The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-06

4 vounr fellow named Koehler.
who had spent eight and two-thiI "a
innings peacefully esconcea on ,iIo
bench in the dog house, and was DC
cupying his time recalling cnildhooo
days and counting the holes maoe ~
the surrounding sreensward VIZ,
Manager Knabe's explosive outpui1
ordered Hoffman to retire Stepped Wy
to the plate and sent long one soar
Ing away over yonder where you see
that tall signboard, and two men
whe were located on respective
cushions surrounding the mIeao'
came home from their wandsrlnss'
This was what might be called spliiii,s
right many OF the well-knoWn III oio
beans. and Tom Needham's NewaTk
Bears were robbed Of VICTORY ny
nine tallies against their eight
In the third inning the NTshsahs
took big lead with ave runs, ~
much-worn Dame Fortune was WIN
them through this period. MooeFs
secured hit from an infield ball that
Ross threw away at first. ard allow
ed Mooers to eontirste te seeeaftr -fto
man rolled one through the inaeio,
and In the nsix-up Moners weht ~
third and Hoffman landed safely a.
the frst station. Nooers got on 'hHa
because of some peculiar aeaoMoi
on the part Of Third Basenian Ies2,
who thought the runner was ioIceo
there and failed to tag him. Mcsou
nell got a hit and scored Mooers, ana
C,onroy hit to shorsstcp. reaching hrst.
Hoffman died on third. Clemens ana
Rankston walked, scoring Mcconnell
REYNOLDS hit scored Conroy. leaving
the bases still fail. Manager hnaee
sin viefi TO centertfeld, scoring Clemens
and Bankston. Mooers came Up
again and walked. and Hoffman struck
DOT. leaving n balance or FIVE runs TO
the credit of the home team.
HOFFMAN Is T-ken Out,
In the fourth, Fuller hill a thrcf-
bagwer Off Hoffman,- and went home
on a long fly TO Clemens in left heid.
Nothing further occurred In TINS
ner!od but the next time to bat f.ldred
walked, Gctx placed hit. and Egan
followed with the same. SCORING
Eidred Ross sacrificed Getz - taiFd'
ard the latte scored on FuiieF =
scratch To Hoffman. which the seilef
threw wild tn the catcher. Al TINS
moment. Manager Knaee seemed dfs-
pleased with the work OF his heaver'
ana in no soft terms ordered Hoffman
] ia the bench, substituting chappelie
wsn closed the tss1atns wstaasat sS4oeS
tng further casualties, In the mean
time Richrpond had been able 10 ad-
vance her side of the score by one
rrr of Clemens leaving the count
TO in her favor
- fr, tfse sixth Bsnkstnn AeaNed- aLt
4 three nagger and scored on wiln
hall across the plate. increasing Ken
mond's average to seven runs ias
count STAYED al this point on her SIDE
rnttl the last inning In the seventh
Ross was taken out and Smallwooa
Instituted in his place He held the
count down. and In the next period
y;etx walked Egan hit through short
syop- $ynaftwuci struck out, Fuficr get
10 first on Eibers error. and Getz
scored. leaving the count ffty-ftiy
Nth seven runs. In tho ninth. Gala
nan scored on Eidrcd's hit TO left field,
and the score stood to Z. Then came
The rally. Bankston hit long one TO
center feld Ethel got a two-bagger
10 right field, Reynolds struck out,
and Knabe advanced TO the plate, not
being allowed TO hit, however. He
walked. and was followed by koehier,
substituted for Mooers. On the sec
ana bah thrown over. Koehler laced
mt 4 fast one to center field. and II
ras lost In the darkness. Two men
wandered home. and the game fell
through.
The arOre.