The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-08
From Richmond, 5 to 2.
by ERNEST POLLARD

VII gTaCeQ the SIdnuS ana UledIASiS
az the start OF yesterdays festivities
I'M honor OF Chief Bender. tradition
vas upset On such occasions the
home club invariably loses. as history
OF the national game will show us,
al Yesterday was by no means an
exec ption. With the Chippewa lead
er breezing them along like smooth
.uin,ng auto. an easy winner in every
{ ME. 1t was thought that we were
dae to break away from the time
worn custom, but we didn't ans Ben
der lost his second game since he
took over the reins for Richmond,
tie Norfolk Tars capturing the con-
te 81 by score OF to 2.
= was goodly slice Of local fan
:, N th-t turned out to pay tribute
- Eichmond's popular leader. and
h the grandstand and biea cheers
ere taxed almost to their capacities.
The ,urnstiles show that there were
q. fortunately 5000 paid admissions,
while the number of ladies attending
the fair ones do not have no pay
on Thursday and Friday--is conser-
yatively estimated at FIVE hundred.
Norman johnson Speaks
Before the opening OF hostilitiss.
Norman johnson. who is a lawyer,
business man and editor. and does
various and sundry other things when
he is not handling the indicator for
w. b. Bradley in the Virginia league.
stepped out before the grandstand,
got from under his new Panama dis
playing his perfect bald head. and,
with all the pomp aud dignity hefit-
ting an occasion of this kind. burst
into oratory that would have made
Cicero and Demosthenes turn green
with envy had these heroes of by
~ane days been attendant upon that
little affair today.
After asking his fellow citizens,
fans and fannies to lend him their
e'-s. and telling how he boiled over
With pride on having been selected
to deliver the GRAFTON on the day Of
All days on the pastiming grounds. the
umpire lawyer business man-editor
launched bouquet shower in the di-
rection OF the hero OF the occasion.
r.. bestowed praises upon the Rich
rennti leader and upon owner Ben
y. Wilson who In responsible for
-hmond having baseball here. He
l. the fans that they are the clean
-. sports that Richmond has ever
H. I. after which he presented Bender
f. I'm Mr.. Wilson. The fans called for
a speech. but the chief responded
with a couple OF bows to the stands
It'd yelled. 1T can't be done" and
IL 1T 20 at that. Before this the
chief was presented with handsorn e
Shriner's pin by Buchanan & Sons.
local jewelers. He also received the
following articles from Richmond
merchants. silk shirt. Burke & Co.
1 necktie. Jacob & Levy; hat, Budd
la, store; l box cigars, Mike Scher;
boz cigars. Abe Scher: box cigars.
Sparks / box cigars. Helistern Bros:
nd ! box Personality cigars from
err Well Cigar Co. Another pres
an admirer from North Carolina. who
came all the way from the Old North
State to see the chief pitch yesterday.
Interest In Contests.
Considerable interest was shown in
The stunts that were pulled OF before
the game. Lefty Magalis. the young
portsider from Roanoke, sprung a
surprise on the strong-arm boys by
heaying the ball far enough togather
in = IS gold piece offered to the win
neT OF this event Jim Poole was
second and Gus Hin third. Napier
carried OH the honors in the fungo-
hitting contest. Moran and Daugh-
ton tied for frst place In the base
running event, each circling the sacks
in fourteen and one-half seconds.
which il very fast time. Each was
gwen IS. ~ was Napier for capturing
his event The bag race was dis
pensed with because Of the lateness
OF the hour.
some attribute Bender's defeat yes
to-day to Old Man Tradition, while
others are prone to believe that he
stirred around too nauch overseeing
the contests before the hostilities
opened. But whatever II happened
10 IS, It was most unkind for the chief
had the worst day IN the box since he
3oined the Richmond club. During
most Of the game the local leader un-
corked few things that the visitors
could not hit. and they hung up no
Less than m even dozen safeties. one
third OF them going for extra sacks.
They started after him in the second
inning and then In the fourth they
Welded their hludgeons again with
telling effect. II was bad day for
the chief, and though there was bang
up fielding behind him the home boys
dtdn't have q chance with the visit
tors The chief was Just of, and in
spite OF the fact that his proteges
tried hard at times to even matters
mp with the invaders, their efforts
proved futile.
Baker Makes Impression.
The fans saw one new face In the
Richmond lineup in the person of
Jease Baker, diminutive infielder.
WE looked after the third base situa-
s>on Tor the Colts In practice he
brought plaudit after plaudit from the
srandstand and he did likewise dur
ine the game. He IL a great little
player, and he cannot only handle
himself with any on the league on
third base, but he can hit the ball.
He rot one Of Richmond's six hits
Yesterday ana drove out two more
that only spectacular fielding pre-
vsnted safeties.
one 81 tho outstanding features OF
vasterday's game was the hitting of
brown. Brownie went TO bat four
tiines ana contributed q double and
two singles - his part Of the days
w0rk. All Of them were right on the
ncSs Gus Hill. Abbott and Baker
eof Riehmond'a other three hits Of
C1lnoo0n = Creat Form.
lloton. Norfoik's premier hurier.
i1a-Nverything his own way during
ut q the game and the locals were
- q ~ much with his offerings.
n 33yaooy khey hlt the ball hard
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