The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-05

y In two OF the prettiest contests
staged here this season. the yirginians
yesterday bowed to the invading sears
in the curtain-raiser. but came back
strong in the afternoon and shut the
Bruins out without run. Incidental
ly. this is some feat for the locals to
put across. it being the first time they
have blanked their opponents this sea
son.
Jack lEnright looked like Walter
johnson to the Newark batsmen, eight
of whom never did solve the puzzle of
how to connect safely with his bend
ders 1t looked like Jack was booked
for a no-hit game until the seventh
when Haas spilled the beans with a
neat single between short and third
Just to show that he harborea no H.
feeling. Enright allowed the Newark
outer gardener another bingle to right
In the ninth. his next time up. But
with the exception of these two lone.
one-base hits. Enright had the Bears
helpless throughout the closing game.
Not a man reaced third during the
game and Hass was the only runner. to
get to second.
The game was won by score of
To 0, and the morning game went
to the. Bears by the narrow margin
of 3 to 2.
Ernest Cox. former star Of the
South Atlantic league. made his de-
out in the morning game. The rangv
hurler pitched splendid game and
richly deserved to win. but all the
breaks were against him. IF he had
not been caught off first in the third
inning, his run would have tied the
score And if someone hadn't ball
ed the signals In the eighth. Clemens
Cox allowed only six singles during
THE nine innings.
Cox Opens Up Nervous.
Fans began arriving at the park
early and by 10 O'Clock a splendid
morning crowd was in the stands and
bleachers. In holiday spirits and
high good humor. the 2no6 or more
fans no sooner spied Umpire Mullen
than they began exercising their
long distance voices in paying this
arbiter the usual before game com
plments and salutations Later in
the day. the indicator man justified
their remarks by making his usual
orcoIor decisions. although none
were in the class Of Mondays work
Nothing could be. The batteries were
announced and the game called, Cox
mounting the mound for the locals.
The new hurier was plainly nerv-
Gus in the first inning, passing three
~ the frst four me to face him. He
figured prominently in the business
Of coming out OF hole. however.
taking care Of Haas pop fly and
throwing Fuller out at the plate, Rey-
nolds doubling Branded at first. At
ter the first Cox convinced himself
that batters in the Barrow circuit
were not all Bears" even II they
proclaimed the fact themselves. and
he steadied down for the rest OF the
game.
OF the six singles made off his de-
livery. three were very weak efforts
and Cox pitched four innings in which
only three men faced him. The first
run made by the Bruins came In the
fourth. After Haas had been thrown
out at first by Knahe, Callahan drop
ped one over second for the hrst hit
made by Newark. Bradell walked
and Callahan scored on Eldred's weak
hit to second.
The Bears did not put across an
other counter until the ninth, al
though 1t looked dark the eighth.
when a pass and George Distell's two
esrors A,ledrthe, bases go
NcGahfgan's Costly Error.
Eldred led off in the ninth with a
/ single. Getz rolled one to short
which got away from McGaffizan. Ell
dred going to second, II Mac ma q
fielded the ball in his usual style. a
double play would probably have been
made. and Richmond would have won
I two ball games instead of Black
we'll was thrown out at first. Tom
Needham called himself out as a
pinch hitter and was passed, Fuller
hit to McGahigan. who threw IT home
like a bullet in time 20 catch Eldred.
Lewis split third base with a scorch-
Ter, scoring Getz and Ross, who ran
for Needham.
Richmonds hrst run was obtained
In the second. when Bankston drove
hot one past first base and took sec
tpnd on Eldred's error. Eihel sacrt-
feed him to third and the run was
scored on Dstells sacrifice fy.
After Reynolds had gone out to
third in the third inning. Cox came to
bat for the nrst time He was given a
generous hand by the stands and
came through with a pretty single to
left Hanford and McGafigan singled.
Cox being prevented from scoring on
Macs hit because I. looked as though
Haas would catch the ny. He was
thrown out at the plate on the next
nlay.- Olemens~ta -hrst-nn-d eider.s
choice Smallwood hit Bankston and
forced in the run With the bases fun.
Hack EibeI struck out.
The virxinians should have scored
again In the eighth. when with only