Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05

have torn their hair In exaspcration. Az
was Appiegate's fault. FOR he was N vsiH
bad trim, and exceedingly wild. 10 oe, ,,n
the PLAYS IN this part OF the inn'nS WV" ~
be To recite long and tiresoms rcoo'" W
very poor ball twirling..
ronr men were given their bases on baiis'
three were struck. two base. hits were MADE,
and the whole team razzled-dazzied, a.
!, were IN was indeed hard matter 10
reen score. for the "'Varsities" piled on
nm after run until they thought that the
contest would be simply never-ehu'ps
inning. ,,.;.s ,v.ro
boncGcent enough TO get OUT a,.e, ~ o. , hem
had been given chance and three vi .uSni
two chances at the bat. and everybody
even the visitors, felt relieved.
THEY PLAYED pEsrAIsrSoLy.
Tn Tire next inning Enricht was retired az
6rst by ball TO third; Foster made hrst
ON a base.hit, and was put out on secoonu,
whije Cullen smote the surroundlnR
atmosnbere with three terrific hicks. On,
n wac pitiful." In regard to Cullen. now
ever. il can Justly be said that az hrst pasp
be ACQUITTED himself beautifully IN uoln
games. There is certain agility anu
ouickness about him which indicates con-
siderable skill, and consider,iihg sn d;d fs az
that he has practiced very ht'ie' ITO uiO
WheS The .,yarsitics went to the bat a
second time Enrieht had been put IN the
box. and this time they only obtained ono
run. rr~.
Tn tho bec,nning of the third inning
Iuck led of with fly TO pitcher ana was
mt out. Then Lumsden. who, by the way
improved his morning record conslderapty;;
sailed ball over the first baseman heau
and over the fence. He made nome,
mn ON il. bnt the collegians raised
a tremendous kick against the umpire's
decision and tried in vain TO force him 20
cav il was foul. All the "'Narslties,
crowded around Lonnie and argued with
HIM strenuously. but be was hrn uesplte
their protests. and refused 10 be intlmi-
dated After this decision the visitors
never lost an opportunity 70 dispute every
point, and although Leftw'ch was aIso
umpiring in the field, they klcked against
him. too. Applegate succeeded Lumsden
and struck ont. while Palmer was retired
on a fly TO sbort-stop.
APPLICABLE MADE GOOD THIRD BAsEMAN.
The collegians added another run In the
third inning, and 1t was on TINS occasion
that Appleeate, who was covering third,
showed the spectators that If he couldn't
pitch he could at least play third base. lie
captured a beautiful fly batted by A.. Green;
way. which seemed considerably beyond
his reach. Subsequently,, too, be made
splendid stop of hot liner.
Neither nine scored in the fourth inning,
nor did the Old Dominions do better at
the beginning Of the fifth. The Narsi-
ties,n however. added Still another run.
one MORE Run FOR TIE RIcHMoNDERs.
In the sixth inning Palmer made base
hit Temple got first on an error WINE
Harrison followed with another single;
Meanwhile Palmer scored. Enright ended
The inning bv knocking a ball to third,
which was thrown to first. The colleglans
were nut out in one-two-three order IN
this inning.
The Old Dominions scored three runs in
tba seventh inning. which stirred I'D some
latent excitement among the spectators,
bur the "Varsities followed two more
runs. .u
The game was Called in the eighth in
ming, as much time had already been CON
sumed by the contest, ana many peoPie
were leaving to see the boat-race. G.
Greenwav was substituted for Mcclure IN
the seventh inning. as the latter was Ia
tigued. having pitched two games. Green
wsy hardly had time to show his manu.
but seems TO throw good curve.
The audience was never informed why
the game ended so abruptly and everybody
was 90 worn ont that they did not care;
II appears that the University boys wanted
a new or better ball than the one in use
and refused to play longer when the local
management declined to furnish It. 1t
was claimed that the game should be
given to the University club by the score
of to /, but this was not done.
TIE OLD COMMONS BEGUN BADLY.
On the whole. the game would have been
a good one, had not the Old Domlnions
made such disastrous beginning. Nc;
CURE did not appear to be IN his usual
Good form, but is he phenomenal pitcher
and a good all-rourd ball player, There
is certainly some excellent material on the
Old Dominions too. but they need more
practice and great batting strength.
The following Is the score OF the game;
,rI-r,nrn ~ III