Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-07
CROWS SLAUGHTER.
Farmer Koeisr and His Band Mage War
on The Black Birds.
0UTPLAYED ALL AROUND.
stafford Bats Two Home-Huns, Tim Vests
Dariings Make Errors Galore, and the
Consequence Is Another Game Lost.


village over on the verdant banks Of the
slothful Appomattox that flock Of
Crows were denantly tapping their wings
over che seven hills OF Richmond.
Farmer Keefer. with his white-stocking
aggregation. shouldered his cudgel and
marched forth to DO battle with the birds
of prey.
The TWO forces met at West-End Park
yesterday afternoon about two hours be-
fore sunset, and right there and then the
slaughter occurred. The battle waged
nercely and furiousy for a period Of one
hour and nfty-four minutes. At the ex-
pira'lon OF that time the black-feathered
birds cawed feebly, and, folding their
wings. gave up the ghost
The contest was witnessed by about
300 enthusiastic cranks, who, when
point was scored on either SIDE fairly
went wild, and often was the applause
so dcafCning as TO cause the TumblinS
Of the electricians as they rolled past
TO fade away into nothingness. No two
clubs in the State League can draw such
large crowds, and no two clubs can ere
ate so much enthusiasm in Richmond as
I
Williams.
THE ROOTERS WERE THERE.
The rooters. all Of whom turned out r.
fun force TO witness the game gave full
play 10 their lung power. and much mer-
riment was caused by their continual
cries and roots
For the first two innings both teams
PLAYED excellent bah. ana the indications
were for good. close, and exciting con-
test throughout I'm the first inning
Honeycutt made a beautiful running catch
of a hot fly batted by Tate, and Wells
made "A beautiful throw TO second, catch
ing Kelly. who was attempting to steal.
and retiring the side.
LOST THEIR NERVE.
From then on the Legislators seem 10
lose their nerve, and no matter where
ball was batted il was not fielded until
the batter had reached his base. The
whole team, without exception, went
literally to pieces, and 1t was easy sport
for the Agriculturists to score. or DO
anything else they wanted to. This state
OF affairs. however only prevailed I'm the
field. When at the bat the Crows did
some good work. and were able TO bat
Smith. Pctersburg's wizard, freely and
literally.
Roussey started the fun in the second,
when. with Gilman on the bag. he sent
the bail over left-feld fence. and placed
the Crows In tho lead by two runs. stat
ford. Of the visiting nine. performed
like feat in the same inning. lie was the
first batter. and he found the first ball
pitched by Wormsley. which he sent spin
ming away over the left-held fence. 1his
apparently non-plussed the Crows, for from
that time on they amused themselves ana
disgusted the spectators by errors galore
Of the most atrocious nature. In the
third inning the Farmers were permittei
to score six men. 'Tis true, that In so
doing they were very materially assisted
by three good. clean hts put thIee ol
the six runs are directly attributable to
errors made by Tate and Kain, and
uassed ball. which went through Weiss
fingers.
SOME ROCKY DECISIONS.
Wornsley pitched a good game, and
cannot be held responsible for the deltdi
of his club. Umpire Clark furnished the
comedy lines during the performance
and throughout b. gave ah adHiiIanio
conception of a part on How not 10
umpire" In this he shone reiulsentiy.
lie was sadly-aye sorely-off IN his base
decisions. and I'm his calling OF balls anu
strikes ne several times went WoeIuly
astray. BE IL said 10 his credit now
ever. that his rank decisions showed 10
intent 10 be partial. az he roasted Dolh
clubs 10 an equal extent.
OUTPLAYED THE CROWS.
There is little to be said Of the game
itself. The Farmers outplayed their OPP
p1ucnts at every turn. Tate surprised
lis friends by his actions at the bat ana
I'm the neld also. He had five chances
with the timber and each time received
balls which were apparently easy TO MI
lie tauped them. but that was all Ihey
were only pop flies, and each time were
squeezed" by the feeders.
stafford. the prize hitter from Peters
willie. cclipsod all others at the bat lie
sent two balls over the fence at diterent
times and thereby scored couple OF
home runs.
In the fourth inning the Crows by dlht
of a multiplicity of hits. assisted by
bal error on the part of Myer, succeeded
i'm bringing the score somewhat near even.
u continued close until ia the eighth the
Prtersburgs forged ahead. GettenGer
tumble Of Sanfords bah and Gilman s bad
error in falling 10 stop an easy ball bat
ted to lin 10y Myer. was the direct cause
OF this stride ON the part Of the Farmers
This put The score - TO 8 IN favor oi
Petersburg.
-,tIf-rp I Ncr, CHANCE