The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-15
Chief Bender's Colts Run Wild
and Experience Little Trouble
Defeating Newport News Outfit
Quartet of Richmond Players Pfer Almost Everything
Field, and Home Boys Win by Score Of to with Local
Manager in BoxBaker Upses Visiting Hurler by Stealing
Home on H
BY Ernest Pollard.

BY Ernest Pollard.
Jesse Baker, Gustavius Hill. and
two more of Chief Bender's ambitious
young bail players. stole just about
everything in Boulevard field yester-
day afternoon save the strings In the
umpire's shoes and the key to Johns
coca-cola box. and those thefts. cou-
Piled with our leaders alright hurting.
enabled the Colts to get an easy win
over the Newport News Shipbuilders
in the opening clash OF the home
series. Hits as far as the Richmond
club was concerned were most con-
spicuous by their absence, but they
weren't badly needed and the home
talent emerged from the fracas at
the large end OF a to l score.
This young. fellow Baker distin-
suished himself no later than the
initial Of the game. He pulled some
thing that hasn't been witnessed on
Boulevard field before this season.
While Harris. the youngster who is
shortly going to serve his deceptive
offerings to Ty Cobb and few other
notables In the American league. was
winding up after two men had been
retired, Baker made mad dash for
the home piate-and was safe. He
beat the ball by several seconds and
there was not even the slightest
whimper from the invading contingent
when Umpire LaRoque waved him
safe. 1t was a clean-cut steal and
one Of the neatest pieces Of path run
ming that has been seen here this year.
In addition to that, Baker stole sec
ond in the seventh inning after he had
singled.
Others Commit Thefts.
Gustavius Hill caught the Newport
News club taking another little nap
IN the fourth inning and stole second
with the ball in the pitchers hand.
He, too. pilfered another sack in adj
dition to that one. Pay also displayed
a neat piece of base Running by steal
Ing third in the seventh. 1t was easy
and he made II standing up. Poole
stole third in the first inning while
Baker was upsetting the Builders with
his sprint to the home plate.
Chief Bender hurled the encounter
yesterday afternoon with almost every
bone in his anatomy aching him. He
declared before the game that he
wasn't feeling well. but that he would
make an attempt at pitching. He
did. to the sorrow OF the visitors. He
allowed but six hits; gave only one
base on ball: struck out six men and
in the fourth and fifth innings re-
tired the side with nine pitched balls.
Not such bad showing for sick
man, say We For the first Ave frames
he gave up but two base knocks. In
the seventh they got their only run
as a result Of a passed ball commit
ted by Tommy Abbott
This young fellow Harris didn't
pitch as bad game as the score
would Indicate. For six long innings
he held the local boys to two lone
safeties. In the seventh. however. he
displayed a temporary weakness and
an additional trio of bingles were
garnered In the following frame.
which happened TO be the last bats
the Colts needed during the game. he
frightened again and was as good as
ever He didn't pitch q bad game and
in most of the frames the home boys
could do little with his offerings.
No Comparison Between Teams.
There are many reasons why the
Colts won in spite OF Mr.. Harris good
place there was Chief Bender in the
hox for the Colts. In the second place.
the Colts played smart baseball-to
use the language of a player-and In
the third the fielding Of the Richmond
club could hardly have been improved
upon. The Colts possibly displayed
more inside baseball yesterday than
81 any pEoFlOdS time tulS ScdBOH sney
bit the ball when hits were needed:
they ran the bases just about as we'll
as any club could possibly have done.
and during most of the game COM
pietely played rings around their op-
pcnents. A stop made by Pay behind
secohd base in the second inning was
just about the most spectacular piece
of work that has been witnessed on
our baseball pasture this year. And to
M e<r
the only extra base hit of the after
room 1t may be said that IL was a
Pay day.
Newport News has fairly good ball
team, but It doesn't compare in any
way with the Richmond club. The
Colts are faster. and they play bet
ter baseball The Shipbuilders have .
good fielding team. though they didn't
d!apiay ~ much In yesterdays game.
And they have one OF the best hitting
clubs In the league but they csdn't
look Il Yesterday. There 10 no question
about the Builders having . quartet
Of the best hurlers in the league In
Iollif Harris. Morgan and Fagan.
TWO Of these pitchers have already
virtually been acquired by big
league club and II 10 thought that It
least one more will 60 up this year.
The only one that the Colts have
found hard this week, however. IL
Pagan. who. ~ one time. was on the
local payroll. With everything taken
Into consideration there 10 mot much
comparison between the two clubs.
The Colts excel by fai.
Baker Pulls One
Bakers steal home game, the
Colts their nrst run OF the game.
The short fielder walked and ad-
vanced = sack on Browns sacrillce.
DnuRhton afFalcl nssf ara nAnyn
walked. Both moved up 4 per on
Harris' wild heave While Harris
was winding up Baker stole home.
Moran then struck out. "A wonder
ful stop by Pay ~ the second proh-
ably prevented the Builders from