Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-13
INDIANS WIN FIRST, BUT
ARE SHUT OUT IN SECOND
Bender's Home Run Over Leftfield
Fence Brings Victory in Initial
Encounter.
RUBES HAMMER BRUNER
Richmond's New Southpaw Weakens
in First and Ninth Innings of
Final Game, and Oldring'S Outfit
Triumphs, 800.

game OF the double bill with Suffolk
a .twelve.innins affair. and a young
his debut with the Indians by toss
ing away the second.
After Suffolk had tied the score in
and then gathered in another run in
The twelfth: the Chief lifted one Of
EHkerts otrerinss far oyer the left
Poole. who had doubled bringing the
contest TO close, with the score board
5000 Wild fans rewarded Bender viii viii
the greatest ovation he has thus far
received in Richmond and with three
hats fgll Of silver and currency
Bruner. the new addition to the In
dian pitching staff was in the box in
Bruner allowed seventeen hits for 4
total of fifteen runs, while Pierson
held the Bender band 10 two scratches
Of the visitors hits and ten runs came
a Wonderful exhibition Of what may
be kindly termed AS laZiness.
Loafcd Away Contest.
If this Bruner person had shown any
outward signs of an effort to curb the
Suffolk swatters during that sorrow
full ninth. the hearts Of those fans who
saw him. no doubt, would now be filled
with compassion for the youth. but If
he had been shooting marbles he could
never have strained his arm less than
he did.
Suffolk got away to a good start in
the opening fray by touching up Ma
Martin started with double to left
McC ann sacrificed and Black singled
scoring Martin. Black was killed off
at second on Oldrings heldcr's choice
Oldring crossing the plate. Crow
doubled to left and Kramer marched
left stranded when Munich popped up
to Pay.
Richmond came back with two tallies
Pierson walked o'Brien. who advanced
TO second on a passed ball Then Poole
let four pass and took first. a double
reached the home ' Plate When @Fe Gi f:Hm
booted. Bender's single to center
brought Poole across and Hill was
and Eckert took the mound. Abbott
popped up to Catcher Gilman for the
third out.
Cut on Martin at Plate.
Napier got into trouble again in the
third after an error and a stolen base
put Martin on second with two men
down, Mccain singled sharply to left
field but Bass cut Martin off at the
plate. Richmond again threatened. but
two hits were not sufficient to bring a
run.
Napier walked too more men in the
third third and permitted hit. but good
ert put away the Indians in short
order. in their half. With one down
in the first OF the fourth, Burger sin
to Pay 10 Poole. when Eckert drove
the ball short.
The Indians tied the count in their
walked Ninson. who succeeded in
crossing the plate on Bass single TO
left and Kraemer's bad throw
Again in the NTH the Oldring crew
leaped ahead by pass 20 Mccain, his
theft OF second and OidrinE's double 70
center; The Indians failed 10 connect
aud SuTolk showed another run across
in the sixth. Munich hit safely and
was sacrificed By Burger. while Vass
booted Eckert's drive into left. thus
men Went down in order In the sixth.
and the Suffolk trio followed suit in
the next stanZa
Blenders Double Scored Two.
Then the su?ers;i,!ous rose TO their
Bass Went oL, on = foul ~ 70 Vyncb
O'Brien 80, : free pass and travelled
on TO second when Poole singled 10
left. olBrien was killed OF at third on
Bender came up a-a. ho!ds.. sisnaled
Poole and Pay TO r1or+r = double steal.
This having been successfully con-
into left, which scored his two mates
and tied the count Il appeared as
though the result was settled when
which Bender counted. Blake wh!Hed,
TO end the session and the Benders
were IN the lead.
There was little OF interest in the
eighth but in the SUFFOLK half OF the
ninth Gul!man. batting for Burger. was
passed: went 70 second on Martins
grounder through short ana scored on
the count again, and Richmond was
unable 70 break the cl!nch in their
haf of the tenth Munich was hi, by a
pitched bail, but was caught trying to
pilfer second. The Indians tumblcd
in one, Two. three order. Two Suffolk
Martin was walked and stole second
but he was left there when Mccain
hled out Renders men repeated their
one, Two. three. performance
Black Smashed out Double.
BLACK opened the twelfth and spread
gloom with smash 10 right. He was
sacrificed TO second by Oldr!ng and
sped home when N!nson booted on
Kraemer-Vinson to Pay to Poole
closed, the inning and many fans APP
But Poo!e ,pu, new, zest into the til,
with a double to left. The crowd
reared; Pay sent the ball TO center.
caught IT, The crowd groaned. Chief
Bender, came TO bat. The bail mad
when the big Chiet F casinsily ca ,'nST
one of Eckerts offerings and lost il in
a eornaeld some%here west OF the
resulted gave Richmond the long END
of the S-to-7 score.
The less said about the second game
the. better. Bruncr started the opening
inning by, passing Two men, one OF
whom died on blacks nelders choice
Black on O'Brien's error and Oidrinp
on Munch's sacrifice fly. Pierson. who
had been jerked in the first inning q.
the opener by Oldring, held the Indians
helpless during the entire second con
test: Bruner succeeded IN Keeping tho
visitors from scoring afte! the first
until the fifth, when he hit Oldrinl
with pitched ball, "Rube" stealing
second, being forced to third wheI
Kraemer and Crow walked. and scorinl
when MUNICH singled 10 left,
Bruner Tried Football Tactics.
Suffolk slipped over another in IN.
eighth when Munich singled TO center
went to second when Bruner tried I,
Z make a football out Of the baseball
by Kicking II around the inhe!d. am
scored after another man had f!!er
out and Pierson had walked, on
second error by Bruner.
This youth apparently lost all hi!
strength booting the ball, so whe,
the Suffolk crew came to bat in In,
ninth, he gave everybody some prac
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