The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-16
VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS.
Nationals, Of Washington, Defeated the
Richmond Team.
RESULT OF THE CANE At ISLAND PARK.
The Score ut the Finish Stood f2 to 3, but
There was Good Ball Playing by Both
Sides-Incldents.

When the sun kissed Island Park good
night yesterday afternoon the Giants were not
as gladstone as Of yore. for they left the dia-
mond with surprise written in capital letters
ell over their faces. Papa" Tate's voice did
not cut the atmosphere with glad hazzas.
Neither did Luck's pantaloons flap with the
triumphant fappings of a United States flag.
Foster mentally soliquized. Were not in it :"
and O'Rourks was as silent AZ a church mouse
while the o~rganist is rehearsing q new piece
for the ofertory. Kahn looked hopeful and
chewed gum. and the rest OF Pops infants
went into the dressing room with the
solemnlty that marks the expressions OF ANA
IONS when they do the silent drill in the third
act.
The Giants were defeated. They met their
Waterloo. They gave 10 the two hundred
and eighty-seyen spectators an apt iliustra-
ton OF how a bigger cluD can triumph over a
smaller one. and they gracefully nd the part
Of the smaller. THIS is all TO the gerne-the
Nationals came down. dOnned their uniforms.
went INTO the field and proceeded 10 wipe up
the entire diamond with the heretofore
triumphant Donatians.
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For three innings the score for the Rich
monds nOssessed a darkness inexpressible.
They could not even send tbs ball IN the
field with Il sufficient drive to make a solitary
base bit. and not one OF their men went down
the field further than first. With tie Ma
tonals proceedings were different. Though
they fai ed & score IN the first, five men
crossed the plate in the second inning. Hat
field and Kelly making twO-base hits and
Murphy n home run.
"king"OKOurke was not in truth the mon
arch he has been IN former days. for the
WashingtOnians were presented by him with
seventeen base hts. Then. too. their excel
lent running helped matters. and from the
start TO finish the game was much in their
favor. Luck caught splendidly, and Kahn
did pretty work rs shOrt-stop. In the first
inning lie made three consecutive assists -
while Tate made the 'put-Outs. and later in
the game played M excellent game of bali.
lOster played at second base and did
splendid work. while 3 ate AT first presided
with that grace illness SO peculiarly adapted
20 men Of his prop rtions. He caught the
sphere with the careless air OF the ~recreant
lover in the second act. and threw 1t to
ONOurke with an abandon only equaled IN a
Beau Bummel or a Barry Wall.
FIVE rUT-oUTs.
Murphy for the visitors delighted the spec
tators He made FIVE put outs in left field.
and some Of them were the p~rettiest running
catches ever made in Island Park. Kelly.
who went 60 Winston with the Giants. pitched
for the Nationals. and succeeded in keeping
his former comrades down 10 four hits. Nc
CURE proved 70 be al excellent catcher.
while Snyder at first played splendid ball.
The contest was IN many respects an inter
esting one. but after the fifth inning it be-
came apparent to every one that the Nationals
would win.
The detailed score, which tells the story, is
as follows