The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-11
RASEBdLL.
The Philadelphia Reserves Badly Benten By
the virginins.

the virginins.
The announcement that Richmond's old
favorite Ferguson) would occupy the
pitchers box In opposition to his old COM
rades served TO attract fine crowd at the
Virginias' ground yesterday TO witness the
first OF the series OF three games TO be
PLAYED between the bone nine and the
Philadelphia Reserves (Redsl and this de-
spite the disagreeably raw temperature
which prevailed during the afternoon. At
4:30 O'Clock the game was called with the
home nine at the bat. The appearance Of
Ferguson in the field was the signal for
a hearty round OF applause, which
he acknowledged by dofing bis cap.
Ford, another OF the VirgInias old nine,
who is with the visitors, was also accorded
hearty greeting. For four innings the
game was well contested and interesting,
only one run being scored by the Virginias,
while their opponents were successfully
blanked. In the fifth inning Il. Dugan
got his first on balls, second on wild pitch
by Ferguson, and stole 10 third. Allen
and Morgan were quickly put out, and
Glenn went TO first on balls. Nash follow
ed With two-bagger, making third base
by an error OF Ford's and bringing in T..
Du2du diu W " az EtAt
given first on balls, when Powell, with
three-bagger, brought Nash and w.
Dugln safely home, but failed to score
himself by Johnston going ont. Tie
Philadelphias in this inning succeeded in
scoring their first run. Chatteld and Dan
icls were summarily disposed Of, while Al
len got to first on error OF Johnston at
short-stOp. FOgarty came next with q
two-bagger, which brought Allen home,
but was himself left on second by Cahill
driving hot ball, which was beautifully
taken i'm by the short-stOp. The work of
the Virginias in the sixth inning was even
better than in the preceding one. Smiley
started off with q three-bagger, and T..
Dugan went to first on balls, both coming
in on a two-bagger by Allen. Morgan here
got in base bit, and went TO second on
an error. Allen coming in safely. Glenn
next made first on an error OF first baseman,
and Morgan got home. Nash went out
on a fly, Glenn going to third and then
home on error, while W. Dugan struck out
and Johnston failed to reach first. The
Philadeiphiqs here picked mp httle, Fer
guson getting in fine three-bagger and
then home on base-hit by Ford. Crow
ley then sent Ford to third by q base-hit,
and both came home on error ut shOTt-stOp.
Ingram was the first put ont, and imme-
diately afterwards Cbattield and Daniels
were disposed Of by tine double play on
the part Of Il. Dugan and Smiley. This
ended their good work for the game, they
being banked in the next two innings,
while the Virginias got in two and three
runs successfully, mainly through errors
OF The demoraliZed Reds. At the end OF
the eighth inning the game w,l- called.
In the seventh inning the Virginias' bat
ting was changed, the Dugan brothers
taking their respective positions in the box
and behind the bat, where they did equally
as good work as had been done by their
predecessors.
MIR. Allen, who pitched the first part OF
the game for the ViTginias, deserves special
mention. II was his tir,t work in the
pitchers box for eight months, but did
very effective work, the visitors failing
completely to "catch on" to his style.
Morgan, as catcher, acquitted himself
handsomely. Allen is hard man to catch
for. but Morgan proved himself fully equal
| to the occasion.
The following is the score in detail: