The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-06
THEY HAD GLASS ARMS.
TWO MINES BhrTED OYER
raK FIND BT THE SPIDERS.
.....rdsv was Not Their Day for Pitching,
,ns Fourteen OF the CoileGians Crossed
the Plate in Two Innings.

-. two Mikes yesterday couldn't pitch
u,ns BE. and the consequence was
-~,Yt winning bali playing by the
'.fte spiders. The first inning. by
,,.b teans. gave promise Of sort OF
...n Dick. pull dcvi game, but when the
sf,rs jumped IN The second and. with
LIN. his from ORourks. sent half dozen
, across the plate. the six hundred
..I.rs knew fun well that II was all
sim me colts. ana William Harper
.1 would some time this week
. himself on top OF the Ferris wheel
ll tcars Ike the drippings Of a
.rI sprinkler
-r boz The third The Team and hun
,. Enreht. with his tattcred uniform
n European features. decorated the
t., ard 90 was the same old story. The
.....tlrs saw men 20 TO the bat with
..- souls ful OF election and their faces
B.. .f smiles. They saw those same
r. r.n.'y stand in the battcr's box
..n.e ou a mantepiece. They saw
Er.eht double himself Up Ike
al .... tle and pitch the sphere plate
IU.y saw the battcrs make
m quick movement. and. biff-the
.... uas among the daisies and wire
... no thc outheld. Twelve men went
.r Iat. seven OF them found Mike Tor
... s.-his. cight OF them crossed
t. to. one Of them received his base
rt.... fHo * them reached the first on
~ $50 az them went out at first,
.. r.s declared out for not going down
..f....8 Ia the pathway prescribed, and
.. Individual was left on base.
about Chinese hal PLAYING. We
cl.f The contest would have given the
rims points enough 20 make
.r. u Hong Kong as attractive as a
Minstrel show in Richmond a hot August
r.t
In. after tho Collegians had made
OH. scorers tired with their fourteen runs,
..I made themselves tired, and the Nir-
very tired. the Colts decided that
n. two gass-armed Mikes had better
r away from the pitchers box. G..
lee was then selected as suitable
zen 90 sail the sphere over the plate.
Ie ls "a brother of T.. Hodge. who is
..feher ON the Spiders team. Like his
IIusmau. he came 10 Virginia with the
Washington team some time ago. Whe1
fhe 81. ll a. s.. Club from the National
crpital succeeded so admirably In white
,...fIng the Farmers of the Cockade Nlty.
IL. did WE'LL wonderfully we'll, and kept
die crudite citizens. clad In their batting
clothes. down 10 three hits during the
mkt six innings. 10 would not be bad
la for william Harper Lumsden TO
have paid 1ir. G.. Hodge a few shekels
f.. remain as a resident Of this city, and
accidentally 10 pitch when the two arms
d.. n. Irish citizens are I'm plaster casts
v.a hits from Johnson's delivery were
scattering. although Hodge. the pitcher,
..rl his former associate for beau
..I nree-b8eger. and Luck frightened
r. bis batting average with a two-bag-
.- in the fourth.
rUs five runs received by the Colts
Ir fe fourth were not the result or hits,
f.- 0rlv two decorated the score column.
-f...nn's lcft leg having coliided with
Oil. erhare. he gracefully llmped 20 first
a passed ban gave him second. a wild
r-.h sent him to third. willis I'm the
ruuhNe received his base on balls.
and antret 30 second ORourke
SINGLE sent them both i'm, and John
son fumhled McCreery's grounder Bahen
r.t possession Of the BAH. and made
throw over the pitchers head. with the
rteming intention or landing the sphere
n tho middle Of centreield. O'Rourke
v.ffed 60 third. and McCreery went 10
rd Enright reached first on sue
o.e-mi attempt 10 prevent O'Rourke from
r..r'rg and LuclCs beautiful two-baeger
e.rf the three runners across the rub
f.- thus scoring five runs
Tho came was tiresomc, monotonous'
and .-f. pleased the friends Of the Spi-
d.rs Many ~ them though. hated 10
e.a pho Couoeians have such n complete
vaFr,or Tha Vireinias. however, were
considerably handicapped. Tate and
D. .taich. who went TO North Carolina
f.r rrrs oro. failed 20 show up, and
IHmel.1 has gone 10 the Windy City.
Tua cruks viii find the story Of the
game go the following figures:
COLLEGE,.