The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-25
on THE DIAMOND.
Some Good Games Promises for
This Week.

ported that Brooke, Of the Y. NJ. c. A. Ts,.
would come to Roanoke II he could get
employment. He pitches good ball, and
ia line football player. This may be
the angel President Robertson is hum
ing for.
Bleachers will be erected right away
down the left field line.
We reporters want four or five seats
at the further end Of the grand stand,
front row, with shelf in front, to score
in and we want to smoke too. Please
fix it. Mr.. President.
The Chsrlestons will play here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and
there will be good team and an extra
battery to face them. The Charlstons
are very fast and are winning FIVE out OF
every six games they play. But
Roanoke is going to play great ball this
week, with o little new blood in the
weak points.
The team is doing lot of practice
work, and Daniel Is throwing to second
like streak.
The grand stand is a good judge of
baseball, and quick to appreciate a
point.
1t was mistake putting Foster in
the field. Leave him at short.
The Y. M. c. A. team gave several
valuable suggestions on bunting the
ball.
The home team has not yet learned
to play good uphill game. It was
pleasure Saturday to see Thompson
and one or two others fight for every
point just as hard as il the home team
was ten runs ahead instead of deep in
the nine hole"
The Roanoke Blues played a game OF
ball yesterday afternoon with the
Roanoke Iron Company club on the lat.
ter's grounds and defeated them by a
score OF II to 8. T. Turner and Nj.
Turner were the battery for tho Blues
while Furlong and Driscoll ofiiciated
TO. the Iron Company's team.
In the game Of baseball at the West
End yesterday, while endeavoring to
stop hot liner, Chas. H. Main seriously
injured his hand, breaking one finger
and mutilating two others. The wound
was dressed by DR.. Gale assisted by DR..
Summons.
Secretary Wynne furnishes the fol.
lowing about the Washington Y M. C,
A. ball team There have been numer.
GUS remarks IN Roanoke for and against
the Young Mems Christian Association
baseball team of Washington. Thew
are called Christians, while that is much
In their favor yet it Is not true, the
Young Mems Christian Association is
an organization for the development OF
the social, physical, intellectual and
religious principles in and among young
men, While the organization rests on a
Christian basis any young man without
regard to religious belief can become n
member and enjoy all the privileges of
the association, while only those who
1t
can vote or hold Office in the associ-
alton.
The team from Washington were
truly gentlemanly set of young men,
but not all OF them Christians. yet
they proved their respect for the organi-
cation by conducting themselves prop
erly, and gave very clean, clear cut
game.
The young men do not receive any
compensation for their playing, while
their expenses are paid out of the re.
ceipts II anything is made over ex-
penses 1T goes to the association
Every man on the team has been
member OF the Washington association
from two to five years, except one, who
Joined three months ago, coming to the
association from the Columbia Athletic
Club simply because he preferred to
affiliate with the associations young
men. The club is made up as follows:
Collifiower, carpenter; o. Hagen, clerk
in plumbing establishment; Johnston,
clerk in furniture store; e. A. Hodge,
proprietor of plum bling establishment;
Bolway, government employee; Haupt.
man, carpenter, Brooke, recently grad
uated from SwAthmore College and an
expert football player, will enter bust.
ness in January; Jones, student, grad
uating from the law school this wear:
McCreasy, clerk for his father and San
ford, clerk
The general secretary, Mr.. Pugh, ia
acting manager. The boys have the
utmost respect and confidence in him
and he manages the team for the very
best purposes and no doubt does some
good in field that has long been given
over to too much evil.
LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY.
At Philadelphia
Philadelphia ................ 0100o21 3c-7
Brooklyn. 12031U0 / s
bh,lItssMPsiadcPhia 49, Brooklyn, -. Errors
and Clements; Kennedy and Kinslow.
At Cincinnati
CINCINNATI. .............., 000lll x-1
Cleveland. Observation-Disclosures. 1Oli0IO OI- i
Hits-Cincinnaii, II; Cleveland, 3. Errors
Cincinnati, q; Cleveland, 5, Batteries Dwyer
and Murphy; Clarkson and o'Connor.
At Louisville
Louisville. Observation-Disclosures. o d O o q j.
P!ttsburg. .................. 200024 x-l3
Hits Louisville, 81 Pittsburg. IL. Errors
Louisville, 5; Pittsburg. 3. MISREPRESENTATION
and Ciarke Killen and Snyder.
\. New York
New York. 0l00x- 4
Baltimore ............ OOoa 000I O. )
Ets-New York, IL; Baltimore s. Errors
New York, I; Baltimore, s. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Doyle; Mcmahon and Clarke.
AT Boston