Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-25
.BURNHAM's ERROR LOSES
GAME FOR PETERSBURG.
Indians Score Winning Run in Six
teenth-Inning Fray After His
Bad Throw to First.
BENDER PITCHES GREAT BALL
Holds Hcavy-Hitting Coolers to
Eight Safeties and Proves Invinci-
BILE In Observation-Disclosures MiScuc
Only One for Visitors.

After pitching superbly for sixteen
Innings and receiving faultless sup
port from his team mate Durham.
hurting for Petersburg, made the only
error Of the game for the Coolers. and
this n,iscue lost the game for them by
the score of > 10 l.
In the last half OF the sixteenth.
Moran. the Indians new left fielder
led off with his only hit OF the fray
went TO second on rays out and came
across. the rubber with the run that
meant victory for the Bender tribe,
when Hill hit 10 Durham. and the sturdy
old mound artist lost his cunning, and
home, and put his name on the locals
roll of.fame on his first appearance in
very fitting manner.
Never has there been game played
here, certainly this season, where good
baseball was so freely mixed with in
different playing or in which there
were SO many tense moments and times
when runs were on the verge of being
scored without matcrializing. Bender
hurled steadily, as is his wont, and
ming as at any other stage of the
game. Mcconnell, Hitler and Hinkey
made three successive singles and the
bases were loaded. 1t looked like the
Indians would be showed under before
getting a start, but the old Indian
tightened and struck out Cashion, and
Coolers were never able to get three
hits in any other inning.
Coolers Score In Fifth.
Petersburg's first tally was made in
the NTH inning on Parker's hit. Burn
hams sacrifice and Woods sacrifice
fly. II was not until the last half of
the ninth that the Indians were able
70 tie the count by sending Poole over
hit and been advanced on passed ball
by Parker
Hills Sacrifice Scored Him.
The count evened up, the Indians and
the Goobers battied along gamcly until
the fifteenth and then it was that Rich
mond lost Il beautiful opportunity TO
score at least two runs by showing
Bender were caught at the Mate and
the side was retired by Daughton's
ny to second-sacker. The fans groan-
themselves TO the loss Of another ball
game. When the Indians did make
their grandstand finish the crowd went
wild and showed more enthusiasm over
victory than has been manifested
over a triumph this season
BY all modes of reckoning the Goob-
ers should never have scored in tho
hfth inning and the Indians would
have won the contest in the ninth
Parker. who had hit safely. reached
second on Burnhams sacrifice and on
Woods long sacrifice ny came home.
He should have been held at third but
thA Ahatc ipHS peg "nlcn MT In
the infield and was headed well for the
plate and Abbott'S waiting hands when
Bender intercepted it and found no
one coverig home plate to get the
throw, as Abbott had been drawn away
to get the throw direct from Hill on
the bound. The miscuc, directly trace
able to no one. aroused the Chiefs
ire and he went back TO the mound and
pitched far better baseball than IN the
opening innings Of the contest.
Greaf lsirchers, no,tI.
The game was a beautiful pitchers
battle throughout, married but very
seldom by errors. The Indians did
make TOUR miscues but they had no
effect on the final outcome of the strug-
gle as did Burnham's bad peg
Anderson and Moran, the Indians new
players. bo:h showed up well and each
made singles. Anderson was shaky
IN handling some Of his chances on
pegs which only roOIc's good work
saved from being DISASTROUS but on a
whole his work looked good Daugh-
ton was a distinct disappointment He
dld not make hit during the game
but redeemed himself, partly BY his
Poole was tie bid reliable at the bat
for the Indians. Hs made "A total oil
three sine!es. Pay followed close in
Mcconnell and Parker We're the stars
at the bat for the Coolers ANDY an.
neIed single and a double, and Par
ker made II single and a threc-baG-
ger.
The rivalry between Petersburg and
Richmond. which is more intense than
that between any other teams in inc
league, was apparent AT all times. and
guarantees fans who go out to see the
remaining three games close, snappy
ball games.
The score: