Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-14
incidentally, Richmond Goes to Third
Place, Oustcu by Petersburg Con-
tinuing Its Winning Streak.
League Leaders Shut Out.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Richmond. ]: Norfolk. =.
Petersburg, 1: Newport News, o.
t>HI.G mr., 80, ,.us
WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY.
Richmond AT Petersburg.
N"rfni!> at Newport News

The Richmond Colts dropped the final
game of the Weekend series yesterday
to the Norfolk Tars by tn. score Of 3
to l. The count. close as il is does nor
h@Rln to tell Of the ueci5 and neck -ace
psl W.en tho two old-time enemies to
which the fans were treated
he colts and the SHIPPERS each hav
ms taken on" OF the series. were each
determined TO outplay and outswat tba
other and thus bring in the bacnn
Therein lies the story. The fans. and
a larS. number OF them were on banJ
ioi y change. were shown nine solid
innings Of real baseball and thcv wcra
not loath 10 show their apDreciotio1
.hereof many saying that the exhibit
ton was tn" best of the wear. in snIt.
OF the fact the favoritcs los,
UMPIRE COMES IN
For SHARE or ATTENTION
10 nc true. the spontaneous ana en-
,'C "pplanse and vocal demon
S.th''"l WAS caused by an exhibition
C'neT imam that in which the eiphfaen
zen were engaged. There was a ninn.
.Ltn'h man. namely, Pop" Shaffnr
mo crossed the local fans nv ono 80
m's deciSi"ns in tho sixth and lator
u"!e" the temper OF Manager Stinsop
IN the eighth. Tine outbreak ~ ~
i"!lng was the moro prolonrnG
,yvn ~ lily more heartfelt Of the
.Wo, IN" game was therefore cor
NIetc IN every respect. for tbc o1,,hr,
'Hm "nmonstratiun against the jont-
au.r',ng fop" acted as an ag-ec,hIa
/ mi !'inaN TO the game.
/ -, op hrst quccrcd himself w,
!HGhmord began it's dcspor,to -,1I, e.
~ NH'ch failed. in the eighth. E,nav :
MmI WAS slated to start Off the pro.
,,r, ms heaitated before lie swung.
nut succeeded in driving a neat binrIc
! over the head of Second Bascrnnn C;n,s
49,, %, JACKSON was then ordered nv,
,nni1 I,t SunSon to rum for Eady. and
,on"r ms ms p"St nj hrst without even so
'"uch az limiting to Pop what no was
u"ihs. Some say that Stjuson c,iint,
~ "hiIicr and informed him OF the
chhhge' and that the genial arbitnr
, -, TO near Anyway Arthur Dew
IL" wa" so quick OF thought AS IN s;-
iaI To collerton for the BAH ANA "a
'HE JACKSON who stood on the hnt- In
"nSo'ntH Ignorance OF tho ,vhy and
was then called out by ",on and
IN. ianS started 10 boot Nararer
S1hsoh did not fail TO put in an en-
pH"lic word or SO, but Pop" was OBJ
In the eighth "OIiver" Holmes laid
down an easy roller TO Shortston RAJ
I i,thE"r WHO made "a good throw to irst.
n n"SEIin juggled the ball and. While tho
across the base lie. iHI K@wiscp. aT waa
called out" Shafer. while he was ms ms
treaIIed SIo rtsHL IN MS iirst decision,
he mad. the latter ruling I,ve,v 49,
I Mn1 , W"S Watching the play declared
tnc TIME when the runner Crossed ti1s
station. ''" '''o
l'ut. after all. II was merely mai
/ ttF'ui opInlon and OF a second "pNn's.,
suess may have been as good as that Of
i lie Who!e assembiage. even If it is not
DENiIN TURNS TIDE
or GAME IN SEVENTH
bcvl:n turned the tide OF tn. game
IN tm: seventh, when he pulled OFF a
stunt. that kept Richmond down To-
KS stnglc run 1t happened like this:
Mcnun led off with "A sweet sincio
GiirT't i, over second; Then Poole sin
a station. Stinson laid a ncrfect bunt
down the third base line and beat it
ON" oni . Mi1h the ,,, bases. tilIed and none
iame. was put in to hat for Nunnaily.
After three balls had been stuck IN
| 20 ms credit Miller found one that he
liked and. in spite of the fact that the
/ loss was wild and likely to mean n,
I ice NY into left field.
ihcn pclVin sprung into the lime
iiSht with rollerton on the Jhird base
/ me nearly at the plate in order TO
/ hcip along Catcher Phrlan in taking
4 the throw from the outticld Devlin left
I ms post ana HE'D over to third. Seeing
Ihai M!!lers fly was short. but would
/ iet Mcpulf Ill without any trouble he
| took the throw from stuart ana re-
. inycd II quickly TO KRUGER at third
/ foo!c. who was route from second
stuck at first Thus was the danger nf
| a ioit run festival aNcrlcd. and the
/ credit for t!,e Tar Yin undoubtedly
/ goes to Arthur DeNlir.
NEITHER PITCHER SHOWS
ANY f.,Cl:SS OF GINGER
Neither of the rival pitchers showed
! any extraordinary amount of ginger
! toIicrton mad. probably, 4 shade on
1 Eady. but the difference Is too slight
| TO 70, " notice The s&me was really bat
1 t!r between the inhelders OF the two
/ clubs. the two errors against the
cons were neither costly, and so the
/ holding honors split about even All
/ OF which the fans liked
II viii probably he many moons be-
! fore i more interesting exhibition is
staged in Richmond The unusually
( large number OF enthusiasts VINO jour-
. heNed To the park had Il most pro-
bounced waking up to the fact that
good games are being given for their
I benefit. IL is an even bet that most
] OF them VIII be III the park on Satur-
( day IN search OF Just such another
game.
'rhs is the way that the Tars put
across their runners.
SUMMARY or INNINGS
IN WHICH TaHs SCORED
First innimg-kain walked. Devlin
hted out to Stinson and Kahn stuck
close TO the first station. ON the hrst
ban pitched to E,.lIengec. however,
Kahn stole second. EallenGer then
waited Tor one and laid down neat
bunt to t.ady. which he heat out kaln
went TO third on the play. Stuart 10
second Ganshorn' tiied out II Hotter
Fitth inninS-- Ward bingled neatly
down the third base line ana went 10
second on Phnlans sacrifice bunt 10
Poole. Kruger sinackod q siXzier down
10 Poole VINO was playing deep. Eady
ran over 10 hrst 10 cover the bag, but
Poole threw the ball roo nigh 10 bs
handled AS the ball bounded In the