The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-10


enthusiasts is seldom seen than those
who left Athletic Park at the close OF
yesterdays game. They had paid their
money to see q ball game and they were
justly indignant at the hodge-poge the
home team dished up.
Tho members of the Roanoke club
seem to have forgotten all they ever
knew about the game. The exhibition
they gave yesterday would have dis
graced the poorest amateur team in the
city. Not only was their fielding
wretched but their base running was of
the poorest kind and there was list
lessness about their work which should
at once be corrected.
TRULY easily led the others in this
respect. He gave an exhibition of how
not to play ball that was wonderful.
He made no attempt to get anything
out of his reach and when the ball did
come squarely into his hands he gen
orally let 1t go by him. 1t was plainly
to be seen that he had made up his
mind not to playsand Manager O'Hagan
should have taken him out of the game.
wooden post, driven deeply into the
ground, could have covered shortstop as
we'll as TRULY did yesterday. His &C
tions were inexcusable. He should be
heavily fined and laid off for the balance
OF the season without pay. There is no
room on the Roanoke team for such a
man and it ia to be hoped. for the best
interests OF the game, that he will
never be allowed to don Roanoke
uniform again.
Nor was TRULY the only one who was
guilty OF yellow playing. Cavanaugh
made two bad errors while Crockett let
Joanes' easy grounder get away from
him after two men were out This
would have retired the side and Norfol (
made five runs after that Cross also
made two wild throws that had great
deal to do with the run getting.
The latter made his first appearance
on the homo grounds, and all things
considered pitched a good game. But
the support he received would have dis
couraged much older man.
The work of O'Hagan. Ellis and d an
lei was the oasis in this wilderness of
bad playing They covered their re-
spective positions in first class style,
but three men cannot win game.
1t is easy to see where the present
trouble lies. While O'Hagan is un-
doubtedly the finest all-round player in
| the league no Is not the man to manage
team. playing manager has never
been success under the most favorable
circumstances, and IL the gentlemen who
| control the affairs of the Roanolzes do
not soon appoint competent manager
interest in the game will be forever
| killed in this city.
| The home team shows woeful lack
| of team work, the men are disconnected
and continually grumbliug, and 1t is
| only by good fortune that they have
won as many games as they have. Sew
eral times Yesterday this lack OF team
work was shown For Instance, In the
fourth Ellis hit safely and reached first.
He started to steal second, and would
| undoubtedly have made the base, but
McGinnis. who was at the bat, foolishly
struck at the ball and popped up an in
field fly. The result was double play.
| When the team was taken from
| O'Hagan's management in May there
was decided improvement in their
work AT that time they were within q
few games of last place but when the
change was made they rapidly over
hauled Stanton. For some reason, best
known to the officials of the Roanoke
Athletic Club. O'Hagsn was given the
reins Of government and that this was
an unwise step has been clearly shown
he has demonstrated that he cannot get
the best work out of the men and some
one should be appointed who can do 80
before 1T is too late. A few more sue h
exhibitions as wa have had recently
and baseball will be thing of the past
| in Roanoke.
1t is unnecessary to say anything
about yesterdays game. Norfolk played
ball and tho home team did not. That
is the whole story.
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