Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-24
COLTS LOSE TIGHT GAME
TO SUFFOLK IN THE NINTH
Stone Allows Visitors Only Four
Iiits-Kirclcr Bats for Pitcher
in l'inAl Inning.

,
for YOU this morning ]; is al buiit
around Lee Stone and "a defeat the
Richmond Colts suffered at the hands
noon. at Boulevard Ficld, by the
score OF 3 10 The first piece OF
hard luck~fs that stone only allowed
the invadin. hosts from Catvii.c four
litt!c singles. set he lost his game.
while the Colts made "a tnta, Of seven
hits. and IN" best they could do was
TO score two runs.
While "c all feel mighty sorry
for stone. who hurled his hyst game
In several days. rs he has been out
or the game with an injured wrist.
there also is much gloom in the local
camp OWING to the fact that our
own team Is in third place as re-
suit of yesterdays game. The VIC
tory also allowed suffolk TO even IA"
srrics. The Colts were in Gr3t place
yesterday morning. bu, Petersburg
and Portsmouth went ahead OF them
because they licked the, Wilson to-
Dacco ~buGs and the Newport New
shIpbu!ldcrs respectively.
Hrcnks Against Itichmond.
~" excuses are being showed for
ward for the dc"cat OF the home team.
Wei TO explain how Richmond
dropped the contest. The Suffolk
team managed 10 get all the breaks
OF the game. and they In large
team winning. Several times the
Colts had chances TO put the game
nway. but each time the breaks went
the other way. and they could no:
score much needed run.
ON more than one occasion did
things break wrong ior the home
BOYS. but the toughest biz OF base
bali occurred In the eighth inning.
The Colts threatened to rally in Ting
+. chapter. and had II not been fo-
Pitcher Lloyd they might have done
Poolo' were on base. no one had been
iclirch. aud Ice GoOch Was q, the
pa'. The Suffolk !niield Insisted on
playing in for a hunt, but Lloyd.
knowing the hating qualities OF the
Richmond pilot. took matters Ia his
own hands and ordered them back.
Ills icammnte. obcycd, and they were
glad they had a minute later. i.cC
took a vicious cut at The ball and
lined 10 Dee Al second base. The
guardian Of the keystone sack
whipped the bali 10 Davies a, first
base. and POOLE was caught In a
double play. Angels" Arracon
proved AN easy out. Il happened that
Lloyd had guessed correctly and
saved the day FOR his team.
FIRST Inning Lively.
Proceedings became lively In tho
FIRST Inning W. Poole worked stone
for a waIk and was sacrificed TO
out but w. Poole went to laird when
stone made wild pitch. lie died
there though. as strain was out, J.
Poole 20 stone, on a nice play by the
The Colts squeezed one run acro..s
IN their half Of tho nrs, without "a
hit Baker was hit by Lloyd. and
sacrificed 10 second by Smith lie
took third when Jim Poole hit "a long
iiy tn center ncld. and scored when
Black allowed the throw to go
through him.
suffolk cvened matters IN TN.
fourth frame and scored their only
earned run Of the game. strain hit
hard drive just over second. lcssc
Ia, ltNs I.f. -f,Ntt, 81
AGED 10 stop the ball. but could not
catch tn" runner ut first. D"nscn
moved him to second with sacrifice
hit. Eiack famed. but Dec singled
10 right heid and strain crossed tile
plate.
SuNoik scores twice.
visiting team on Is way 10 two runs
in the sixth. The little third Das.-
man vas guilty o. one OF his occ:t-
aiona! errors. allowing Davies %
reach FIRST base. y Poole hit TO
Stone aud tho pitcher attempted 4"
cut Davies OF at second. The throw
another Wild pitch at this crucial
m9m"n, and both runners advance
a haS" strain followed with a ain
n Poole going 10 third. benson
laid one down The first base line and
y. Poole scored. BLACK hit into II
double play by lining to !. POOLE. who
caught strain of second
History has repeated itself on q.
number OF occasions and II seemed
as IL The Colts were going TO s:ace
another rally in the ninth inning
and pull the gam. out OF the nre. w
Poole muned Luke Stuart's easy ny
and Sam Daughton walked Tommy
Abbott attempted TO move his team
mates nlons by hunting: but fitted
one TO duncan Nike" kirchcr was
a long fly To y Poole in center Held.
stuart advanced TO third on tha out
Jesse Baker came through in ih..
pinch with Il two-baSc MT to lnft
field and stuart crossed the p,..tc
DauEht0n took third on the walton.
Tho Suffolk iniicld started a consul
tation with Pitcher Lloyd and Dauy!,-
ton bOltcd for home. The pitc Irr
turned and whipped the bail -
Catcher Duncan and Daughton was
caught at the plate. ending the gam.