The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-05

the observed OF an Observers Tor the
past week or two, ana VINO has ono ''u
very neatly AT the funerals ol so many
basc runncrs en- route from nrst TO sec
ond had no idea how much ignorance ms
ROYAL Highucss Duke. had Accumulated
on the subject ~ shoots, s-Iags, ana All
Other denominations Of the tWirlers In
Vention else Dee would never have made
the remark. Gilman rs an ali-round BAH
PLAYER ne gets flowers. piaudts. and
sometimes gets full II he follows the cX
annie OF some other members OF the
team lie never fails 10 die game, and
defeat such as that administered 10y the
Tiilers OF the soil yesterday ana the day
before goes against the grain OF mis-
profession He was confident OF victory.
II never occurred TO him that some OF his
brethren can't play ball like Monsieur
Gilman. for the crack second baseman
wears his hOuorS well and exhibits no
evidence Of having a chronic case OF the
swell head such as literally ruins the
baseball promises OF so many players.
Such thing as giving the Farmers some
three or four runs I'm one inning by rea-
son OF a pitcher losing all control OF the
ball had nor entered his mind, ! say.
Gilman will have to give up the base-ba
profession now. according to his promise.
and commence the aVocation of a rag
cheweT. Poor Gilman.
A PITcHE.'s BATTLE.
The same was about ms one-sided as an
average political election In the Gulf
states. Tor the VISITORS mad Things their
own way IN the second and third innings.
Duke started off very nicely. In the frs
inning he struck out HoneyCutt and
Myers. and with the exception Of Pen
der's home run nearly all the vocal work
came from the direction Of the local
rOOters. Three thousand Of them kept the
bail rolling. and gloated over the Work
Of His Highness while some two hundred
pronounced cranks from the Cockade cry,
who had come over to see the Farmers
play bail. made things lively little later
on.
In the second inning His Highncss &c
quilted himself with "a high degree OF
credit He delivered the sphere b,auti-
fully, and seemed 10 have excellent con-
troll of II. Kelly and Sanford fen sad
victims 10 his delivery. lie puZZ ed them.
ne beWidcred them, and when Farrell
went % the bat he Jared little better
A pop-uP ny 10 Gilman was the bet
everybodys lips lie was a hero. ami
nothing was good enough for tle man
who squared himself with an adonis
movement I'm the box. introduced SOM
highly ornamental hourishe, ~ the way
of arm and leg movement. and drew ell
eyes 20 hts sinc~y physique, IL was
Duke this.' ana Duke hat and
"Just watcl Duke" an % on down the
list Of expressions of admi alton, until
enc would have though that Ills High
ness hai but 10 announce himse
subject 20 the action OF the rooters
parry. and The office would lie forth
coming.
But THINGS CHANGFD.
Up 20 the third inning His Highres
held down the visitors TO one nit us
delivery was dccep i've. and the enems
seemed 90 be somewhat afraid OF hin.
The crows had found James lor two hits,
and two men had cr ssed the Plate ms
result. viii e. Iend'r was the only man
10 cross the plate for the visitors. Cheer
after cheer went up from the Big crowd.
II looked very mucl as though me crows
would manufacture n few hundred pounds
OF molasses candy by way OF sweet re-
Then 1t was that Duke, the aesthetic
the Iatrol n all Delsarte methods in the
box the well-proporuoned man, the
tWirler who does Well enough when ne
uanaCes o. keep his head. bu, who makes
about &c dismal failure as a Popuist
in OitiC" when success slollS HIM then II
down Ike suicide from the city Hall
tower from his lofty pedestal IN the cs-
tiWatiOn n the population. ard took
back scat. In The Third and fourth in
niugs he rave seven men th.lr bases on
ballS-t weuty-cght balls I'm two innings.
They were "A. r." with big a and
a big "P," for when assisted by Honey
QUITS lively ran 70 Foster, an error an
ugly one AT that. on the part Of the
tWirler himself and a little clean Dase
running by Kelly and Farrell. the score
Farmers. Goose eggs followed on both
sides. and no more runs were recorded
The visitors had won the game in the
fourth. Nothing of startling character
trnsplTed after that, with the exception
Of the clever fielding Oh both sides. Kee-
nan was substituted in the fifth. He
proved conspicuous Improvement upon
his predecessor, and during the four in
nlnes held the Blue-Ccats down to two
scattered singles which proved of no
ayal Keenan, kept his head Duke lost
his The latter seemed to 20 20 pieces
Ike glass ban shot from trap. lie
was aelpless. True, the visitors failed to
Int him hard. Indeed. they were given 10
Qlpottnnlty They simply waited for
Io"r balls, and that is all there is to il.
JAMES, TIE WIZARD