Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-06
NO TROUBLE TO HIT.
THE sPipe RS POUND BOTH o'Rouake
AND ENRlGHT HEAVILY.
The Gsme Marked by Ffas Dattios. Many
Errors. and some Exceitcnt fisy-
tng--ssvsrsi Now Men.

yesterday afternoon those who went to
Forest Hill happened In upon q little sur
prise-party. for the fragile youngsters
from the college campus hammered and
rounded the stufling out Of the several
balls and fairly batted thetwo Hibernlans-
Michael the Slender and Michael the
Obese-out of the box.
In the second and third innings they
sent the ball bounding out OF the inneid
in n way that struck terror to the souls Oh
those who were roofing for the Nirgtnlas.
All of the hits, save one, were singles, out
there was nothing of the scratch oroe,
apout them-they were all clean. nara
hits.
The nsrsonuel of the Virginias was some
what altered, and though the new men on
the nine were oil good players, there was
an absence of good team work. Inc ap-
sentees were. Tate, MAID anu neis To rs
who are starring in North Carolina. Iate
nloca was nlled at first By all attenuated
individual named Cauliiower.. but there
was nntblug green about him, for ms pha-
Ianoes ouickly closed upon the sphere
Whenever IL came anywhere near him. An
active Young citizen named McCreery wore
I,eftyich's uniform at bag No. =, ana MS
attitude was so stern and bis demeano,
so ferocious that no wary spider atteuIips.eu ,
10 steal that base during the game. lhey
ali waited calmly at first until hit or An
error advanced them 20 the coveted base.
AT short there was youth who is o better
ipfielder than Barley Cam has ever proven
himself to be- Ihls young man. VINO re-
ioices in the euphonlous cognomen OF Gu
racoa Hodges, and is brother OF the col
lege catcher. Is o stout. muscular youn z
fellow. who picks up oals dettly auh
gracefully and throws them to hrst Win
admirable rapidity and accuracy.
o'RoURKE WAS NOT King"
Demure Pussy Luck was OF course,
adorned with the mask, and when the
game beran the pitchers box was occupied
nv Michael O'Rourke, the Obese. When
Michael planted his number elevens IN
| the imaginary box IN tho centre OF the
' diamond he was pregnant with emotion,
and the anticipation of victory hred MS
| 6ashinp eyes. Like Pyrrhus, surveying
| the camp of tho Roman leglons. no
| felt the desire to conquer come
over him. and through tho cooWeooeu
valves of his heart there fitted visions OF
| A game IN which no collegian hit Michael
| safely. But like Fitz Greene Hallecks
| lannon's Turk who awakes TO hear Boz
zaris cheer his mon" M!chaeIs dream
soon faded before stern reality. lie goose
eop.d the Spiders in the lrst inning. but
| in the second came O'Rourke's Waterloo.
| In this fatal inning tho polish or his de-
livery was rubbed off entirely. Johnson,
who was first az bat. hit safely. ana Ohara
followed with single. johnson scored on
| n high fy which was caught out IN rlght
| field. then singles nv Frank Duke' An
| thonv, Burnett, and Bahen, and an error
out i'll left field, produced nyo more runs
| for the college boys.
NEIlHEE COULD HE STAND.
In the third inning Michael the Sly and
| Slender sent the badlv-banged O'Rourke
| TO first Gin place of Caulitower, VINO went
| m third) and took charge OF tho we'll
! twiria6 hall himself. But to the sharp
| eyed students the once-eluslye ball OF En-
right was as q we'll and easiiy-read poem.
| and in that one inning they touched the
| Irish lal tor o three Dagger and SIX singles,
| making eight runs. The sharp-Wlttec
| Mike at this luncture laid his lndex-hnger
| impressiyely by the side OF his PROPOSES
! and observed: "Arrah bedad Shure an
| its toime dat another dufier was atwirllr' &.
| Ohm athinkin'." SO be retired again 70
| third base and his place was taken DY
! (uracoa Hodges. with whom the colie2ian5
| did not become 50 familiar. as they only
got three hits and one run of hiia.
The features of the game were the heavy
batting of the collegians. the base-runnlng
| of Virglnias. and Philips's work at snort,
who. though he made three errors. played
a quick, snappy game, ana assisted IN
| three pretty double plays.
Both teams played very loosely, ana er-
rors were as thick as blackoerries on MI.
| Robin. Out OF twenty-five runs made Oh
! both sides but three were earned.
| TIE DETAILS