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


delegation, perhaps nifty. Mnnchestei
| people present numbered q couple OF hun
| drcd at AZ conservative estimate. iis
Barton Heights. Fulton. Swansboro, and
was. indeed. nothing less than a dense
| crush, human swarm. seething mass
| of the most pronounced types OF human
beings who have stud ed the subject OF
roofing from a scient.hs point OF view.
As early as o'clock Main street cars
and Clay street cars commenced to fill
UP with passengers bound Tor the West
End Park. Half an hour l1tsr scve' al
grand stand and on the .eacoer es.
Every car going westward was literal y
packed and many being upon the SIDE
boards or on the coupling pins So"iy
the grounds began to hIl up. ana IL
was evident from the start that dozen
or more city policemen would have 10 De
sworn I'm 10 help the Henrico authorizes.
AS early as o'clock there were louI
thousand cranks on the GROUNDS. j. "aS
simply impossible for everybody TO
cure seats. wild rush for post ons III
the grand stand and bleachefies fol oW
ed the arrival OF every street ca. rN.,,S
imaginable convey ance br'ught ~ ne
rooters. The regulation street mack,
dozen or more picnic wagons chasing up
and down Main street for pssseng ~
rockaways carriages, cabs, victorias, MI
ed with Fashionable FOLKS. tea carts
buck-bosrds, surr,es. luggies. ga ore
Jumpers. BICYCLES, and all. were noted In
a kind OF chaotic tangie everywhere.
All. cL.ssEs THrnT.
Every stage and age, color and condi-
tion of life. were represented. Millionaire
iostled AGAINST pauper, aristocrat against
walf and in fact, every Imaginable scene
could be viewed. Up on top the grand
stand they sat. while many hung over the
edge OF the bieacheries. and the fence on
ali sides groaned beneath its burden.
Trees IN the vicinity bent down under the
weight Of rooters, and the tops of teIe-
phone poles served as Imaginative seats
When Umpire McDermott called the
game at ABS O'Clock the scene was an
inspiring one. The practice or rootihg
became general, and Il spread among me
while the youngsters supplemented strong
vocal efforts with horns. rattlers ana al
other facilities for manufacturing strahSe
and ear-piercing sounds There were no
less than 5000 people on the grounds. ana
the officers found great difficulty IN Keep
ing the overflow out Of the players way
Enthusiasm ran ny 70 FEVER hea,,
Everybody vas suffering from an extreme
case Of nervous excitement. and anything
like system or order was out OF the cues
ton. II paid my money to root ana IN
going 10 root" was the expression heard
on all sides. Every description OF gay
dresses and fashy parasols; men, women
and children gaudi1y and sobery attired,
all mingled into q variety OF animation
FLOWERS FOR GILMAN,
When matters had gotten settled I'm |
)ire McDermott called the game, and |
Wild shout fairly lifted the roof Of the |
Dleacheries from It's resting place. Kahn |
went to the bat first. but was thrown |
out at first by OHagan. Then Gilman.
the crack second baseman. took up the
cent bunch of La France and Madame
restout roses, with the following card |
accompanying: For .gentlemanly bearing
and excellent ball-playing. From few
Sersal shout. and while the echoes wan
Tered back from among the trees I'm the
vicinity the great second baseman was
presented with second bouquet. lie
80 en- took up the stick for the third time.
Before Hunt could pitch the ball some
me presented the batter with colossal
Then the laugh was on Gil
nan. He blushed to the roots of his
lair and shook himself together He
must do something 10 show his apprecia-
red the snhere Gilman lined out neat
Jingle straight over the second bag. Had
'ou been within ten blocks Of the ball
ark the applause would have been a
ealty so far as sound was concerned
iilman. however. died at second. Tate
it to Corcoran. who threw Gilman out
t second. and Tate was caught at first.
SIX FOR THE VISITORS.
The visitors failed to score. Hodge was
truck by the ball. He was thrown out
t second by koussey, and McCloskey, |
Tho had reached first on the ficlders' |
hoice. was tossed out at that bag by |
ailey during little funny business |
mere. OHagan sent the bah over second |
ase, and reached second on Trubys s-n-
le. Each man stole n base. 1t looked as
louSh the visitors would score. and |
verybody suffered intensely. Then Cor
,Al rod hot Haf 70 \
ilman, who made a phenomenal pickup |
n the long run and tossed the runner |
1T at first II was n beautiful play
he crowd went wild with delight. OLA
an failed 10 score-another point gained.
The Crows went out one. two, three,
nj then the visitors brought in six runs.
hey literally bewildered Bailey, and
hen the inning had closed mp silence
as as dense as tolu everywhere except
the direction OF the Norfolk dee3a-
on, where sound prevailed. Thornton ,
arted the ball by single. Joanes flew
II to Gettinger. Then Hauptman hit TO
ain. who fumbled the ball, and the run
n reached first, senuing Thornton TO
cond Hunt struck out. Hodge hit for
lie bag. and Cleve failed TO stop the /
ounder, permitting Hodge to go 10 sec
Id and Hauptman to third, while Thorn {
n crossed the rubber.
found Bailey for a single, |
ID so did O'Hagan These were followed |
ID a base-hit by Corcoran. When the |
tting had stopped. and Corcoran re- |
ed the side by getting caught at first
Kahn, there were six runs TO the 7
abs credit The Norfolk rooters were .
ppy as bees In q full-blOWn clover .
tch, and Hodge took q Whit OF the Z
lgrant bouquet some one had handed II
IN. .
MORE GOOSE rG0s. y
Kahn got in a clever double in the third
{ 1t availed him nothing. for Gilman
tired the side by long fly TO Haupt- -
IN. The Crabs were retired In quick or
r, and the fourth resulted similarly for
IN sides. not single hit of any de-
'iption varying the monotony The
'ws could not translate Hunts puzzles.
rfolk failed to score again during the
me, and four hits off Nevin's delivery {
allied them nothing.
'op Tate was q hero in the sixth. TIP
that time the Crows did very little y
ok work, and when the fat man ham -
red home run over the left-feld n
zee nothing less than a Wild. frenzied =
rat went up from all quarters stimuli y
lcously. Hats. canes, and handker- -
els iilled the air all around the bleach n
es. and everybody stood up straight. ~
\ the seventh Wells and Foster. who n
! been put in Phillips place. found -
MT Tor a single each, and these. as I,
ted by Truby's error. gave the home =
m couple of runs. Vocal energy was
ely spent.
hen the eighth saw three runs go
vn to the Crows credit. Two men
re given four balls, and Cleye and
,ter each hit for one bag. a little mis- u,
ierstanding on the part OF the visitors RI
the rest. The multitude lost their N
ds. They swere delirious ST
mpire McDermott called the game On X,
cunt OF darkness. l.,