Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-24
THE CROWS FLY HIGH
They Play Loosely, But Defeat The
Creen-Suited RoanoksS
FAULTY WORK ON BOTH SIDES.
Foster Sends tho Sphere Over the Fence
and Phillips Gets Eouque<-Crabs'
Feast on the Farmers.

Arrayed in bran-new green suits. and
with evident determination to do or die,
the Roanoke Big-Lickers came to Rich
mond and battled with Tim VESTS
Crows.
Both clubs put up rather orien'ai
game from start to finish. The iocais
didn't play well because they didn't nave
TO and the visitors didn't play well be-
cause they couldn't This Is the whoie
secret Of the very poor exhibition "h''"
was witnessed by 200 people at West-r'hd
Park yesterday. =,
Everybody knew that Richmond wou'u
have n yalkover In the contest. and ior
that reason bets on the game were
and far between. Notwithstanding '"''
fact. everybody went TO see H. anu
bodv who went rooted. The grano-s'a".
WAS filed to oveTfowing with iaoies ""
,be hleocheries were equally as iuii ol
,,or ,rhese latter gave full vent 10 t,e,i
lung-power. and the former-Diess 'ne
little souls-clapped their little hahos anu
save,aI times giggled outright when thinsS
went their way
REDDY WAS THE HERO.
r-oe,er the red-haired Duke from the
,,s,o,t confines OF that little village
through which placidly flows the u'lileI
crock was the hero OF the evening, n"r
u,ban IN the second inning he struck
r,anfulIv at the sphere and sent II gilulhs
over Ieft-feld fence, high over the neaus
Of the urchins who nimbly percheu 'ay ~, 40.
ON. he wak cheered TO the echo: -
vo,,r hat" was repeatedly holieFeu az nIi, ,,,
as he came over the saucer puI
is not the chivalrous nobernan thaI was
ir,aoiced. and not a lift did he make. lie
,us, came home and sat down on the
grass and rested himself E.
Fosters heavy hitting somewhat IL, ~.
rned FitzmOrris. who essayed 10 l"ii, -.
Roanoke, and from that time on uiit' - -
cIoee of the game he tried TO put the
snbere out OF the Dukes reach: ne
couldn't do II, however. for "Reddy hau
on his batting clothes. ana ne i"isu ~
ball out for single the very next '''''
he came to the bat. .,,a
FitzmorrIs was an easy marx LOT inc
Crows and every one of them, save
ph,lIins found him for from one 10 three
hits His delivery was just fun lor 'hc
birds. who pecked at him with their long
hius. and fairly tore him to pieces ne
found IL n hard matter to put the paii
onvvhere near the plate, ana wheh hc
eucceeded In doing so, one or the othe'
of tho I-ndertakers would send IT wnere
the felders would have difficulty IN Iiio'"s
t. Fitz. awarded seven men their pases
ON halls. and hit one. He only struck out
two-Keenan and Philips.
OFF DAY WITH BABY.
"Raby" surprised everybody by his bad
nlaving Yesterday. He was at the pae
seven times during the game: twice ne
WAS sent 10 his base on balls, ana 'he
other five times he did positively no'iiIhs'
He is usually good for from two OF 'hree
long hits in game, but ne diuh pioEe
g. Yesterday. On third-base he made two
horrible errors, which, uhuer oluln"i'
circumstances. would have proved disas-
trous TO the Crows chances Oh 'ictoiy.
NtcGann also distinguished himself on
errors. He couldn't afford To let BaDy
outdo him. lie fumbled grounder batteu
20 him by Crockett. in the second. and
thereby allowed McGettigan and BOYD 10
cross the plate Not content with this. IN
the nth. when Fitzmorris batted hiSh
fv directly into his hands, which usually
amounts TO the same as though 1t had
fallen In a well he dropped IL. and eau. sd
o,,srv man. woman. ana cniid on the
grounds.
UrHACKED HIM FOR A WHILE.
4. ,ras stated above, the Crows did not
g., 90 MAY hall for the reason that theie
,'.os M necessity for them 10 40 So
T,,,1,. took the lead in the first inning put
tyaeran nitched an easy drop bail TO tne
,rroor-e,,ited Irishmen and allowed thel"
a. daily with ii long enough To phe up
Nve rms. Four hits were made llo'Ii I's
Sn1,varv in the two innings, ana thrge
a,, ,,,era given their bases by him. he
t1,,,od hinself at this juncture aiu
e.Nr,a1 e,ausbtering the "furrlners. ne
,,tchod a hall that they found dlihcuit 10
bit and caused four unfortunates 10
frantically at the atmosphere ~ l.,
tho hits well scattered ana "ds LIE ,7
rcsponslble for the victory 'he
achieved. ,s - ho,d the
rha visitors were allowed 10 hoiu t'o
| "a NTH tho nfth inning. when any de-
,vsion they might have entertainer ti,at !
| ,ho,, could win the game was dispelieuu "a
| Nv, a sunerf,lIity of hits made III qui.A n
| ei,cccssion. assisted very mateTla"y ~
| several disastrous errors on the par. VI
| the Irish neldeas. ,.,,od
| t,ror, ,his time on the game laggeu
| dreadfllly. The visitors We're oily aU'o
| to add one run to their score IN the , suo,
| sequent innings. while their hos's see,iie'
| able TO score as Oiteil 40 'heS ~ 80, ,,,,,a
| In the eighth some of BABY Inii"ps
| admirers sent huge bouquet out " iI '''.''
| AT third base The little favorite recoS-
| rized the compliment by a most graceful
bow. which produced considerable laugh
| ter at his expense.
The game lasted considerably longer
than is usual, and It was almost darn
before the visitors were retired IN TIE
ninth inning.
This is the score In detail.
| RICHMOND.