Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-17
MANCHESTER LOSES.
VIRGINIA AND FoREsT-HILL BALL
CLUBS PLAY A CLOSE GAME.
"Play BALM /"

"Play ball
At two minutes past 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon lank, lean figure emerged from
the shadow of the erand-stand at Island
Park and approached the westward angle
of the diamond. Opening his sober. So
rious mouth. and brushing away his
wbiskers with his large left hand so as to
disclose the wilderness of his teeth, be ut
tered the short sentence which prefaces
this veracious report, and at these words
the Virglnias and the forest-Hills began
the second game OF the championship So
ries. /,
Those who suppose that the individual
alluded TO above was the umpire are en-
tirely correct, for be who suggested that
ball should be played was none other than
Squire Graves, of Monroe Ward, justice
of-the-peace, politician. and good fellow
generally, who finds q conReniai hdo'fd.
upon tho ball-feld and submits with good
nature to the jeers and approbrlum that
always falls to the lot of the umpire. j..
Two hundreds cranks sat in the grand
stand and bleaehery and criticised the
game and the players with that impartial
rudeness for which the ball-crank - pecu-
liar. Some yelled for Richmond and some
howled for Manchester. but all abused the
umpire (Which the umpire pardoned, be-
cause he had been there before.
''AppLE" IN THE BOX.
Apologize, the gay, chippy Cinclnnatian.
who coaches so blithelv by the third-base
line, was in the box for the virginias, and,
while he was batted freely. held the Man.
chester boys down to seven scattering
singles. He was we'll supported by Harry
LeftwIch and Red" Foster, who took
Leftwich's place behind the plate in the
fifth inning. Hattorf, presumably OF leu.
tonic origin, twirlcd for the Free State,
and he was smitten freely by Ben Harri-
sons pets. Luck, the jovial, merry fellow
who is beloved Of oil the cranks. caught
lost the game nobody blamed him, because
they were Just such errors as any one Is
liable to make In moment OF excitement
BY the way, it is worthy of note that
the =" breeksn that Luck donned on YES
ter eve fitted his athletic legs to nicely,
and his fine figure was fully displayed.
AS he squatted behind the plate O young
lady in the grand-stand remarked that nc
looked like Perystes preparing to spring
at the Lion of Lacedgmon. Luck has re-
Gently been distinguishing himself as o
batter, and in yesterdays sport maze tWo
clean hits.
THEY HIT THE BALL.
The game was q very interesting one.
There was plenty of batting and the bases
were often full. This kept the. crowd
agape with expectation, and the interest
never tagged from start to finish. The
Virginias led off with five runs in the first
inning, which they ought not to have
made, as Luck bad two chances TO put
them out before they scored. This lead
they maintained all through the game,
although in the third inning it looked as
if tie Forest-Hill club might win.
There were a number of errors, but
these were to the game what the soubrette
part is to melodrama. and there were
number of good plays to atone for them:
Lumsden played beautiful ball in left field
and made one very fine running catch that
was heartily applauded. Cake" Rey-
nolds filed centre-feld we'll for Manchos-
ter, and w. Lipscomb on irst. played well.
One play of his was regular grand
stander." In the fourth inning Shelton
sent hot fly at him which tumbled him
over and over, but he swung TO the ball
like grim death, and Mr.. Shelton walked
mournfully home, chewing gum In the
dstraint way peculiar to this young sir.