Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-13
PETERSON IS HAMMERED
HARD BY LOCAL OUTFIT.
Three Home Runs Enable
Oldring's Boys to Win.
If to 6.
= cIRCtrr DRIVES u, cnnIs,>Er
Hal Wcnfrr Also Connects for Four
Ha>c BloN--Burkr Individual Star
for Nisit"rs-Thomps"n Fields Sem
sItionally.

Material sufficient to write n novel
which might be ontitlcd. The Fallen
Idol ont OF tho Depths" ''Cominu
From Behind" or Tho old Fight
was furnished Yesterday afternoon
Al Mayo Island Park whom the colts
began The week with decisive vic
tory over tac Norfolk Tars. tho scorc
icing ! 90 t, in favor OF Rube Old
rings lads
To those fans vino have attended
every game this year and pulled for
the lpSal team only TO sec thcm
drop contest uttcr contest to the
Visiting team, yesterdays victory
was roal treat Richmond looked
like a real baseball club in tho frs.
game of tho series and Just literally
played rings around Winn Ciarkc's
boys.
"RiE Pete Peterson. pitching acc
of IN" Norfolk clan. was lambas,ed
for thirteen hits by the colts and
Tor that reason tho game might cas-
lily r. called The Fallen Idol"
Anxious to get OF To good start
Clarke sent his hest hurler after the
contest, and what our hoys aha To
him can ho determined ny The box
score. They swattcd tn" offerings oi
The visitors to every corner Of the
Island PARK ana several improved
their batting averages many points.
Colts Come out az Hmt.
out OF The Depths" also would
serve as a suitable name for the
contest. for tho Richmond team has
been In runt for the last two
weeks, ana IL seemed Impossible for
tho Colts TO play the baseball they
arc capable OF. They just had their
minds hNcI upon victory yesterday
ana pulled themselves together.
The manner in which the Colts
overcamc tho twO-ruu lead gained
- The visitors in the first frame
ana then proceeded to forge ahead
in the third frame, after the visitors
HAD taken the lead by scoring once
IN the same chapter, makes il pos
sihlc for the titles, Coming from
Behind and The ola Fight" to be
applied to the initial victory OF the
Week for the Capital city team
Youth had it's big chance in tho
nrsi game between the Tars and the
F''ts ana took ADVANTAGE of ii hv
PLAYING tho leading role in the VIC
tory Thompson and Cumiskcy,
young iuicldcrs. who play shor,stop
and second base. respectively, for
oldrinc, both starred The former
because OF his wonderful playing de-
fcnsivcly and tho latter for his cx-
ccllcut. work with the stick.
Thompson Fields ENccIIcntIy.
play in tho fourth inning when he
ran FAR into the outfold 10 take
hudgins' high olN. Tie gathered tho
bail iu'o his glove, only after leapinC
into the air The ny was in Ruho
olhrNuE territory, but the pilot !s
suffering from an injured knee ana
Ih"Wp> ON TOOK NO chances. Ills
eaten won him praise from tho man
Hstr ana Tho fans as well This
sensational eaten was by no means
the Lest worN Thompson ala during
IN" afternoon. lie h-ldcd ground !
balls in sensational style, All OF his |
ivc assists" being brilliant plays. |
t"misNry is the PLAYER sent 10
Richmond by the Reading club OF The
international! League. lie opened up
an attack with the stick that had
much t" do win the downfau ~ IN. +
TarS, and which h"Ipcd TO keep the
morale Of the locals from being shat
cred. Five times during the after
loon the Kid faced Big" Pete. and
ne connected safely three times ,vn
81 ms drives t".ug homo runs Chanca
nay have PLACED am Important part
III 0''N 'h" ".F"E-f r.uufe but Fo.h
Nere hard-h.t balls and tne fact ;hat
h"y sen beyond Hu-Ee n mo ou.-
't.H VT, %" 'ai'' tho c-Hier 9e.d-
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