Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-13
ZINE GAME: SMALL CROWD
sScAhT SCORE WITNESSES
81 REAL BALL EXHIBITION
sRicAnond Wins Over Norfolk by t-to-O
Score-BOth Pitchers in
49, Fine Form.
Tho weather of yesterday canno, be

said to have been good. even passablc
baseball weather. The fans of Rich
{ mond, fully approaching the fact. came
gternoon in even smaller numbers than
they have thus far i'll the season. There
could not have been over twenty paid
Enthusiasts which tilcd through the
gates. looking anNiously nov imd then
at the. clouds, appeared to have a de-
tcidedly minus quantity OF pep. The
: players. too, warmed up with less than
usual go; for, in truth. no one eX-
pected that there would be Il game at
all, owing to the uncertain condition
of the weather.
But there was a game such a game
Richmond. Despite the cold drizzlc
which began during the contest: de-
spite, the fact mat there was only Il
small number of fans. who huddlcd to-
Fight Geld sieachers: despite the the fact
that the ball got ofttimes so slippery
pitchers to control 1t. tho Colts and
ne sktPpsas Put forth real exhibi-
and uncheered but, nevertheless. I,
really great exhibition.
RICHMOND WINS FINE
ENHIBiTION ny SHUT-OUT
Richmond won. l to O. Both mines
9massed an equal number of safe hits
DO tn have 10 the credit only one muft
apiece. which record is good when the
condition OF the ball and of the ground
i. considered. Both were equally steady
in the pinchcs. the pitchers both tight
ening up with men on bases and the
brand of support. y. rtolk failed in
the ninth to come back with the one
+ fore it did. in the NTH. Both teams
never faileo y talk it .p" through
out the nine innings, nor did either
/ fail 10. fight for each inch of ground
The only trouble was with the fans
! who never really seemed to appre-
ciate the treat that was being given
to them. They sat. what there was of
them, in an apparent stupor; all twenty
or them, and watched the nine innings
ssof real baseball without so much as a
soroak.
What strange freak the average
baseball game played before Rich
mond audience is. anyway! On IA bnlmy
summer day. when the diamond is fast
and when Jupc Pluvius has gone on
strike and Sol makes everyone inside
OF the field anxious for the start Of
play; The game is pretty sure to be
chock full of errors. honcrs and long
distance clouts-all made by ono team
II Is much to be bewailed that such a
nasenah game as that of yesterday
x should have picked such an unlikely
afternoon TO present itself.
~ AS to the game itself. there is little
to- tell. The Skippers and the Colts
beginning TO end. In the Gfth. the
{ fans were al confident ,hat the game
was on ice and many OF them. at lcas,
two. began TO yell forth: "All over
4 now! But they were disagrccab
( disappointed. for Richmond failed to
annex tally. in spite of the tact that
Nunnhlly started off the proCecdnc S
by getting to third when there was
nobody down.
TELLS HOW 1T ALL
HAPPENED IN DETAIL
This Is the way it happened: Nun
nally. with the count Of two and three.
lifted one UP into the sky line toward
left field. The bali Went exactly over
third base and landed in fair terri
tory. Leftficlder Stuart OF the visitors.
ran hurriedly in the direction of the
ball but he let IL get by him. Nun
nRlly was then we'll on his way 10
even il Stuart could have captured the
clout in time. he would have gotten
TO the second station without any
I trouble at all For that reason he
/ is tcS>be credited with the first two
hgger OF the contest.
While Stuart Was chasing the ball
shieh was ranidly vending its way
rounded second and pulled for third
Then the twelve enthusiastic fans
leiEht or nine OF them had left the
heard to mut,er THAT the game was on
(. ice and to EXPRESS the hone that the
game would he called shortly. Moth
ing: however, came of tho likely start
I Hefter tried TO lift a sacrifice fly out
into loft. but quick throw from
stuart stu rt prevented Nunnally from scor-
=
a squeeze play, and Holmes. instead
I OF laying down Il hunt lifted up a hunt
|, which went straight into the hands OF
ISHcher Terh me. Jackson. after foul
Ing several, bit for a third strike. and
the inning ended without incident
n Here Ia the way that the game was
really put on ice:
Richmond. sixth inning-Mooers laid
\ out clean two-ba-gcr to the left field
Z fence. down the third base line. John
son sacrificed AID grounded out from
s Morris to Dev!in; Mooers going to third
s on the out McDuf then went TO tho
s6plate. and Manager Stinson. resolving
s5to try squeeze once again gave tho
sign to hunt, and nj the sane time
Yainly attempted TO throw the skip
{ pers OF their quad by yelling loudly:
Hit 1t out: Mac. YOU can do it, on
which the Tar infnld moved in closer
mot biting hit Mac" then laid down
"a perfect bun;. which was ncidcd on
Il the third base line by Pitcher Torhrinn
about second after Moocrs had passed
Z him en- route for h ONE. bringing across
b The frst and only run of the game
Poole famed and : ldcd the inning
The Colts and the Shippers meet for
d the last time this afternoon at Eoule-
y ward Field AZ 4.3o. The pa,k officials
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