The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-05
THEIR CUES HUNG DOWN
1,,t,. Ching Chang VESTS Pets Hum'''a'-
.a,o,h. runo of go to by the Crab
Eating s,uggers from Norfolk

spectator dropping In from Pekin at
tho West-End Ball Park yesterday AFTER
400, about $50 o'clock would have doubt
leo greeted little Ching Cnang Vests
r,ea.saters with some familiar Celnese
names. for when the nine almond-eyed
Bloody-Shirts sneaked off the base-paii
field. and the umpire. too. who would
make as good laundryman as ever ala
up a cum. the score stood 20 TO IN IaVor
OF the Crab Eaters. Ii was typicai
Chinese game. Slender Quong Wah Long
Ransom made some atrocious decisions'
such as might decorate theatrical cur
tain for "a Trip TO Chinatown" ana ne
called forth a few criticisms from the
limited number of rooters that would
not serve to embellsh the pages oil the
Sunday-school book.
About nine hundred cranks gazed upon
the defeat OF the home team. Among
these was a highly elated delegation from
the City by the Sea. and they exercised
their lung power without limit. Yhe 1eeA1
order Of rooters didn't exhaust their sup
ply Of vocal talent. and when Mr.. sam
Ling Ellyson. who essayed to twirl the
sphere for the Legislators was humil-
ated TO the tune Of seventeen base-hits.
including a clever four-bagger by HaSer,
why the silence In ALL quarters except the
location Of the men from Crab Town. was
as dense as tolu.
SOME EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
In the first Little Lung Hop Kahn
treated himself TO run by means Oh
Phillips single and a typographical error
on the part OF Hager. The oystex-
drcdgers counteracted the effect Of this
by five. runs. Hodge got In single lie
was advanced to second by Lanser, VINO
was hit by the ball. When johnson was
given four balls he proceeded to third.
and scored on a delder's choice when
McCreery was thrown out at second by
Hong Kong Napier. Hodge having been
thrown out, West TO Grim. Hager then
sent four-bagger over left-field renee.
and the three bases. were vacated. Fry
retired the side by being thrown out est
In the second Morgan got In a run for
the home team. He was given four palls'
stole second, and scored on VESTS error Or
For the visitors Hodge was struck by
the ball. He went TO second when Napier
threw Lanser out 10 Tate, secured third
on a similar piece OF work by west ana
Tate. ard scored on McCreery's hit; Ma,
similar mistake by West sent him
across the rubber leaving Elsey on
second and Hager on first Morgan's err
ror permitted Esey to score. Corcoran
In the third Norfolk added five more
runs TO her record by hits on the part
of Hodge, Johnson, McCreery, Hager ana
CorcoraD. assisted by ragged fielding on
the part of Kahn and McGann and some
very unsa tisfactory work on the part OF
ENyson.
CLINCHING THE ARGUMENTS.
In the fourth, fifth and sixth the Crab
Eaters went out one. two, three, put
three more runs were secured in the
seventh through singles by Elsey ana
Hager, a double by Corcoran ana an
error by West. Then " was that NE
Bloody Shirts got in couple Of runs;
Mccain found Fry for single. a WHO
pitch gave him second. and he scored
on the same error of Fry's that gave rate
first. Napier's sigle put the big, fat man
on third, but ne was thrown out at nome
by Lanser. Napier got TO second on
passed ball. and crossed the plate when
Hodge made an error. This closed up the
run making for the Legislators.
In the eighth the visitors secured three
runs lust 10 say that thew played ball tlVe
times as well as the Bloody Shirts. Sim
giles by Lanser and Johnson, and Two
Dagger by Elsey, assisted by Napier
error did the final work, and the crOWd
who had remained 10 the hnish left WIN
a feeling Of disgust at the result, Tor
Baby Phillips long running eaten IN the
fifth was about the only very clever
play rnade during the afternoon.
The tabulation Of events below VIII
nut most of the rooters in mind of chi
nese laundry check: