Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19
AND STILL ANOTHER.
leil Ds The Crows Have Z Crab
Feast.
A WATERLOO INDEED.
4 Very Large Crowd Present-seIsntinc
aad Enthusiastic Rooung-Ihs
Playa In Detail.


friends have been dealt with in Rich
nond?
They are good bali-players. aye, first
class men. all OF them. but they are
simply rot in II with the Crows.
They came here expecting TO wipe the
tarth with Tim West. Pop" Tate. and
their grand array OF bail-piayers. The
Earth was wiped all right but the Rich
monds played the role OF wipers. and
Norfolk furnished the wipes.
However. don't get dishcartened, Mr..
sommcrs. "you are not the only one"
who has shared like fate at the hands
Of the Uncertakers IN the past two weeks
They are skilful fnanipulators OF defuDct
hides, and several apparently robust and
healthy baseball agsregations have been
quietly and peacefully laid 70 rest by
lhem.
Never before IN the history OF its Or
yanization has the Norfolk team been 80
sfectuaily beaten rs was the case In ms
last series OF games. They encountered
q perfect Waterloo. Pop Tate mar
shalled his forces skilfuliy. and planted his
banner squarely on the Norfolk ramparts.
PHILLIPS THE HERO.
Baby" Phillips was the hero OF oil
three fights, and he carried on a large
bouquet OF the laurels. When the contests
were wagiug the fercest he was always
20 be found IN the forefront, AID num-
Der Of the Richmcncs' adversaries rea-
liking his superior ability. fed In terror
from him, or laid down their arms and
surrendered.
The Crows yesterday were augmented
in number to the extent Of one. Colonel
John s. Harwood. with that forethought
that has always characterized his actions.
went hunting around his suburban home
on Barton Heights yesterday morning.
and as result was at the baseball
park in the afternoon with real, live.
cawing crow. The bird. with his coal
black plumage, was tied by the leg 10
the roof OF the scorers box, and as he
Mapped his wings in his endeavors 10 get
out on the field and participate in the
game. the human Crows attention was
directed TO him. and, gaining inspiration
from him, they played ball as though
their very existence depended on it. There
were 800 rootcrs at the park, and so
densely were they packed on the bleach
cries and in the grand-stand US TO pre-
-lude the possibility OF another finding a
Seat anywhere except on the ground.
Che late-comers congregated around third
base. and many ladies were forced 10
and seats with them. The spectators
rooted beautifully and scientifically, and
on two occasions fairly went wild with
excitement. They kept awfully quiet In
the first inning. however. for in this 1t
looked as though the Crows would be
plucked They were shut out, and the
Oystermen scored three runs. Foster
contributed one OF these runs. Thorn
ton was on third and attempted to run
3n home on Lanser's sacrifice. Gettenger
threw the sphere directly into "Reddys"
hands in ample time for him 10 have
stopped CorcOran, but instead of doing
30 Foster dropped the ball and Corcoran
scored.
GENERAL ENTHUSIASM.
In the second inning. however. was
where the rooters got In their work. Gill
man.. the first man 10 the bat, was sent
60 first on four balls. Cleve then welded
the ash, and So effectively did he do so
that the sphere went over left-feld fence
and both he and Gilman trotted in to
home. This was the signal for general
enthusiasm. and the crowd arose as one
man and cheered Justify. Hats were
thrown into the air. and everybody was
delirious with the immensely of their Joy
But the fun was not over by a great
deal. Foster lined out a base-hit, and
stole second. Bailey then few out to
McCreery, and "Reddy' went to third.
Kahn, the next man UP, lined out a
good base-hit, and quickly stole second.
Freddy" I'm the mean time crossed the
saucer. making the score a tie. This
caused greater enthusiasm than had
Cleve's homer. and Foster was greeted
with a greater ovation than he has re-
ceived In some time. McGann was then
awarded first-base on balls, and when
Tate, who followed him TO the bat, sent
the ball out into the field for two-bag-
ger, both Kahn and Mccain scored. Get
tenger distinguished himself by sending
The ball over center-fleld fence In a place
that has never before been found by one
pf the locals He and Tate came over
NE rubber together. amid great cheering.
Gilman again came TO the bat and found
FRY for a base hit He stole second, and
N doing so was hit on the nose with the
)all and spilled considerable blood On a
bad error Of Corcorans, on which Cleve
got 10 first, Gilman scored, putting the
Crows FIVE runs ahead or their oppo-
nents.
The visitors were "skunked" In all OF
the subsequent innings. with the exception
Of the eighth. In this inning, by a combi-
nation OF lucky hits, they succeeded In
sending Hodge over the plate.
The locals kept up their heavy hitting
throughout the game and were easy win
hers.
The field work was equally as good as
their work at the bat, and throughout the
game they clearly outclassed the Oys-
men.
"Baby" Phillips made long running
catch in the third, which was almost phe-
nomenai. He had to run deep into the
crowd OF spectators, and In doing SO
fell over several OF them. He held the
BAH, though. and put Joanes. the batter,
cut.