The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-14

Charles Albert Render. the IA mod
Chippewa Chieftain, shouldered his
asian club yesterday and went on the
war path The club referred to was
not the Colts, IL was his hitting stick;
the Colts were not ashen. they won the
game. 7 to 6.
They were, however, when Umps
La r oque followed his hands and bel
lowed the name EHersch berger" at
the bench where the Colts were shiver-
Ing. Doubles Napier, who had been
selected for the sacrihcial alter,
groaned in anguish of spirit
sports starfht4tl engaged in It
brief mental tussle with old man Cal
culus and made a renciled note for
tomorrow Colts 60 forty scoreless
innings
And then the unexpected. which
happens so frequently il has almost
ceased to be SO. happened again
Herschberger struggled through the
FIRST inning with only two runs challscd
UP against him ana had the nerve to
/ face The Chjct In the second
Charles Albert forever exploded the
theory that Richmond cannot whip a
port sider by crashing a third strike
right on tho nose and bouncing it
clean out of the bah park
As the Colts won nv the shivery
margin Of slender ace, let II he re-
corded that chief Ahert's clout won
tho ball game one Of tho seven runs
had to 60 H. and the Indians is the
logical candidate tor the honor
Hcrchherger suffered the nnal and
ultimate djs&race Of being tho only
port paddier 10 be chased from the
mound this season by the Colts He
was replaced by Schaufel, who
v'rithcd through The Other seven in
nj Jn nil FI
in tho second before the impetus given
tho Colts by the chefs Clout died
Most Indians would have called il a
day after numbering the afore- men
toned Herchhereer. but not so the
Chief He made brave ATTEMPT to
duplicate the feat in the NTH driving
the pellet IN TIE wall hut not over IT,
and touching only two hassocks In
stead Of four
This was certainly enough activity
for tho most ambitious brave but Al
bert still huncered for scalrs. He
continued 10 pace the narrow confines
Of left field until the ninth. when, see
ing n brand new opportunity for fur
thor glory. he sent Napier to the
showers and entered The box, cold,
with two men on and only one out.
The Truckers had scored once in
this fra n1n and werc threatening 10
WIN iHc gam" flEnt fhPn ana fhere,
so Chief Albert decided TO take no
chances Needless to say the scoring
ceased 50 suddenly as to leave the
trucking crew dazed and wondering
Doc" Bass had complicated mat
tiers IN this inning by repeating bis
now famous imitation OF Fred Snod-
grass doc" now does II so well as
to defy detection John McGraw him
self couldn't toll The difference Clauser
opened the inning by becoming cas-
ualtT ard Eanee advanced him with
a single. Kolscth's drive forced Bange
at second and kolseth' was safe on
first Hooper lifted q fly behind sec-
ond base and Bass came in. set him
SELL Tor hH stunt and executed II per-
feetly Nothing was missing except
the hall Before It could he retrieved.
Clanser romped In with the sixth run.
causing fans "a bite large pieces out
-of the benches and Chief Albert TO
take IN the white mans burden
Champagne hit 10 PAY. forcing kol-
seth and Percy WAS tossed out at first
~ Brown
The game was a battle royal from
sfaxt to finish, as any game in which
Mr.. Hooper is mixed up Ia bound TO
be Al the known varieties Of base
bail We're displayed, Pay furnishing
the ivory display Thc game was won,
50 ais Well. hut Pays work deserves
at least a lire. Twas in the third
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