Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-02
VICTORY FOR YALE.
THE YOUNG ArHlsres FROM NEW
HAVEN DEFEAT THE 'VAasiTiES.
The Opening Game OF the season IL .
Great social Event. but tho Play
Ing IL Very Poor.

Twelve hundred people went 10 Island
Park yesterday afternoon with the full in
tention OF exercising the fortissimo cords
OF their larynxes in behalf of the great
game between the Varsity and Yale teams,
but. alas their throats we're doomed TO dis
appointment and the energy that these or.
gaas had accumulated was left to waste it.
self in idloness.
In the first place, there was little occs-
sion 10 whoop, and what was worse the
individual who succeeded IN getting his
enthusiasm up 20 this pitch soon found
that his enterorise was only rewarded BY
mouthful ot dust.
The April zephyrs blew little simoons
across the diamond, and Henrico dirt few
70 the fond embrace Of Chesterfield dust,
while the two united and formed many
corner LOT on the inside Innings OF the a.
sembled cranks. In a word. the weather
was oeastiy. tho playing was bad, the ar
was suitry. and the skies were dark.
The crowd was one OF the largest that
has ever attended q game on the Island.
There were pretty Franklin-street bellies
who came IN their dog-carta, sweet maids
who crossed the bridge IN their BUCK
boards. stately danes who rolled up IN
hacks, and fair ones who didn't roll at all
but simply walked. There we're male
tIhnhe Oh ull utETttS Oh
cranks prepared 90 moan and cranks pre-,
pared TO groan. crsnks ready 20 shout, and
even cranks who were willing 70 keep
quiet II necessary. Students with their
gaudy ribbons appeared on every Hde.
while IN tho dim distances the surround
ing fences were lined with spectators.
whose hazy figures rose from the planks
like stalactites from the floor OF cavern:
The whole picture had background OF
al Il ~. ma O. IA a
dewdrops pendant on blade OF grass
hung uIchins of all sizes and description.
THE CURTAINS rIRsT RISE
Thus the curtain rose on the baseball
season OF Richmond. but the play was
q tragedy and the actors did not Know
their lines. and 80 the orchestra retralned
from playlng-in other words, the cranks
saw no reason TO ventlate Their lungs.
whom Harry Leftwich called the players
out the Nale lads troited into the held'
while the VARSITY youngsters plcked up
their saphngs and prepared 20 pnlVerlze
the skln-cOVcred warn. warner nleu tDe
box for the northern BOYS. while Green
way. the popular catcher, who formerly
PLAYED on tho CbariO tesyllle team, sup
ported him at the other end OF the line;;
Ere the inning ended the Nirginians nad
captured a run. aud from tho way they
started ont IL looked as though their op-
DoutulS ilAl a udrG NEut btItit thtiH' ~
spectators wrigced with delight on the
lleacherles, and when Mcdulre sauuteIed
out into the diamond 10 do his great Twill
ing act. and Marshall secreted his face IN
the mask. their excitement was great Inc
Yale batsmen were dispatched III short or
der and were unable TO score.
BEIGHP but DISAPPOINTING.
Everything looked as bright as Uncle
Bill" Culingworth's fece when he talks
about the post-oiiice job. and things be-
came sull more luminous IN the second
inning when the State team piled up TWO
more runs and the strangers only succeed
ed III getting one. In the third inning the
'Narsltios failed 10 score. while the Yale
lads captured one more run. Things he
gan to get exciting and the cranks COM
menced unwIndIng their enthusiasm Ike
q carpenter unrOliug tape-hne. IheY
got upr0arious when the Charlottesville
boys IA the fourth inning made four more
runs, while the northern sDrlnterS showed
signs Of disintegrauon and played tho
game on Chinese principles The ales.
however, somewhat evened up things by
capturing three runs themselves. thus
making the score 7 TO > III favor Of their
opponents.
At this iuncture there came q turn in the
tide oil the game The 'karsltlos failed %
score and when Yale went TO the bat,
Parker, the auburn haired sbort-stop, took
McGuircs place IN the box. while the lat
ter ac,ed az short-stop. This same Park
tr. in the short time be twired. did more
harm 90 ais brethren than everything else
together. He was decidedly wild. and
when he tossed the steed- hide over the
pate the northerners fairly knocked its
wmskers OF. lie opened the Pandora's
box of baseball evils The 'Narsitles be-
came benumbed and when the inning
closed Yale had added just half a dozen
more runs 10 her record.
Mcclure was put back in the box. but it
was too late. aud meanwhile an elongated
individual named Davis began pitching for
the Connecticut lads. and the Yirginlans
could do but little with MN. The Water
loo IN the fifth inning had IA depressing Of