Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-09

while TIE populace-3.co0 OF them, at
,.,s,-sat by and oheered, the Richmond
r',eb.rlis with their accustomed regu-
.,tfv. added another trophy to their coli
lection yesterday. and led the Ports
mouths INTO camp by a score OF to s.
making three straight games taken from
,he seaSbore lads.
Twas a pretty game throughout. and
lively contest Some pretty playing
Vas done by both teams. The batting
AZ tiIr,es was sharp and heavy. but the
e.,hnr was exceptionally good. and tn
stead Of base hits numerous strokes were
converted into putcuts.
rannehin and Foster were both pre-
sentc,i with tokens OF appreciation by the
hooters for their clever playing during
ire mast few weeks TannehiH was given
a basket 81 fiOwerss and an umbrella, and
Foster received whole suit OF clothes.
This seemed to have a bad effect upon
trerf. lor eacI MADE a. tTTvr suoi,Iy
afterwards. Tannehfirs was an awful
one. and 10 IL is directly due the four
runs that Portsmouth. made. Tate batted
Tame" mufed II, and then the visi-
tors commenced to bat. and as a result
four runs were accumulated in quick
succession. Foster had a part in this.
Too. and his error was about as bad as
Tlnnehlns. Chiids was on first. when
Han hit "a groundpr into left-field. ChildS
ran To third. and would have gone home,
but Kain made beautiful throw to los
ter. thus cutting the runner off.
REDDY MADE A SLIP.
"Reddy" then attempted 10 catch Cnilds
On between the bases. and threw the
lall-uot 20 MCGOWAN. as he had intend
ca doing. but into left4neid. thus opening
O. way Tor both Childs and Hall to score,
and this they did.
This was about all OF the bad playing
done by Richmond The Bluebirds work
il tle third inning was exceedingly Bird
liant Tate was on third. and Hail hit
10 Bcrte That worthy fleded the ball
quickly and when Tate. who tried 10
steal home. got near the plate, "Reddy''
Foster Vas standing there with the bail,
waiting for HIM During this play Chiids
went 70 thsrd and Hall stole second.
Foster threw To Bcrte 20 cut Hail off.
but the shoTt-stop muffcd II. Then
indication that lie would score. House
man. however. picked the BAH up quickly.
ana threw 10 Foster in time TO catch
Chiljs and retire the side.
PUT UP A GOOD GAME.
The Portsmouth boys played a brilliant
game up 10 the ninth inning. and Until
taen they bad not made an error. They
seemed 10 lose their grip for a moment
fr
could hardly realize how twas done they
accumuiated three errors. None Of them
amounted 10 anything, IS no one scored.
though u WAS HoHSemans fault that
they didn't lie was on third, and the
c0rners were full. Two men were out.
and MCGOWAN was at the bat. Instead of
waiting FOR Mc. 10 hit the bail, House
man attempted 30 steal home. and as
result he was put out
The victory for Richmond was due alone
% eood batting and clever base-runnipg.
pnsmOre was IN the box for the Blue
t.rds. and tHirled a very good game.
only seven hits were made from his de-
livery. and but two bases were given
away by him. He did not do so well, how
ever. as Mailman, VINO tossed for Ports
mouth. The latDer was exceedingly
speedy. and. though little wild. was
differently accurate to fool ten hitters
INTO striking out. Notwithstanding this.
He was touched for nine safe hits. with
d total Of twelve bases.
WON on A SCRATCH
The game was won In the sixth in
nrE. and that on a scratch hit by Kahn.
which brought in two runs. when the
hopes Tor anything like a score were at
Low ebb.
There were many other brilliant and in
trresting points in the game. but they
may be seen by reference 10 the append
~ score.