The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-19
THE WESTERNERS WON.
THEY CAPTURE THE CANE yR0r
THE CHERUBs IN THE NINTH.
II Was . Spirited Contest Full Of Pretty
Hits and sprinting, But the Irontons
Get . Lead In the First.

The game yesterday afternoon between
the Irontons and the Hul-street Cherubs
was won just In the same manner as the
game of Thursday-in the ninth inning.
The visitors. after a splendid lead in the
first, were tied by the Manchesterians
twice on odd innings. but In the ninth
single, a base on balls and two-bagger
scored the winning runs The contest was
witnessed by five hundred enthusiastic
cranks, who heartily enjoyed the pretty
work done by the Hillites.
Lemons decorated the pitchers box for
the Cherubs in the first two innings, and
only two hits being received from his de-
livery il Is rather difficult to see why he
was sent to right field and Blankenship
moved TO the box. 1t Is probabs, how
ever, that IL was done so as to save
Lemons for the game this afternoon.
Foster wore the parrot cage and chest
protector. He did not play a game up TO
mis- usual high standard.
Percy, a rev player for the Irontons
pitched, and the citizen with the Choctaw
vocabulary, who rejoices in the Partisan
name OF OBrien. adorned his features
with the face protector and his left hand
with the mitten. He caught pretty
game.
The Irontons were lucky, for before the
Hillites had gotten into the game at all
four Of their men crossed the plate II
was a very unfortunate start for the
Cherubs.
The game commenced with the Hillites.
and Kahn started in with some smashing
record behavior. Percy had scarcely
gagged the distance between the plate and
his box before Kahn sent the sphere whiz-
cling down in far centre-feld. The ball
fai&y sung. He captured three bases. and
came home easy on a drive by the
authenticated catcher to left. The next
three men went out. -
Driscoll was the first to face Lemons,
and, owing to the somewhat erratic pitch
Ing OF the citizen with the genealogical
appellation, he went to first on called
balls. 1t was like eating snow for him
to steal second and third. Gilman then
sauntered TO first for the same reason,
and when Little drove the ball down
where the katydids dance the german
under the shadows of centre-feid fence,
the first two citizens crossed the plate.
Little then reached third on a sacrifice,
and. when Reddy Foster let the ball go,
cutting Its way through the atmospheric
conditions near the grand stand, the third
iNii NiOooci lHt Ildlc. AIOChtllS ItdCUtu
first because Napier did juggling act.
He went to third when Upper did the
same act and when Bradley reached
first. Then Lemons threw at the gate
keeper instead Of over the plate, and
Crocketts went home in a walk Score:
lrontons, 4; Forest Hills, /. II made the
boy who draws the straight white lines
on the blackboard crawl under the grand
stand and kick hole through himself
n soft, undulatipg fly to Driscoli, II lodges
made the play of his life. He caught
the ball as solidly with the sticK as
some corI ty delegations at a convcn-
ton. and 1t was like taking holiday for
him TO go around the diamond and make
a home-run. The afr was full Of cheers.
hats umbrellas, OXYGEN and hydrogen.
Blankenship subsequently surprised him
self and few select admirers with a
single 10 right. He went out at second
In that same graceful manner demon
strated by him on Hull street any after
noon at 3:26 p. NJ.
Gilman was the third citizen to receive
his base from Lemons. and when Little
made his second two-bagger. there was
nothing left for him to do but to score
OBrien sent Little to third, and passed
ball scored the run.
Score: Irontons g. Forest Hills. 2. The
seen TO drink something out OF a bottle
that was not ink nor tactical fluid.
The Hilltes failed to score In the third,
but Crocketts found Blankenship. who
had just begun pitching, for single
to right. Bradley was also thus fortu-
nate, and the pioneers descendant sailed
10 second.
Welsh advanced them with sacrifice,
and a wild throw by Napier scored the
run. Score-Irontons, T. Forest HIS, e.
1t was discovered that the fluid drank by
the boy who draws his breath and the
figures on the blackboard was cold tea.
In the fifth Kahn thumped the sphere
for a single to centre, sneaked to sec
ond. reached third on Fosters sacrifice,
and covered the rubber when Napier
followed the example OF his auburn
haired friend. The Irontons went out in
the one two. three order. Score-lron-
tons. 7: Forest Hills. g. The boy with
the chalk smiled smile Of some con-
siderableness.
The sixth opened with promising ex-
nloit by Lemons in the shape OF three
bagger. He mauied the leather right
down the centre field, and came nome
when Hodges drove a long fly TO left.
The visitors never got further than first.
Score-Irontons. G; Forest Hills, T..
In the seventh the Hillites tied with
their part OF the mhihs. Nus Wy p'"""
enship. Kahn and Foster, costly error
by OBrien and tumble by Frank ala
the work. The tie was not allowed 10
remain but a few moments. however.
for O'Brien was hit by the ball: WHO
throw by Foster put him on third. ana
Crocketts single scored the run. Score
Irontons. 8; Forest Hills. 7. The boy
with the blackboard shed tears IKE a
watering cart.
Kahn received his fourth hit. one OF
which was a three-bagger and one Two
bagcer-in the eighth and adroitiy went
10 second. Fosters beautiful two-Dase
hit sent him home. thus again tying the
score. Gilman, however. found the Prince
OF Leisure for single, sauntered 10 Sc
cond when Little received his base on
balls. and went home with Little on
O,Rrien's two-bagger. The Hilhtes fall
ing TO score in the ninth ended the con-
test. -
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