The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-05
,gHE AFTERNOON GAME.
-, rms FARMERS DEFEAT THn
/o,st,oaEoLAD LEoIsLArohs.
o,r.rrnu sta In the Reperters'
How He Enjoyed Himsclf-five
,,ou.snd People were Present.

.,ou.snd People were Present..
an hour and forty minutes yester-
20 ling the West-End Baseball PARK
1ay '.ll scene that 20 the eyes OF the
fr's' s,zzle rooters" was artistic IN the
'f'N and which will linger for years
""s In their minds as the brighes''
70 and saddest hour and forty MIN
hst hey shah ever spend
s@ Fourth OF July day. ana
~ July crowd, but the game Went
r.,e~sburg. and, as a CONSEQUENCE,
large lump Of growing care anu
n1~ despair settled down upon ,ne
cs ~ tbcse who had gone forth Win
le+ contingent Of ball tossers
ne ..rsd nine exciting lnnlnAs ~ w
q, iae he, ' Williams retired the side in the
a. NH." knocking a fly to Kelly, the
n. rrtpt silently away, so tne. 40
" s.nie 10 kick ana not rev "
r.r..lsiy hilarious py uIVN"ihe e"N'
l.-,ns .n the flowing Do"''
sloGrsr CROWD Yzr.
....,yrs began filing into the grounds
iA' ..k ana continued TO do 80 uhul
g. .....N. when the street cars W.
M seventh street. and when the
t..',.rs finally gotten 10 running again
coz -.oa continued 10 pour INTO the
te is rntu nearly o'clock The eoun-
force were completely al the
o. .he crowd. they could do nothing
o.. r Their efforts TO keep them
49, n. field were unaNailing, ana III 4
o.. A ave up, and the crowd surgeon
o. ON. rrh along the side lines, ana out
y" ,.f rrld so that the left-neider was
alt MIA
".F .r.lnd the fence they were zen an
80 feet deep. owing TO this OnhpsS
-. 4aclded that n ball Knocked lh 70 I .,S
l, should only be good TOT two Eel
g. Engagement should have hau Su Ii,,
.t-. ,1nce force on the grounus - "a
cets crowd. as many were unaDie "
1 o. rarne owing 10 the fact thal tne
- Vere allowed 10 crowd ln'o ~,
Z ,,s II will not require many tAn IL.
90 Yesterdays mismanasement 70
Nls ,iure the better class OF at
-. goon the games here -.
Ntsx r'nutes before the game I'm lIa
Ns ',Ivemor OFerralfs carriage,
his handsome span OF Iron iron
o.. -.ye into the grounds. lIls
- 10 signal for the widest puIss
w., slasm The crowd cheered ana
|-si al, they caught sight OF ils 6-A-
c...r Governor O'Ferrall occupied
e.r the reporters box, between two
&c. heardless scTibes, who gave MN
-~-s The Governor was In the pest
I.rfs lie laughed and cheered, ana
r,.ii vlth a Wild vengeance, ana tredt Ss
IL 49, ,rembers OF the press 10 lemonade.
r si5s-. Is 10 YOU" said His EXcellency, az
D. drained his glass.
GrBzENAToRIAL PEANUTS.
Then he ordered peanuts. Bring US al
a., have got" he said TO small Nenuer.
s.-srsf nj the press representatives In
s,..e5 that IL was their time 70 treat l.
81 The Governor would not hear 10 IL
NO he said when some one onereu 10
nav for the bushel of peanuts, am run-
Tne this shebang this evening ne 1,
~ Governor and the newspaper men dte
raa-rts galore, and his EXceliency salI
aVtsf's eft over we will take nome u
a.. baties" and the two single, beardiess
s-r.bes blushed CD and confessed INA.
M Governor had the drop on thenh' ~
was o'clock when UMPIRE CIdi ~,
play ball" Smith was IN tne poA .os
fha visitors, and what he ala lot tnt
T.-.slators was "a plenty Yes Inc
cfampion tuiu chewer had the nome
team at his mercy, and again demo-.
strated his ability 10 Jonah Nes' ual
ssri,lesslv Lothrop and Williams occu'
piel the points for the home team n'
former pitched an excellent game VIM
the latter was like stone wall Dehii'
the bat. ..,-a hoe.
rad had no practice. He. however a.
1.ttted himself most creditably. securing
three hits out Of four times az tne Dal
, Hodge was replaced by fhHlps III Wy
second inning but the Change Ma a. PaO ~,
ductive Of no good, as the Baby ala MOI
get a hit.
III REASON WHY.
The home team was beaten because they
could moi bunch their hits, and this. as
sisted by the faultless team work o.
Petersburg Is the reason why the scream
ing bird Of liberty settled upon the pan
rer OF the Farmers yesterday.
Kain started the ball rolling by picking
out nice single. Mccain, the pride o.
the ro0tsrs. famed the air. kain sneake,
down % second under Keefers very eyes
Pop Tate got a scratch MT, the pal
bouncing over Ferrel's head. This pu
Kahn on third. Morgan hit TO Brolle
who doubled Tate up at second, Whll'
Ksin scored Hodge retired the side on {
high fly 20 Kelly.
Then the Farmers came to the bat
Sanford sent the sphere way out IN cen
ire. but little Hodge was under ~, an.
Sanford was out Brodie got nice MI
Kelly followed suit Then STAFFORD MT I.
Napier who. instead of touching thiru
threw wildly to second. When the bal
Was returned Brodie had scored. Fer
r-us grounder TO Mccain doubled star
f.rI up al second. while Myer retired TN
fttr pu hS W S'iN4 -
coBBLlNG PLIES.
Lathrop and Napier both got hits il
ihe next. but Myer gobbled up two fou
flies from Williams and Vests bats
while Kahn ended all hopes OF scoring %!
ayng out TO Kelly.
For the visitors. Honeycutt flew out L
IT. Smith punched the air three times
AMI West was under Keefer's nigh Il.
q right.
The Legislators tried hard TO score II
ne third Mccain got a single. Fer
,.s error put him on second and Tat
o. arst. Then Brodie fumbled Morgan
lrt FOUNDER McGann tried TO score. bu
Vas put out Keefer TO Myer. rate me
dsmilar fate In trying 10 score on Phil
lis rrounder. while Honeycutt eathere
81 Villains fly and retired the side.
Then the Farmers came In with blood Il
tte- ewes. and as a consequence nv
thousand hearts were very sad when nv
f--t footed visiting ball tossers amble
across the plate. Hits by Kelly an
smith ~ base on balls. an error by Nc
Gam assisted by Myers doubled tel
t.R tle runs were made.
Bob sides. owing to the sharp neldlns
we banked until the seventh, whel
W local team got two They ADDED
WIZ number In the ninth and tried har'
WEE t.f Ia was In vain.
hT Is the score:
RICHMOND.
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