The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-10
SCORES BY THE DOZEN.
.r,rDTyG WfLL BE REQUESTED TO
,yI<RGE HIS BASEBALL PLANT
and SNYDER Knocked Out of the Box,
o'Hasan no Improvement What
sver-scpTe 80 10 10.

(,nNl-nhluItNs dhabttf 0HN 'fc-'Fh'''A-'H
povd. Of the Mushroom Baseball Club.
doubtless felt like selling himself at auc-
uon yesterday evening at 7O5 o'clock, Tor
me Bloody Shirts never had more de-
ughtfil time OF Il IN their lives. with
,o,al OF twenty-six base-hits. including
,hree elegant home runs and nine vigor-
ous two-bagRers. the Legislators sent
Their competitors back 10 the village OF
iron furnaces transients, and the IKE 10
~ n piece OF Grape on their caps. ana
iel the people Just how they were hu-
Inflated by a score OF 90 10 10.
OHagan. the peerless the al-round e1-
,frt kicker the base-stealcr from away
t,rk and the veritabe slugger with the
,,ulov. even OHagan turned blue with
erief and tried his best TO improve mat
trs hy getting In the box himself. lie
was Knocked out IN short order. lie
made n second effort IL failed. Boyd
wen; back again, but re never recovered
himself 10 speak Of. and II looked very
much rs II petition would have. 70 be
sent 20 Mr. Spalding 70 enlarge his base
lan plant. for the balls that weren't
removed by the herculean stick-work OF
the Bloody Shirts There was perhaps
never such hard hitting seen in Rich
mond Singles. doubles, and even home
home team was concerned. and the two
thousand rooters who packed the grand
stand. tho bleacheries. and pretty much
ali the available space IN the vicinity
thereof, didn't forget TO show where their
sympathies lay.
INK LosFANME GRTw TIRTsoNr.
In the first the Legislators secured only
one run McGann's single. followed by
Tate's lively double. did the WORK. The
visitors. however. hammered Snyder. the
Cincinnati Dutchaan, TO the tune or nVe
clean hits while the Westerner struck one
man. gave another four balls. made an
atrociously wild pitch, and permitted
runner 10 reach FIRST by an awkward
tumble. such doings. together with Tates
error. a passed ball by Grim. az well as
an error, gave the Mushrooms nine runs
Silence IN the grand stand reigned SUI
preme, and McHOveter, the mOon-iaced
man, who does some 7olunionus vocal
work by way OF coaching. didn't fail 10
announce the fact in his peculiar stento-
rian tone.
Snyder came from the Queen City with
tod endorsements. The roOt6rs applaud
q him heartily when he placed his phy-
sique in the box. and everybody thought
re would prove kind Of Hong Kong
puzzle 10 the visitcrs. Not so. lie did some
atrcoiously awkward work. and crys from
every side Put him cut" expressed
public oprlion with some degree of en-
phasis BE was laboring under difficulties,
however. being cut Of pitching form. ana
81 Is believed he will set matters right
With half a chance.
1HK GcoD WORK BHGCN
In the second the Bloody Shirts scored
tW.cc. owing TO the poor sork Of Boyd
and the ragged fielding Of the visitors,
II surprise 10 themselves. Then II was
that the heavy stick work commenced.
IN the third Kahn lined out lively double
for the legislators This created some
CON motion among the expert ToOteTs. and
they increased their lung-power when The
athletic little short-stop scored on Nc
Cams single. II remained for Pop Tate
20 stir things up. vOcally speaking. by
maulinC the sphere over left-feld fence
for q home-run. Foster went out. Boyd
10 Crockett, Morgan got a double. and
bags. Grm's single scored West and
Morgan. while Napier was thrown out at
home by Frech. Morgan also got in n
beautiful home-run. sending in Foster.
When the inning closed the Legislators
had put exactly nine runs on the score
book.
In the third hits by McHoveter end |
Frech, together with a little more Of |
Snyder's unsatisfactory delivery, Kain's |
error. and q passed ball. gave VHagan's |
delegation a trio OF runs, and in the |
fourth McHovcter repeated the act. ana |
Crockett followed suit. Boyd waited for |
side was retired when Goodman was toss |
cd out. short 10 first but the visitors mad |
secured couple Of runs, the home team |
drawing a. blank
A double OF Morgan's. assisted by the |
awkward fielding Of Mccoy and Good |
man. added two more runs to the Legs- |
lators' record.
pOP COMPS AGAIN.
At the ending Of the fifth the visitors |
stood one ahead. Everybody was on |
the tiptoc OF expectation, for II was as |
plain as the nose on your face that some |
thing had TO happen. Mccain hit safe
for first and then Pop Tate. whose bat
ting record has been something wonderful |
Of late, took deliberate aim. and in that
leisurely way that chaTacteTizes the big
man. he sent the ball flying over left
field fence. and struck the spectators
right in the neighbOrhOOd OF the rlsihles. |
There no longer existed in the minds
~ the rooters that Pop. though a
trife slow in getting around the bases,
is perhaps the safest hitter in the Vr-
GINA state League.
Foster. Napier, Morgan. and lobe each
hii safe for first in the inning, which
Go % with six additional runs on the
score book 10 the home teams credit.
Eve two baggeTs In the seventh, |
two FOR Kain. and one each for Mccain. |
Tpta. and Joba assisted By singles on the
per-, ~ Tate West Morgan and Plumer
brought in ten runs FOR the Legislators,
While singles by O'HaRan and hcHovotcr |
added another ran to their list.
~ this point. Umpire Clarke. who didn't |
FAIRY his sloeping-robe with him. decided
b. cail the game
Here IS the tabulated part OF the affair:
THR s-ORF.
RICHMOND.
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