Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-05
POOR TIM GROWS SAD
Il Breaks His Heart 10 See His PslS
50 Badly Beaten.
STOOD NO SHOW at ALL.
Thought Eiiyson Easy 10 HIT ana f"''e"
10 Give Him Any Sort Of support
Games Elsewhere.
Oh rim why Is II thus?

oh, Tim. why IL IL thus!
Such an ignominlons defeat as was dealt
out to Rlchmonds ball-players yesterday
afternoon by the CLANS from the ittle
ct,v on the coast. following so closely on
the grand victory which was achieved
over the Farmers Saturday. has cast
dense gloom over the city-at least tha'
norton In which the baseball cranks
reside-which hangs like pail, ana 'he
confidence of the sports In the aDil'y
of Tins pets to carry of the spoiis III
the series Of games with NorioiA mas
been rudely shaken.
The absence. without leave, or setley'
the wonder Of the box, who had become
such a favorite with the cranks' was
the prime cause of the defeat. and those
who Saturday lauded him to the skies
are beaping abuse on him now. To use
"Pop' Tate's expression, 1T was dirty
Irish trick for him to go of and leave
us in the lurch. with our only other
pitcher sick in bed"
HAD A GOOD CROWD.
About 800 peopIe-mostly cranks-went
out to the park yesterday. entertaining
the vain hope that Richmond's Legislators
would snow the "Oyster-Dredgers' under
by a score similar to that which was
dlshed out to Petersburg Saturday.
But. oh. my. OH. my! the score was
similar-too muchly so-but-well-you all
know how it was. Ellyson did his best
and pitched good ball. We weren't In IT,
though, from start TO finish. The gentle
men from the saltwater country just
made clam chowder out of T. Typewriter
West and his followers. and after batting
the ball all over the field with apparently
10 effort, they won the game with
score Of twenty runs 10 their favor 10
Richmond's paltry four. II was a walk
over IN which the Rchmonds were not
included-they couldn't walk. they couldn't
run, in fact they couldn't do nothing"
THE SUPPORT NOT GOOD.
II Eilyson had been properly supported
the result might have been somewhat
different; but the home team went into
the field with the idea that they could
not possibly win with him In the box
iir~ fixed In their minds, aud their
every movement was apparently based
on this assumption. Error afr error
was made by the Bloody Shirts" while
run after run was made by the gray
suited Victors. Five runs were scored by
the visitors in the frs. inning, and from
that time on the home team played loose
ly. and at times went all TO pieces.
Napier did not play at all. He made
three awful errors, and these at the most
important points in the contest, and de-
monstrated beyond pcradventure that
what ne don't know about ball-playing
would fill large volume
The management are fully awakened TO
the necessity Of obtaining pitchers, and
are using every endeavor TO secure some
one who can fiji the box crodtably for
the game this afternoon. They were cor
responding by telegraph last night with
a Washington wizard. and there Is every
probability that he will be signed to-day.
They have engaged a Cincinnati pitcher
who will report for duty tomorrow. and
hope to close with Il Toledo twirler this
week.
THE RIOTERS GREW WEARY.
The rooters were out in full force and
rooted during the first half of the first
inning vociferously when Kahn scored.
but when Norfolk sent five men over the
plate Immediately afterwards it had the
effect Of putting a quietus on them. and
from that time on until they skunk out
of tl,e gate hardly a word was spoken.
Morgan crossed the rubber in the second
for Richmond. and Mccain and Napier
did likewise in the eighth. Nobody else
did though. for the simple reason that
nobody else could. The fishermen kept
on piling up runs until II became monoto-
nous, and even they got tired. From
Richmond standpoint there were no fea-
lures 10 the game-uness the errors made
by Tim and his boys could be 50 con-
sidered.
The heavy batting Of the Norfolks was
really the feature Of the game, however.
and the prettiest hit that has been made
this season was one by Hager. who, with
a mighty stroke, sent the ball spinning
over extreme left-feld fence in the first.
and brought three men over the plate
ahead OF himself. Baby Phillips made
a pretty running catch In the fifth, but
what use to tell OF that-the game had
already been won.
Here is the echo OF the cyclone which
caused the rOoters TO keep silent and the
sports to gnash their teeth: