The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-28
RICHMOND C0LLEGIANS
DEFEAT THE NORFOLK AGGREGd-
TON BY n sCOEE or N OG.
Eilyson Proves an Enigma to the Visitors
Robertson was Sharply Raped
O'Hnra's Great stick Work,

| OF classic erudition and physical agility
| never appeared on the ball grounds at
Nest-End Park as that which entertain
cd hundred or more rcoters yesterday
afternoon. The College Combination from
| Norfolk attempted to defeat the students
from Richmond. They failed. for when
| the last man was thrown out at first by
Randolph the score stood II to . In favor
| Of the local aggregation.
Inc two teams were made up Of collie
Slah5 VINO reside In the respective cities,
| but who probe down into the mysteries of
! aorlSt lenses. parallelogTamS. electrical
| phenomena, and what-not. or cut lectures.
ud n,iF cocktails and guy the latest inno-
Nallon by stage coach during the collie
| blale session. such well-knoWn institu-
| uons OF learning and football records as
/ tne University OF Virginia. Randolph
/ Macon College. GEORGETOWN University.
Richmond College, Pennsylvania Univer-
| sity, the Episcopal High School, and
others were represented. and the variety
OF baseball suits reminded one Of Jo-
scphs coat OF many cOlOrs
Inc rooters who ventured out while the
mercury was making d desperate effort
10 initiate some people by getting up high
IN the world did not give expression to
their feelings SO freely as is their custom.
There was too much learning present,
ana no one knew when their rhetoric
might be called into question. The nat
ural sequence was that while there We're
numerous opportunities for tasteful and
refined roofing. most Of the spectators
wore graveyard expressions, and not a
single instance was noted where a lin
quail member was longitudinal.
FLLYsoS's CLASSIC TwIRL.
The game was a singularly credltable
one. considering the pot-pOUrri of the
players. They came from the North, and
the South. and the East, and the West
and had played little together. Yet they
Ill al I'll gnra al
many an experienced rOOter would have
been glad TO witness.
EllysOn. who is Familiarity known
among his baseball contemporaries by
the euphOneOus cognOmen Of 'Puss,
and whose tWirling propcnsities nave
caused many an aspiring graduate to
submit an ugly examination paper put
up as neat work in the box FOR the home
team as one would care TO witness.
He occupied the box for five innings,
during which the visitors found MIN IOr
only two hits These were singles, ana
they were made In different innings
Ellyson struck out two men, and did
not pitch four successive bails during
his administration. His speed was
above the standard and he kept cool
head. Ellyson proved bewildering
enigma TO the visitors. Bryan iailed
10 support him as well as ne might have
done. His work. however, was not dis
Robinson. the blonde twirler. whose
figure in the boz Is familiar 10 Rich
mond cranks. twisted the sphere for the
visitors during the first I'VE innings.
He was touched up for nine hits. in
GLIDING four tWo-baggers. Nelson re-
leved him in the sixth. ana permitted
the home team to rap the ban for HNe
singles only. The blonde twirler struck
out five men. Nelson succeeded I'm
getting the scalps Of two. Neither
pitcher was given good support Bull s.
work behind the pad, Merritts efforts.
al short. and Garnetts at first were by
no means Of a high class. while Groncr
played yellow ball at second. making
three costly errors The outheders
played with better effect
For the home team, Phillips at short
fell below his usual high standard. while
O'Hara. who acquitted himself beaut-
fully at bat, lining out three singles
and a two-bagger ont of possible four,
played awkwardly at first He mufcd
The ball twice. The stick work OF Bahen
and Wells was fairly good
GOOSE EGGs GALORE.
In the first the home team scored twice,
OHara's single and Bahen's double,
assisted by a couple Of errors. bringing
in the runs The visitors likewise scored
twice. though a single 10y Garnctt was
the only hit. Phillips ugly fielding ala
most Of the work,
another run, and couple OF them in
the third. All this was due 10 two
Dagger by Wells, a single by OHara.
and some ugly fumbles by GrOner. as
sisted 10y Robertson's poor delivery.
The visitors were blanked then until the
seventh inning. Groner's hit to Bahen.
and a rap 10 Wells by Williams varying
the monotony Of the one. two, three
order
In the fourth the local Walking Cyclic
pedias drew a blank single each
by Randolph and Phillips proving of
no value The fifth, however. saw some
sharp raps O'Hara and Bahen got in
a twO-bagger each, and Wells a single.
Merrtts error added 10 these gave the
home team two more runs. \ similar
number We're made in the sixth when
Phillips. OHara. and EllysOn each hit
for one bag. The seventh saw a goose
cgg 20 down on the scOrc-bOOk 20 the
winning sides credit
Anthony had been put I'm the box for
the local aggregation. and Nelson for !
the visitors W. Duke got I'm a single |
I'm the eighth. but ii availed him moth |
ing The side was retired in short order. !
Then Anthony ala some wild and reck- |
less tWring. The visitors gathered in |
three more runs. Garrett hit for two |
bases and Robertson and Allyn each |
for one. Four balls and a wild pitch |
did the rest.
In the ninth the local men made two |
runs. owing 10 a single by Anthony an |
error by Robertson. and some ragged |
pitching by Nelson. Then Anthony |
gave three men their bases on balls |
Bryan let the sphere set by him and |
the visitors scored.
Here are the tabulated statistics: