The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-03
BY Ernest Pollard.

SlhoVH, OOWulnS the PORTSMOUTH
Truckers in both ends Of the two
pronged affair at boulevard Field.
making 1t . clean sweep over h Wis
Nors with Ave straight victories and
incidentally pulling Farmer Hooper
and his Tidewater crowd down from
the exalted pedestal they have been
occupying for nor than a week. As
q result OF the double win the Colts.
together with the Newport News
shipeuiiders. moved UP to the upper
most round OF the Virginia league lad
der. It Is the rrst time the Colts have
been, even tied for first place this sea
Hon. and before the series opened with
portsmouth the Colts were resting
peacefully in the cellar, while the
Truckers were at the top of the heap.
Chief Bender applied the kalsomine
brush to the erstwhile league leaders
IN the opening engagement. but the
local talent did not have a walkover
In the closing battle by any means. In
fact. most of the fan thought they
were destined for an even break until
the Colts came back in the ninth.
Staged another Of their rallies
and pulled a victory from the very
JAWS OF defeat Like In the last game
Of the double header Thursday. 1t was
the work OF Tommy Abbott and Chief
Fender. appearing in the lineup In
the role OF pinch-hitters that started
things for the home club. and 1t was
the Top to right field with the has
socks loaded by little G~ustavius Hill
that sent the desired number Of runs
across.
~ Richmond Fans Go Wild.
With the score standing 3 to .
against the Colts. Abbott. batting for
Catcher Walsh. drove one at Shaufel
that was entirely too hot for him to
handle and the local catcher was safe,
Render one at the ~first-sacker
that also had too much steam on it
and both he and Abbott were safe.
Brownie put down a hunt and beat 1t
out. filling the bases. Little Gus Hill
then came forth and poled one down
the right field line. sending Abbott and
Bender across the plate with the two
runs necessary to capture the game.
h II was another one OF those finishes
read about In magazines, n II was a
httin0 ending for the most successful
r-eek for the local club this season.
1t VAS Ar ending that caused the s.
fa..fans 10 go Wild. and before Gus
Hsl rot back to the dugout he was
I-nbbed by the frenzied rooters. II
the little right-nesder's shoulders
aren't sore. this morning 1t Is not be-
cause the fans didn't rap him hard
sSough. Gus Is popular here anyway.
bit that binglc he contributed at the
arpeftune moment put him many de-
greAs higher In their estimation, II
reh was possible.
nas to the Colts hang-un exhibit
MS against the Portsmouth crowd IN
three previous games this week.
nth the grandstand and bleachers
re taxed to their utmost capacities
Yesterday afternoon and there was
ese.s crowd strung along the fence
V. - H2x ~ H.. Az-a
tens the uynpires had to order the
wemd back. Someone remarked that
Esrhmoud had gone baseball mad. and
- isn't far wrong. Fer the FIRST time
see the old Virginia league days. the
2, ~ are giving the club their full sup
r vt, and are now really behind the
4 ana. The exhibitions during the
series with Portsmouth were the best
that have been secn In Richmond In
many years, tossing in the days when
! j we're pastiming in the nternational
league.
seventeenth For bender.
ra:ef Bender, hung w his seven
ttsn,h win in the opening encounter.
rnl he had less trouble defeating the
truckers yesterday than in any OF
other games this season. The In
I an had the visitors completely at his
r*crcy from start to finish, once in a
~yasle he would let UP a bit on them
hnc let them slip In a bingie or two.
h.t. when it came to scoring the
--uckers just weren'U there" Only
II one inning did the visitors do any
i.%-eatening and that came after the
$, two men had gon out. Only nve
Is were given up In this encounter,
ana the chief caused no less than nine
of the Portsmouth crowd to strike out.
E~.chnnond's had the Truckers
hacked from the very start and their
m3.wsu - SrAYa WAYA faehlA m cav the
least. AZ q matter OF fact. they were
hear when the chief selected q ball and
wAlke into the box.
Tho Colts continued their mad hit
ting, getting ten in the opening game
and eleven In the second. In the open
er Brown got a couple out Of four
trips to the plate and Jim Poole had
4 clean slate. getting two out of as
many legal trips to the plate. He was
walked twice on purpose with men on
second base. Moran came through
With I double and single in this con-
test. his two.base affair coming with
two out In the opening inning after
poole had been walked by McGloughlin.
But for Magalis' witness In the
csosin1 encounter he would never have
bren scored on. From the nrst frame
through the sixth he allowed the Wis
l1ces but one safe hit. that being OF
~ scratch variety. In the seventh
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1900 on halls. and those. coupled with
~ safs kuock and q couple of errors
81 brownie gave the vf4itors their
IEyAe runs. In the eighth one more
St vas ~garnered from his offerings.
RSakinx three in all for the game.
2nralis rot two OF them back him
Iaaf Il bat driving two yer second
sSaA for safetiss. When Magalis got
8ssa ever the plate the visitors could
x6thiue with him. and during most
- innings he experienced little or
trouble in retiring the I'D In good
S6aer. From the third through the
ISrth innings not : single Trucker
~ a far a. the initial sack. Though
struck out but four men. he had
Sa ,nopping up in hne style and
TSSran better than he has at any
SIne time this n1ason.
@f1 VA Sam Daughton that led the
Sfinx Ia the second game. gathering
HSSo lxss thai three safe knocks out
quartet Of tries. Brown rot two
|RxGf three In this engagement. and
y Nagsils rot the sams number.
NnE WIN n First.
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k1nnine n the initial GaSnN.
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