to Guy Hoffman. Bill got
rood start but he weakened as the
1asse progressed, and for this reason
~ former Peorian was sent to the
nonnd. The latter pitched invincible
RIlIl ave in one inning. when the in-
suSi,srs aggregation punched. their bin
1na and succeeded in putting over
6nA run.
usnaeer Egan was, also forced to
- out two hurlers during the en-
aeement. 6chsllenbach--no this Is
~ the name OF fsh or q
artniY, species Of animal In
~ juneles Of South America
anrt1d out In the bog for the Rhode
lsiamders, but tho virgin,ans got %
piemdiv with his offerings that Tootsic
s6uits was rushed to the rescue. The
aforementioned Tootsie got along
III right until the closing stanza.
49, D,stsll, Ethel ana REYNOLDS COL
Toxntcd to hand him Z defeat. With
~ score standing to in favor Of
vnftors. DtstHtl started the Are |
~ with 1 single. Eibel sent him
fkjfd With q double and then Bilt !,
~ n0lds drove one over the fence, |
3dlSc 81 the fAct that there were !
- ~ the hasss ana Richmond |
M 4Wc ~ ~ 4e tr11tnph!!