The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-05

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With the exception OF one s.nr' would
have been absolutely perfect. Ihey p na!n
ed With a snap and unity rdiSy ,bs,r
III the great league saHeS5 eiobt for
hitting was literally out OF s.s fance
between the horse-hlde ana tne ~ d.,
tors, while a beautiful tnree-pdsseI ~
Kelly was lost sight OF py .ne 49,
teams outfelders, as wen d ~ M o,D,ics
thousand rooters, VINO stralneu ~ III ~
10 see where the sphere had gone al VI
a sudden. ,,...,, ,,,,,,,
And so another victory Is put down upon
the records OF the Virginia Lea5 ue ~
the credit Of the Cockade Clty assIesa
ton, while another hunlllatlng ueIed,
stares the roanagement OF the Richmond
team full In the face. and seems 10 say
In Il tone Of voice somewhat altSE the
order of the players mourning suits'
"Oh, why dOst thou not gel sotle pm
ersE DOst thou not see lnat the muir
tudes the great number OF roofing spec
tators whom thou hast brought out IRON
time 10 time TO the ball grounds 10 see
decent game, are groanlhs' yea ny
ing Tor pitchers? mast thQu hOI D.en
pleaded with through the columns OF the
daily press and argued with In every
possible manner by the scorers VINO give
the public dlgests OF the home teams
frequent defeat? VIII thou never open
thine eyes and see that II thou Wakest
not up and bringest twirlers 70 the
Capftai CITY those great big bleacheries,
which nave put 50 much money INTO ny
pockets, VIII soon be as empty as ciauie
and glare at We Ike 50 many terrible
spectres 10 remind We hourly OF your SUI
prcne folly? Alas, the day VIII come
when thy patronage Will be about as sim
as RichmOnds chances for the pehnaht
now seem TO be unless thou securest at
least one or two wizards VINO won prove
plum-pudding for the Visitors
EXCITEMENT RAN HIGH.
Every car rumbling up TO the ball park
resemDied a saruine box in human form,
ana half an hour before Umpire Clark
called the game a casual observer could
see that the great Independence Day was
the very time for crowd. AT ~ o'clock
the grand stand ana all the bledcaerle5
were packed 10 the limit, and ropes nad
10 be stretched about the grounds %
keep the surging mass Of cranks from
disregarding the rules, and getting rlsnt
up within five or SIX feet OF the line.
Away over in the corner were punched
in chaos buggies and carriages, occupied
by folks fair and otherwise, while all the
available space about The fence and
around the bleacheres resemD.ed a bee
hlve. sim the crowd grew and surSed
back and forth like a great ocean wave,
and when the chronometer designated the
hour Of 1879 something like 300 people
had no scruples whatever about letting
people know they We're there.
GROUNDS had great difiicuity in keeping
the most enthusiastic individuals within
the prescribed limits, for they Ill wanted
10 get right up in front, where they would
not miss any striking feature Of the
contest. over on the bleachery, where
milliOnaires don't SIT. matters reached
a fever heat, and before the game was
called, three separate and distinct fsti-
cuffs Indicated that possibly a little Fourth
Of July liquid had been consumed during
the morning II with Iftlp DIFF
hculty that order was restored In that
quarter, Tor there was every evidence
that some Of the individuals had on their
independence clothes, and were determined
TO assert their rights.
Tin horns were somewhat more numer-
Gus that base hits. and that same enter
prising rOOter who had his cannon on
hand last Saturday, resumed operations
with the same military weapon, and
now and then came the salute, by way
OF swelling the noise Then the pop
crackers helped out a bit, and the vocal
energy was, OF course. represented. for
occasionally the magic word Fight
uttered with some degree OF emphasis over
on the southern side Of the grounds In
ducel few hundreds Of the spectators
10 leave their places and saunter over TO
see al there was TO be seen.
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
When everybody had settled down to
genuine roofing, and the game had pro-
ceeded onward until the sixth inning
PiummeF hit for one bag Clark called
him safe a first, but there was n general
KICK from the visitors. heefer kicked 50
hard ana so vigorously that the umpire
thought proper to fine him s. This
seemed 10 strengthen the kicking on the
part Of the visitors. Then three or four
hundred people got up from tAelr seats
an1 hurried over 10 the scene of disorder.
II looked very much as though there
would be a kind of riot for a few min
utes. No one seemed to know exactly
what the trouble was, but there was no
doubt that had some man struck some
other man there would have been a gen
eral knock-dOwn and drag out
right on the spot. for some OF
the Richmond cranks were ready
10 DO any reasonable amount Of scrapping,
though they could not have said for what
reason. Half a dozen police officers, and
twice as many cool. wise. individuals, who
saw the approaching danger. rushed over
10 the scene. and began 10 make every
EFFORT TO get the people scattered; BY
their timely efforts they succeeded in
quoting matters down, and averted what
threatened 10 be a serious trouble. From
that time on the excitement seemed 20
gradually die down, and during the rest
OF the contest there was no occasion for
alarm.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
1t is the same old story. Richmond
needs a pitcher; In fact, two or three Of
tnem, Tor II Bailey can't improve upon
his work Of yesterday the home team
Will stand a poor show Of winning the
pennant or even OF maintaining a re-
spectacle standing In the league. He fail
er ANONYMOUSLY yesterday morning. Two
home runs, one three-bagger, five two
Daggers, ANA ten singles, all punched for
the most effective work. don't look very
well for a pitcher and such was the
record that Bailey made. In the second
inning seven hits, including a double and
a three-bagger, permitted the visitors to
score six times, and I'm the eighth they
piled up seven more by sharp single.
two doubles and as many home runs. IL
would have been we'll TO have put either
second inning. for the spectators saw
then that Bailey COULD not hold down
the Farmers. They were on TO him.
The home twirler, however. was not ably
supported in the field Foster did some
very bad work I'm centre from the start.
and his place was given 10 Hodge, who
was playing I'm right. Piummer took
Hodges place. and did fairly good work;
indeed. he was an Improvement upon the
man from Pennsylvania, who seems 70
find great difficulty in catching flies. He
made an atrocious error by mutiing one
or them at a critical moment during the
early part OF the game.
The fielding OF Kahn was not up 10 his
usual high standard. He played badly and
surprised many of his admirers. Mccain
and Tate played bah, as did also WI
llams. Morgan's fielding was ragged. VIII
liams made an error, though II was some
what eXcusable. The home team did not
swing together with any degree OF sue
cess. IL Is quite true that when pitcher
IS hit hard he is rarely effectually sup
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