Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
INDIANS GET EVEN BREAK
BENDER WINS FIRST GAME
BUT TARS SLAM JOHNSON
Local hoy IL Chnscd or Mound by Nor
folk SluSEcrs, and SOUS" Hill
becomes liur1rr.

Richmond split even in yesterday
afternoons double bill with Norfolk.
ana thereby lost their first home series
since chief" Bender signed Rich
baseball and tho score favored tie
home club to ,. but the second en-
t SInM ,no could hardly be called any
For the Indians 1t was a traSedy
after nine fun innings the Tars had
twelve runs while the best the losers
could do was 10 get goose egg
&, r nenhers yic;ory made II eish,
IT still remains for some team 10 nab
INC honor OF administering his initial
defeat The pitche r-uianagcr. because
OF runs. had TO do his best, the ,rp,iso-
Huence WAS that there wasn't afclcan
hit made by Il visitor until the seventh
"hcn both Tar runs came over.
Connolly Gets FRS, Hit.
FOR SIX innings only twenty Nor
ioikcrS stood al the plate. but in the
tnsn Bellenscr produced 2 double.
ancn a% was an easy ont, Brown 70
wide ones. nlling the hases. and Welsh,
q vic kcd hitter. who had previously
r LAM, twice' sen grass cutter TO
rubber. For the next two innings only
SIN men faced the Indian.
Elchmomd counted first in the fourth
10 make good. before this In the
second inning Poole, Pay and Bender
Jonnard's peg. however and Two flies
postponed scoring. again in the the th niri
breaks
Iiiii freaks lee for LocnIs.
Fiji finally broke The ice He
s.nSied - left in the fourth and. reach
anr9W down Abbott singled TO right
ana iii was home easily. bu, Abbot;
s rp 5 'as Tan nr4wnx the ,hr2w and
.No'!o!n 'ead in the seventh was
short lived, for the locals batted around
tally three times. Poole VINO had Nil
sswice before by hitting easily with
sun pat. as the !niield was p,avIng
deep FOR him. duplicated down tt,i-d,
the pill 70 sehwartz, WHO lei i, gel get
away foolc stopped At second \Vhen
the bal! WAS pitched schwartz came in
G p6s;a Tor a sacrifice. but failed to get
were safe H!.l drew four Bc!lenrer
iun9led Benders hit ana Poole regis
ins IoM A ,'l.fMi Hey out Lones walked
over the plate. The next TWO we're
Edncy l. Chased Ont
Ih!s was the inning in which Edney
a 1eieat marked against him. Mouse"
Schwartz was really .he Responsible
pAstT in h.s ;WiIlers' downfall
""orh Gliliiand and Jonnard offered the
ians their moneys worth. In the sixth.
G sbio look ,h. IN 'W NO preiiy f!es His real
driNe The bal! curved, bu; was stab
geo r, ny NC 1e !,i;!e right gardener after
MS lightning SHOTS TO bases.
Ihat ba s"Dall is uncertain was shown
~ ~ The c,!9mplete generalization of
NlChnonds team after their victory
ana the come OF the losers
w me johnson. local lad. made his
second encounter. He was kept in for
iHc and two-third innings aDparcntly
20 keep his head from getting big. He
Is q port slider and will help Renders
stan II he can overcome his Witness
IN the tirst Of the nigh, cap. the
deouiant' threw twelve balls out Of
hrst three batters walked, Belienear
S s,.i,,,a i-eathers scoring. Mouse"
SpauldinG. get. base. Then Brown
missed Wclsh's grouuIeg. two more
runs scoring.
Eight Runs In Sixth.
. r@r me neNi four innings there was
more runs Three base on balls, three
h!tS. TWO errors by Bender a s,oIen
naSe. ana sacrifice figured in ;h!s
f,, 39iiia 1inishea his inning w!.hou,
t;fi got II into his head that Gus
never been in the box before as his
oehaT!or demonstrated. but he is likely
10 GO oaGk ssain. The last three frames
and runless. Naturally Hill got a glad
hand. The crowd also stood by John
son. z
Welsh in this game made seven mt
outs. IN The thrd he retired the siI.
on three stirring catches Brown hi
inrec drives, two were taken in by
Welsh, but the third went for a double
after Johnson called him out at third
BASS MI the fagpole in right in the
triple in the sixth to the deem cenrar
fence.
The scores:
FIRST GAME.
III