Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-09
FR0STN 0TIN SEASON.
BUT FOR THIS CHILLING ELEMENT
The CoLTs MIGHT HAVE WON.
Tho Farmers Work Hard and HI Toy
with Sore Arms Hosp. Them 20
House Their Crops.

Yesterday afternoon nino athletic Appo-
mattoxian Alliancemen, accompanied by
ten dozen enthusiastic agricultural root
ers, came TO Forest Hill with the intention
OF playing upon Enright's game but I'M
tanned Colts, even as Opheus played upon
his famed Boehm flute. More than twen-
ty-seore youths and urchins, with few
gray-beards and wineeome msidens, went
over to the riverside diamond, taking their
well-stretched lungs with them. to sec the
hopes of the ambitious Farmers blasted
IN its incipiency. But, alas victory
percbed where II hadn't-oughter have
peIched. and when the game was over tho
Colts orawled into hole under the grand
stand and would not be comforted. while
the naughty Farmers peeped at them
through the cracks and made strange de-
risiye Resticul0tlons.
FROST OUT OF SEASON.
II was in the very first inning. after the
Colts had bagged one run, that tho Pc
ters williams played tho little tune OF
" Johnny, come catch me If you can" as
five Of them saucily and swiftly swung
around the circle. Four single hits, well
scattered, helped them to soore the hye
runs-but let It be spoken that the bits
were only pdrtioeps crimi,'ts, for the runs
would III ell probability never have been
made had not Hi-Toy Frost dropped
the ball twice in his usual engaging
way. Luck also made an untimely
error. The truly Celestial playing OF the
CoolIe third basernan and the quintette OF
runs that were counted as the result gave
the Farmers great, long pull on the
game. and the cranks with lung epplaud-
ed not. That was left to the Petersburg
rOoters, who had enthusiasm enough for
both sides In the third inning two
Dagger by Quarles aud singles by Lime
berger and Leach produced another run
tor Petersburg, but after that their share
of the black board 10y the erand-stand
was an aching void.
THE COLTS IN HARD LUCK.
Poor Colts Was one in the first. ditto
in the second, hand ditto in the ninth, all
ye could do? Hath the glory departed
from Israel, and ore We again seeking the
post of rear guard (Which Napoleon said
was the post of hOnOr)I
A few more games like that Of Yesterday
and Virginia will be a small speck on the
horizon. Enugbt-that COOL clever Car
rach. na-Chree lad-played the game. pitch
ing strongly and fielding his position bril-
liantly. Leftwich also PLAYED a good
game, and so did Remington West, blt
most of the others had left their knowi-
edge of the game at home In their Sunday
clothes.
There were three double PLAYS. the
especially brilliant one being that between
Luck and O'Rourke, when Brodie was
thrown out at second IN attempting TO
steal that base and Mc(innn. who was on
third, was thrown out at the plate in at
tempting to score on the throw 10 second.
McGann and Brodie PLAYED brilliantly,
the latter saving at least two runs III the
seventh inning by backing up Limeburger
on first base Still the farmers would
hardly have won but for Frosts errors.
de tried three positions. but was unable
10 fll any ono of them. His arms, be IL
SAID TO his credit, we're both sore. King
took his place the last two rounds.