Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
COLTS END PERFECT week
BY DEFEATING SUFFOLK
Richmond Captures Sixth Straight
Victory and Third From Suffolk
by D-to-2 Score.

TIC OIL Iltcne I
Collins for twelve hits Richmond de-
teated Suffolk yesterday afternoon. at
boulevard Field. for the third con-
sscu,ire time. by the score OF . to. 2.
II was the sixth straight victory for
the Colts and they closed the week
Lefty" Kircher went to the box
for Richmond and won his NTH game
for nine snfeties By tho visiting team,
hut kept them we'll scattered. except
In the ,hird inning when suffolk put
across us FIRST run. The visitors
when they secured two hits. The
third and the eighth innings were
tha only ones In which the Cats"
TeHlstereh more than one binglc.
hirchcr hit Two batkmen and did not
Walk Il man.
First Saturday Victory.
Yesterdays victory was the first
the Colts have won on Saturday
since the season started. There was
4 fair crowd In the stands. despite the
morning and lead many TO believe
that tile contest would be called Oft
hichmond started after Collins.
who Is considered one OF tho best
hurlcrS or the vis!tOrS' stan. in the
hrst inning. when the home team put
ono run across the plate. jesse Bak-
or, opened by walking and reached
third when Holmes sacrificed. The
second had not the Suffolk inheldcra
loft third base uncovered Jim Poole
famed. but Lee Got:h scored Baker
By singing.
Two moIc runs were added by the
Colts in the second inning. Stuart
singled and Daughton beat out IA
hunt Abbott laid another in front
OF the plate and he reached first. MI
ting the Eases. k!rcher scored s,uar.
and Daugh;on By doubling 10 left
field. Baker attempted TO bunt Alb
hott across. bu; he flied TO Collins
and the latter doubled Abbott OFF
third Holmes ended the inning By
nying t? center held.
suffolk scored It's first run In their
half Of the third. strain a!ngled and
Was sacrificed 10 second by Collins.
lie went TO third when Kelly singled.
Gartncr flied out. but Crow singled
and strain crossed the plate. \.
Baker TO stuart TO J. Poole. Baker
coming in on the ball and knocking
It into the hands of stuart.
For the third time during the
down in the fourth cleared the left
field frncc, while Gooch repeated in
the seventh after two men had eeen
retired. No men were on the bases
when tho wailops came.
Cuban InncIdcr Hurt.
Angels Arragon. Cuban inGeIder.
retired from the Richmond lineup
IL the NTH inning when nc pulled
n tendon after making great stop
OF Strains grounder. The third
hasenan stopped the ball with his
Eiovcd hand. put IL pulled him over
and he was forced to retire from the
line-u.. stuart replaced the Cuban
and Rusty" Bacon Went TO second
ia place of Luke.
BACON was responsible for the only
run the Colts made in the fifth;
Gooch was hit by pitched bah and and
Tor TWO bases. The Colts completed
their scoring In the seventh and
eighth. innings. Gooch's home run ac-
counted for one tally in the seventh.
while Bacon's single. his stolen base
ana errors by Collins and Schubert
resulted in the other.
The runs in the eighth were scored
when kirChcr singled 10 right Hello.
The pitcher was forced AT second
when Baker hii TO shortsop and was
safe at first. Holmes hunted 10
second base, but Gartner fumblcd the
ball and both runners We're safe. Jim
Poole sent screaming double TO
deep left field. scoring both Baker
and Holmes. Gartuer made his second
error Of the inning on Gooch's line
drive and Poole went 10 third.
Rusty" Bacon, the home-run king.
whitfield wildly N three swift ones,
retiring the side.
Gartner scored Sunolk's last run
OF the game in the eighth inning.
The second basc,nan was hit by KIT
cher. took second on y. Poolc's SIN
gle. and scored when Mack singled.
4. Poole, Suffolk's center fielder,
Was the individual star OF the game
In the iield. He accepted several OH ,
fcu!t chances. Strain and Poole led
the visitors in batting. each getting
three hits out Of four times UP.
IIclmOnh SUFFOLK.