Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-21
COLTS SECURE REVENGE
BY DEFEATING BUFFALO
Richmond Players Discover Batting
Eyes and Win . to f-Ganic Went
Only Six and Onc.IInlf Innings.

Christopher Columbus sailed tho
ocean blue in lise. discovered this
S5sat continent n"9m wnr : n tnS
lives. and brought great joy to tho
royalty oil Spain; 50 yesterday after
room Lee Gooch's Richmond Colts
Boulevard Field. and proceeded TO
show the Buffalo international
League ciub "a few tricks OF the great
short OF it il that Richmond defeated
the class IA boys by the score OF
There may nave been no rejoicing
on the part OF royalty. but there
WAS considerable citation among few
OF the faithful, ans. who braved
dIssgreeablc elements to cheer the
that the team gathered by Gooch
possessed such "a ,punch as II dis
played yesterday. but; TNe, hioremen-
TONED band o. faithful believed IL
Messing several ,cNhihi,ion hati!ea in
which the local team looked woe
C"lt> Hated and Ficidcd Well.
Richmond as a team put up the
best Ea!ne g: the season. both in
batting and fielding. The players
Clipped the deliveries OF Pitchers
Harschey and Ahrens; for nine safe
tory 10 the fans. but the Colts did
not stop with Their offensive work.
They played a perfect game in the
held. and several sensational field
ing stunts were pulled by the locals.
Angels Arracon. "A native OF Cuba.
was the real hero OF the battle, The
Scrappy little iniicldcr blIzcd the
hittins trail with four safe blows
IN as many times al hat and showed
the fans why the New York
Yankees drafted him from the Rich
mond internationals several ear
ago. He secured one of the longest
hits of the year when he i:!pled to
riShtccnter field in the second inning
on his second apnearance at the
inning scoring Smith and not con-
tented with a pair OF hits secured
TWO more>s!ngies during the game
giving him a perfect average.
Iinr>chcr Hated .ibont.
Pitcher HarSchcr was easy pick
:nSs for the Colts. vino scored two
runs In the first inning. Jcase Baker
was walked and came home when
smith triplcd 10 center. 'Ty' cross
ed the plate when .Arragon singled.
The locals drew 4 blank in the sec
ond inning, but in the third chapter
Smith paved the Way for the
slaughter by walking ana scored on
ArraSon's triple. liarschcr walked
Gooch. Daushton and Miller, whey
Massey. the new catcher, singled. Ra-
cons single cOuntcd Miller. The
pitcher was out, third Ia second, on
Bakers roller. Smith came up FOR
the second time IN the third and
ended the inning. Stuart having fan
ned, by rolling one IL Sargent. who
cut Baker Of at second.
Nothing short Of phenomenal de-
scribes the work OF the pair Of Rich
mond h%ui!ers, Bacon and Maealis.
The first named allowed but one hit
in five innings and only one man
reached second on him. Lofty"
aSal!s went IN N the beginning of
the sixth and allowed the Bisons' TO
secure two hits and their only coun-
ter. The portSider wiggled himself
out OF a bad hole in the sixth.
Bisons scored In siAik.
G~!lhooley was walked and advanced
10 second when MaGal!S HIT Barney.
r.. Miller singled and the bases were
h!lcd with no one down. Jacobs and
Dowd famed, but McCarren singled
and Gi!hooley scored. Sargent went
out at rrst base on a roller to Ar
ago
Pitcher Ahrcns relieved Harscher
after the third inning and kept the
Colts away from the home plate in
the last three frames of the game,
which was called after Buffalo had
battcd in its half of the seventh.
Lee Gooch. the Colts pilot. made
the first unassisted double play OF!
his baseball career in the seventh
he came in on G~!lhooley's fly and
-Ahrens, who had walked. was on sec
ond when Gooch caught the fly. The
manager trotied in and tagged first
base ending the game.
Buffalo left here last night for
West Point where they took a
steamer for Baltimore and will ouen
Inc season in the Monumental CITY
this afternoon.