Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-21
FANS WITNESS INITIAL
EXTRA INNING CONTEST
Richmond and Norfolk Battle
4 Eleven Frames Without Verdict
Being Rcachcd-Scorc, = to =.


! skipper Br!beck and his Norfolk
Tnrs opened the series with the Rich
5mond Colts yesterday afternoon at
Boulevard Field by holding the local
steam to n tie score. The score was
20 to mt tho end OF the eleventh IN
lining. Darkness caused Umpire Guyon
L to end the struggle, and the first
kcxtrs-lnninE game played here this
q season passed into history
n Yesterdays affair was ono OF me
Il best games seen here in many day.
s Pitcher Tcrhune. of Norfolk, and Lee
r Stone, for tho Colts. staged one OF me
f pretticst pitchers battles ever VIII
+ messed here which was ended when
i the Colt hurler had 10 retire in tho
eighth inning after having been hNrt
Il sliding into first base.
Twelve Tars Retired.
h For four innings stone turned the
4 men facing him in that length OF
|'timc. while Tcrhunc. although he was
L a triflc wild. did not allow hit until
|sthe seventh inning Both hurlers
Cnvc a great exhibition and each
hurried n hiSh-class brand of base
Neither side won and the result,
|.turned out rs II should have. Nor.
|ifolk secured the breaks ana scored
Rtwo runs before the Richmond team
|tcovld fathom the delivery OF Ter.
|ihure. Richmonds runs resulted
|ifroin two errors, a sacrincc hit anu
Ia double by Luke Stuart, Had not
|sthese breaks intcrferred. the teams
Knight be playing yet
Fl Break number one for Norfolk
Ecame in the fifth inning when the
|STars scored their FIRST run ana the
Einitial counter Of the game. Man
EaEcr Bribeck, the first batter TO face
EStone in the firth, smacked line
|sdrive TO center field. Smith came In
ION the ball. but 1t hit in from; OF him
Hand bounded over his shoulder the
|tbatter stopping OF third base. krae-
! ,mar was retired. Arragon 10 Poole,
Hand Bribcck was held at third base.
Itwith one man out and Briheck rest
Hing on third. the Colts inncld came
lin for "A hunt, but Surnma fooled them
| Hand hit just out OF the reach Of Luke
iStuart. and Bribcck scored. Summn
| twas caught attempting to steal.
| iDevans was tanned. ending the in
ming.
Break number two for Norfolk
1 same in the seventh inning. Corcoran
limit 10 Lee, field. after feathers had
I,skied to Daughton, and tho bal.
| (which was hard hit. went. through
Sam Daughton and the hat.nr-s'onprh
ION second base. Rrihcck Was walked.
l,Corcoran scored when kracmar hit
| ito right field with Kracnar on FIRST
Hand Bribcck on second. Summn lined
Ito Baker and the Colts shorineldcr
Itouchcd second, doubling Brlocck.
Colts Score I'm seventh.
Richmond secured a brace of
breaks In its hal: OF the seventh.
Poole was SAFE when Terhune muffed
| his easy roller. Leathers let BacOn's
|iroller get by him and both men We're
Iisafe With no one down, Arragon
iadvanced Poole and Bacon base.
stBoth scored when Luke Stuart dou-
,bled to the left-contcr field fence.
ItDaurhton and Abbott were easy outs.
Neither side scored again during
the game. but the Colts failed TO take
eighth and tenth frames. In the
eighth, Stone and Baker beat out
inield hits, hut Smith hit 10 second
base ana Jesse was cut of at the
midway station. .Ty" was safe at
first. Poole and Bacon were easy
outs.
Kircher, who assumed the pitching
duties in the ninth inning, doubled
/ TO lcft-ccnter field in the tenth. after
Abbott had been retired. He at
tempted to score from second on =
short single by Baker and was
thrown our AZ the plate. Baker go
/ Ing to second on the thrown-in
Smith ended The inning ey Tying out
to Third HaScman CorCornn.
Colts Protest Decision.
Strenuous protests on the part OF
the Richmond players in the NTH in
ming halted the game for several
minutes. Arragon was called out
Attempting TO steal second. but the
Colts cnntendod Second Bascman
Devans dropped the ball and cmpha-
sized the tact strongly 10 Umpire
Guyon