The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-22
THE BEST GAME OF THE SEASON.
And it Was Won on it's Merits by
Roanoke.
They Had the Crack Y. Nj. G. A. Team of
Washington as Their Opponents, and
They Defeated Thorn by Score of Six
to Four-Riley Was the Hero OF the
Day-Notes of the Game


Day-Notes OF the Game.
Yesterday was certainly red-letter
day for the R. A. C. baseball team.
They played by far the greatest game
Of ball they have ever put up, and
showed what they could do when prop
erly handled. They had the Y. M. C A..
team of Washington as opponents. and
they defeated them by score of six to
four after one of the greatest games
ever played in this city. Riley wae un.
doubtedly the hero of the day, his home
run over left field fence, bringing in
Meade ahead of him, winning the game.
thompson, on third, was a close second.
he making two two baggers, which aided
materially In scoring two runs, and he
played third base without an error.
Boyd was another home player who did
himself proud. He pitched one of the
best games of his life, only allowing
four safe hits to be made off his de-
livery. This is a game any pitcher
should feel proud OF when it is taken
into consideration the fact that he was
pitching against one of the strongest
amateur teams in the United States.
Meade also put up great game, MAX
ing two hits and capturing very diff
cult fly ball in the eighth inning off
Johnson's bat that looked good for two
bases. In fact the whole of the homo
team played ball with dash and vim
that was werth going a great distance
to see. The visitors also put up great
game, especially Bolway at short and
Hodges catching. Taking it all in all
1t was game that will long be remem-
bered by those who witnessed it,
The game opened up with the Y. M.
G. A. at the bat. O'Hagan led off with
bunt, which Boyd fumbled, and the
batter was safe. On Collifiower's single
he went to third and by great slide
scored moment later on a passed ball
by Daniels. This ended their run get
ting until the fifth inning when they
made two runs on base on balls, bat
ter being hit by Boyd and two errors.
Their last run was made in the seventh
on c. Hodges three Dagger, and a sacri-
Ace hit by E. Hodge.
This was the last run they got. In
the ninth it looked as though they
might score. Captain O'Hagan sent
Brooks to bat in place OF Jones. who
had struck out twice, and he proved
himself good waiter, getting his base
VA iOuA ooAio. ulI u nOC one
to Wigmore who nelded it clean and
touched BROOKS, who was trying to go to
second, and threw Hauptman out at
first, thus completing a double play and
cutting off all chances of scoring. The
next man got his base by being hit by
the pitcher but he died there, as Foster
captured r. Hodges high fly and re-
tired the side.
The R. A. c. boys did nothing in the
first three innings, but in the fourth
they opened up. Boyd, the first batter,
led off with pretty single. Meade
followed with another. Boyd was
thrown out at third but Meade scored
Immediately afterward on a wild throw
to the home plate by c. Hodges. In the
fifth they were retired without a run,
but in the sixth they scored another on
Meade's second single and Thompsons
the seventh on Henry's single and two
errors by c. Hodges. This tied the
score and made things very interesting,
but it was not to remain SO long. In
the next inning Thompson led off with
two Dagger and Riley, the next bat
ter, got one where he wanted it ana the
result was the ball went sailing over
the left field fence and has not been
found since. This was the star play of
the day and deserved all the applause
it received. The crowd cheered like
mad and it was fully three minutes be.
fore the enthusiasm died out. The
next three batters were easily disposed
Of
The same clubs play again this even
ing and it is safe to predict that it will
be great game, and that the largest
crowd that ever attended baseball
game in this city will be present.
The following table tells the story OF
the rest OF the game.