Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-07
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The second Of the three games oe-
tween the Providence and Virginia
Clubs was played at the Virginia PARK
yesterday afternoon. The victory won
BY our boys Saturday and the pleasant,
ness Of the weather yesterday server
to draw one Of the largest crowds, u
not the largest. which ever attended
game OF bali at this park, it numbering
nearly il not quite 5000 persons IN
cluding an unusually large number Of
ladies.
II had been said by some that satnr-
days game was given away and that
the visitors did not then have on their
best men, but would have them on yes
tcrday consequently the general inn
preston was that the home team
would be easily beaten, il not shut
out, and many went so far as 70
stake heavy odds in favor OF this
last proposition. When IN the
first inning the visitors, with the as
sistance Of an error by Pyle, made one
run. the home boys being BANKED, thls
belief was but made more emphatic.
In the second, however, Johnston made
most excellent play, catching fly to
centre field from Denny's bat and
throwing il to Nash in time to put Gill;
gan out on third, thus blanking the
champions. lie then went to the
bat and made two-bagger, which sub
sequently on hit by Corcoran yield
ed him an earned run. He was literally
applauded for these brilliant plays, and
the interest generally seemed to be
very great. In the next inning our
boys covered themselves with glory
and made an advance Of four runs on
their opponents, which the latter failed
TO overcome throughout the remain
| der of the game. Greenwood led
off with a two-bagger, and was fol-
lowed by Latham, who was caught
out on . foul. Nash followed with a
two-bagger, bringing in Greenwood.
Glenn then made single Johnston
was retired on strikes; Corcoran made
double, on which Glenn and Corcoran
each came in Householder was caught
out on fly. which ended the inning in
which the playing Of the evening was
| done.
At this point the crowd became very
enthusiastic. and cheered and waved
their hats for some minutes. The con-
test continued to increase in interest,
and each club put in its best efforts to
bear off the palm. The visitors added
two to their score in the fifth inning,
while the home boys scored one each
in the fifth and eighth, leaving the
score at the close Of the struggle to 3
in favor Of the Virginias.
To pay personal compliments to the
playing Of any one Of our boys in this
game without doing injustice to the
others would be very difficult, but it is
Just to say that Householder made the
play of the evening, having caught fly
from Radbourn's bat for which he had
to run a long way into centre field.
The fielding Of the Providence boys was
very good, but the manner in which
our boys caught on to Radbourn
wrought out their defeat.
The enthusiasm at the victory was so
great that the crowd was completely
carried away with excitement; so much
so that many of them proceeded to toss
in the air the cushion seats which they
had hired for their comfort during the
game. At one time at least a hundred
were flying in all directions. This was
doubtless funny way to give vent to
the exuberant JOY of the crowd, but it
was not so profitable to the owner of
the seats. Care should be taken on
such occasions that in making such de-
monstrations the property of others be
not injured.
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