The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-19

His name was Fry-thht is' pcLo,,v -, -
game cornmcnced-but Mt the conctuslo'
bs'. ne S,aY n am correctly informed,
he answered 20 the cognomen OF DehnIs
with capital u. About t9ur tnous sbla
neonle who were not al all accouhtdDie
1or what they said or did, were present
Yes. they were very mucn present anu
the way they rent the unc1ehuns d'h1S
ahere With their lung music clearly indi-
Gated that they were heart ana hahos 'n
sympathy with the crows
WHAT WAS DONE TO FRY.
7 hcljeve / said Il was Fry. Yes. so 1t
was Now. glance your optics at the sum,
mary and tabulated score. ana you VIII
notice that the shOrt-haired Dlohue "a
Guiding four twO-base hits. one three-ode
ger two home runs and twelve sinEies'o -,
The amount of running and chasing o.
the sphere done 10y the crab neldeIs was
enough 10 have tired cham0ls goa"
wHAr MA I;
Was IL a farce, a comedy. melodrama
or q tragedy? To those whose hopes "eie
with Norfolk 1t was the last closing, s add
act, the third act, Of pure stroi,s , di
kftter tragedy. The curtain . has I"i and
now the Crab-Eaters gazed upon t snr
cherished pennant with longing eyes. ior
II has slipped farther away ana Oecoihe
an object In the perspective. -
Richmond put up sucn game yes'Si
dav as was simply impcsslble 10 DE-
beaten. They batted like henos. ran
bases with the speed and daring OF deeIs
and nelded faultlessly 1t Is true tieVe
had one error. but IL was thoroughly ex
cusabie. the ball being hit over MS Hed"
and up against the fence; ..,.,.o.s
In two innings only did the V rsH ~
score, and in hve they were fetteu III
one. two. three order
NOT por's RAVEN.
The Hon. Colonel John s Harwood was
on the grounds. and ne brought his tam
raven with him. This is the same brd
which is said 10 have Whispered IeslS a
tive wisdom into the ear or the Be.ldI'
corpuient. and smiling representative
who last year walked the echoes OF the
House with his astute logic on fnahce
jurisprudence. ana roofing.
The bird was black, but his eyes were
bright. and he perched himself not abov'
the bust Of fanas but was tied on top
OF the scorers box with Irvine Strlng
where he croaked 10 himself at the
rate of thirty-seven and half croakS
Nsny thanks. bird Of omen. also to
Bailey and His Grace. Duke Foster, OF
Fulton. Ten scattered hits was al the
Crabs were able 10 secure OF OF the
Crows left-hand twrler, and they were
secured as follows: Two In the iirst one
In the 9th. two in the sixth, one In
the seventh. thtee in the eighth, ana one
There we're other balls that would
have been hits, but sure, sharp. ana Drill
liant fielding prevented; mere were
runs that would have been made but
whenever two Crabs got on bases; pa pa,
Tate. would wink the other eye az ca n
other and the first thing the denEhted
rooters would know there was double,
play, and two long Visaged visitors Wouid
slowly walk TO their bench.
rLAYED GOOD BALL
xorfoK played good balm fact, they
PLAYED winning bah. for they only mad
-Four errors. but they were outbatted, ana
10 their superior STICK Work the crows
owe their tenth consecutive victory. pa
bv Phillips put up beautiful heldiIS
game. and his catch Of Joanes' foul fly
In The fourth was phenomenal
McC;apn the pearl of ficnmOnd, showed
up in his old-time style Of excellence.
while King Gilman Kahn, Duke Foster,
Cleve, Tate and Getinser covered them-
selves with dust and glory by their great
"' Hodge. McCreary and Joanes did es-
pecialiy good WORK for the VISITORS In
fact. every member OF the Norlolk team
played q gentlemanly, good honest game
When the FIRST inning was over vast
silence had settled down upon ne root
ers. 1t was a heavy, appalling silence
one that was decidedly conspicuous by
It's entire absence Of any noise.
Each club had had an inning. and
Norfolk had made good her turn at the
bat. Seven Crabs had faced Bailey, Hodge
had been hit, Corcoran given his base,
Thornton had singled. JOanes had lined
out a double and the score was 3 to "
IN favor of the visitors.
CHANGE, A SUDDEN CHANGE.
But the next inning saw q change. a
sudden change and when they thought
good, easy Grabs. full surely the game
was theirs. there came eight runs and
mined their hopes within the bud.
Twelve Crows faced Fry in the second.
Glove and Gettinger put the ball over
the fence. Tate got a double, kan. Gill
man and Foster singled, McGann and
Gil<ran We're given their base on balls,
Bailey sacrificed. and the visitors were
BANKED in their half. leaving the score
s TO 3. In favor Of the home team.
The next inning saw both sides banked.
In the fourth Tates pets drew one on
Gettinger's double. and Gilman's timely
single. %hen there were zer0es for each
side uIti the eighth. when three doubles,
Il Triple. and three singles sent seven
Crows across the plate.
Hodge earned Tally for the Crabs
IN their half. He singled and safe hits
by COrcoran and CollinoWer scored him.
A single by Phillips, double by Nc
Gam, a sacrifice by Tate, and Gettingers
single. gave the home team two In the
ninth. while in their half the visitors were
BANKED
THE SCORE.