Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-02
THEY ARE JUBILANT.
With Three New Players the LynchbuSs
Win Their First Game.
A HOME-RUN THE FEATURE.
Sands KNOCKS Over the Fence-The Boys
from the Hill City Play Well
Results Elsewhere.

At last It's done. The Lynchburgers
have won a game. They reinforced their
team yesterday with three good players,
and put their strong battery, McKenna
and Glass to work, and won as prettily
n contested battle as has ever been fought
on diamond in Richmond.
From start 10 finish the game was ex-
citing. and as the visitors steadily forged
ahead. each point OF vantage being closely
contested by the home team, the audi
ence, about 600 in number. sat as though
spellbound. Hardly sound above the
usual murmur offvolces in conversation
" as heard during the contest. The crowd
was. of course. disappointed at the re-
suit. but all who witnessed the game felt
satisfied that Lynchburg had earned the
victory.
CHEERING WORDS FROM HOME.
While the game was in progress the
visitors received telegram from their
home urging them on To victory. and
telling them that the people OF the Hlii
City had not lost heart, but were sun
backing them. This seemed 10 give them
even new impetus, and they played pail
Ike old veterans.
All three OF the new players, who were
put in the game for the first time yes
terday proved to- be "Alers." Sands COW
cred third, McGann played short. and
Webster. who earned for himself such a
good reputation in the Southern League,
looked after centre-feld. They are all
good hitterB and did excellent work yes
terday. McKenna practically won the
Ia ~
might be said to have done just the re-
verse for the home boys. From the start
AIcKenna pitched q swift, puzzling ball.
and only allowed eight hits to be made
of him. He struck out eight OF the
"bloody-shirt" brigade. Osbourne, who
mitchell for the Richmonds. did not do
oIit. so we'll as he might have done. but
on the whole he pitched good game
HOW THEY MADE RUNS.
Neither side scored in the first inning.
In the second Napier. Morgan. ahi
Varmsley came over the plate for the
home boys, and Phillips IN lhe th'ru an on
Osbourne in the fifth did likewise Inc
,5sstora sent from one TO two men over
the plate In every inning but the nrst'
Thev cid not play their half OF the ninth.
U,,eknan. who caught Osbourne during
the first four innings. went all TO pieces,
IL 4.
He allowed six balls to pass MN aho
three men to come home while ne Was
running after the sphere
A general shift Of positions was mace
IN the fifth. Foster was transferred rom
first to catch, Buckman was re'Ieu'
Anthony was shifted to first from centre
where no was succeeded by Warmsley
About the only real feature OF the game
was the home run made by Sands. lie
lifted the ball over the left-held renee
and paced around the bases as thoueh ht
were ACCUSTOMED to such acts.
po,,caab,e feature Of these games Is
the number OF ladies who attend them
The grand stand Is always we'll filled win
fair maidens. who apparently take as
much interest In the sport az The cranks
and rooterS.
The Iynchburgs will play again To-
morrow. after which game the nome
club will go or trip.
rho score Yesterday was as follows: