The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-10
TWAS A BIG COME DOWN
yrsrERDxY's 0AMS a LrsTLEss A.
FAR COMPARATIVELY.
The Crows Made twenty-five Hts ana
Won an Unintcrcsting Game-S's""'""
was Completely Ousc'assed

srn neace Love tunes the shepherd
reed; ,.-... .,oo,.
In war he mounts the warrior s'ce''
In halls, in gay attire Is seem
In hamiets dances on the green 49,
Love rules the court. the camp ''e
And men below and saints above. ,o,.o. 5.
For love tx Heaven. and Heaven Is l9EVe'
I'm, not the least Of Loves powers a.
is the rooter's love for game OF D"i
The above lines are written with all due
apologies 20 Sir Walter scott. Dut NY H..
appropriateness Is very appncAD,e !" ,ook
love Of the national pasiihe WAY ~
soroe one Thousand rOOters out 10 the
West-End Park yesterday evenlhS. ~
Corea Just nj present IS the pohe %
contention between CHINA anu ali g" :, a
people who write biographies can ~ ~ 80. "a
neninsula II has a population OF io'V'V,voV
people. and one Of tae strahsesl lecu
ilarities OF the people Is thelr tehSuSnoSi
10 keep their land closed TO occioeh'a'
Tsev want nothing that savors OF the
Wild and woody West. Everything must
he decidedly eastern. or Chineslsn, 10 Oe
aDprecfated by these strange people
For that very reason. IL strikes me- that
had the Stanton baseball club Dten
transferred 10 Corea instead OF NeNPWt
News. not only would every player ndtr
become a Corean millionaire, but tEtn
EFFORTS would have been rewarded by tHs
plaudits OF thousands. and their stylc %
playing would have been an endless tneiuic
FOR the praises OF the Corean spoi .a,mmd
life But fate decreed otherwise. anu
the Crows are indebted to the divine ~
1ess for another game 10 ada 70 ~
list of victories. rates IctS WI nc
than a hen is supposed TO have t.e,n ,,a a.,
<her mouth. The only possible Ieatu' =, ne
was at all interesting was 10 So hon
Mountaineers would get a run gnu cane
toward the latter part OF me S.t-tt,
.Iathrop slowed up and allowed ,ue - a
ors 70 score. the contest was Us u0''N ."
door nail.
POP's INcANTATIoNS.
"Wednesday night about u o'clock Pop
Tate got together al the bats oelohsiho
to the club and took them out ihto .iie
country 10 a lchely hl,le ~ 10 then
waved his arms over his head. ana VIZ
through a series Of weird ihcaitatsiUn ,s
Presently a spectre appeared. late r" -,
ed IL a bill and the inhabitant OF tnc
unknown world touched the end OF every
bat -, a..
Pop watched untn the spectre had DIS,
appeared. then he smiled IN shtisieu
scr; of way and brought his bats pSck'
Each stick had been loaded win mus
from the delicate little single 10 the port
Iy, self-satisfying home run.
This was conciusively proven yestei
day evening. for the Crows had twenty
Two nice hits when the game was over
1t required two pitchers and two eaten
ers 10 carry on StauntOnS battery worn
Nearly every lIlliB iutIt WAS d 'HoilAf7.,
in the position of the visitors, ana IL
would have required an expert chess
PLAYER TO follow the various movements.
Every man was tried in every possible
position. but il was no good, FOR TATE
had taken a mortgage on the game when
he had the bats cOniured.
Sewers started ia Ia pitch, with Arthur
catching him. II did not take many in
nings TO convince him that his curves
were not At all deceptive 70 the Crows,
so he went out into centre Held to gather
flowers while Scherer was brought IN
from that locality 10 ornament the box
rest, 80 he ambled out to right, and
Goiiarth Sullivan came in and donned the
mask.
DOCTOR NAPIER.
Doctor Napier appeared with the Staun-
tons as custodian Of the third bag.
but he managed to make four errors III
the first inning, so he was Tciegated u
the shades OF bag number two. but even
there he made several fumbies Clark, at Z.
short. did get in some fairly respectable
work, despite MS TWO errors, VINE Tour
put outs were credited to PenninGt n.
Twisting LathrOI and His Grace. Duke
Foster, OF Fulton Administered the mcdi-
cine for the home team. These two
turtle doves worked like charm At first.
but from the sixth Inning on, only the
pretty Outfeid work Of the Crows kept
The score down to normal proportions.
As II was Stanton made enough runs
10 win most games
IT SHOULD NJ STOPPED.
Right here the management should nut
a stop TO such loose playing as the
Crows did yesterday. Because a club is
largely in the lead that is no excuse
for listless work. If q game OF bal is
worth playing, IL is worth playing hard.
Gilman again STRENGTHENED his claims
upOn second base His W TX was OF a
high order at that position; In fact. he
rs Thought ny many to be the best
second baseman in the league. Kahn put
up his usually good game. while Phil
lips showed that during his absence from
the diamond be has not forgotten how
10 play ball Cleve had one error, but II
was excusahlc. Below is given the his
tory Of complete farce intended to be
a parody upon the national pastlme.
the farcical side of the game be ng fur
nlshcd by stanton.