The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-25
A DlRGE-LIKE TALE OF WOE.
"Tgsny-RiSht 10 -Four" Tells the Story
Of The Triumphant Blue,
IND OF OTHER CCLORS SADLY FURLED
The BOYS from the Nutmeg state Wiped Up
the sod Of island Park with the NO
bile ads Of Virginia.

Die inus oi 'HkthiH.
A %direc-iikc tale Of woe TO the tune
otUenty-cight to four" tells the story Il
how the blue Of Yale noated triumphantly
over the orange and blue Of the Virginians
at Island Park yesterday afternoon.
Well might the athletes Of Puritan n
ccsiry leave the field with a kind Of
sympathetic smile. and so back TO the
Nutmeg state TO grow h%ilarously jubilant
with their college chums over so complete
q victory. for after that humiliating de-
feat The w%orshippers OF Thomas Jener-
sons memory cannot but own up good
humorcdly that they are no match for
the nimble New Englandcrs. But for Mar
shall-thanks 20 the old Virginia name
who covered himself with glory by scor-
ing the first run against the visitors,
Parker, the man with a red head and
some ability to deliver the sphere, and
Harper. the great quarterback who
handles the plg-skin more skilfully than
he does the sphere. tho 'Varsitics would.
IN all probability. have been presented
each with a nice little Easter-cgg like
this-O. while the men from new Haven
multiplied tailies until the figures became
a subject for ihc mathematician.
The Nirsinians came down from Char
Nftesville with strong expectations Of
winning the game. They lost their heads;
they lost their heels. they lost the game.
and some Of them lost most of their
surpius shekels. They had just defeated
frhieh with ease. The visitors had just
DEBATED North Carolina with comparative
case. But when IL came to the great
struggle, the Nirginians, TO pattern after
she eyer-prescnt small boy, we're not in
ST.. They never put up a worse exhibition
~ the game I'm this city. and instead Of
81 contest. it was chiid's play for the
Iastcrncrs.
4 Large Crowd.
Long before the hour for the game to
o. called Fourteenth street was alive with
PEDESTRIANS. The aged individual with an
appreciation for head work, the all-round
sport with a crease in his trousers ike
she sharp edge of q paper-cutter, the
baseball player by preference. the young
ffer with am ambition in the same diroc-
sion. the pretty society girl with a choice
n me teams-in fact. they were all there.
and the crowd numbered something like
twenty-five hundred souls.
We're there any rOoters PRESENT. We'll.
there wasn't the shadow Of "A doubt about
fha lung-power represented. and nearly
c.ary rooter I'm attendance did justice TO
th. OCCASION. Up to the sixth inning, how
e.ar. silence I'm the vicinity Of the rootcrs
from the University was as dense as
toiu. and the Varsity delegation didn't
cft a chance TO emphasize their views so
lorr as carter remained in the box.
The pirates were present I'm large
numbers. Nearly every tree about the
fence vas well-burdened with urchins
financially embarrassed, while one little
Tooter was delicately poised upon the
branch of "a sycamore tree some fifty feet
from mother earth. He was I'm his glory,
an alone. and resembled a tiny blemish
ON "a smooth surface. His heart throbed
wildly.
Couldn't HIT Him.
After some little practice work on the
part of the TWO teams. Yale took he out
field. Carter. the great Carter, whose
praises have been sung an the way across
ffe baseball territory Of the country, was
r1. AZ his best. for his arm was a little
weak. He had a cinch. however. His zig
81. were rs puzzling TO the Nirginians
O. is a Chinese laundry check To the
average American. Six victims took the
willow an straight succession and famed
ffe haimy March breeze without striking
arruhore in the neighbOrhood or the
en.rre. They struggled I'm vain for the
Yale tUirler had no notion Of giving lheIn
"a single hit. Indeed, the sphere WASH
knocked out Of the diamond while carter
manned in the box. Occasionally ne az
Lowed them TO toss up a timid fly just TO
give tho Yale short stop a little rehears"l
i..,cosn acts. He simply bewildered the
s1llherners.
Knocked Him out the Box.
N,i.on nltcbed for the Nirginians inc
fr.f three innings. He proved a nice
ltte Easter pudding for inc AaIe slus
e.re They found him for hits or every
d.|..rinfion from an ordinary one-nassel
Il, those red hot liners, which cause inc
eanfrc-ncllors TO turn green win rus
because be isn't three feet hi6her' carter
demonstrated his ability 10 put the ApH'l'
in the neishborhood of centre-nelu itn'''
Stevenson decided TO knock the p"it l'
James river. Just one Of those hrm niue
t.r. r,,, which the left-held fence has
no restraining power, While healo' ana
sD.er ratified the Nirginians by such
humfiatfons as home runs. Nelson was
Knocked out Of the box. HIS curves
proved quite amusing for the VISITORS
Thoy placed the ball pretty much where
they wanted. and trotted around at thelr
leisure Twas Just like a ounch OF
bananas" so said the Yale men.
Nelson was finally retired and Parker
He. too, was an easy prey
Tor the Fasteners. though an improve
ment upon his predecessor. Meantime
ibe yale men sauntered around the bases
md piled zap the scores Just Tor the FUN
II. while the rOoters and other spec
tators had 10 find amusement by watch
a frolic between half a hundred ur-
chins. and a highly intellectual canine,
Familiarity known as "Popcracker.'
Tor such players as Greenway, Carter.
Stevenson. Quinby, Arbuthnot. and others
o. the Yale team, the Nirginians are an
match. Those who went 10 Is
land Park with the expectation of see
ig an interesting game were wotully
oaappointed. IL was a one-sided affair.
How 10 Happened.
The game was called promptly at 4
Q ct 1ck. C0ombe was the first Of the
larsiues 10 face the invincible Carter.
ite retired very gracefully, after three
yam attempts. Parker and Worthington. J
DDS successors. Jared no better. They
leIiei up their chanches of reaching
.'st after three vigorous punches into
me unonending atmosphere.
h-stln. the first man 20 face Nelson,
Die by the ball. and went to first.
fioW beat the ball TO first. while Rus
.l amhled on TO second. and "a second
aver stole third. Redington went out
from short to first. Stephenson came up
WIN blood in his eye" He cody sin
.Ied out one OF Nelson's curves and sent
.NH BALL over laff-NaId fapro down Iamqa
oyer, then jOurneyed around the bases
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