The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-26
BASEBALL NEWS.
The Home Team to be strengthened and
Good Games Promised.

The Home Team to be strengthened and
Good Games Promised.
The home management are now in
negotiation for first class battery to
officiate In Fridays game against the
strong charleston team. Manager
Robertson has had several candidates
out this week who are anxious to cover
nrst base. There will be new man
ON the initial bag during the series
with Charleston.
1t Is to be hoped that the manage
ment will have place fixed for the
scorers during the coming series. The
Charlestons are putting up the strongest
game OF any team in the South outside
OF the Southern League and a so per
per cent better game than half the
clubs in that body.
In the future there will be no chang.
ing of positions on the home team.
This is good move, as 1t tends to
demoralize team when the players are
played out OF their positions.
The X. A. G. done as we'll, IL not bet
ter. than either the LYnchburgs or
Petersburg teams with the Washing.
ton Y. M. C. A. The home team won
one game out of two. Lynchburg only
won one game out of three and they
had four of the crack players of the
University OF Virginia on it.
The Petersburgs received the worst
defeat they have sustained this season
at the hands Of the Christians, no less
than five home runs being made of
their pitcher. The Petersburg papers
says that it was by far the strongest
team that has played there this season.
The II. A. G. Reserve team will play
their first game next week with the
regular nine The Reserves are CON-
city. They will undoubtedly make it
interesting for the first team.
WON BY THE wAsiuNGroNs.
LYNcHBuRG, July 25.-Only q fair
crowd witnessed the game here TODAY
between the Lynchburg club and the
Y. M. G. A. Club of Washington. The
game was poorly played and resulted In
victory for the Washington boys by
score of ~ to o. Batteries -Lynchburg,
MckenDa and Glass; Washington, Coli.
flower and Hodge.
THE BASEBALL. TOURNAMENT
The Stanton News has the following:
The three days tournament last week
on the Athletic Club grounds here be.
tween the Staunton team and the
Charleston, w. Va, team resulted as
follows: Tuesday-Charlesto 5, Staun-
ton 3; dnesday-Stauntou S, Charles
ton 3; MISREPRESENTATION 6, Staun-
ton 5. 1t was agreed on all sides that
there has never been such fine playing
in Staunton as WAS put up by both
toams, and that the Charleston team
were the finest physical specimens of
men yet seen on the Staunton diamond.
LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati. 30 5000 OIL 4
Cleveland. U Qua 90 8
-, Hits-Cncinnati, 6: Cleveland. {. Errors
and Murphy; Young and O'Connor.
at Philadelphia
pphila1d,elphia .............. 004032 2-I6
Philadelphia >: Brooklyn, l. Batteries-W eyhinr
and Clements Stein and Kinslow.
\, New York
Hew YORK ..'............... l1000x-a
baltimore 49, ............ 90 100000 /
, ilits-New York, IL; Baltimore, d. Errors
New , York {; Baltimore, p Batterics-Rusic and
Milligan; Hawke, McNabb and Clarke
AT Louisville-
Louisville. Observation-Disclosures. 90 OF O o'O'O
Pittsburg... 0031 10 81 x-lU
Hits. Louisville, $; Pittsburg, Il. Errors
Louisville, q; Pittshurg, 3. Battcries-Rhodes
and Grim; Gumbert and Sugden.
AT st. Louis
st. Louis. Observation-Disclosures. 1O2Ol u q
Louis, 4; Chicago. q. Batteries : clarkson and
Gunson; Mctiill and Kittredge.
AT Boston
Washington :.:::: ia
pd iiits1Bost % -; Washington, 49, Errors
and Camel; Esper and Farrell