The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-27
ON THE DIAMOND.
Great Things in Store for the
Cranks This Week.

Cranks This Week.
The game this afternoon between the
home team and the Charlestons will be
one of the best games OF the season.
The home team has been greatly
strengthened by the placing of Settles
on first base, and the accession of
McKenna and Glass, of Lynchburg.
This is one OF the best batteries in the
South. Boyd will, no doubt, pitch one
OF the best games of his life. He has
demonstrated that he can hold the
strongest OF batters down. He pitched
the best game of ball that has been
pitched against the Washington Y. M.
G. A. team on its present trip. Thomp.
son will hold down third base, and that
Is 3 sufficient guarantee that that
position will be played in Al style.
The game to-day will be called
promptly at p. m. The following will
be the position Of the homo players:
Daniel, c.; Boyd, p; Settles, h.; Wig.
more, 3D.: Thompson, 3b.; Riley, ss.;
Meade, IT,; McGinnis, CT /; Foster, IF.
In the game tomorrow the home team
Will have in the crack battery Of the
Lynchburg team, Glass and McKenns,
and 1t Ia safe to predict that it will be
battle royal between the two teams.
Mckenna has been pitching remarkable
Dali this season, having won nearly
catching has always been the feature of
the games in which he played.
1t will be worth the price of admission
to hear the coaching of Zeigler, OF the
Charlestons. He is regular Arlie
Latham.
The home team has been practicing
assldiously this week. The Washington
boys showed them several tricks and
they are hard at work learning them.
The bleachers will be in position in
time for this afternoons game.
Complaint has been made to the
police about the vandals who have been
tearing down the fence.
Boyd and Daniels are both in first
class condition and will no doubt put up
great game.
practice during the week in great shape.
The boys arc all confident of winning
at least two games out of the series.
Daniels is improving wonderfully in
his throwing to bases.
The price of admission will be 25
cents to all; grand stand, 10 cents. No
extra charge on the bleachers.
A game Of baseball will take place
Thursday, August 2, between the law
yers and doctors of the city. The bat
ter1es will be, for the lawyers, Ed. Rob.
ertson and Ran. Bryan; for the doctors,
DR.: Fry and Charley Lyle.
The Union Stars, DR., played game
yesterday with the East Roanokes, and
beat them by a score of 8 to o. The
stars battery was Glass and Nc
hn
Dermott and Brown.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
PETERsBUG, July 26.-The second
game of ball between the Washington
I. M. c. A. team and the Petersburgs
resulted in another victory tor the
visitors, the score standing IL to O.
johnson, who pitched for the visiting
team, had the home team completely at
his mercy, not one OF the Petersburgs
reaching second base during the entire
game. The visitors are by far the best
team seen here this season. They
DATED Quarles, OF the home team, all
around the field. A large crowd wit
messed the game.
LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY.
At Cincinnati (six innings) rain
cioreianH ''''''..-'''.........'. O0O /
NieNeiahu.. ...'.................... 10000 o. o
,hiismGiInsinPsii 6; Clevsland l. Errors
Murphy; Cuppy and O'Connor.
A. New York
New York. 3O01OlO0x- )
Baltimore ............ 10OO10Ol-4
Nh HitsINew York, s; Baltimore, q. Errors
and Wilson; Mullanc and Clarke
At Boston
i noston ................. 110l1x- )
Washington ................. 00010 600 o. >
HttS-BOatOn
Boston, 4; Washington. 3. Batterics-Nichols
and Bennett; Maui and Farrell.
At st. Louis
~; Louis ..'............... 00200I 7
Hits-St. Louis. Il; Chicago, Z. Errors-s,.
Louis, c; Chicago. 3. ies-Breitenstcin'
Gleason and Gunson Manck and Schriver.
At Louisville
Pittsburg. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. , 0oo0S XII
Hits Louisville, 10; Pittsburg. TO- Errors
Louisville. 4; pittsburg, p Batteries IIemmin.
and Clark; killen and Sugden.
AZ Philadelphia (hrst game,-
unlinueIphia ................ o D 0 q 0 o. {
brookiyn.. 2l01OU0 o. 4
littsIPhiladelphia. t. Brooklyn, s. Errors
phila1d,elphia, 0; Brooklyn, i; Batteries Vickery
and Clements; IIaddock and Kinslow.
Second game
Philadelphia. 2OOO04O0- q
Brooklyn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 01 0O022 o. 3
HitsIPhiladclphia, IA Brooklyn, o. Errors
Philadelphia, s.; Brooklyn, .. Batteries-Carsey
ana Clements; Kennedy and Kinslow:
Now Loaning Money on the Street.
NEW YORK, July 26.-It is stated tina t
the reason for the disposal Of SO, $50, 900
OF treasury stock OF the Louisville and
Nashville, was that the company, al.
though it had earned a dividend and
had surplus shown in its statement.
had not received actual money. Bank