The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-28
SATISFIED WITH LAST PLACE /?
Roanoke Played Wretched Ball
and Richmond Won Easily.
carney Pitched Well Considering the
Awful Support He Received Blue
Birds We're Full OF Life and Played to
Win-The Marines Whipped the Tobao
conists and Petersburg lForoed Norfolk
Into Fifth Place.

Roanoke was defestedby Richmond
ut Athletic Park yesterday in q miser-
ably played game, 30 for as the locals
were concerned. They fumbled muffed
and threw wildly at nearly every OBJ
portunity. To make matters worse,
they could do little with Flynn's deliv.
cry. They have not played such exe-
cradle ball. at least on the home
grounds, in any previous game thie year.
Twice as many errors as hits is a fright.
full record:
The snappy work Of the visitors was
In pleasing contrast to that of the home
team. The infield operated like WE'LL
creased machine, and at least half a
dozen Roanoke batters here retired at
hrss on hits that with less lively field.
Ing would have been safe.
Gaffney was in the box for Roanoke
and considering the wierd and awful
phantasmagoria OF errors being enacted
around him, acquitted himself with
credit. He was irregular in the first
inning, giving three bases on balls, but
afterwards settled down.
The once-u upon time Magicians
started off promisingly in the first in
ming After Sherer's fly had reached
Groves waiting hands, Stahl smashed
q redhot liner straight for Franklin
road bridge. Taneyhill leaped into the
air, stopped the ball with the big mitt
he was wearing in violation OF the
rules, juggled and finally dropped it,
and Stahl was held on first After the
damage had been done the mitu was
ruled out of the game by the umpire.
Padden's single placed Stahl on third.
On the first ball pitched Padden started
for home, and on the throw.down Suahl
sprinted for home, reaching the plate
with the returning ball, but being de-
clared out by the umpire. Bradley's
out st first closed the half without a
run. base on balls, Taenyhill's
double and brace OF wild throws by
Viox and Cavanaugh gave Richmond
two runs.
Roanoke Tailed once in the second on
Berte's running muff of Cavanaugh's fy
to short left field, q passed ball, Viox's
single and Taneyhill's juggle of the hit.
The visitors scored three in the third
on singles by Houseman and Foster, a
passed ball and four errors by Crockett,
Padden and Bradley, In the fifth Roe-
noke saw the rubber once on Breen's
hit, wild pitch, passed ball and
Sherer's out at first. The visitors
closed the inning by adding FIVE runs to
their total on Crocketts tumble, base
on balls, doubles by Houseman and
Wells and Berte's home run. They
kept it up in the sixth by scoring twice,
when Wells drew base on balls and
Foster dropped the horsehide outside
the wall.
In Roanoke's half Of the sixth, after
PAdden had struck out, Bradley hit
safely. Cavanaugh followed with q
clean bit to center field, Bradley going
to third on the hit. To the ama1ement
of everybody who saw the play, DALEY
declared him out. The storm OF protest
from the bleachers which greeted the
decision certainly had more than the
usual amount of justification. Viox hit
for two bases and Cavanaugh scored,
Viox dying on second when Breen was
retired at first.
The visitors made 1t bakers dozen
In the seventh on Berte's single, Groves
fly out and errors by Crockett and
Breen.
There is no possible reason for extern.
uating the poor showing of the locals
by pleading the fsnkness OF the umpir-
Ing, but truth compels the statement
that both on balls and strikes and on
base decisions Dailey's work was In
marked contrast with that OF last week,
every close play being decided against
the locals. This apparent partiality
for the visitors did not lose the gam o
for the home team, but would hs We
been amply sufficient to have done 90
had the score been q close one.