The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-02

morning manfuliy. A leading member
said: II mean to slit this thing 10 the
bottom. In my opinion II Is q fight he.
tween the gamblers and the Association.
We will either run them out, or / will take
nv name from the list. The Association was
organized with view to the benefit OF
Richmond, but when IL becomes n gam
bling scheme It will be broken up before
anything Of the sort shall be tolerated.
We have offered 800 for information and
proof OF the guilt OF any one engaged in
selling out the game. We have also ap-
pointed committee who will ferret the
matter to the bottom II possible; and we
INTEND 10 spare no means nor energy in our
attempts to discover the guilty ones and
fasten the proof upon them"
vINDICATIOy OF THE vIRGIYTAs
The Virginia Club Indignantly deny the
charges that they wilfully "mufTed " ball,
or done anything else to throw the game
into the hands of the Ross Club. Any
seeming effort in that direction, however
plain it appeared to the public, they charge
to accident and natural causes. Yesterday
morning Mr.. +. ID. Steger. notary public,
with the following paper, sought out each
OF the Virginia nine, and secured their
signatures, &C., TO the following:
at being announced that some members
OF the Virginia Baseball Club were bribed
10 give away the game played with the
Ross Club, OF Chester, on the 31st OF July,
We, the Undersigned members OF the Yir-
ginia Baseball Club, hereby solemnly
swear that such a rumor is false in every
particular; that we have never received a
Ill Ho 10 ot,nb a oraI fha1-
lengc any one 10 appear and prove any such
rumor to be true. We not only never have
received any bribe TO throw away game
since we have been connected with the
Virginia Baseball Club, nor will we ever
countenance any one who should approach
us for such purpose"
The Game Yesterday.
The talk on the streets yesterday before
the third game between the two clubs came
off indicated that q large crowd would be
IN attendance. The skcpucs argued that
il the Ross Club defeated the Virginias
again Yesterday that it would indicate that
the overthrow OF th0Virginias the day
previous was attributable to natural
causes; but il the contrary was the case,
then IL was argued by the knowing
ones that something had gone wrong
in Denmark. This caused, sure enough,
as large crowd as was present the day be-
fore. Eager expectancy lit up the faces Of
the lookers-on rs the Ross Club went 10 the
bat first, and 1t was seen that Ferguson, the
old pitcher OF the Virginias, had been SUBJ
stituted. and Nash, tie third baseman, put
in mis- place; which position he filed very
acceptably throughout the game. The visit
ors were BANKED in the first inning. and
when the home club came to the bat they
scored seven runs the first inning. From
this time forward the NirginiaS had it all
their own way, and when the game was
called, on account Of darkness, at the close
OF the seventh inning, the score stood Is
follows:
Innings.........1 3 @ 2 Total
Ross. ......"...~-0 ! 9 Q - 9
Virginias. 4 o - 25
Earned runs: Virginia. @. Thuce-base hits
Glenn. /. Home-runs: Nash. Scharf, 2. Left
on bases: Virgiuias, 4 Ross, 3. Double PLAYS
Scharf, LatoIche. and Powell. Struck ont: Nir-
ginias 3; Ross. 8. Bases on bdls: Nirgnias, 3
Ross. .. Passed balls: Morgan, 2. wild pitches
Nash, !; Hannum. /.
Time of game. 2 hours and 0 rnutes.
Umpire, Mr.. W. a. Graves. Scorer, II. G. John
ston.