Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-19
ENJOY A CLAM FEAST.
Tim Vests Crows Make Merry Over
the Dainty Dish.
STRUGGLE AGAINST BEING EATEN.
Hut the Hack Fellows Were Hungry and
pc,ourcd the Innocents-Bow II
Wac All Done.

General John &. Small is SICK III p'u'
~ least that is what the baseball re-
porter thinks. Certainly something is the
matter with him. lie was not at West
End Park yesterday attending to his
duties. and. consequently. the roofing was
not up 70 its accustomed standard.
Buck" SpottswOod, the Dahomian king
o. coiorcd rootcrs. realizing the great loss
from which the white rOoters were suffer
ing IN the absence OF their official head.
nftcn,ptrd-and in a measure succeeded
70 make up for any Of their short
comings.
"Bnck' deserves n great deal Of credit
for the manner In which he has wheeled
the 'riggcr" rooters into line. and gotten
them an with peculiar unanimiy TO root
for Richmond. In everything but color.
'Hack" is eligible for membership to the
amalsamatcd association
The score at yesterdays game was 10
70 : in favor Of Richmond. and every
Tim. one Of those fifteen runs was made,
.ho.e "nisgcrs." with Il fun band. COM
paeeI Of a cracked drum. n dnner-bell.
ffI several dcep-bass tin horns, made
r.... enough to fully satisfy every one
Of the 700 people who sat on the
bleaoheries, or swcltered in the grand
stand
WENT OUT TO PLAY BALL
Tho Crows old not need roofing and ap-
r'.nse 70 urge them on to victory yes
+eriIy. They went out TO the park with |
..o lea firmly fixed In their minds !
That they must win. They played like !
gH
other 20 far as lay in his power IN The !
luIalle enort 20 bury the CLAIMS be- |
reath the sands Of discomfort
Tf. Richmond team Was somewhat |
strergthcncd IN the field by the advent |
of Kuu. who played in right field. MS
hand was still quite sore. and caused MN |
2, make one error. but on the whole he
r.ayrl an excellent game At the Dat
l., very materially assisted In piling up |
o.. rms and at critical moment In
90. sixth irulng, when no one eXpecteu
frqt he would even try for II, he maze
g long run into deep centre and caught a
ev ban from Corc0rau's bat. II was a
beautiful play. and he was literally ap-
Iiaulel for IT,
HaI Johnny Small been on hand at tne
c.fna Yesterday. there might have been
more enthusiasm shown by the audience.
bur 4, one could have Improved on the
,l,yirV Of The Crows. True. there were
.ne errors made. but then they didn't
amount 10 much. The black-suited lei
VS. lust Mapped their wings with JOY
rad perrhed high up on the pole OF VIC
f.-v-so high that in fact. that crawl as
.r would those Crabs could not touch
them.
COULD NOT FIND LATHROP.
Ia,hrop. although not an Adonis in
looks. IS "A jewel OF "A pitcher. and the
manner in which he manipulated the
o-here Yesterday proved beyond a per- /
ol,.utifc that he Is fully capable or at
t.nl'uR 10 all the duties Of his position.
"a, arpeared 70 have the Sailors at his
mercy throughout the game. ana let tleiii
strive as they would he could strike them
cut. or make them hit pop fly accord
i,. 70 his liking. Foster caught MN
y,ltb a degree Of accuracy that was ex-
tr.rtffn.- "Reiiy' knows his business
.sofourhly. ahc he and Toby Lathrop
constitute hrst-class battery.
Heavy hitting on both sides was the
o,l.r of the day. and those who enjoyed
s...ng the horse-hide sailing through the
arr most assurelly got their money
worth The Norfolk heavy batting, how
over. gil not avail them much II wasn't
fh.lr fault. however. They did the best
fh.v could But they couldn't do much
with IAthrop. and when they dld sue
coed in hitting a bill into the outheid'
somehow or other one Of the Crows was
sure 10 be under IL when 1t began us
downward fight.
HOW THE GAME RAN.
In 70 the fourth inning the score re-
rained one 10 one, and the saltwater
men had not made "A single hit of OF La
throp BY virtue of a lovely hit by hous-
sav over left-neld fence two runs were then
sii,I 10 the LEGISLATORS score and the
fovr- and noises that emanated from the
black mems heacheries were simply dear
euirr 10 hear. This advance was TOO
much for even the Sailors TO stand, ana
with A determined look on their faces
they came to the bat and did precisely
as had done their funeral friends. Cogan
t1t-el a home run over left-iield fence
sn3 brought In McCreary, and again was
th- score tied.
The groans that were heard on all
sides when this accident occurred some
what ncttled the Crows, and. with biood
IN their eyes, they soon checked the on
s.aught Of the vicious Oystermen, ana
themselves coming 10 the bat. made
,nincemeat OF Cogan, Norfolks new
twIrler IL was Just fun for them. hit
followed hit from his delivery, and run
followed run. as the hits were MADE.
USE FOR THE CHINAMAN.
Foster was first given his base on
n
out et first. Barley Kain then hit for
two bags and wa brought in on McGann's
Fusic Then the fun commenced IN
reality and the clam Diggers demon
strat-l how useful their pet Chinaman
uisLt become 10 them. Nc" stole Sc
cond and won't TO third on Thornton
error. Gilman lined out a safe hit, went
- second on McCresry's error, and wo'i'
The entire inneid was endeavoring 10 p.cA
scored
r0rd's tine third-haseman went on
thiri. Thsn Tate distinguished himscl
With little dihculty he sent the -
over left-heh fence and cleared the ba'e.
amid tumultuous applause. Gettenger 10.
lowed with a three-bagger. and shortiE
afterwards scored on Hodges error. THIS
nut the score 9 TO In Richmonds favor.
anl everything looked bright Tor an
easy victory. The Oystermen did not
score. being retired in one, two. three
orlnr. and IN the sixth. by more heaNy
batting tho Crows increased their score
three more runs.
NORFOLKS TIME CAME.
The Norfolkans essayed 10 do some
heavy batting In their portion Of the sixth,
and with seven hits. they made four
runs. IL was IN this inning that Haupt-
man batted the sphere over right-held
fence. fof which he was loudly applaudcd.
The game progressed smoothly fron
This time on. The visitors did not sue
ceed in sending any one over the ruboc
in their three remaining rounds. Fec
ter. not 10 be- OutdOD~ by his colleague
sent the horsehife over left-held fence,
in the seventh. No one was on the bases
~ the time so "Reddy" had 10 tT0i
around the diamond by himself The
| game had been virtually won In the siXti
inning. and very little interest was dis
played after that juncture by virtu"
OF t"o-bagger-hit by Roussey. and two
sinS!cs by LAthrop and Kain. the score
was made 70 10 I. where II remained.
This IL tn score IN detail. II may
not be what they want exactly. but the
Norfolk lads would do well TO read 1t.
and profit by H.
RICHMOND.
Players; ABB. r. II. O. A. T..