Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-23
INDIANS GIVE sCANLON
FINE SUPPORT AND WIN
but Clever Fielding and Timely
Swatting Defeat Them, Go.
BAKER STAR OF CONTEST
Makes Triple. Which He Extends
Into Home Run After Error by
Suffolk. and Grabs Everything in
Sight Without MisCuc.

With the scintillatins playing and
hard hitting OF Baker. the Indians
diminuUve shortstop. fresh in their
minds. $500 fans left Boulevard Field
delighted yesterday afternoon after
seeing BendcrS tribe defeat the Suf-
folk Rubes by the score OF TO ;. in
snappy. hard-touGht and sp!cndidly
played game OF ball.
Sharing honors closely with Baker
comes Scanlon. the most recent addi-
ton TO the Richmont hurting staff
lie allowed thirteen hats TO the slug
Eing RubeS but he Kept them scat
1cred nicely. With the possibic eNcep-
ton OF the eighth inning, he held the
Showed tina; ne WAS cara bile Of win
ming ball games by steady work on
the mound
In the eighth. three singles and Il
fielde-s'. choice Melted two runs Rubc
Cldring.s triple was instrumental in
scoring two -urs IN the fifth inning
also. \ double and a single in the
ninth as The opening guns OF a batting
rally. netied the other tally OF the
Eubes
Timely Hitting Win. Gnmc.
Only timely hitting by the Indians
defeated Pierson, one OF the best young
indians TO eight hits, only one Of them
going for extra bases triple hy
Baker: Indifferent support spelled de
feat 70. him. Ills teammates made
three errors. ali Of them costly, letting
On runs for the Richmond CLUB. with
better backing pierSon would prob
ably have won his game. This is not
intended TO take away any glory from
The victors-ic = just stating cold
facts.
game grow any older before showing
what they had in store Tor their OPP
ponents. Brown raped out pretty
single, went 10 second on "A passed ball
M,Nt lsi nn
wild pitch. Pierson was wilder in this
dnninc than in any succeeding. He
fielder died on the sack when Poole
struck out and GooCh went out. Pier
son to MUNICH.
Make Two RIMS in Third.
In the third inning came two hits
and two runs for Richmond. Scanlon.
Baker singled and stole base. An
error by Wharton in center field let
in Scanlon. Baker came home on
Browns second single in two times at
hat. Brown and Daushton We're
caught in fast double play, Mccain
DO Black 10 Munich. Jim Poole got
but Gooch retired the side by a long
ny TO center field.
The Indians scored again in the SIXTH
and seventh. In the sixth Daughton
Poole's single and scored on Pays sin
gle kraemer made the. star play OF
the game when ne caught a long ny
from Gus li!lis bat in left field mat
would have gone FOX two bases had
there been a Slower man in his place.
Catch Poole Tint-Tootcd.
Two more TALES came in the
seventh, probably because the large
crowd got up and stretched, following
"a custom OF long standing. Abbott
Eot base on balls and was sacri-
feed by Scanlon and came home on
Bakers three base hit 70 right field.
Baker himself scored on the hit when
BLACK. second haseman. Intercepted the
throw and pegged wide 10 nome plate.
giving Baker lots Of room TO get in
Runs for the Indians were in the
offinE IN the eighth, but ihey never
unaterialtzcd- Poole got his second
single Of The day; but was caught of
first like bush-leaguer when he
went TOO far on Gooch's fly TO right
field and could not get back TO first
before O!dr!ng had begged q Munch
Two games Viii BE- played today.
The openins game viii begin Al 2;$c
o'clock. ben4.r wiz pitch. NIagalis
Will probably f.Lrl the second fray for
rhe Indians, Kubc Oldrin% will send
hack his best bet. GUllman, In one of
ahe games and Eekcrt in the other.