Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-03
ELL-pLAYED GAME.
NtR0lNlAs DEFEAT THE COLLEGE
TEAM IN AN EXCITING CONTEST.
Good Battery Work, fine Fielding, ylgor-
Qua Kicking, and an Exchange Of
Biows-other diamond Notes.

One hundred and fifty cranks who ven.
tured over at Island Park yesterday after
noon had their hearts gladdened by seeing
tweive-inning game OF baseball. replete
WITH brilliant playing and phenomenal
diamond work. The contest, which was
between the Vuginjas and tho Richmond
College nine. was puncturod with vigorous
kicking and pimplcd with rampant dis
cord, but the playing OF both teams was
superb.
When the game commenced ~ extenu-
ated citizen, designated as Joseph Taylor,
produced himself IN tho pitchers box,
and lifting one of his moagre legs sky
ward, spun the yarn az the drst Virginia
batsman. Joseph was in his glory and
glorlously. too. did he twirl. Ever and
anon his lower limb shot skyward. his
crimson stockings twinkled in the at
mosphere, and the ball sped over the home
plate. But, alas. the pitcher was a base de-
ceiyer, and by false REPRESENTATIONS many
Of his opponents saw II 10 bruise the sur
rounding her. In vain did the Virginias
wrlgCle 10 smite the sphere, but perse-
verance was OF no avail.
But FEW COULD hit IT.
In twelve innings only eight men sue
ceeded IN caressing the leather, while the
mystic twirler proved himself equally as
formidable in dashing the ball 20 bases
and grabbing line shots which came in bis
direction. An abbreviated resident Of
Barton Heights, with short legs and much
Moor, supported Joseph behind the bat
md clunr 20 the yarn like sheep-burs in q
tarkey's hair. The owner Of the stubby
limbs was Henry Burnett, and right nobiy
Md he wrap himself around the leather
whom the twirler tossed it At him..
o.,I
woe unto them. they had met their
matches. A sturdy. joyiai fellow named
Apologize zig-zagged the hOrse-hide for
the VirgiDias aud sent the ball over the
plate ria first or second base, as suited his
wayward fancy. The coilegIans beat the
atmosphere black and blue. but they
"neVer touched him." LeftwIch sup
ported the deceitfui pitcher IN splendid
shape.
Ii was awfully selfish. but those twirlers
and their mask-wearing assistants mo-
nopolizei the game almost entirely, and
narrowed the hits down to the lowest pos
sible point.
AN EXHIBITION OF PINE PLAYING.
Some Of the diamond WORK was superb,
and Phillips and Sydnor of the collegians,
made the cranks marvel greatly, while
Major Kirk Matthews likewise did dizzy
work.
dent, but an individual with a very black
eve, which had been smitten by base
BALI did some clever work in centre tOr
the Virginias, while Enright and Mcdonald,
OF the same team, were also up % SUM.
Jn fact, everybody took hand IN the tun,
and all played beautifully.
ia the sixth inning the NIrginias caught
ny with their opponents who had pre-
viously taken the lead, and then the fun
commenced in earnest. The pitchers did
magnificent work and the national game
was scientifically PLAYED for six more III
nings aud until the Nrginias forced the
winning runner over the plate
SOME KICKED AND OTHERS STRUCK.
As q diversion the contestants ceased
their lsbors every ten minutes and sought
10 persuade Mr.. Higgins, the long Or
ing umpire, that he knew nothing OF the
spor;. 1t IS said that his hair was tlnged
with gray when his labOrs ended, and many
wrinkles marred the serenity OF his Anne
r,co-H ibernian physiOgnomy when he re-
tired.
Two Of the Virginia PLAYERS. while dis
GUESSING several intrlcaeies connected with
the sport, saw fit TO emphasize their asser-
tons by pounding each others features
with clenched fists. The night member OF
one of the disputatiOus individuals col
lided with the optical organ OF his Oppo-
nent, and today tho injured orb viii be
clothed in tints of sottest azure. The
pugihsts after this incident grappled
with each other, and in parting exhibited
the same reluctance IN letting 60 their
hold which chaTacterlZes the farewell
movements of a sticking plaster. This
struggle alone was worth quarter TO the
cranks, and when they departed from the
park they were nightly pleased.