Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-29
CHURCH HILL CAPTURES
CITY AMATEUR TITLE
Wins Honor for Second Con
secutirc Year-Eaglcs
Are Victims.
FINAL. nEs.LTIs EIGHT ro THREE
FRATERNITY Team Biows Up In EigSth
Inning-Thomas iiurls Mnstcrfui
Game for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Spoil
Losing Teams Chances.

Once moro the amateur baseball
decided and The old gloves stored
away in the attic until mex, spring.
Again the winners OF the CONNER
cial League penuant have won tho
honor and once more the church Tin
Athletic Club is the best baseball
team o. IA ByrI's Virginia Metro
polls. The East End Team took the
premier honor yesterday afternoon At
Boulevard Field by beating Tia,
Dixie Eagles. 5 % q. in thc second
game % the ti;ular series
Dr. Parker's ;cam jr.umphod in the
Commercial! League last year and
then defeated Richmond's best for The
title. How they fought their Way 10
the top OF the heap IN 1929 is a bit of
history. but how the Church Hin
team batilcd through the siiTeSt op-
position any local sandlot team has
encountered N rcccnt years TO win
the 1871 honor is fresh In the minds
az L ichmond's baseball loving public
More than = thousand fans, II large
MIN he- OF whom were women.
shr!ek,-; ana screamed yesterday as
the Dixie Eagles and Church Hm
wrote "aa!S- on amateur baseball in
Rich mono for 1921. II was a crowd
81 rAhri supporters that pulled for
their taYoritcs in tho ASSURE that has
been the scene of more than ono
stirring contest between local anna
teu- teams this summer.
Pitching Aces Take Mound.
Lefty" Thomas and lucky" 20
well. the hurlcrs who took part in a
great pitchers battle last Saturday
in, u IA. lf,t,- IN 4 >,
Hill and the Eagles respectively. 20
we'll and his team mates gave the
class IA team a stiff fight saturday
and for eight innings they put mn Il
great battle yesterday, the East End
crs holding tcnaciously to "A two-run
lead until tho next to the last chapiti
was reached.
church Hill located the offerings OF
Powell early, scoring two runs in the
first frame. Hicks began by sing
ling TO right and took second when
Wharton beat out an inticld tap. ollie
Devjne sent them one base nearer
the home plate by laying down II
hunt and Charlie strain scored Hicks
from third when he hit long fly 10
right field, which +. Timmons gath
cred In. The outhcldcr threw wild
10 home IN an effort 10 head Hicks
off and both Hicks and Wharton
scored.
Fighting Saturday AMI almost win
ming when IL appeared their cause
was lost, the EaT!es displayed this
same fEhting spirit yesterday. In
the third inning they registered three
unbicmished TALES. Powell ana
O'Conners singled and both scor"
on +. Rohinson's triple To right.
Knight was out on nm inh"ld roller,
but Robinson crossed the plate with
the run which put the fraternity team
in the lead.
Manager Ingc's Eagles remained in
front until the fourth chapter, when
the willow OF hcfty Rex TiEnur
threw cold blanket upon their juhi-
lation. Rex accomplished what few
battcrs. major lcaRUcrS included
have been able TO since Boulevard
Field was erected. lie smacked one
OF Powclls bcndcrs over the right
ncld fence and brought his team on
an even footing with the winners OF
tho Imperial League remnant.
Church nm Fakes Lead.
"Ducky" Powell merely grinncd as
Rex tro,tcd around tho bases in the
fourth chapter. but In the next frame
DIR. Parkcr's team gave The pitcher
and the supporters OF the Eagles
something To think about y scoring
two runs. Thomas ies.ihcd- i.at Nlcks
singled. He wcn-- - second ON Il
wild pitch and 10 third Gn Wharton's
single. Powell unCorked another
wild hcave and Hicks scored Whar-
ton pulling up at third. pcviuc hit
10 the inncld and WAS safe when
Bca2loy attempted to catch Wharton
u the plate.
Powell settled down aud retired
Church iill without Il run In the
sixth and seventh. church I'M put
the game safely away in the eighth.
but through no FAULT Of powclls.
cConners dropped SarHc!no's easy ny.
Woodward famed, hu, Chewing sin
Glcd TO left and Snracino went To