The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-18
|W4S II DOG OR COON?
UrRR PRESENT AND ROOTED
FoH THE RICHMOSDs.
crab Eaters were Beaten with Coli
dover in the bos-Crows Win Their
ninth Consecutive Victory.

fhf
aver In the Bos-Crows Win Their
ninth Consecutive Victory.
.ner Yesterdays game was over this
..,n propounded itself TO me: Who
pc contest, the dog or the coon?
,,,s.!cuous among the rooters before
oas called was q tame coon and a
20, raasun dog. The latter was dressed
f.shlonablc dog suit of white linen.
vrra was painted in black letters
"a g.amond Rooier" And Death on
Obs" These two animals enjoyed the
-,s immensely. and believe that the
.-, ~ yesterday was due directly
s..- presence. Thursday it was kis-
l.t yesterday II was Colhiio"er
..o... led Ike lamb TO The slaughter
| . 2.n leathcr-lungcd spectators sat
s,.ln tqo hours and eight minutes V-
D50~ Sow maudhn because the Ravens
ina thereby reduced the iN3tS,n D0-
4 f''.' .t.-,se.Vrs and the Crao-t-atCIS'
| .ilrs Rnmulus Tatius had an OK
L'. s,I. ON his nut-hrown' but
f.'''f t,.lnrrowV. while IL was
n'~ ils,k crepe and funereal cast OF
.-'....,anrc that the contingent from the
81. r.ty carried back 10 the Lexington
ufl with them
THG EotNOKE MAN.
,..,f-s The man whom the Ravens
-,..-.l rp i1 Roam ke. the man VINO
.s from point OF stature as " ne
".tf le descended from ApoIo' occuplcu
n., SIX innings for the nome team;
..s taken SICK ir the seventh, ana
- I'm favor OF Keenan,. only eight
...~ had DE been hit safely Wht" He re-
~ps delivery had pcrpleNed the visitors
.r. than the lrst chapter OF 4eSa'
s.- worried q lazy schoolooy. NlO, ny
p, Drops. shoots. curves. ANA occas0ilai-
straight ball. was the extent OF ms
l delivery. bat they had the atsireH
=. us the visitors had only made the
lit % the bases FIVE times 10 t"e
.le teams twelve.
II WAS H. 4. p.
-.n the KID went In. and the first
~ The r0oters knew the air was thick
b. base hits. SiN runs ana seven hits
r.t quite three Innings that was what
3. .r4b- Eaters ala for Keenan,, and IL
ISL a. H. Things looked a little blue
80 while. bat the indigo color soon dis
.-t.rcl from The horizon when kain
.-- Du o. Hamlet Hodges grounder
b.. touched second. putting out LanseT,
1tl Hls forced Of ~ first Despite the
u.s.. that the victory belonged TO the
f.me team. they vs. re guilty OF some
ry rocky playing. ana 10 Is largely due
70 the Goddess Of Good Fortune that they
a scurel their ninth consecutive victory.
L yesterday game Nas as fun or base
ul Whims as amy aruutante that ever
re broaI-hr.mmeI straw hat, or &C
.'.uiauy on purpose smiled at fellow
.-f she did lot know There were
4 k.nls of errors errors that the root
t-s expected auI ll4 not expect. There
were base hits that looked Ike they
we've sure o. Dee outs, and balls that
should have been safe We're gathered in
D. phenomenal fielding.
or THOSE MOMENTS
There we're moments when everybody
,. t.sir heads then again there were
.r's when nothing appeared TO rat
r- .9'4 sides pounded the sphere az
-r.-t rate, and the outhelders We're
t-, running like a parcel OF dog-iright-
kau Phillips. Nevins. and Tate were
r tne game from the word go. The
81 'y only made four runs. while little
Barley crossed the plate twice himself
t-s i.~ accepting thirteen chances. with
ry one error. IL is true that Tate
DID Two errors, but he also had three
'r0-.ase hits and single. while Nevins
ID, jess tanning out four Grabs, got q
srr.r and made TWO runs.
hrg Gilman was little off, but ne
MS presence ltlA Oh several OCll-
s.- 10y gathering up dllhCUlt grOunderS.
..r-wan Gettinger frCZe IN 70 IL few
rr..cnt sky lights. while AdOuls Wells
-tl the exception Of one error. pat
Ip "a faultless game
There IS no use talking about 1t, Hodge
S Just as certain 10 get 10 first base as
he average man Is certain of his death
ana taxes. He only went to the initial
bag SIX times yesterday. out of six times
the bat, and he scored three times
THAT TEEScHMAN.
he Frenchman who plays first for
Il Crabs-I mean Monsieur L. JOaues
u1nally this was spelled jones' is
u ne lshtning-hit balls. ana, by the
'N4y. when he ran bases he did not stoI
To- talk.
smiling McCreary was off his diet. but
b. smewhat redeemed himself by makin-
irrtty catch of Wells fly IA the third
Hauptman put the bali over the fence
re evidently thought he had done hi,
-ay work, for he did not figure again IL
yc game. Sheehan was retired In the
,lrfh. I'm favor Of Lanser, who went Il
.-tt sending Hauptman to right, but tn,
Change was productive Of nothing
1-pi-natured COllliOWer appeared per
ly satisfied with the result Of the
.-me' IN fact, he appeared less concerned
ull any Of the Crabs. Norfolk played
% ball, but the Ravens played just q
!t-e bit better and won. TIE Grows
bad q great deal OF luck There were a
-1.ner u close decisions, but Clark and
DermOtt We're impartial.
FIRST inning:
f.chmOnd-kain went to first on Nc
t-.lry s error, Phillips beat his bunt e
,. hain went 10 second, Mccain hi
COrcOran, who threw Kahn out a
fl then Tate hit 10 deep centre To-
tao BAGS, and Phillips and Mccain
J-ed. Gettinger went 10 first on Shee
t-.s mum OF his fly BAN, Tate wen
. third on same play, but he was caugh
base and run down by Hodge an
rms. Gettinger moved up 10 thirl
this play. Then Gilman went L
md on feeders choice, and both h'
l Gettinger scored on Cleve's single
t-ls went out TO JOanes.
YrfOlk-Tate's error gave Hodge first
coran hit 10 Gilman. who threw HOdg'
. at second. COlliflOwer singled anC
0r0ran went 10 third he scored OF
.l.ruton's hit. COllif.awer tried 10 dc
.s.N-- but Kahn threw him out, JOanc:
singled 10 centre. Thornton tried 70
second inning:
Richmond Neyins went ont to first,
h.n ht for three bags, Phillips few
, t0 Burns Mccain got a double,
rrIr- Nalu. then Tate hit for two
u.s. sending Mccain home. Gettinger
SICK ont
A.rfolk Burns struck out, so did Nc
'-saIy. Hauptman made first on Gil
.sl's error. Slcehan Stf uck out.
Third inning.
Richmond Gilman hit TO second. and
dice al INST t.ey- got his base on balls,
McIa IT," oU o. McCreary Nevins hit TO
iIl-hi f'r single. Cleye went 10 third,
Ran s.t-I0I Clcye scored, Neyins went
o. t.oll. .aen Phillips hit 20 Corcoran.
$50. i-n'Ie4 Nevins went 10 third and
Ntll o. second on IL. McGann lined the
pail olt Ncgins and Kahn scored, Phil
Ai, "rat Oh tnird The ball was returned
% 'olllowtr McGann tried to purlOin
o'nl. tle ban was thrown 20 McCreary.