Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-24
MULTITUDE Of SINS
COVERED BY VICTORY
Numerous Errors, Hcalthicst Swats
and Frequent Misery Of Hurlcrs
Feature Toronto Defeat.
FOUR HOME RUNS GARNERED
Eibel, Reynolds, Graham and Jacob
son Hit for Circuit = ~Southpnws
Barnes and Thompson Live Hard.
Last Toronto Gamc To-Day.

There was one rcdeeming feature of
the game against Toronto yesterday
afternoon. Richmond won. That is,
they got tho decision.
That is the way most OF the fans
who expect to see tho modern style
Of play al a baseball game character
lied tho setto out at boulevard Field.
Those who admire the old style in
which there is much heavy swattins,
many men romping around the SACKS
and u baCfuil OF errors 10 bother the
scorers came away delighted. II was
4 big day for them.
Also Il was a healthy day for batting
averages, and most of the locals man
aged TO lfatteu their records consid-
erably. Hack Eibcl and Bill Reynolds
were not satisfied with merely increas-
ing their percentage; they had 10 try
and lose the ball. Both walioped
out homcrs. while iianford hanged one
for three bases and also for a doubl"
Richmond rarncred sixteen healthy
swats for a total Of twenty-five bases
and emerged a ?-to-S victor.
So II is apparent that the Toronto
clansmcn also did some swinging of
the willow. They did. Jacobson and
Graham kept even with Eihcl and ltey-
nolds In tho matter OF homerS, while
each OF those players also landed for,
a double. The visitors secured eleven
safe hits for a total OF nineteen bases
and brought SiivcfS To evcrNonc in IN"
stands during the ninth. when they
staged n rally and threatened To II.
the score and force another of thos"
extra ming contests which have char
acterizcd the local season thus far.
Richmond had eleven men loft on tho
cushions While Toronto m%arooncd
twelve far from the home plate.
Throughout the game Manager Billy
Smith sat srinily in n grandstand box
and watched. lie watched the hitting
of his charges and he watched their
fcIdiuE, he watched the work of his
hurlcrs and lie watched Umpire Tame
hill. In fact. BILLY kept one Y cast in
Tanrchill's direction during the great
er part OF the battle: for 1t was be
cause OF the umpire that he was in
the grand stand and Captain Red Nc
Dcrmott was directing the work of the
local team.
billy Smith Suspended.
Billy and 'rannchill had Il run-in
during the last game Saturday. with
the result that both We're arrested.
Tannchill filed II huEthy wire to Pres
ident Barrow saturday night. giving
his version Of the affair. and the league
president at once rclcgatcd Billy to
a seat in the stands for an indefinite
period. Justice trutchficld failed to
take exactly the same view of tho in
cident yesterday morning. and dismiss
ed the charge against the manager,
throwing out of court that against
at the same time.
So Billy yesterday Was forced to
content himself with watching the
walioping OF two southpaws during
The carly frames of the battle. and
later the misery Of a couple of right
Thompson and Barnes op-
posed one another at the start. ThomD-
son retired at the end Of the second,
with Richmond at the big end of a g.
toe score: but Barnes managed TO
last through the fourth. vacaiing the
box after the Toronto players had tied
Adams was sent in for Richmond.
and. although in troublc several times,
managed to prevent runs except in
the sixth. when two errors and a hit
sent one over. He weakened some
what in the ninth, and Two men count
ed. Lyons replaced Thompson for To-
ronto and was served in about the
same manner as had been his prcdeces-
sor. He was lucky in holding down
the scoring until the eighth. when
Hack Eibel landed for his circuit drive
and scored two men ahead of him.
I.ajoie the sent Trout TO third base
and called Blackburn in 10 pitch. Cap
tain Mcperm0tt protested against the
tendency to increase the farce Of the
game, blu TO no avail. Lajoic was de-
termined 10 save his regular pitchers.
1t was not as bad as IL might have
been, for fast fielding enabled Slack
hurn' to escape W.thoutt being scored
upon.
Hnrne. IN Midst Of Trouble.
Southpaw Luther Barnes got himself
in trouble in the very first frame by
failing 10 handle Jacobson's swat to
him and permitting that player to
make first. Mcdonnell sacrificed and
~I.ajoic drew a pass. after Whiteinan
had popped to Reynolds. Graham
hrought misery 10 The hurler when he
hi; To center and scored Jacobson.
blackburn rubbed things in hy clout-
ing through iiarts"li, scoring l.ajoic
who had pilfcrcd second.
Barnes managed TO get through tho
second aud third without being scored
on. but III" third brought ii trio Of
Toronto ITALICS. Allen opened the SEES
sion with . siprlc 10 center. II KEEL
ley advanced him with a biuple through
second. Thompson sacrificed both a
bas-, and then Jacobson came through
with his Homo run clout Just 10 tho
right Of Di>t.ll The ball was hard
hit and passed over the ou,ncldcr's
head. rolling TO the fence before he
could reach il.
Adams replaced Barnes i'm The next
frame. and. although in trouble sew
cral times as a result, generally. Of
errors. permitted only oic run until
the ninth. That ruu vas parnrred in
the sixth which Jacobson opcucd with
a double to left. McCounclls sacrifice
advanced him, and WAiteuan's long
~ to Clemens permitted tn. score.
Graham, first up in the ninth, pound
cd the ball over leir-.cld fence for Il
homer. blackburn hit to right. All"r
was safe on a ficlGcrS' choice, by whicn