The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-29
BY ERNES1 POLLARD.

TiGS nhin lis pNH feNdIh anu ~
hath bonehead play. Thus the old
adopted to fl the bit OF pastiming
witnessed YESTERDAY afternoon within
he Boulevard field enclosure by a
crowd that was fairly good consider
ing the overhanging clouds through
o. the day
~ was the case the preceding daV,
Manager smiths men should have
vanquished the FASTENERS from the
Dominion Of Canada. but costly errors
~ crucial periods were forthcoming
q nd as result The Nirginians had -
content themselves with the small end
Of n 20 I score
1t is a recognized fact that the best
:ha~ebHH machine in the world isn't
iofallib1e aai have made h}undere
thst have eos, many games. u doesn'
make am. difference whether a team
Is 81 ma ior or minor classification.
tN@E all have off DAYS. and the VIZ
~.ane certainly had one coming "a
fAsr sserday Ordinary dust l.
r~-e-t 80 remain still during the ra1u.
~. GhrF= are times when done aust
"a he ne elements and sweeps across
DALI diaGond even ~ the nidS'
j DoHld-be transform This fact
aarouEhly demonstrated yester-
afgs-0oon when the home boys
s.a.e Of this hone ar IVORY dus'
into thcir eyes and they iitera ~
tossed tho game away.
:.utncr Barnes. the North Caro-
Ira blizzard pitched good enough
10 win most bal, games, while his
teammates contributed enough sat2
blaAs 10 capture any ordinary cont
hot. ~ matter Of fac;. the Viz
slnians landed on the sphere foT tus'
Two more safetiss than did their op-
ponenis the RiehInonderS registering
no less than eleven while Dan How
lev. and his boys from Quebec cor
rallied bat nine. But invariably Mon
treats safe ciouts followed an error
either 81 commission 81 omission.
hence the nine tallies one or two
Of the errors made by the home Cluh
we're eNeasa bic. eonsidtrtna the SLIP
perry field and horsehide. bat just
plain uiscues were by no means the
worst things committed during tho
afternoon entertainment
Failed TO Have Punch.
on Friday n few timely bangles
with the bases densely populated
Would have paved the way for the
third consecutive victory over the
Montreal Royals and yesterday nae
they delivered safe Int III twt
three instances lktti4itibtit WIN
certainly have managed To pat across
more than quartet of talileS hu'
hey didn't so there you are.
There is no getting away from tins
fact that Dan Howley can boast o.
some Of the heaviest hitters In me
international league and he probably
has the best batting club around the
circuit. but in spite of this fact, Man
ager Smiths talent should have made
4. clean sweep in this series as q
rev broom. Stewart who did the
finrine for "Oh hoy" Dan HowleH
Yesterday afternoon, apparently hat
little more than his glove and q
PRAYER. as is evidenced by the fact
that the home boys drove his pitch
ing offerings to many corners of the
lot But somehow Manager Howles
seemed to steady him at the critical
moments, and. with good fielding &C
corded him hy his teammates he
managed to keen the Nirginians or
tho tail-end of the sCorN throughout
The hostilites.
Barnes was touched for pair oi
doubles and single in the opening
inning and while three runs were
registered in this stanza by the IN
vading crew. one was a gift. After
this the youngster pitched good ball
but in the fourth the visitors placed
two runs on their side of the ledger
as result of hit hatsman, one
safety. which came after the side
should have been retired, and cou-
pie of errors In the fifth they got tive
more. This stopped the scoring of the
Canadians until the seventh wher
they managed to hang up couple
OF more runs on an error, free
transportation and couple of hits
In this frame the visitors also got
reckless on the bases, stealing the
second base twice, the home plate
and for a while 1t looked as If they
were about to steal everything II
sight except the local players shirts
and a satchel of new balls Billy Smith
had lust brought from the clubhouse
In addition to differing a trio of has
socks in the frame, they did stea
glances at some of the fair ones In
the grandstand. Only six men faced
Barnes in the eighth and ninth chap
ters. the visitors going out in order
Although the home boys threatened
to score in both the first and second
innings they deferred hanging up
counters until the fourth inning, when
four consecutive safe clouts enabled
thcm to register couple of counts.
Hanford started the inning with a
safety and Eibel rushed him across
I the home plate with a double. Nc
Connell and Reynolds then singled in
xuccession, Eibel crossing tho rubber
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