The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-26
POPS GREAT HOME RUN
orsBYv PHILLfPs' CLEVER
o<rcH WEgE THE Pictures.
v,cs nond's Heavy stick Work and Roam
oEe'. Costly Errors Gave the Home
Team y victorv--scorc, 10 toS.

p,cbroad captured the game from
,,s,oKe at West-End PARK yesterday
.o,rnoon. after a hard-fought contest
"a score Of 10 to s. 1t was one Of the
-, exhibitions of ball on the diamond
,s,s season, and what Roanoke won by
,,igly good stick work she lest by errors
numerous and costly. While Tim VESTS
,.is played the game from the very
.t.ft hammered tne leather Tor Ten base
80. ana came through the finish Win
,y tArce errors 10 thelr cgedit, though
,,,t we're OF an expensive character,
t..sag Ia one run and advancing several
,.aacls bag.
isere we're something like seven hun
f,el spectators. who watched the men
e3m me Mushroom City fan victims 10
tse legislators heavy batting, and the
most enthusiastic cranks in the big crowd
had a good time. for. as one crank r..
marked. There were no vermin on that
game
The players played kall, the rooters
rooted. The umpire deserved a medal. for
he latter Official cid not hesitate TO
Sumter over 10 the bleachery and in
form an obstreperous individual who
used 90 make himself generally disagree
able al the games last year that if he
al not cease "guying' the players his
Individuality" would be elected from the
baseball park.
This created a little ripple Of excite
ment about the bleachery, and delayed
the game for a few minutes in the sixth;
but matters soon queted down. and then
a universal shout went up from the
spectators everywhere when Pop Tate
lifted the sphere over the left-feld fence
90 .wslHs fYtf OF
around the bases for a home run, send
ing Mccain In in front OF him.
Pop declined TO take off his hat in
recognition Of the applause. but he
smiled ccmplacently and looked as though
he thought he had done his duty
II was the effort Of his life. and was
one OF the cleverest pieces Of stick work
done in Richmond this year. for It had
the effect OF rafting the pitcher-at least
- all appearances-for before the inning
closed Foster. the red-headed superin-
tendent Of the liver-pad. thumped the
sphere for n neat two-bagger.
RIGHT PROM THE START
Richmond scored I'm the first inning.
while Roanoke was presented with four
successive goose eggs. Kahn made clean
hit. and reached second by a similar
ono on the part Of Baby" Phillips. He
scored on McGinnis' error. Mccain flew
out 10 O'Hagar. and Tate was thrown
out at first 10y the same, Phillips ambling
on 10 third. where he was left West
striking out.
In the second both sides went out in
one. twp. three order. and Kahn scored
again in the third BY his own clever hit
assisted by some rather awkward work
on the part of the Roanokes. In the
fourth neither side did any notable work
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Of the game for the Mushrooms. who
previously looked as though they would
BE- shut out secured five runs. while the
Legislators kept pace with them.
This is how it happened: WOrmsley
went 10 first on Frech's error. and reach
Cd second on the same. Kains sacrifice
put him on third. and he came home on
Phillips clever single. The latter went
10 second on McGinnis' error. leaving
Mccain 10 decorate first Then it was
that Bosher. the Roanoke thrd-baseman,
demonstrated how much ignorance he
had accumulated on the subject Of stop
ping and throwing the ball. Tate pre-
scented him with n fairly lively grounder
He fumbled IL atrociously permitting
Phillips 10 reach third An attempt to cut
of Tate at first. this same Bosher must
nave got II into his head that the first
baseman was right high I'D in the
world. for he threw the ball several
feet over the proper point. during which
Phillips and Mccain took occasion TO
score. while Tate moved his oval-shaDed
figure to third. West treated himself 10
a very pretty single sending in his huge
first baseman. He stole second. went 10
third when McGinnis threw Napier out
at first and earned his run on Morgan's
pretty double. Foster retired the side bv
flying out to Bosher
oOT o. 10 woaMsI.ry.
The visitors also decided TO do a little
original stick work in the fifth. when
they scored five times on a single and two
doubles. Daniels got his base on balls.
went 10 third on McCoy's two-bagger
but was thrown out by Kain 10 Foster.
During the latter episode Mccoy reached
third and afterwards scored on a field
er's choice. McCinnis was given frs. on
balls, reached third on fielders choice.
and crossed the rubber on McHoverty's
double. as did also O'Hagan, who had
reached second by an act Of larceny. while
Frech, who waited for four balls took
advantage Of the same two-bagger to |
decorate third. Boyd flew out 10 West |
crockett treated himself 10 a single. /
reached second on McGann's error send |
Ing McHaverty before him. 4 wild pitch |
gave him third, where he gasped his last |
Kosher being thrown out TO Tate by |
Kain.
ln the sixth both sides went sut in !
one. two three order Pop Tate's great |
home-run feat. assisted by an error each !
from Crockett and BOsher, gave the home
team three runs in the seventh. while the
visitors went out in the one. two, three
order. In the eighth Phillips made a
beautiful running catch in deep centre.
Roanoke got in three more runs in the
same inning through singles by Daniels |
ana OHagan, and clever double by Nc
G.nnis, assisted by Vests error.
Here Is the history in condensed form:
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