The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-09
FOSTER WON THE GAME.
~rn rHE DAY ron THE BLOODY
.yIRTyBr TIMELY STICK WORN.
Gam. was sn Exciting One and Closely
Contestod-Both Pitchers Were h'
Freely, hu, Jobe Had tho Best oft.

7, was anybody's game until dear Old
pcsdv Foster knocked the ball over the
,or.fcid fence for a home run In the
r,,,b inning. sending in Mccain ana
rate and winning the game for the Bloody
shirts by the score Of IL TO ?.
Then the 900 rooters went wild. and the
air was rent 10y enough horsepower 10
have shaken General Lee from his morse
as Reddy ambled over the home plate
Tho game was a thoroughly interesting
exhibition Of the national pastime ana
a, no time were the local contingent per
fe,,lv certain OF victory until Mccoy re-
,.-ed his side in the ninth by striking
out
M'GANN FIND.
l-npire Clark was on deck He not only
cove perfect satisfaction 10 the crowd,
Sut also dissatisfaction TO McGann by
fn,uosing a fnc OF s. upon That player
for Questioning one OF ms decisions, ana
be also called Tate out in the fourth In
r.ng for purposey interfering WIN Good
man when he was eEdeavorins 10 throw
q runner out at nrst
lobe was In the box, and while he was
touched up for twelve hits. he managed
v keeping them scattered, assisted by
GOOD helding at critical times. TO keep
be visitors well in hand. lie was not as
Wild as Mccoy. giving only three men
bases 10 the latter'e I'VE, and ne also sot
IN two timely singles. Morgan took an OF
day lie dropped GoOdmans easy ny IN
The nth ana did not show up as usual
Al the bat. Napier made two pretty stops
Of hard-hit balls HIS playing YESTERDAY
was a great improvement on MS NViN
In the first the Bloody Shirts were re-
Aired in one TWO, three order. KAN NJ
a hot one 10 Fitch, and was thrown CUT.
Nc(;aDn got his base on balls. but was
doubled III n moment later Toy BOyd VIM
cengbt Tate's fly and threw 10 Crockett
in time 10 catch Mccain OF his base
The visitors were also BANKED. o HaSan
died short 10 FIRST: Boyd flew out 10 n - !
McHoveter was given his base, went &c
second on a pass ball, but failed 20 score
Crockett being disposed Of West 10 rate
Both sides drew blanks IN the second.
Morgan struck out Foster singled. Yves
neA-Out 10 McHOVeter, who made Dedu-
tlful throw 10 first. catching Reddy. For
the visitors Fisher went out. Johe 10
Tate. Goodman. West TO Tate; Mccoy
singled. while McGinnis ended the inning
by knocking a fly 10 Grim.
THY MADE SIX.
six runs were made by the Bloody
Shirts In the next inning. Napier wep &C
first on Frech's error. Wild pitch al
vanced him a bag; Grim was gwen hls
base. so was Jobe thus filling the bags.
when Kain's single scored Napier aho
Grim. Mccain famed the air; Tate go'
IN a nice single. and Kahn went home.
Morgan waited for four balls; Foster new
out 10 centre. and West scored Tate and
Morgan on a hot single. Napier ended
the inning by knocking hot grounder
10 Frech.
For the Mushrooms Frech died on a
hot grounder TO Pop; OHagan flew on
20 lobe: Boyd was given his base, and
scored on McHOveter's home run. The
home team got two more in the next on
hits by Kahn Mccain and Tate, assisted
by Jobe's sacrifice.
The visitors got four in their half.
Goodman singled, Mccoy hit 10 jODe.
who threw Goodman out at second. Nc
Ginnis double put Mccoy on third; both
scored on Frechs single OHagan lined
out a nice one for one bag Both he anc
Frech scored a moment later on Boyd s
double. The next two men up flew out
The Bloody Shirts were BANKED in the
nth. while the visitors got two in their
half on M0rgans error. assisted by a
double by FreCh and a single by Fisher.
The score remained a tie until the last
half Of the eighth. when F'rech Knocked
q ball to centre. which rolled under the
omnibus in which the Roanoke team came
20 the grounds In, and he made the cir
cult Of the bases before Mccain could
return the sphere.
HiDDY's HOME RUN.
Things looked blue for the home team
when they came I'm for their last bat.
Mccain got his bag. Tate was hit send.
Ing Mccain to second. Morgan popped
up an easy fly to centre. Then Foster
came 10 the bat. The rOOters hOwled and
not In vain, for Reddy lifted the sphere
over the left-held fence for four bags.
The score was II 10 9. and here it re-
NAMED. for the visitors were quickly dis.
posed or Mccain capturing two difficult
flies. while Mccoy famed the air.
RICHMOND.
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