Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-30
SPORTS
COLTS VICTORIOUS, 5 TO 4
TEAM PLAYS AND HITS WELL
BEHIND PITCHER. MANAGER
"Chicf~ Allow. Hut Five Binrles and
Makes Goohcr Swatters Look
Childish.

CHIEF Bender. appearing for the
first time IN g Echmcnt uniform. de.
fcatcG the Petersburg seam. leaders 81
the Nirsinia League. YESTERDAY SITTER
noon a; boulevard Field Ivy an S-to-t
score To he sure. the new manaSsr
Of the rcjuvenstsi Colts WAS ma;er!si-
on the team but. after AL, I was the
Indian who turned the trick and had
the Coolers GrCve!i0c IN :h' dust
throuehout the snappy contest. dis
tinCushcd ny ;hS good brand % base
ball ;hat was played
II WAS q his dan alike Cor the E.ch
mond team and 70" Richmond cans.
When 'noN" Shatcr. ons-tims manacer
Bender WAS % hu-l a yell 81 approval
sweN: across The Geld from The grand
stsud and the hlcachc-s. The largest
crowd ;hat has ye; attended 3 Virginia
League game IL Richmond WAS pressa;
20 Witness The dchu; q the -his
league pitcher manager
Gets First Three Nntter>.
only ;Ares b2;tcrs faced Bender in
eacA q five innings He struck GU,
cisN; and Yielded bu; i've hi;s fou-
~ ,hen, in the eighth and ninth frames
These four hits. ;wo Of them scratches.
net;ed three runs and Increased the
Coolers total 20 four. one tally having
been registered u the afth. after Nacle
field Hill made = splendid a;tem2; 20
Sc; The ball finally go: his fingers on
II. ani then rolled over on the Grouud
and the sphere slipped from MS fingers
II was an almost impossible chance. and
but for The yoUncstecs clever work
might have conc :or three bases
When IN the hrs; inning Mcconnell.
KILLER and Horriot;. three OF the Gooh-
three before the slants Of Bender. he
was accorded real ovation when ~
came 10 the bench. The old star was
smiling. perhaps a. his own cunning
reception he was meeting and seemed
rs happy as II he had just come M
from the bushes and was breaking into
fast company.
GilliInnd Leads With Hit.
In RiChmond's half OF the first Gil
liiand. the first man UP. knocfed a sin
gle, Crossley got on the bag on an
error by the shortstop. and both he
and Giiliiand scored when Pools
banged out a g. IN single GulilanG
incidentally. made three hits and two
runs out of five trips 70 the plate He
played fast bali at all stages of the
contest
Renders hit scored another run for
the Colts in the second. Brown. the
newly acquired sho-tstop. GO; on first
with base on balls went 10 second
on HIS pretty sacrifice. and came
t nome when the "Ch!er' put his
The big inning fo- the Colts was the
seventh Four runs ware made Rem
der drew base on balls, Giliiland and
Crossiey made singles and IN. hasae
We're lilied. Sass Knocked a long sac
Tihce ny 20 center. and Bender and Gil
Inland scored when Heck made care
less peg TO the second bascmsr. P1ole
sei base on balls in the same in
ing and came home after PAYS hit
That ended the scoring FOR the locals
Dutch" Klein Play. Well.
etefsours scored TWO runs in The
ninth on hits by Hitler and Heck and
an eitcr by Pay. Al 70 time however.
vas II" game ever in danger Of get
ing AVA from the locals.
Dutch" Klein. Richmond hov n,sv-
ing With Petersburg made the luck
!"st MT Of the game, two-b Dagger
when he Knocked one TO short centar
and Bass stood and watched IT Jron
n front Of him Klein scored on par
The largest crowd Of the season saw
the game and gave Chief Bender one
81 the kind!iest receptions ever ten
dc-ei 4 bah player
There VIII h= two games t,day, one
:. 1880 2 tn: morning and the sec
o1i =, n. usual hour, $50 in the
a:,s-noon. The score