The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-09

The Petersburgs retrieved themselves
for their goose egging on Monday by
turning the tables upon the home team,
and giving them dose OF the same
medicine. They began early in tho
game to bring about this result. With
two men out Brodie hits safe, Farrell is
given his base on balls. Stafford then
cracks the ball on the trade mark, lift
ing it high over the sign Of Edward s.
Greene on the left field fence and the
Petersbargs have started up their wind
mill by sending three men across the
plate in the first inning, and opening
the game which resulted in the ignomin-
Gus defeat OF the home team by the
score OF 10 to o.
Inc hrst inning was fair sample of
the work done throughout the game.
The Roanokes were not in it from tt @
start. They couldn't bat, they slipped
up In fielding and, in strong contrast
with their work in the preceding game,
they demonstrated that 1T was decidedly
an OFT day with them all round. Even
the "rooters," who had gone out with
the expectation Of seeing another glo-
rious victory rolled up by the home
team, were disheartened early and graf.
lned the AGO spectators by keeping quiet
City run in their scores.
A new man was in the box for the
visitors, regular ia ra boom de-ay
pitcher, who swung his legs around IN q
regular Lottie Collins fashion that
awed the home team batters, and
caused rejoicing among the visitors,
who saw player after player struck out
by his grand stand performance. Smith,
this new man, who was secured from
the Wake Forest, N. c., team, surely
proved puzzle, and, il his delivery is
not illegal, Will be an effective tosser
for the Petersburgs While that left
leg OF his is performing the skirt dance
movement, the right foot gives decided
bound. and Umpire Ford had to keep
close watch OF his movements to hold
him down.
The Petersburgs made two more
scores i'll the fourth inning. Again two
men were out when Boucher was hit
gently on the shoulder and took his
base. Keefer and Sanford then fol-
lowed with base hits and two mon came
in. Brodie, who hit safe, and Sta ford,
who again came up with another home
run, gave the visitors their two runs in
the fifth inning.
Then the home team management
seemed to come to the conclusion that
mccoy was not doing just what was ex-
pected of him and Clark, the new &C
QUESTION from Brooklyn, was substi-
tuted. Mccoy had evidently been out
all night, and was apparently in no
condition to pitch, as the manner in
which the visitors raped his curves
clearly demonstrated.
Clark made only fairly good i'm pres
sion. Fortunately the hits off the first
two balls thrown landed safe in the
ielders' hands, and those two men were
put out in short order. In the next in.
ming he succeeded in striking Drodio
out, but Farrell followed with a two-base
hit; after Stafford, the heavy batter, had
been struck out Smith got hit and
Farrell scored. Hammond was given a
life by an inexcusable error by Pitzer, q
high fly bouncing squarely out of his
hands. Then Boucher got in q double
and Smith scored.
Errors we're responsible for the run
secured by the visitors in the ninth
inning. The home team saw third base
but twice during the game. When they
did get there the visitors arose to the
occasion and shut them out from seor-
ing. Two or three pretty double plays
were made by the home team and Nc
Hooveter again distinguished himself
by capturing long fly in tho center
field The following tells the whole
story: