The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17
KICKERS IN THE GAME.
THE ASHLAND MEN ARE ROUGH-
sHOD FOR me OCCASION.
Robertson Made the Effort of His Life
"Baby" Phillips a Success IN the Cnge.
Score to for the Visitors.

Ecoie : 10 iOr the tisliOIs.
The mercury at the West-End Base
ball Park yesterday afternoon about go
o'clock took a sudden leap and touched
the Tooth notch, while the vocal music
poured from seven hundred mouths in one
continual stream. When the game closed
the Randolph College team had
succeeded in getting around the bags
twice. while the College Spiders" work
Cd like Trojans, but put only one dot on
the score book.
Perhaps there was never such a red-hot
game Of ball played in Richmond. Some
seVenty-fve classical wonders from the
little village up in Hanover came down
Tor the ayowed purpose Of giving vent
TO their feelings which had been clamor-
ING Tor utterance during the past fort
hlgnt, and while they rooted In every
sense or the phrase they didn't do 10 ar
tsticaily Ike old-time experienced root
eis, VINO SO home and get their room
mates to Kick them when their faVOrlte
team loses Fuli-hedged Methodist ex-
Pre- siOnS were at premium. and while
the local ORDER Of rooters got in some
very effective work towards the close.
when Baby" Phillips made q hit, and
stole second Ina his characteristic way.
their voices were suppressed during most
OF the game, and the situation was sur
rendered in favor of those wearing the
yellow and black.
WORSE THAN A sHAMF.
Narrowing in the extreme was It 10 the
big crowd OF spectators in the grand
stand and blcacheries that they should
be kept waiting twenty minutes after rhe
hour advertised for the game 10 COM
mence. They sroaned, yelled PLAY bail
stuck their nails deep down into their
flesh. and CRASHED ,heir teeth: ana no
one will question that they had right 10
do so. They had gone down into their
pockets and paid their own individual,
harQ-edrneQ money. or somebody else's,
10 see the game, and there was not the
slightest reason why they should have
been subjected to the torture Of sitting
there under the ScOrching rays of Old
Sol 10 listen at a series OF wranginB
complaints as 70 whether Bahen should
play third base or that bag be looked
after by somebody else. one or two OF
the home team were unable to play on
account Of sickness. 50 / understood, ana
II was proposed 10 put Bahen on third as
substitute. True, Bahen IS George
town College man. and only came home
TO spend his vacation. But the Ashland
men kicked vigorously about this trivial
point. as they aid at twenty-five other
trivial points during the game. In fact,
they kicked every time the umpire breath
ed fresh breath. and the thing got 70 be
so disagreeable that several people left
the grounds. and others were heard to
say they would never 20 out 10 see an
other ball game between those two clubs.
This was all justihable, for the crowd
dldnt spend their money and time 70 see
lot OF children Wrangle over the ques-
tion whether man studied geometry at
Richmond College or at Georgetown COL
lege They went out to see a ball game.
1t Is earnestly hoped that these dis
agreeable differences VIII be settled here
after before the poor, unsuspecting public
are "hOo-dOoed' into such torture as that
Of yesterday afternoon. for few more
similar experiences Will be the means or
cutting down the attendance at games
between these two teams to just about
One-half or One-third. as IL should. Now.
there IT is in black and white. Read 1t.
9nE DLoNDE 1w1sL,R.
But, to return to a more pleasant divi-
sion Of the subject, / may say IL was
beautiful game Of ball when they finally
got down to the proper work and the
contest waXod spirited throughout. The
Spiders put up very good Out-neld WOrh,
and played with snap and more than
ordinary judgment. Their batting was
weak, however, and one or two OF their
men proved cOnclusiFcly that they
couldn't hit flock Of birds Robertson,
the blonde pitcher from Ashland, who
spends his mornings turning over the
leaves of d pOnderous Greek Lexicon and
dallies with the horse-hide after class
hours by way Of keeping his arm In.
pitched q great game. Before the game
was half over there wasn't a shadow OF
doubt that De was after the scalps of
the Spiders. for they found him for only
three trihing singles. The fact IS. with
those exceptions they never touched
him." simply because they couldn't, for
they tried their level best. Most Of them,
however. struck out or popped up some
Nv ID nTQGIlfIWR fHE fIHIHrTg.
The twirler with the golden ringlets GER
talnly got in the game" lie struck out
four men, men six other assists, and
didn't get an error 10 his credit. lie was
given able support by the rest OF the
players.
Talbot did clever bit Of work behind
the Hver-pad, while Boyle secured three
clean hits including a beautiful double,
out of a possible four The rest of the
team played good ball throughout.
WORD or EXPLANATION.
In the first the Spiders went out one.
two, three as did likewise the visitors
with the exception Of BOyles single. Er-
rors by Richardson and Merritt, and d
base hit by Johnson, gave the home team
a run In the second while the visitor )
drew a blank The spiders did nothing
else OF Il startling character Throughout
the game with the exception OF MT tacii
by ". Duke and Phillips ana some very
clever NetdlHk, teHtAttA WIN N-A' A---'-
ably clever base-running Of the baDy
and some excellent work behind the plate
| bv the same individual
In the third the MethOdists got IN Two
rms through Fletchers single, Boyle s
double. an error each on the part Of Bur-
| nett and johnson. and four balls By Ely
| son This closed up the run-maklnS IoF
| the visitors. Durlng the next I'VE lnninSs
| Hunt BOYLE, Winfree, Merritt and klcn-
| ardson found EilysOn for a hit each, pu'
| the "Spiders" destroyed the calculations
| Of the runners by preventing them IRON
| scoring. ..-
| In The eighth the home team attempted
| TO nut Bahen on third, and the VISITORS
| left III. diamond. Finally Umpire Lett
| wich. who had determined 70 put his 1901
| down on this sort Of child's play aitei
| calling ". Dukes play Il foul, ana SUP
| hitting himself 70 about as Wucn kIch
| ing as his good nature could stand, Grew
| the watch on the grumDlers' accOrull il
| Ia the suggestion Of the spectators, an'
| enno,Inced that in three minutes he Woul'
| call the game unless they sought thell
! niaces. This had the desired etect, an'
| when Phillips made a hit In the ninu
| and stole second matters grew interesting
| He went 10 third amid wild cheers OF
| Pichardson's error, and was in the ac
| ~ scoriue, when he was put out between
the bags. The side was soon retired, ant
q was all over with the Spiders.
Below will be found souvenir Tor I'M
| Ashland men;
THE SCORE.
RICHMOND COLLEGE.
| PLAYERS. ABB. H. Il. 70. \. +
| phiI1ins c $3.50 3