Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
SPORTS
SPIDERS LOSE CAME
TO LAFAYETTE TEAM
Harry Carter Proves Individual
Star OF Contcst-Scorc
., Was B to -.

Harry Carter. Il TALL Stocklly built
Individual. who plays center field on
the Richmond College baseball team,
today deserves tho crown OF hero OF
the game yesterday afternoon mt
boulevard Field. which the Lafayette
team won from the Spiders by the
score of To ..
Yes. that same Carter who tore
through the opposing line In foot
ball and established himself as one
of the best football players In Vir-
,glnih circles last year is the ind!-
fidual who distinguished himself in
the nine innings of play yesterday
afternoon.
one reads of in fiction. lie failed
to como 10 the bat with the bases
loaded In the final chapter and with
the count three and two. smack out
home run and bring victory 10 his
team. But. nevertheless. Carter is
hero. He gave one OF he greatest
exhibitions seen At Boulevard Field
In many u day. when he tied for the
batting honors of the day with his
teammntc. Captain Hugo Blanks in
ship, and not content with this stood
the bruut OF the defensive work or
his team.
Carter Ficldcd supcrbly.
Carriers defensive work for the
afternoon consisted OF four putouta
not appear out of the ordinary. but
when II is considered that the center
fieldcr'B work kept the Lafayette
team from scoring at least three runs
his performance cannot be given too
much praise. In the second and NTH
innings Harry chased after long flies
OF Woibach and Carney and captured
both with apparent ease. In the
sixth inning and again in the seventh
the big fellow pulled the prettiest
plays of the game.
B!ebcr opened the former stanza
b. being retired via the str,keout
route, but HowHcr singled Snead
famed Ganzelia and Reeves singled
to center field Bieber took Il chance.
rounded sccond and dashed madiy for
third base. but Carter came tearing
Ia. and while on the run threw TO
Towill. killing Bieber at the look-in
station.
There are quite a fcw persons who
have untold faith In preHentmant.
and POSSIBLY Frank Dobson. coach
OF the Spiders. is one of these indi-
riduals. for in the very noxt inning
he shifted Carter from center to left
field. and the outer-gardcner hardly
had stationed himself in position be-
fore he had another chance to ng-
ure In the other nelding feature OF
tae game.
Hummer Caught Mt Second.
Bradshaw. frst w. pasted one TO
the left-acid fence. and he rounded
first and attempted to stretch the
WALTON into n two-baggcr. but Car
ter outguessed the runner again. and.
waiting for tho ball TO hit the fence
md rebound Into his hands. caught
tho hitter at the midway station.
This was the last chance Harry had
To figure In sensational play our
HIS work WAS not done. for In the
next inning he came TO bat and Sc
cured hts third single OF the game,
having hit safely In the second ana
fourth stanzas.
1t was Il great exhibition the Spi-
ders and Lafayette put up. and 10
the losing aggregation there must
be given credit and consider bic cred
Il. The SPIDERS got behind in the
early stages OF the game. and nj
though they did not overcome the
. lead taken by the visitors. the West
hampton team continued TO fight and
'battled Lafayette furious!y.
Pitcher Sncad got in bad In the
opening stanza when the visitors put
their first run over the plate. VOL
bach started the trouble by doubling
TO LEFT field He was sacrificed 10
third by Wells and scored when
BoW!es, after making beautiful
stop OF a hard grounaer from the
bat OF Carney. neglected to throw
the ball home.
Sncad Kept Head.
Snead hit the first batter. iIowser.
In the second inning. and Gazelia
singled. Both men moved up = peg
when Blankinship allowed one OF
Snead's slants TO get By him. With
men on second and third ibid nobody
out, Snead's position WAS not to be
envied but the former Fork Union
player stcadied himself and famed
the next two batters. The crowd
nod al n hnf
but then one OF those unfortunate In
cidents characteristic OF baseball
took place. Meyer lifted tioater to
Shorts;op Jones. and the latter drop
ped IL. with the result that both
Howzer and Gazella scored.
Richmond College came nearly
scoring in its half OF tho second.
Carter started the inning with a
single and took second when Snoad
duplicated. The last named was
caught off base a moment later. when
Catcher Bradshaw called for n pitch
out. Carter advanced TO third on
Blankinship's intield out, but died
there as Bowles went out. .r.-. 4
GazeiIn Hit Home Run.
Lafayette added another run in the
fourth stanZa. when Gazella secured
the longest hit OF the game. home
run to deep center field. Richmond
College put its first run across in the
same Stanza. Snead beat OUT an in
field roller and taking a good lead
scored when Blankinship. singled to
the outiield. the Lafayette helders
loafing on the JOB.
Captain Blankinship and Harry
Carter accounted for the last run Of
tho game for the Spiders in the sixth
inning. The latter was first. up and
got on by singing. He stole second
and scored easily when Blankinsh!p,
doubled to left field.
Snead pitched mastcrful game
from the fourth inning through the
eighth and Lafayette should not have
scored it's nth run In the ninth inn
ing. Reeves singled after two men
vera out and stole second. Blankin-
shin in an attonpt to catch the run
nar threw wide Of second base and
he scored.
Lafayette. Richmond College:
All II O a. Alb II q A.
walden. 2b. s Total ..;.g ioI