The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-07
camp LEE SOLDIERS
HAVE THEIR REVENGE
|Qe hoahling Unable to Hold Camp
Lee Team in Check and Battle
Axe Loses.
D KEEPER IN GOOD FORM
Former Cleveland Pitcher Keeps
serui-pro BAtters Guessing Although
Each Mine Gets Seven H3ts--bo-
Gals Defense 10 Weak.

eThs H-at-ter-eees FOR to-oo-day will
> Ed KEEPER and Dick Kennedy for
ha Sisth Infantry team, and Joe
koehlinx and Cheesie Letbs for the
alta Axs,' loudly sang his royal nios,
Inns Fred westervelt, exactly at
E50 o'clock yesterday afternoon At
Ruolevard park
And the falr-sfzed crowd that was
the xrandstand and bleacherS set
cd down for q pitchers battle De-
veen the two former pitching stars
thu American league.
hut although from the hit column
the box score II looks like a nfty-
fly proposition for both pitchers
d Kiepfer showed the greatest form
len this season and had the Battle
10 boys in the hollow OF his hand
urtng the game.
Incidentally, the score was : to /
favor of the Camp Lee Joe
oehlinr and his tearnmate had seen
4 rapid fre aeroplanes from the
kaation camp at Newport News. sail
#apidly over the city earlier In the
~. and although they did not catch
be going~up fever. they seriously ap-
foached the higher altitude
Although Joe Boehling. the pitcher
no used to keep the big leaguers at
. mercy q few years ago, did not
4, 10 pieces, the visitors smacked his
$,rves and fast balls up against n
i nee several times. The Camp Lee
s layers wen by buncning their seven
is together for runs while the Bat
b Axe BOYS were unable TO combine
heir swatting.
start OF I'm First.
The Camp Lee players started their
Nm getting IN the fret inning, al
@oush the initial score was not II
n ability on their part, but It
kas the gift of the opponents, Gray
Id Sieeth, the first two mel to face
BE- BoehIing were downed on infeld
&its and the players were compli-
ken.ing themselves on the fine start
#hen Nixon threw a bomb into the
mp OF the enemy.
4 The sturdy player swatted a singer
center field that looked good for
BE base. but Poh, returned the ball
the third baseman instead of the
|&~oad saeker anc Nixon raced to
Ia keystone sack. Strain threw to
FOND 10 catch the runner but the
went wild and the rune raced
third. Jake Poh jumped in to
&Ack the play IN time to see Nixon
Ecing for the home plate.
Il roa shot the ball home with a
! htning peg but 1t went wild and
xon was safe for the first run OF
= Kennedy was retired on
easy out.
Boehling retired the soldiers In one
fc-three order in the second inning
d hope came back into the local
Mirrors camp. after their wild hare
ny.
Soldiers Find Range Again.
In the third inning the Camp Lee
ayers began to ina Boehling's
nge again. With WI man out
eepfer cracked a solid knock TO cen
field but he was out on a felder's
oice At second when Gray reached
st safely. eleeth sent a hot single
center neld and Gray anchored sat
cond, but the players died on the
- when Nixon few out to second.
with men on both second and
kfd bases in the fourth inning and
IA none out Boehling pulled him
{ 0ut OF a big hole and retired
, soldiers without q score.
8coeo Again in Fifth.
Connolly led of IN the hfth inning
Ma . scorcher to center field and he
nd to third base when Strain threw
eD1o9's fnfield crack over the firxt
eeMan's head. Kispfsr landed at
bend. The men stuck to their bases
0xay's innsld out at nrst but they
Idiy raced r the home base
hen G1eeth raped a double up
ainst the pAinted signs in left field.
xon vas out on a close play Al
b base and Kennedy was given first
the only base on balls during the
me. The inning ended when Bes.
or famed.
The camp team ended their scoring
the eighth inning by another tally.
xon again reached first when Ma