The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-02
ERNEST

1t looks As IL the fellow who re-
marked that they can't be stopped now.
rsfs-~T At course to Chief Charles
Albert Bender and his Colts. certainly
spoke an earfull. Anyway. they weren't
stopped yesterday afternoon. and the
pennant-winning asptrations OF
FARMER Hooper and his Portsmouth
contingent were given another severe
iolt. For the third time in two lays
the Colts hammered out a sufficient
number Of runs to tran the Truckers
In tho dust, ana again the home talent
demonstrated that they can now hit
in the pinches.
Until the sixth inning h Richmond
club was forced to trail behind the
Truckers three-run lead which looked
pretty good with old Cy Pierce going
IKE . house on Are. Blu Cy got a bit
Wild in the sixth and a couple OF bases
on balla and straight hingles by
naughton n Poole contributed in a
large measure to his undotng for the
afternoon. EmiinK. tho pride OF the
visiting hurting stan. was rushed to
the rescue. and, while he managed to
Get out of the sixth with only the
three runs that Cyrus had permitted
he didn't throw anything in the eighth
that the Colts couldn't touch. Hits In
THIS frame by Brown. Hill. Daughton
and Pay rave the local club another
rio In the eighth and the victory.
Moran Make Sensational Catch.
Though there were not the thrills
ard as many spectacular performances
as In the double attraction Thurs
day. the gan1e yesterday was a GOOD
me. Brown made a couple OF heauti-
fcl stops around behind second base,
md Pay still looked good at the key
stone sack. Moran n Hill put up
T. 80. -f-h
lively. accepting eleven chances be-
tween them. Moran made an error
hat gave the visitors a run. but a
s~pectacular catch In the seventh or
set that. He a back to the fence.
ftn backwards. but grabbed the ball
iust as It was nearing the ground. This
catch saved a run.
Lefty Bruner looked after the pitch
ing end for the Colts. and. though he
vas a bit wild at times. save IN two
innings he always pitched himself out
81 danger In perfect ease. He yielded
t~t ave hits. and at times looked bet
ter than he has At any time this sea-
snn, Pierce breexed along in fine style
Until the disastrous sixth. when he was
forced to give way for Erling. Pierce
Vas touched for ave hits during the
Innings he worked and Emling was
touched for just a quartet. all Of them
G6mtnK IN inc e!EnlU lFhHft. "HNH sar
tits amassed their last three runs of
ire game.
y paughton continued his hitting yes
Yesterday. getting two more out OF
fcar trips to the plate. Brownie came
through with a couple and was issued
free transportation to nrst twice. Jim
mic Poole rot a couple more. and Hill.
anderson and Pay zach contributed n
safety.
Truckers Get Good Lead.
The Truckers were the first TO
break the ice. After Percy had gone
out Rooney got an inneld hit. and
Lynch was hit by one of Burners
speedy ones. Beale singled and
Brownie and Beale was heaoea at
second. Lynch going to third, Smith
started for second and caught be-
tween the bassA In the meantime,
however. Lynch counted. Moran's
first error since he joined Richmond
gave Portsmouth another run IN the
Following frame. With a man on
third base Moran threw a ball to the
plate. and II went wide OF Hs mark,
excuse for the throw home. and the
play was unexpected. Anderson and
Brown rot bAse hits in the third. but
the Colts failed to shave a rnner
across.
Richmond tied the score in the
sixth. Brown started things with a
walk and Hill got 70 nrst via the same
route. Daughton hit over second and
Brown scored. Poole singled to CEN
ter and Hill and Daughton counted.
Poole took second on the. throw-in
and went to third on q Wild pitch by
Emling, who relieved Pierce at this
,uncture. Moran flied to center and
Poole was thrown out At the plate.
Good fielding saved a run for the
Truckers In the seventh. Pay knocked
a liner down and tessel out a runner
at the plate, and Moran went hack
TO the fence. fell down and then
caught the ball.
Brown started thing again for the
Colts in the eighth with a hit and
Hill beat but q hunt Daughton singled
over second and when the ball got
through Bangs legs both Brown and