Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-26
THEY WIN WITH EASE
THE RICHMOND CLUB SUFFERS AN
OTHER DEFEAT.
-Four Hits and Several Loose Plays Yield
SIX Runs and Victory in .
Single Inning.

The Baltimore boys were easy winners
in their second game of ball with the Rich
mond club played on Island Park yester-
day afternoon.
In one inning of just twenty minutes
they made three times as many runs as
Richmonds nine players succeeded in
placing TO their credit in full game Of an
hour and forty minutes.
This condition of affairs was the result
not so much of superior work on the part
of Barnie's men, though they handled
themselves very well indeed. az of nervous
action and bunch of loose plays by tho
local organization. Omitting this feature,
which while amusing in Its way was too
one-sided 10 excite very much interest. the
contest was q spirited one. and the general
playing was excellent.
CLOSE TOGETHER
The attendance was not so large yestcr-
day as on Monday This was due more TO
the threatening condition of the weather
| than TO any other cause. There were seve-
raj hundred persons present, however, and
oil of them manifested q deep interest
from the time that play was called until
the contest closed.
The Richmonds were first at the bat
when the fight opened, and there was ray
of hope that the ruu-mak,ng would COM
mence Mt once when Stanhope drove ball
down into the field and made second base.
McCafrey and Hurd were soon retired.
though. and Stanhope got no further
than third. The Athletics sent one
of their men as far a. third again
when they had another chance az the
bat. and in the third round they SEEM
ingly had every show for making run.
but they did not make II. After Wldgin
had been sent TO first on balls and Foster
had been retired on strikes, Stanhope
picked up the timber. H0 gave the ball a
solid tap. but it fell into Rays hands as
though they had been a basket, and in the
twinklingo of an eve he had 1t Mt first, where
Widgin was cut OF. In the fourth inning
KAN made hit, which. aided by errors OF
Werrick and Roche, Welded the first run or
the evening, greatly to tho delight OF the
audience. who, of course, banked their
sympathy on Richmond. In tue next
round Widgin made single and Foster
twO-bagger, yielding the only earned run
made during the game.
Up TO this point the figures in the inning
score of the BaltimOres were all OF the
same denomination-egg shaped. They
had three hits to their credit but no runs.
THEY MAKE BRAKE.
Their time was now at hand and in the
last half Of the fifth inning they made
things lively and kept the home players
trotting hither aud thither. They used
this opportunity to show what they could
do.
Townsend led of with q safe single and
Baker tapped foul near third base. which
Stanhope captured. WerrIck made Il hit
and Townsend scored. O'ROurke was put
out at first. Ray came next and made
safe hit. bringing Werrick home.
SO far so well. But hero came the I'M
lacky part. kain made an error and then
the pitcher. who had been doing remark
ably well. lost his head. He gave two men
their base on balls made two wild pitches.
aud Hill and one or two Others fumbled
balls, which had they handled properly
would have cut off some of the six runs.
Another run was made in the next inning,
when the pitcher was again slightly oil his
base.
! This made the score to 2 in favor
/ of the Baltimores, and it remained the
/ same at the close OF the game.
SOME PETTY PLAYS.
| The last half of the fifth inning being
omitted the game was an unusually tine
/ one. both as regards battery and field
work. Foster bore OF the honors Of tho
day for the home nine. He made four
beautiful running catches and added to
his glory by sending the ball way down
into left field.
Power and Householder both did beauti-
ful work on first.
The two double-plays noted above were
among the features OF the contest.
In the seventh inning German relieved
| Baker in the box and in the remainder of
the game he showed the people that he
knew how to pitch ball.
To-day's game between the same clubs
will commence promptly at 4 o'clock.
THE SCORE.
This is the detailed score of Yesterdays