The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-22
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TO 'IArruping Larry La)o!e anu iiIs
ball tossers rom ~far-oh Ioronto on
silver platter with costly miscues
ana errors OF omission. the Virginians
came through with a series OF timely
b.nsies in the sunset tilt and managed
TO put over a victory, notwithstanding
the frequent interruptions by rain and
The fact that tho Canadians dtd con-
siderable loafing in an effort to nave
darkness pnt an end to hostihues De-
fore the required number Of innings
was playad The initial conflict went
ten innings. which was the third
extYa-inning fracas OF the week, the
gentlemen from the Dominion or Can
ada finally winning by a 9 10 score,
the closing game was an ABBREVIATED
affair darkness intervening after the
avst hGtF % the seventh had been
pfared Manager Smiths boys winning
~ score Of ) To =.
Between showers in the second
@drEc Manager BiIlv Smith and TIM
ire jesse Tanrehili staged one
roGnd boat in the dresslng-room Of
tnc latter. and as 2 result the arniter
t> rctv- wearing a badly damaged face.
TIE t1Sht was very unfortunate oc-,
. ,,lrSerce. but according to eye-wit-
nesscs 80 the affair Manager Smith
MAS perfectly lust!fable- According
fn Manager Smith and a large num-
JNered so5testify in the local leaders
behalf. Tannehiu called Billy name
Hhich no man could help resenting.
witch showers in the air. dark
clouds lowering over the field and
Richmond in the lead, tho Vtrgtnians
were making ar effort to play the
required number az innings before
the game was called. The Toronto
players did a lot of unnecessary toss
ing around the field, foafed in coming
20 the bat and did evcrything else pos
Eihle to prolong play Manager Smith
registered a kick with the pire. as
any leader would have done under the
circumstances, but Tannehin permitted
the visitors to continue this until a
shower came. Just after Ii started 10
sprinkle the umpire called off play
and Manager Smith objected. contend
Ing that II Was not raining too hard 10
pat a stop to play. The local leader
followed Tsnnehfll over to the edge
OF the fence. insisting that play be
resumed. Just as Tannehill went
through the gate. which is near his
hressinR-room, he Is alleged TO have
rallied Manager Smith a name which
would not look good in print invited
him into the room and before he
reached 1t took a swing at BILLY. Man
ager Smith resented the language used
bv tho umpire az we'll as tho blow
directed at him and then proceeded TO
wade In. As a result OF the nix-up
warrant was sworn cut for Billy and
me latter was placed under arrest.
Manager smith was bailed on the field
by DR.. William Fl. Parker
Sorry OF Occurrence.
This 10 the first time / have ever
taken part in anything OF the kind.
and would not have done so this time
had not Tannehiil used language to
me That any man would have resent
ed. I am very sorry that there was
any such occurrence. but after he took
swing at me | thought that IL was
up to me to defend myself
The above Is what Manager Smith
mad TO say about the matter when
seen last night at the Richmond hotel.
The local leader has always been re-
garded as a peaceful manager. and
he has certainly always conducted
himself as a gentleman. both on and
Off the baseball field. The fans who
witnessed the game yesterday. after
hearing what the witnesses had
TO say about the matter certainly
thought that Manager Smith was
tustifiable in what he did This was
evidenced by the scores OF them call
ing up last night offering to testify in
his behalf A number OF them also
called on him at the hotel.
While this was a very unfortunate
occurrence. it Will hardly tend to hurt
the game in Richmond.
Schcnetcrg Makes Good Showing.
Jack Scheneberg pitched mastery
game in the opener and had not mis- |
cues been Forthcoming at critical mo-
ments he would have won his game
easily. He was opposed by Dan Tip |
ple the $4,000 beauty. aud the, lat |
ter was completely outpitched~ the
latter yielding no less than ten safe
ties. while the hest the visitors could |
do with Richmond's latest pitching
addition was seven bingles. An error
helped the Maple Leafs TO score two |
runs in the second inning, but the !
Virginians came back in the same |
frame. and put one runner across. |
The home boys forged ahead in the |
fifth when pass. a single and a |
soluble resulted IN two more counts. |
In the seventh two more runs were |
forthcoming for the Canadfaas, !
Hartselfs bad peg to the home plate |
being, responsible for one OF them /
In the ninth the. Billsmiths managed
to again tie up the score on q hit !
by Disteli. an error by Allen In left |
field. and another timely wallop by
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