The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
Richmond Colts Move Closer
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!. TO Virginia League Pennant ),
by Capturing TwoMore Games
King Swat Enjoys Luscious Feast Boulevard Field Colts
Making No Less Than Thirty Safeties and Winning Con-
by Scores Of 10 and to BENDER and Magahs
Are the Winning Pitchers.
BY Ernest Pollard.

Are the Winning Pitchers.
s.'s BY Ernest Pollard.
Never did Rtchmond's chances for
the coverted gonfalon loom UP so
gigantic ~ did they yesterday after
icon out At Boulevard held when the
Cote bree3ed across the tape twice q
wilmer over the Suffolk Rubes, and
accidentally making it q clean sweep
U four contests with the forces Of
kube Oldring. Never before this sea
Nm have the Colts looked so much
hike real pennant contenders, and they
tucceeded In injecting more ginger
into their playing than In any previ-
Gus performance during the season
here's the way the game ended: 1
Richmond, 10; Suffolk, 4.
Richmond. 4; Suffolk. /.
Al . result OF these two additional
victories from the invaders. the
Lofts moved = bit closer to the Vir-
s4nia league nag for the shipbuilders
1t last succeeded IN handing one drub-
% the Norfolk Tars. This extra game
~ the Mary Jane crew Of Mouse
Come" Schwartz helped considerably
TOR the Colts have a hard series be-
sore them next week
During the afternoon at Boulevard
rampage and enjoyed one OF the most
tDctous feasts OF which the cid man
- paftaken for many moons in our
yrn baseball pasture. Both the
Epfts and Ruebes had their bludgeons
sorlxing overtime during the after
room. but the Colts were the chief
sfenders against the slabmen, which
bcc0unts for tho double-barreled vic
trsy. Runs also came thick and fast
Ia the two entertainments. but hits
proved to be more promiscuous. the
Colts garnering no less than thirty
t1ring the afternoon. Sixteen were
eek1stered in the opening game and
fourteen fell from the sticks II the
boys In the closins affair
Usual Bender victory.
The curtain raiser proved to be
the usual Saturday Bender victory.
II b the same old stereotyped story.
The chief hsd the visitors looking
like everything else but u good base
tai team whenever ne felt like 1t, and
70 won his game. That's about all
that can be said these days. The
chief pitches and ne wins. He pitches
according to the number OF runs his
team 10 getting. and yesterday ne
Let up on the visitors In the last
ssages Of the affair when victory for
H. home club was inevitable
" N the second MaEalis, who gener-
9lfS Fperforms with the chief on the
0nfurdays, pitched ~ usual, and. like
- III Or the other occasions here. he
yveu. The Roanoke poftsider az
feYieneeA very little trouble. II any, In
acting : verdict. He pitched the
Ind Of baseball he always does.
With the exception Of the fewness OF
fsee tfausportations TO first yesterday
re Rubes took the lead on him only
Is have the Colts come right back
eth . vengeance and take II away
srogn them. A few minutes later
richmond took the lead for keeps,
Never was he In any serious dimculty.
~ enurse he had three men on
haees once with only one man out.
Mt he always does that. Like he
ssaarnlly does when disaster threat
~. Ne pulled himself out without
nv enemies scAmpering across the
Mate, He was the least generous OF
aev o. the pitchers during the after
noon. He allowed but ak hits
Lee Crow Entcrtains Fans.
when the Colts were not entertain
go ~. Anectators with their wallopa
Ill over the lot, Lee Grow, the dim
irrtfye third -sacker of the Ruees. en-
isvened things with his clown per
frrmances. He brought along cap
ristol with him. and got a lot OF run
out Of II. aside from keeping the
Sccupants OF the grandstand and
s:~snhers rolling IN hllarity Crow ID
80 IS unlike George Kircher. the
~rrtvhile Atlanta comedian, brought
nsra by Billy Smith in the Inter
rsSfnnal league days to entertain the
- "a 81 Richmond. He did, and 30 did
-. Crow. Some Of the birds stunts
NAre iust ~ clever Al those OF Ktr-
rslser ever dared to be. and they at
Srrdad the spectAtoes . lot Of pleasure.
~ even assisted the police cfhcers In
Clearing the left field between the
10 exhibitions.
oppcsing Chief Bender IN the
cnesing game was Collins, who is N
~ way related to the renowned Eddie
- = not 20 much unlike the famous
ssne,n d -sacker. II the youngster had
evvthine the Colts couldn't hit yes
t~rAay afternoon he failed to unbottle
q for reasons better known to him
seM The Colts didn't bother him
r,eaeh In the opening inning. chiefly
nsnause he couldn't hardly locate the
risfa. but from the second on they
SssSoved 4 considerable boost In their
ssnftinr average at the youngsters ex-
n1nce. Sixteen hits were annexed
~ the Colts while ne WaS 0oln8 e0f-
vika On the mound. and from them
rHyrne ten runs. When Bender was
announced an the pitcher for Rich
r.end the Rube conceded tho opening
ASnae TO the home boys and he pos
ss6ly thought that there was no use to
Axrrick his youngster. II wasn't un-
800 for him 10 allow him to remain
M Tor the home boys could have hit
~ best In the business Yesterday.
ThAy didn't take pity on any Of them.
q o. IN was also = bad day for Connie
Nack's recruits. Eckert and Gull
l1snn. both OF whom were sold to the
Tniiadelphia Athletics Friday, did the
Isnriinr for the SUFFOLK outfit In the
~ 1nnd game. and like their prede.
s.or on the mound. they failed to
NsSniay that thc Colts couldn't hit.
vscsert started on. but one Inning
THUTSd to u the extent OF his pitch
n ~ 6or the day. The Colts touched
3afa for Just . quartet Of hits In this
go frame and RUDE deemed it ad-
8sSsshie 10 chase him. sGuliman. his
sss8 Jeff chandler. Jared little better.
- f1sA seventh inning he faced the
exne boys No wac hit for no less than
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