Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03
INDIANS DOWN TRUCKERS
IN FAST D0UBLE-HEADER
Five Straight Victories Puts Bender's
Tribe In Tie for First Honors
in League Race.
BENDER HURIs FIRST GAME
Chief" and Abbott Pull Second
Contest Out of Fire by Hitting in
Pinch and Scoring on Gus HIS
Swift Line Drive.

Chief Bender's Indians won another
double header from the Portsmouth
Truckers at Boulevard Field Yesterday
AFTERNOON. the first game by a count
OF TO and the second to 3.
Today they are tied with Newport
News .or the leadership Of the vir-
s!nia Lea que.
When the Indians opened their series
mere last THURSDAY afternoon they oc-
,up!ed the cellar position. and Ports
Nth goodly lead a, the top.
Less than Sky hours later or about
20 O'Clock last evening. tho. Truckers
bad slid down tho scale and BAnder's
p+nd had assembled 20 tho top of the
Ry taking the two games Yesterday
me Indians mad. Il clean sweep Of the
trs. and as they play a return engage
5ent with their recent victims at
~seE The RicSm ION" cinb IS aAS espse: ing
=? cltnch lts hold upon the highest
e-eyation in the league.
the contests Yesterday. Abbott and
lender repeated their Thursday per
ff9rTanoes by. going N as pinch n'tter5
ara getting hitr which. coupled with a
htEd Smash !,s b. M. hrourh, hem
seemed all hor" VAS lost.
Truckers Lend in Ninth.
opgn ssn IN, }ne IT, issr h9if q ,hat ninth
Dated for walsh and drove OH. al
iitcner Shautel. who knocked II down.
followed by smashing anotthcr t ,c,,s:ara
nIEt ba5e. tn" bail hitting tn" ma < and
the 'i GhIet ' ~ far s19nsh b permit
Ie.eastd & hunt tiy which vent for a
~ Gus Hi ended the agony for the
Hooper crowd b: driving a hard smash
Ahoott and Bender and breaking up
Render held tho visitors helpless In
tne trst game, keeping their hits well
sf.t5jerid' while The indian batsmen
nt:st and s!Iih innings .or total OF
.,oNr. runs. But ono Trucker reached
t,R!rd base on Bender, sharp travelling
nd singled and advanced on an error
f 3s5, an 9lI hut ne died there. as
double play. and the chief struck out
me LAST ba;srnan. This double play
US the seconH o: the game, for in the
N!GhtN. after Mc'i!oUEhlin had singled
y was operated on Bangs hit to third
Anderson 70 Pay TO Poole.
Render strike. out Nine.
Bender struck out nine men and fail
OF the past week apparently little az
letting ms wing. The Indians scored
when Brown reached hrst on Percy's
error, Went TO second on an inncld
2 3u, ana scored after Poole had been
deliberately passed when Moran crash
81 the hall against the left field fence
tor TWO haEscr
.,n I'LL stared the sixth inning BY
paughton. Poole was walked. as was
Moran, and Pay drove in Hill and
ror by Catcher Smith permitted Pay TO
reach second on this play and Moran
1 In, h,; on 70 third anderson went
across with the third run Of tho inning
and the fourth OF the game. Jim Poole
Pr oooi getting Two free passes and
Two singles III four times up, while Mo-
ran got double. & single and a pass
n -FOUR trips 10 tho plate.
NaGalis allowed the visitors but
three hts II the second tint, although
ne issued six free passes TWO in the
seventh getting him into serious trou-
h!e. which might have lost him the
game had /; no, hccn for the ninth
inning rally. In pitching the first six
innings he allowed but ono scratch hit
Chalk Up Three in seventh.
In the Indian half Of the NTH.
MaEilis opened with single 10 cen
ter. Brown sacrificed. but Shaufc!
erred. and Masalis amblcd % third.
Brown Stopping at second. Hl wen;
With a smash. this timo a single to
left. which drove home two tallies.
Poole was walked. but Moran and Pay
isfactor~ until the first Of the seventh.
when the Truckers counted three
times.
Rooney opened with single 20 left
center. and Masalis gave Holloman
free pass. \ passed ball by Walsh
walked. Magalis then frightened, and
when Smith flied to Him. Gus threw
hack so fast tina: Rooney had to re.
treat TO the sack. and had not Andcr-
son dropped Walsh's throw, 1t would
have been double play. Shaufel
struck out. but MaEa!is got wild gain, |
and forced counter ny passing Bangs
Grown booted iioopcr's helder's choice,
allowing tioileman TO count. and then
made a han throw 10 the platc and
Eeale counted Hooper stole. but
The Indians were unable to do any
thing in their half. and in the eighth
Moran got on through Hooper's bad
;h'ow which took him TO second. went
- third on Pays out. and pulled a
homer" in attempting squeeze piav.
and was caught out between the sacks.
Bur IN the ninth a spectacular finish
vas accorded by hits from Abbot. Ben
der. Brown and Hill which put over
the necessary runs.
The scores:
FIRST GAME.