Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-28
OUR BOYS PLAY BALL
They Work Together Well and Snow
The BumsardnerS Under.
NOT ABLE TO HIT BAILEY.
Ho Held the stsunton Lads at Bay While
the Grows Fiopped Their Wings
and Flew Around.

The tables were turned yesterday BY the
Richmond Crows on the gentlemen. from
the mountains, and, instead of being badly
defeated. as was the case Tuesday, the
biack-suitea boys wrested a victory from
the Bumgardncrs by score Of "A to 8.
Every one Of the Crows played good
ball. and the rooters. about 800 In number
sat on the bleacheries and In the grand
stand. and cawod with delight
To those cranks whose heads were
bowed down Ia sorrow over the defeat
that was administered TO us Tuesday,
yesterClays game acted as an antidote,
and as they wended their way home
ward in the evening twilight. their faces
beaincd with pride and satisfaction. Why
should they not have been happy?
The reaction had set in and one and all
had ample opportunity 20 root, from the
small. biack-haircd fellow. who undertook
TO show the scorer how 10 keep his record,
10 the public official. who sat nearby.
and delighted the audience with The legal
phrases which he transposcd and made
applicable to baseball criticisms.
THEY BATTED WELL.
The stick work Of the Rlchmonds was
exceptionally good. and by punching their
hits at the proper time they were enabled
10 walk away easy victors. Every man
on the team. with the exception Of
Charley Hodge. who was unfortunate
in twice being struck with the ball, man
aged TO make q bit. McGann ana late
each making FIVE safe raps.
Eggs Of the gosling persuasion were eX-
ceedlngly numerOus-iE fact, the supply
seemed Northumberland in all but three
OF the innings the Crows laid httie
egg at the feet Of Captain Ieigler. Iig.
didn't want them, It's true. but, then,
the gentleman Of Forest-Hll fame had
no choice In the matter. ana he just
had 10 swallow them. shell and all.
Kahn started the fun in the first with
a pretty single. md on McGann's single,
assisted by a passed ball. scored. Pop
Tate then welded the ash for two-bag-
ger. and brought McGann In. On Fosters
single Tate scored. and after reaching
third on Ransom's error "Reddy' trotted
over the plate.
KEPT on GETTING RUNS.
1t looked at this juncture as If the
Crows would never do anything but iy
around the bases. Hodge was struck by
the ball and went TO first. while Williams
few out 10 Clark. Morgan then hit for
two bases. Hodge came in, ana niue
johnny Morgan was sent over the rubber
by a phenomenal three-baGgcr batted by
none other than our mutual friend 7. T.
X West Tim came home on Baileys
eocrifco and BARLEY" Kahn then retired
the side by putting a ball In Clark's
hand
what the little boy shot al was what
the visitors got In their half OF the ilISt
The Legislators piled UP rve runs IN the
second and strange to relate the visitors
l. "a
OF the home team. however that they dld
SO They batted strong and manfully.
and succeeded in getting enough hits OF
Of Bailey's wonderful and accurate de-
livery TO M The bases fuitg's two-bagger
did the rest
TWO round nothings was what the home
Ioys got m The third and fourth, but they
rociprocated by doing likewise with their
t.ncsts ia not only the third and fourth in
nngs. but IN the hfth sixth, and seventh.
In the NTH, three crows, Mapping their
wings and growing came flying over The
rubber None OF them came in IN the
sixth--ln fact. none of them got to flrst
base.
HE STRUCK THE BALL.
" this inning Bailey met with a mis-.
hap. which probably lost the Richmonds
"a iun Re hunted the bah. and IN run
ming to first happened TO strike the
snherc which. under the rules OF Tho
came counted as q put-out aeans'
hiin Morgan had soneW hat similar
experience IN the eighth lie struck with
an Of hi~ might at the bah but only sue
rcedcd 'u sctaring 1t. II rolled fair how.
over and he started To run Ills ankle
hccame twisted and ne fen He could not
continue and was declared out for not
ioMninc While he was lying down over
the llate. Williams who had gone To Sc
cond Oh q two-baeeer, attempted to steal
home. bat was caught by Catcher Sull-
van undssistcd.