The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-27
KNOCKED OUT THE BOX.
p,uwxER SHOWED WHAT HE DID
NOT KNOW hBOUf PITCHING.
u,oci, Didn't Show Up Well Ether-ihe
yi.itors Hammered the sphere LOT '"o
Fun OF tho Tbing-scoie IS to !.

II the rain that fell for fifteen minutes
at the West End Ball Park about O'CLOCK
Yesterday afternoon had continued Tor
half an hour or so longer. or at least
enough TO break UP the game between
the legislators and the Mountalneers
from the little village that nestles AMONG
the hills of Augusta county, why 'here
wouldn't have been so many Thoroughly
disguised rooters in the city last night
and the ball records Of the virginia
League would not have contained such
ugly-looklng figures as q to in FAVOR
OF the men from the mountains.
The horrible defeat given senator
Ziegler's gang on Monday afternoon ~
Tim West mourners, an dresser w Y, ~, ~,
undertakers clothes, amounted 70 h .,iss
in the long run, Tor the NlsltVlS 4e"so,,,,ofs
manufactured a box or two OF car ~.
and other sweets on the ban srouuiuS ~
way of revenge before the nIsY Ia ir''' ne
was complete, ana ere the ndlts' neonis
regulator pointed to the hour Of pevPi
thought That the Legislators, IN M -
graveyard suits, were properly 49, ~,
the mOuntaineers hdd IL an 49, -
vvav from start to finish. ana theIe Hao
no use TO try 10 contend aSalhSt Hiiie
brawny sluggcrs and an umpire t"'O""
In the bargain
TWAS SLOW CONTEST.
About six hundred rooters were percn1,e,dd
upOn the bleacheries; but, nous ,,,,tro
came dragged its weary existence VI 80
nearly two and a half hours OF moHoIo
mons time those who worship a. -
shrine of the home team merit 49, 49,
few opportunities in winch 10 ar -
ticYs IN \ vocal way The gam WIS
tirasone exasperatingly So ana Hdny
left the grounds before the CONF. -, H.
over. It was a perfect DurI9sq.F ga mad
gtlt-edge article. Some SAID they n,,.
Sen Children make errors DeIOIri pus
thov had rarely seen q would-De a.
hated so completely out OF the poN %
was Plummer: .. roe.on man gave
three nan their bases on Dails, perm, ~
two Others to reach irst py pyIme tritb a
and was touched Wy f9r Loul ii. ~,,.ork az
tpie Assisted by three atrocious ei'oornS
. us ,,SonntaineeTs got in six runs 90
Arthur treated himself 10 C'0N0'
49,, anonfr other things. ,.. -o1o
pi,mmer tried to III the ptchcr -, I'M
fl thn second inning. but after many
headings on the part Of ~ ont and
spectators alike Inn lO0N '''
mn i'm Black instead. .,-.,c.orv i'm
IN latter was an unsatisiactollyy teen
nrovement. He was l0unH ,t(r,,-seyen
clean hits. with a totai OF ~. 10 ,rnarnif-
fs "rd among these were Two iIi"t a,ho
49, nome runs by Senator IlesLel' 80
did the Highland fling AROUND VA Ia made
The fact is the mouhlalneen ,,'itb their
M their minds to geI e orrd thev did H.
Capital Clty t,oortad the stick work noth-
WI men ~, 1T0 st0n them. They simply Dew
dered the home tWlTleIs'
MIR SMITH THRrw HIGH.
Nine errors did a great de2l IL, 10 made
Giving stanton her p runs. ,rt'in- 10
an exasperating nlsl1,N NJ 80 lie missed
~ ~ marx about as far as ne coui' o,,ors
li's iosiner his optics and seVerai ~,
made mistakes equally as 1',rn below.
win be found in the error '''.' 49,, baso
-, roroatned for Smith the lnlIu % 80
- 80 demonstrate his prolouhu -,
norance on the subject lie es1,t a.
60 tbrou, 10 first on three ulheITHtt ..',c
cosions. but the ball soon Io.iit. In
slvOard. thereby costing sollle''t'''7. no
decd NIr Smith could haze Hole no
worse had he tried 10 cut OH ne M IL
NV tossing the sphere IN the oppoSI.e J ho
rootion Some one remarked ma 'N
should pitch nickles by way OF PIdtI1,l',i,,
Foster put up fairy GooI 80,
Of the catchcr's role 10Y " - raorej
outfold work Of the Legislators, an
v,hote is unworthy OF lengthy coiilineu'
here. 1t wouldn't look wen IN 5iianlII.
Tho least said about the work OF bIach
and Plummer the better; NaS AZ, Uu, ,.o,,
al the score below. That VIII give 20"
an accurate photograph OF their huiNllla-
lion True. Morgan and Black got in
home run each, but u aNalltn lhe "V's
team nothing. for just as soon as IN
Stauntons went to the bat they hammer
ed the ball pretty much where they
pleased. and the Mountaineers got III
three home runs just for the run Oh the
thing.
UMPIrE STAPLES. TOO.
Umpire Staples didn't DO any better
work than the Richmond players ~
knowledge of the game Is about oqulVa-
lent 10 a bull-frogs conception OF tpe
tariff bill. and his decisions YESTERDAY
were exasperating. he should pun on
pair of eye-glasses. If they will help him
10 distinguish ball from a strike. some
times he didn't see, and therefore couldn
make any decision at all.
Since I'm on this line Of argument
I may as well say a word about the
behavior in the grand-stand. When the
game was drawing to close. geveraI
individuals made the situation very dis
1, frr of ALL