The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-02

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~ eighth innin,
sied contest yesterday afternoon at az
o'clock on account OF darkness. SOM
claimed that had the ninth been Pave
the Crows would have been the viciors
others that IL was far better 10 stop rlth'
where they were after so close call. fol
the visitors. as well as the home team
were playing ball with the desperatloi
o. e,ar ,ons snspn pgro sne Was better
TO cancel the game with Noriolk ane
play II out at another time than TO run
The truth is. no one in this wide world
could have predicted the result and
there's no use saying they could. Never
was so close n contest witnessed IN this
grit OF "A tiger or a bull-terrier. and the
victory seemed TO be poised In very
delicate scale
BAILEY AND BUST.
IT Is only Justice to say that Bailey and
Hunt are the two gentlemen 10 whoin
the result OF he eight innings should De
attributed Had Bailey shook himself TO-
gether and delivered the sphere properly
In the first three innings. or even IN the
second inning. when the visitors nou Ini
Guiding q twO-bagger. the thousands %
physiognomies that lighted up the Daii
grounds might have beamed IKE the he,i
lights OF so many Bank-street trolley
cars. 49,,
On the other hand. had Hunt. the col
lege twirler. who occupied the box lot
the visitors, been "a little less fortunate
In his delivery, and experienced the hu-
initiation OF having his raps buncned WIN
a little more sociability, why, that pig
"a. r." which had been pu r,s up on roo tne
score-board by some enterprising rooter
might have been realized in great shape
AS 1t was. Bailey was simply unfortn-
nate He pitched for fo9 fpu 1nihs Kim for
eight hits. These were all singles ex,
cept one: that was a two-bagger, anu
TRULY was the sire Of It, This Is MOI a
bad record Had the hits been scattered.
like those OF Hunt. Richmond could nave
won The misfortune lay In me facl thass
the raps In the second lnn,hs. H. y,
little flock Of sheep. In the frst inning
two hits were the record. These resui,sd
in no runs for the Crabs. Ihen came IN, sis
raps bewildered Mr.. Bailey. when the
inning had closed up. six runs nad p ,H
grlped down by the Mariners. iney ran.
81 10 add 10 the record during the rest
OF the contest.
NRvISs IN THv box.
In the nth inning Nevins was put in
the box He proved a valuable imp oye-
nent upon the Man from Borneo. He
held the visitors down 70 four singles
during as many innings. These could not
each inning was the record They failed
to help the visitors out or the Oh emma
Nevins had remarkable cohtroi OF u,e
sphere. True. he gave two men their
base on balls. Yet he did not deliver "a
single wild ball. and his work was sure
and altogether satisfactory Had Nevlns
been put In the box tog at ,ne ,, Rl" thai
the result would have been a Victory
for Richmond. As IL was. he Kept pace
with Hunt, the wizard. the gieat twlrl,ng
the heavy hitting Crows to four hits up
IN the sixth inning, chewed tolu with
precision not 10 be equaied by any
man I'm the Virginia State League. EXCEPT
Smith. the Cockade Cityite. ana snow ,Yo,,
work would MI great big public library
such as one sees in Boston, Mass
Wells caught both Bailey and ,h Mevns
that the comely catcher had come into |
the world wearing a MASK ana lVer, |
pad. for he certainly did ofhciate behind |
the home-plate like an expert, ana Whem
by throwing out TRULY at second IN me
fifth. after capturing difficult foul
fwister Immediately In front OF the re,
porter's stand, there seemed 10 De no emu
10 the applause
THE TEAM WORK.
The team work II the Crows was far
above their usual high standard, iney
is really phenomenal Hunt held them
'ou.n as intimated above. Indeed, they
See med TO be afraid OF the visiting WIFI
pr. whose down-stoots were very d"cep-
live. Nine hits. with a total OF thrteea
bases. was the aggregate. ii was quite
, long time before the Crows became
N the least familiar with the deceptive
mariners zig-zags. He was too cool Tor
hem, and he took his time. There Is
not the shadow of "A doubt about that.
With four singles up 10 the sixth inning,
md these scattered without companion-
hip In any inning. except the NTH. when
me rap followed another In quick sue
.ession matters looked a little blue. IL
aptain of the team, to maui the sphere
,ear the left field fence. for exterior
to change In flash. Then
UGH a wild scene of frenzy never before
,reeted the optics OF the Richmond
In the field the Crows put up beautiful
of the sport Two errors only
we're down on the score book TO their
Z very high order. kain's work at
hort was admirable, with the exception
an ugly error at the critical point |
a the proceedings. Gilman's work at Sec
omenal pickups, and held down the sec
nd bag like king. Tate's work at first, 1
'ettlnger's In centre. ana Roussey's at
hird was all faultless while Foster and
'hilips In right gathered everything that
anne their way. The unity with which
he men played was pleasing. Each work
hard for the general welfare and :
othing but clean. sharp fielding. With one
r two exceptions. was the result of their
forts.
THE VISITORS !
The Crabs put up beautiful game
here was q KIND OF grit and persistence I
Bile degree. Never did men play with
ore determination. They fought for the
urels like dying men, and when Rich q
ond crawled up on those little six runs v
the last three innings of the contest j
lere was desperation about the work U
I the saltwater men that almost APP d
saled to the sympathy OF the local h
anks.
The record of Hunt in the box has al a
ady been noted; lie Is certainly an
$ ability. Hodge distinguished himself
hind the mask. and played the game,
did also Joanes at first Then, the +
ork Of Thornton at the bat was highly G
Hagan and TRULY. was certainly Kilt | &
lged. O'Hagan made an ugly error in X
e e, NTH v when he picked up Phillips {
ngled up between the choice OF throwing =
e Baby out at FIRST or keeping Cleye | u
ON scoring. Cleve was kept on third n
It Phillips got TO first; .oilaean's bat, i
ng record was three hits out Of four
portunities. while TRULY got three bi,s
Il OF a possible three.
The Crabs played excellently In COM
nation. Corcorans throws from short
nrst We're models OF science and train =
ass FIRST baseman In every sense OF Tho o
rase. The united efforts OF the visitors T
ere quite effective. Only tlree errors G
(. and there was nothing loose or raessd J,
out there team work They fcncb, III