The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-16
A WIDE AWAKE GAME.
rvcrrrFyT BsLL CONTEST Ar IS
LAND PARK TESTERDAT.
r,. xva. Large Crowd In Attendance
and the Playing Was Quick and
spirited-The Score.

There was game Oh DdS--odii ~ -
lana Park yesterday afternoon. Five
hundred good. honest citizens with sound
lungs 3, d Threats saw the contest. Th,re
wore many pretty girls In the grand
stand. clad In thei- most fetching sowls
and broad-brimmed hats. They 3miicd,
calculated and almost split their dainty
gloves applaudlng the plays. Some Of
Them didn't know what 1t was all aboIt,
but their ignorance is bliss. Girls have
funny ideas about baseball anyhow.
They always imagine something is about
~ happen 10 the umpire. Sometimes
they Imagine Eighty. Sometimes they
don't.
THE two teams were composed OF the
hest talent Virginia can offer as base
bolists. Nine of the players were from
the haliowed h9ll Of the University that
crowns the hills at Charlottesville They
had danced the german the night before.
Dancing the german. however. Is easy
compared to baseball. and then. too,
YOU don't get your handC dusty. Nine Of
the men are average citizens OF Rich
mond. Some are embryo railroad presi-
dents; some daily with the ledger
and cash drawer: some sing
Of machinery: some don't use much effort
10 get through this vale Of care.
The contest was one Of the best ever
seen at the park. There was not
sleepy moment I'm the game. All was
SNAP. quick. speedy plays. The old gen
tleman in the grand stand with the
Pickwickian features did not have TINE
for nap. The young man with the
shoe-string around his hat forgot that ne
was an escort and cheered. Every Inalu
borrowed a lead Ienci and kept me
tallies on the back OF a visitinG-card.
one girl had the temerity to say that
Smith was cute.
We gods, Smith. the plain hrst-baseman'
the man who made the winning run the
individual with line Of ancestors run
ming back t. POcahontas; the man WIN
features as classical as d newspaper cut
Of Columbus. cute. He hardly deserved
it. for he played a mighty good game
The contest began with run Tor Lett
witch. The men I'm the field wore serious
faces besides their orange and black
suits. The clouds in the sky Put on
dark blue shade. Harry" Leftwich was
SEM TO first on called balls. Then Mar
maduke McMann. from that part OF
Richmond where the tide Gibbs and flows'
essaved to hit the sphere. He sent a
grounder 10 Mcclure. who made fum-
ble-a miserable tumble. Leftwich went
10 second Marmaduke sped TO first. VIII
liam Hortense Lumsden lined 'er out
to left. and Harry crossed the plate.
IN the next inning the Narsites scored
three runs. Nelson, with the pluck Of
his arctstor. was presented with his base.
Stevens single sent him 10 second. Mar
sialTs ny TO centre allowed Nelson TO
ore. and McGuires pretty hit TO left
sent in Stevens and Rhett Marshalls fly
was Il hard-hit ball TO far centre, and af-
ter II had been caught by King Nelson
ran heetly 10 home.
1t was in the fourth that the Nirsinias
added another run 70 their side Of the
score card Timothy West, forgetting the
fntriCacies of typewriters for the nonce,
s.ued a single TO right Tupper's base On
balls gave him second; a passed BALL the
only one by Marshall sent him TO third.
and Luck's fly and Rhetts pretty catch
gave Timothy chance 10 slide home.
In the NTH tie Nirginlas tied the score.
King famed the air. Leftwich found
Stevens for a single. and Wild throw
10 first by that student gave him second.
Worthirgton then made a tumble and
wild throw and Leftwlch went home
easily.
Had West touched third base I'm the
sixth the score might have been different.
He was first 10 bat, and made another
single. He then excelled all other plays
on the field by stealing second base, and
was quietly resting on third when Gin
cinaatus AppleEate sailed "a fly 10 Nelson.
The latter caught Il easily. but threw It
wildly West. evidently imagining that
his goose was cooked. stopped on his
way to the home plate He saw Mar
shall miss catching the bad throw. and
ran home. He was then declared out.
for he was playing off, third when the
ball was caught. when he should have
been on the base prepared TO run home.
Smith made the winning run in the
eighth Mcclure. first at the bat, flied out
to Leftwich. Smith found the Irish
pitcher for a single. and Worthington.
being hit by a pitched ball, gave him
second. Abbott then made a drive to
left field. and the cute form Of Smith
passed Itself with grace and speed over
the home plate.
Stevens is a new pitcher. He throws
with his left hand, and sends the sphere
across the plate with excellent speed.
He is a little wild at times. however.
Marshall did good work catching.
Michael Enrght held the Varsity men
down 70 seven base hits, and did some
nice head work. and Luck dressed in a
new suit of clothes. was the usual smooth
player behind the bat
The detailed score was as follows: