Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-17
A RUN-MAKING GAME.
eur The SPIDERS ONLY GET HALF
AZ MANY AS The COLTS.
..,,.,x p,,ehe. wet, But 10 Poorly Sop
ported-How the Clubs stand
I,umsdsn wnhdrsws.

A, ,ast tho secret is ont. the cat has
oscaoed from the bag. and oil the world
knows the politics Of the erudite and agile
Spiders. The wires that stretch from the
cap,,al of Virginia TO the uttermost cor
ners of tho earth will fash the news,
newspapers will bulletin it. and interested
crowds will gather and discuss the matter,
Cor II 10 at last discovered that the Spiders
are-monometallists.
Yesterday afternoon they spread them.
seiyes out In the bGil-feld ut Forest hlli
and proved that they desired by single
standard. and that yellow-a golden
one-for they played the yellowest game
that they have ever exhibited. II was as
rank as the tall grass that grows IN the
far corner Of the outheld, and IN conse-
ouence Eurlghts balky Colts won by de-
fault.
SAD DAY FOR THE SPIDERS.
II WA a cad dav for the campus contn-
GENT and Lee District to-day will be as
lonesome as q Richmond saloon on Sun
day. n;.1 =
fouI TO the catcher. and mistaken conn
dence (cp Tate's part) in Hodges aDllity
70 throw 20 second did the trick for
VIRGINIA. and the College did no better.
score; Virginias. o; College, 0.
In the second inning McMann flied on !,
TO W. Duke. Lumsden struck OUT. al q
Leftwich went out al hfst, VINE hed u 1'oon
bit we're left on the bases. Then john
son lined out beautiful three-bagger and
scored on Hodges's single. Hodges stole
aecopd and scored on en- error OF Luck 3,
and O'Hara scored on sacrifice Score
Virginias. 0 College, g..
In the third inning West singled. I'm
II. "a
handsome O'Hara, who fumbled IT and
then threw it over Jobnsons head, adj
yancing West and Enrlght TO third and
second, respectively. A moment iator
O'Hara punched several errors and the two
V,rpinians scored. In the college half OF
the inning out they went IN one, two,
three order. Score; Nlrglnlas' q; Ool4eSt'
3: OHaIa, errors.
AND so IT KEPT on
Then came the fatal fourth, when an
other error by the AdoDis ut second base
ond n prieyous throw by the son of the
statesman from Jackson Ward, assisted
slightly by Tate's single and McManns
two base surprise hit. produced SIX runs
for the Colts. minute later IT Is one.
TWO. three, and out" for the boys from
the campus. and the Inexorable scorer
writes on tho black board IN Dig Whl1e
Arabic numerals: "Nirgl MAS, 8, College.
Three goose eggs for Virginia, two dittos
for the College, and then glorious squirt
in the sixth inning. Score; Virginia, 8;
Colltpe. 7. Excitement intense. One man
in the bleacheries sings Down Went
NcGInty Enright" with exceeding great
fervoT. ..-
Firhth: Three moro runs for the Colts.
retirement diminishes. Ninth: Five
more for Virginia and one little puny run
for the College. Everything quiet. PEG,
pIo 90 out of the grond-stand using bad
l9uruaee. Young woman (some Cole
ciqn's Elrl) cries softly. Score; Virginia,
80 died the Spiders, dropping another
peg IN tbe list. The cOroner's verdict:
Slam 10 the luheld.
Poor Anthony, he pitched q steady
enme-but as one swallow doesn't make
summer, pitcher unsupported can't win
game.
TIVE score.
To the initiated crank the following IS
as interesting Is Is the currency balance
on his bank book to the average Rich
mond businessman nowadays:
VIRGISIAS,