The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-22
OHIO AGGREGATION WINS.
Our Boys Bat Well and Field
Fairly Well But Lose, 9 to q.

The Ironton baseball team made their
first appearance in this city yesterday
afternoon and signalized it by trouncing
the Roanokes to tho tune of Q to 4. The
home team outbatted and outfielded
them and lost the game mainly through
hard luck and tho punching of the hits
of the visitors.
O'Hagan, the new acquisition from
the Washington Y. NJ. c. A. team, made
his first appearance, playing on the
initial bag. With the exception of an
excusable error he played beautiful
game. His batting was not up to his
usual good standard, but he was among
strangers and naturally a little nerv-
Gus. There is no doubt that he will be
hitting the ball before long. In the
sixth inning he hunted the ball down
the third base line and beat it to first
by magnificent slide. He is the most
valuable player on the Roanokes, as he
knows the game thoroughly.
The Irontons were first to bat and
Boyd presented Driscoll with base on
balls. He was run out between first
and second. Gilman, the next batter,
also received first on four bad balls and
stole second. He scored moment
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forced out on third by Frank. In the
second they were retired in one, two,
three order. In the third Mercer, the
first batter, struck out, Driscoll went
out from short to first. Boyd once again
gave Gilman his base and Little hit a
line ball down the left field foul line
which bounded over the fence, scoring
Gilman and himself. In the fourth
Boyd retired the side by striking GU t the
three batters.
In the fifth Driscoll was given his
base on balls for the second time, Gill
man made hit and Little came to the
rescue with the longest hit ever made
on the home grounds, the ball going
very near to the river. This brought
the score of the Irontons up to Z. In
the sixth they were retired without
run. The seventh opened up with Lit
tie going out to O'Hagan on a fly,
O'Brien made a two Dagger, Frank got
his base on an error and both men
scored on two wild pitches. This ende ed
the scoring, as the visitors vera easily
retired in the eighth and ninth innings.
For the home team Wigmore struck
out in the first, Daniel got his base by
being hit by pitched ball, but was left
as neither Boyd or O'Hagan were equal
to the emergency. In the second in
ming it looked for while as though the
home team would score. McGinniss
struck out, Riley made a hit, Meade
got his base on an error by Gilman.
With a man on first and second Coli
flower made a nice kit to left, which
filed the bases. Settles struck out and
the best Wigmore could do was to fly
out to centre. They scored one in the
third on O'Hagan being hit by pitched
ball and his great base running, coming
all the way home from first on a base
hit by McGinniss.
In the fourth it again looked as
though the home team would make sew
eral runs. Meade, the first batter, made
home run, which, by the way, is get
ting to be common occurrence with
him. Colliflower made his second hit
of the game, Settles flew out to second,
Wigmore hit beauty to centre, and
on Daniels base hit Collifower scored.
Boyd the next man up, was given a life
by Crockett's error. This filled the
bases again with only one out Boyd
got too far off his base and the pitcher
threw to catch him. Wigmore made an
attempt to score on the throw but was
easily run out between hon G and third
O'Hagan ended the inning by striking
out. The home team scored their last
run in the fifth. Riley made a hit,
Meade followed with another, Coli.
flower forced Meade out at second. Set
ties then made pretty single which
scored Riley.
After this Mercer settled down and
the best the home team could do was to
make two singles, bunt by O'Hagan
and hit by Collifower: For the visi.
tors the batting Of O'Brien and Little
were the features while Colliflower, of
the home team, excelled in this respect.
The fielding of McGinniss and O'Hagan
was also very good. The same teams
play again this afternoon when Coli.
flower will do the twirling and O'Hagan
the catching for the R. A. C's
The following is the tabulated score:
RoANoKE. IRoNToN.
- H. H. o. A. f. IT, 20. A. L.
W'g're2b ! 2 3 1IDr'scl S. . o