The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-28

-lhe Iachrymose heavens took
Shrsxrtink spell yesterday and the
Iaakie& smiled just long enough 10 ena-
NE Mouse Head skipper OF the oardue
Hfary Jane, to make port with a AZ
via over our haInpered Colts
Noaae- Head appears In the lineup as
EehwartS. manager and hrst ea&eman
mi the roilicking Goes. but MS .eam
mates and Bill Martin have dubbed
hin otherwise. 20 why argue II isn't
Apf nickname. SO We didn't act Rims
Lardner wise and request his permits
son.
ss,s Aith oueh twill MIX the metaphors
most markedly, the temptation 10 too
A4Song not to mention that the going
was heavy for the Gotta Anyone who
was there will agree The held was
the proverbiai sea Of mud" and the
Norfolk club could be apuy referred
nc a. -mudlarks" were they not al
ready equipped for saudgy Jobs by
their name OF Gobs.
The Kare started at s o'clock. after
the skies had as good as promised to
ouit leaking for the day. but the Goos
crAyers prevailed and the deluge start
"a again in the sixth. with the Colts
tagging behind a two-run lead.
Although the contest was rather
ycunk and the track slow. the game
vas net devoid OF features. II the
Gohs hadn't Eummed the game by
scoring after the fourth and the
Colts had preserved the conspiracy ny
RETAINING from tallying in tho NTH.
The kame would have been unique In
modern baseball chronicles
chief Albert Bender has figured in
victories ever since taking his reck-
les dive into the bush Not only has
he pitched seven consecutive wins. with
no defeat to mar his record. but his
warciuo has aided and ahetted tho
Colts in numerous other victories.
But the meddlesomenes of tho Colts
and Gobs In scoring superfousiy yes
tsrdav cheated Charles the GhaprswA
from losing. single handed. Dali
game. His error did not AFFECT the III
innate result, but neither did the sub
Secuent scoring Of the two clubs. The
count would have been TO Q. whereas
n was I to 2.
The play which would have made
Bender Temporarily famous occurred
Ia the fourth and was of the type
which would surely have drawn tine
IL It would not have to be self-in-
Aicted. feathers walked and stole
second for himself Grotey lifted
soggy, spongy. slow and easy pop ny
between third and short and Chief
Albert elected himself 70 receive. the
bali. resigned 70 capture pEepaFeu
70 settle comfortably in Alberts
roomy paw. but the chief disdained
to place both food conveyors on it.
pseved. the pill squirmed out Of the
enc ast and on 10 the ground. The
chief looked properly chagrined and
probably felt mortified because there
was no one TO sine him.
ABBOTT Is GREENOCGH
LATE OF YALE UNIVERSITY
Connolly. next up. lifted a low
foul tip directly back of Tomm.
Ereenough. nee Abbott. and Tomm,
made a wonderful play by lungins
backward and speasing it with one
hand Balienger etrolled ant
feathers scored while Bender wa
tossing Mouse-Head out at first.
Tommy has at last lifted the cur
tain OF mystery that surrounded hi
appearance In Richmond under thu
piebian n1onicker of Albeit on
glance at Toms slim grace and aristo
cratic features was enough TO con
vince anyone that his name wal
Greenough. or something to tina
general effect. but Tom was forced Il
travel under his misleading alias b.
threatened complications If a certain
other ball club found that he was on
Of the army and playing ball again
Now that the afore- enttoned bal