Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-20
THE SPIDERS BEATEN
They Played Well, but the Cherubs
Go Them One Better.
COLTS DEFEAT THE FARMERS.
QuarIes Pitches n Great Game, bat the
virgtniss Win by superior Work.
The League Contest.

Professor Bennett Puryear. OF Rich
mond College, IL not tho man to give way
10 grief or TO waste time in lamentations,
but last night he she'd tears great big,
briny tears that hat the floor OF the honor
ed institution over which no presides
with dull and sickoning tbud." Alas.
no was in sore distress. for ere the sun hau
set his darling little Spiders had fallen
once more before tho mighty Che'uos OF
Forest H,ll. Full Of hopo and expectation
the youthful IaTautulas had gone Ioftu 10
the diamond Gn1 fuller sua OK gre; tncS
hai crawiod home az sunset. l'uN, III
deed. some one has said vac rice . WOO
t. the conaucred-for nought can soI'eh
the sting of defeat.
rms sPIDYIs DEEPLY PANIED.
What does 1t profit man 70 play great
ball when the other team does SUI DettoI
a miss Is as good as q mile an TACT.
bc,,cr than thousand OF them, when 1t
wears dresses aud has brOwl eyes. ana so
nothing con soothc the pain OF the Spi-
Ibev did splendidly. but unfortunately
there were uin0 other men VINO i'hewise
did splendiily. and sO-well, ana so the
Tarautulss wore not IN II.
AT least 200 Saturday cranGs, WIN
rockets bulcng with payday scrip ana
eyeballs popping with expectation. seated
.ncr,sefyes on the grand. stand ana pre-
pared o. await developments.
When the wbiskered Ieuion. Mr.. Hepry
Eoschen. ordered the game 20 begin
johnson. the Young man with tue kiSsh-
bic mouth and dalaty mOustache. betook
himself unto the pitchers box, whue
Francesca De Rimlnl Wengdaddle Duhe ln-
sorted his mug IN the wicker basket.
Later on Francisco retired 10 third, rs 10
was two "giasscs" behind the plate.
Kahn the Cnerub shorty saunteted
with a three-glde movement 20 the oat
and drove the ball TO first, where 1t was
Cor.ureI safely. Cupid Foster then
banged two-oagger, got third on passed
ball. and spuuted home on Napiers
SINGLE. Morgan hled out to second.
winnie TGpper hit for single. Lemons
was given his base on balls, and then
then whom the bases were full the SWIM
mctrlcgl ! hnson undertook % eaten the
runner who was playing of hrSt, ana IN
50 dong be heaved the leather far over
Ap'h0ay's head. On. how the lucky
Cberubs scampered around the bases.
The lean aad lanky Napier flew home Ike
n meteor and the dIgGine1 Upper fol
lowed him az a 2:80 gait. The mlspiny lost
the game Tor the C0llegians. They ended
tie Iuulug by capturing Hodges al hrst'
but 70 was too late then.
COULD Nbl EGA On ~ Aih he"h --"A"'NA'
EVERYBODY hoped that the ColleCians
would get onto the herky-jerky." too,
when they came to the bat. but they
dIir':-thev never touched II. BlGnken-
SHIN. the Prince Of Leisure was IN the box
tor'tle Cherubs and he did great work.
How hc ever managed 10 exert himself 10
such an extent was more than anybody
can tel. tut he did It Just the same. In
the whole game he held the Spiders dom
T. s.X hits. and several OF these were OF tne
scratch order
In Tie second inning the urchin who
marks the bulletin OF the game edded |
another run 10 the score OF the Cherubs, !
uLiio with q glccsOme smile ne ailNci a |
duplicate gco,c-cEg 10 the Spider record. |
And now the fun began IN enrneSt. or |
thu next two inning, both teams went out !
a., au'ck as lightning. In the seventh the !
Targutulas captured two runs. Johnston |
siuote single and the Erenchm0n banged |
llm over the plate ON a homo run. Inc !
cranks yelled with delight, but the next !
Two innings failed 10 change the situation. |
Another ran was captured by the Chercbs |
u tire ninth inning, wnlle the spiders |
failed 70 score.
Iar game wes splenlidly PLAYED by both |
teams. Al times the work was brilliant. |
aud hut for the poor stick handling of |
the Cullcglans the contest would have |
been a c1rker McCreary made "a Daauu- |
ful One-nand catch on third, while Napier. |
who appeared on lrst, acquitted himself |
unusually well.
THEIR TALy or WOE.
The following Is the Collesians' tale |
Of woe