Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-14
NnrIc,, OF Baseball offered.

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runs also.
Variety OF Baseball offered.
Every variety OF baseball was Of
tered the large Saturday crowd i'm
The closing contest There were good
a.ayS and bad plays. which. coupled
NTH twenty hits by the Colts.
Eht JOY 10 the spectators and
They huwled their approval of the
'rGnfcSt' There Appeared to be no
.iuppinS OF the stcamrvlIcr attack.
ana had not Ryan's charges tired OF
scoring and shown the visitors mercy.
80 game might Gsoing on yet
Eitchcr johnson. OF suffolk. was
ven a thrcc-run lead in the first
h'ning ~ his teammates. and he APP
feared confident when he took \thc
Mound in the second frame. Tho
folts knocked the hurlcr in every
Erection before three men had been
ictircd. Eleven men faced Johnson
a. this inning.
Hal Weafcr started the locals on
:lc road 70 victory when he doubled
lud scored when shannon parked the
nll over the lrft-Ccnicr field fence.
aIS teammates Kept right ON hitting
md. aided by ihc wildncss of the
'iSitinp pitcher. registered six more
rms before the side WAS retired.
NraCcr and shannon came TO Lat
Nice during the inning.
Manager cunning CHAM let johnson
axe his bumps in the second aud
t,nt him TO the mound when the third
ming rolled around. Shcchan was
h'i" when tho pitcher buotcd his
;roundcr. Hook smackcd Il two base
III TO left field ana ShechRn reached
bird. Grccnac hi, his third home
an in. as many days, and as Mcckcr
Urutted 10 the plate johnson was
Inked In favor Of snyder.
snyder entered the game cold" aud
fund il almost Impossible To locate
he plate. \ fast one whizzcd by
lose to Merkor's head and the colt
snrtAd for the pitchers box to call
hwn the hurlcr. He was intercepted
Umpire Johnson ana n" trouble re-
n'tcd. Johnson walked Mcekcr and
Ned the bases by repeating when
!akrr and Arragon came to bat. With
.cllcr hitting he uncorkcd a wild
Gtch and Mcekcr and Baker scored,
nile ArraGom reached third and
teller went 10 second. the wild hcavc
cling the fourth ball. Wcafer singled
right and Arracnn ana Keller
cored. shannon advanced Weafcr TO
tcond when he singled Hook made
is second hit oil the inning and
tcarc- scored shannon took third
a. the drive. GretHac WAS hit. NIL
az the bases. Mcekrr ended the in
Ding when he drove one 10 Downey.
rhostoul led shannon off third Shce-
:iu IN his second attemp, during the
aiming tiod out 10 lihngcs.
First Contest l. Hest.
Thc FIRST game was much the hest
{ the TWO from "A baseball standpoint.
Ichmond faced "Fiorian" Slappcy, a
all southpaw. while Manager Ryan
cnt Lefty Smith to the mound.
inith got in had in the first fraWc
then he allowed four runs He was
AIKEN out in tn" NTH inning after
Iathap the first batter TO face him.
nd tripi.d Michael" Finncran was
cut to tho mound and allowed i've
uuS during his stay on the hilltop
s'lappcy had one tad inning the
f..otid. Nhcu - -'luwcd three runs.
L. had GAchmpud eating ont O; his
and after this chapter. and they lid
- arovc again until the eighth
rcn,, rnyiIcr Ma,haG. Of sumolk,
,ss the Star of the afternoon. In
," first he landed for one hit in
our rips 10 tn" plate, hut had five
vi OF i've ~ tho closing contest
Cunningham was the champion
eng-aistanse hitter % the day. get
ingttwo homo runs iu tho FIRST game