Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-06
NOW FOR THE FLAG.
plu.bjrds MoYs Up Closer In the Race
for the Pennant.
rurY BEAT ROANOKE OUT EASY.
Coats Were Crippled, Though,
and in No Condition TO Contest
King Padden and Prince sherer
usrc Not In the Game.
Richmond. 1o' Roanoke, B.
xorfoIk, 8; LynchburE, d.
petersburg, f2y Portsmouth, 10.

The Bluebirds' star is In the ascend
orcv. They took stride pennantwards
.,sterday. while Lynchburg made a re-
,rorrade movement, and now, 1t Is al
,,ost an assured fact that the rag"
,,ui be unfurled TO the breeze In this
.,,v. Richmond is now twenty-eight
,.,,,,s ahead OF Bynchburg, with but
s,gbt more games to play; and. II the
r,,5lings lose three of the eight and
1yncbburg takes all OF them Richmond's
,.r,ceptage will then be one point in adj
,..nce OF the TObacconists. 1t Is more
than probable. however, that the finish
ylll not be near SO close as that. Rich
,ropd will not likely lose three OF the
EIGHT. and LyEchburg. It is almost GER
,.,n will not win the entire eight.
Yesterdays contests here and In Nor
folk are first-class criterion by which
10 Judge the result OF the race;
GOATS BADLY BEATEN.
Tho Bluebirds met the Goats for the
FIRST time since last week, when the
vbiskered quadrupeds frisked Off the dia-
,rond here with three straights. The re-
ont Instead OF achieving a victory the
coats were beaten out badly, and VIII
Mans their erstwhile clever pitcher. who
a. successfully held the Bluebirds down
N two hits when last here. was slugged
Cor seventeen safe strokes, when hetted
twanty-six bases.
The ROanokes were strictly not In IL
from start 10 finish yesterday. and they
playel the poorest game they have put
mn here this season. There was come
excuse for them, however as Dick Pod
den their captain and clever second
baseman. was left in Norfolk. and Sherer.
~ centre-neld fame. was sick. Neither
N these two worthless were in the game,
md their places. both important posi-
lions. were filed by men who were UNI
familiar with them. Fry. one OF the
oitchers. played centre field. and did no.
Thing but make errors. AS one rooter
EXPRESSED It. he was n dead loss. and
Fultz who covered second bag, did not
do 90 well as Padden can.
WILLIAMS DIsMAYED.
This unfortunate predicament In which
the team was placed was enough 10 dis
NAY any pitcher, and as result, VIII
Hams went 10 pieces early in the game.
and seemed not 10 care Tor results IN
The fifth inning he made grlevous error
which let IN three runs The corners
Eere fun, and Kain was playing OH OF
FIRST. Williams threw che ball at Little,
presumably, but, instead Of reaching him,
he sphere rolled across the field, and the
bags were cleared.
PLENTY OF RUNS.
This alone would have served TO give
he game 10 Richmond, but there were
plenty more runs made by the Blue
birds just for the fun Of making them.
Berte. after having made diligent effort
lil the season 10 get the ball outside
De enclosure, succeeded in the second
nning landing the horse-hde just within
be foul line over left-feld fence.
A SCRATCH HOME RUN.
Williams made a home run, too. but
,s was not due alone 10 heavy hitting.
DE lined the ball out into right centre,
md 1t bounced up on TO the platform
beneath the scOre-board. Williams
reached third easily. and the ball was
gotten down by small boy In time TO
leai him of at home. Higgins. who was
lmp!rlng the game. very rightly called
aim safe and the run was counted. The
game was almost featureless, except that
he BluebIrds played well together. Their
inly error was made by Smith In the
ninth inning, when he dropped fly ball
from Weshs bat. The score will tell
III the rest Read IT, Here II is.