The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-26
TUEFARMERS DEFEATED
s,p1YKNocKED orr M TnE null
,rRTETCHERUBS ON TEsTBRDAY.
~...ntv-One 20 Fourteen Was the Score of
one Of the Most Remarkable Games Ever
PLAYED ON tho Chesterfield Diamond.


l..f vrh hope and soda water. Their
..e. were ut with smiles. and their
.r,rts were bHthe and gay. They
,...-..I "a merry tune ass they embarked
.r. r,rd-strcct station. and a pleased
....1n Mttod ever and anon along
. f.eays ~ their faces. They were
,., e.y and debonnaire. They were
....... ana their skate straps were
.. vra mc beauty of a pine knot
...-.,..kcts were filled with coin OF the
- and they cared but little for the
....o.ft.c mercury or the time when the
.. CAS- uau viii be occupied.
~ we're nine players known as the
r...e cy Farmers. and the balance
s.. delegation were cranks. rootcrs.
.....s .l ttc peace. lawyers. car con-
,....-s.al individuals They were early
..~o-... $500 Park. and sat I'm the grand
,r uey landed there before the
came commenced and took of their coats.
r..- ney began TO use tobacco. and the
......l.re became laden with words not
,.a in vcu-resulatcd newspapers. It
..s1 laden with smoke.
f...s and gay. with lungs like hydrau-
r. ..ras and with voices Ike fog horns
r. ferry boat. they watched their team
d. fne bat and the Hull-street Cherubs
.... ft.Ir places in the field. They were
alone. Six hundred other cranks from
OBJ. confines OF Richmond and Manchester,
eap uu and SwansborO. We're also
f-..nt. ana that delightful creatOn-the
GUNNER rlrl-stamped her dainty russell
shoes on the gand-stand planks.
Then. in the second the Farmers sent
f.r men across the plate. and they
,.uei and choercd stood upon their seats.
made another dive into eueir pockets Tor
cash 20 bet with and remarked IN thelr
cultured. sweet young voices that me
DHcrubs had better go out some sunday
afternoon and practice. tnthuslasuc ms
man from tho Worlds Fair they held
meeting Immediately and decided that
tho hrr.cuiturlsts were "the people and
,r,.-rh the haze Of smoke and "cuss'
words they seemed to hum the sonnet:
Hang The banners on the outer wall,
Let the tTUmpets bray;
Let the band strike mp tune,
and play the Boom-de-ay.
u was an right. No one objected TO
H..r hummiug. their yelling. or their sug-
.-t..Na. IhffNhIal NNl llfll hiirM NAi''
.. things come 20 him who waits, and
Patrick suppleiack Zigler stood out in the
t..I ike patience on mantepiece
vlan the third inning began. Napier
beam g. The lss0me figure Of JUNE
QHrIos decorated the box like powder
rlGs on an Empire gown His face was
d. nu OF expression as "a new Columbian
stamp and his chubby little legs were
er.asad in a pair of red l9-cent stockings.
Juu.e threw the bail. and-biff, base
lr for the lean and hungry third base
man Of the Cherubs. Junie's face was
study He thought he had trolley wires
n his head. and that the lemon sherbet
l. had "m0nkeyed" with at dessert time
was creating some few discOrds i'm his I'M
t.rnal improvements. Topper sauntcrcd
fa the plate next. with his erudite face
shining with cffugency OF new red letter
l.v The pet Of the Farmers again held
no BAH before him. made few gyra-
lions with the grace of a CapiOl police
man chasing "a canine. and bin-a two
I.esor FOR Topper. Iigler. with a ST.
patncCs dav shirt. and the insouciance
SD characteristic OF him when he dimes at
the Waldorf next faced the pitcher. hum
ming 90 few lines of Mamma won't buy
me "a bow-wow.' The twirler from the
city Of pretty women threw the sphere.
Usual result.
Di the cranks and rooters and individ-
unIs and male persons from Petersburg
stand on their seats and cheer? DID
Mey2 no. gentle reader. they did not.
Ou the contrary the silence that pcrvaded /
that delegation was thick enough TO man |
rfacturc into chewing gum. The beads Of /
respiration stood out on their more or /
Jess classic foreheads ike sparrows on n /
Limb IN the Capitol Square. Bradley then |
fuud Quarles for n single. Kahn banged /
iu twain with a two Dagger. and then. be- /
fore the inning closed. the aburn-haired |
rs manufacturer and the speedy short
stop found QuarIcs for singles. Eight men |
crossed the plate. one man-Cullcn-got
'1 first on an error, and Darby Morgan
and Foster boy going out ended an inning |
flt gave eleven men chance with the
SUCK. The score then stood DO 20 g. two
.rs having been made by the Cherubs I'm
a- second innings. After the third the
.Ue That springs eternal packed us va
se and left the delegation from the Cock
i. city to take care of itself and by the
sN.h inning most Of them had left the
diamond and We're on their way home
Oh t.l their friends Of the uncertainties
~ ufs
The score of q 20 II does not give one
ODD idea Of the hrilliancy OF the game.
There were errors. OF course. for even
|
i..d. hut taken as a whole the contest
was tho most exciting ever seen on the
chesterfield diamond. Three and two
itr.rs were as numerous az bugs I'm
picnic lemonade and when Brodie banged
Nh. leather over the left field fence and
seei the rubber. the few remaining
admirers OF the Cockade Farmers came
Dear falling of of their seats with en-
th.siasm. and losing their numbers"
AND return tickets
10 was I'm the eighth. though, that
TIE 600 people rose from their seats.
oeered. yelled cried. and acted like a
..f Of candidates for Williamsburg.
Eankcnship had commenced the inning
the Cherubs by reaching first on
. lann's tumble a passed ball gave
in second. Bradley's hit sent him 20
tr' and Fosters two-bagger sent him
the plate. Napier followed the
'arr-haired citizen. and famed the
keefer dropped the bah. and Ma
attempted % reach first. The sphere
vas thrown 90 Limcberger, and Foster
e no made feint 20 80 90 third
was thrown 90 Wilson and he
.N Aeiann. attempted 20 tag Foster
.'.rl..ly. from the urchin in the
u'e % the capitalist in the grand-stand,
have bet a boiler factory that
would Doe put out. but the city
was entirely too quick for the
S.' citizens of Petersburg. Just as Nc
pm. reached 20 tag him ne fell. and the
l taseman walked over him. FOs-
ifen escaped and reached second
moment later he was putting
'Ifi as the result Of n wild throw
ONE N the felders il was the most
ni play that was ever executed in