The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-05
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U,,o, tho VIRGINIA Base Ball League
~. or,onized no one thought for mo-
- Mt so many new cranKs %V"ie
Sc 6eveIoped in this city a. 49,
tn Norfolk. Petersburg, ana slli,r,,o,,oi,or
cities with teams in me ieln' oaeor was
,,Ien the first game OF the sedTT,,1a con
I,n,,ad at tho West End PARK ne Ia
PiS' 20 between the RchmoiuS az
49, Ctauntons. \ band OF muSlc Ne,,,
ON IN trv and stir up some en- 'blu,,ndre5
INKS witnessed the game Nhlcm n, he
cIaIIn39, ,ahfe one. Wormsiey was IN sI'e
a. ~ CO.. the home team, and ne pltcneu, q
gTeot game, establishing INNS a. 90'''N
thing of a twirler theh anu
.
- e+ated above. the attendance W. Va
Ill ana the enthusiasm weak I'M M
Ssanr,nd 10 have IL disc0uraglhs tleL
upon the management OF INC lCe'' m.
rs well as that Of the Nlsll9is' ":
bad cone 10 work and imported piayet9i
eolIipped them with outhis, eIecleu - l al
sand and blcacheriea, mace go
grounds. and all that. This cost SolHe
thing. and they feared they NOulu De 90
the hole financially nelote ~ r,.bo
vas over. Some OF those in charRe WIZ
had invested their money, looked ioHbll5
~ down Main street, as though Ihpd
tient for the arrival OF slreel-CaIS Ia. A.
with crankS. They made rcihdI NJ ~"
yored with indigo, ana hung their heaus'
"q'b{s &c only the opening Of the sea
con " said to one of the officers OF the
LEAGUE. "E1en can't get on from lHeI
work very we'll at this time OF year
Just wait a week or two unuI the heM
nancrs can tell the public now you TEL
lows are PLAYING ball and mat
tera viii look different. All you've got 20
do is TO bring some clever BAH players
here. and I'll Vouch FOR the attendance.
This seemed to have an encouraging
md IN
told all the cranks how the boys We're
PLAYING ban. THAT afternoon the spec
tators were twice as numerous.
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And 50 it continued until the attend
ance ran away up above the htteen-hni
dred limit and new bieacheries had 10 DE
supplemented 10 accommodate the root
ers' The papers jumped on most ol
the weaker players of the home team,
and they were released, thcr places be-
Ing supplied with good men, until now
The Richmond club is one of the strohs-
est in the league. hundreds ana nun
dreds gather at the West End PARK 70
witness the games. ana roofing mas
gotten to be kind of science. There Is
an artistic way aud an awkward way
of roofing" Some people are natural
born "rooters' They were cut out lor
the business. and are admirably adapted
10 all the newest and most original spe-
cies of roofing
The base ball craze here has really be
come alarming. Just how many young
men Will lose their Jobs this year Oh
account OF their mania for the game
cannot he ascertained at this writing.
The fascination grows upon YOU. some
how. one game well played inspires you
with the desire to see another, and
so on until the genuine iend is speedily
developed. | saw a man rush into Il
cafe al 4:30 O'Clock a few afternoons
since.
Give me a ticket quick" he shrieked.
PLENTY of time replied the bar-leep-
er; half an hour before the game com
menCeS."
Cant help H." shrieked the fellow.
Might miss some of it. Wouldn't miss
it for fifty dollars" And he rushed out
TO catch the next car
-. .
He was only one of a thousand who
have lost their heads on the bali games
III Is now rad, Il mania TO be on the
grounds when the game IS called. and
the very man who raises Cain with q
woman for wearing high hat at the
theatre viii get up in his seat, shout
like mailman, throw his arms i'm every
direction indicated by the compass. and
obstruct the View from dozen people
In the neighborhoOd, when Kahn scores
on desperate slide. or Gettinger lines
out three Dagger at a critical point.
,
The season Is now at it's height. The
State League has proven conspicuous
success so far, and the management OF
the organization have every reason 10
feel proud Of the success they have
achieved. Whether Richmond will win
the pennant remains TO be seen. Her
chances at present look a little discour-
aging. though II Is by no means impossi-
bic for her TO come out on top
JACK OF HEARTS.