The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-12
Sing a song OF sixpence.
A pocket full of rye.
Nine OF Richmond's Blue Birds
Baked in a pie.
Wnen the pie was opened
They had no voice to sing
WASH that a pretty dish
IN act hafnra Il

-Four home runs, three triples, three
doubles and nine singles-a total OF
forty bases, is what the practitioners of
the black art did for Pitcher Knorr yes.
terday, and it was not good day for
hitting, either. In the third, fourth
and fifth innings they made no attempt
to hit the ball, straining every nerve to
retire the side quickly and get through
five innings before the threatened rain
fell. Hero is where Richmond's usual
good luck came in. They got an awful
beating as IL was, but there is no telling
how many runs those three innings
would have yielded had the locals tried
to hit IL out.
Stahl pitched for Roanoke and kent
the hits we'll scattered, no two of them
coming In the same inning after the
second, when Wells double and Nc
Gowan's single resulted in the formor
being thrown out at the plate BY Brad
ley. The men behind Stahl gave him
marvellous support, and to this Is due
the small number OF safe hits. The
men In blue are tolerably fair manipu-
lators OF the willow and kept the sphere
on the move, fifteen of them perishing
on high flies.
After pair OF blanks in the first ins
ming, Bradley set the pace in the second
by cracking the globule into right field
corner for three bags. A double by Cav.
anaugh, single by Viox and a three.
Dagger by Farrell followed in quick
succession, and when the third man was
thrown out nine runs had been tailed
on three singles, three doubles and two
triples, assisted by o base on balls and
errors by Foster and Wells.
Rain began to fall In the last half of
the third and came down so heavily In
the fourth that play was suspended for
twenty minutes. The sandy soil soon
absorbed the pools of water and when
the game was resumed 1t was q battle
OF skill between the teame, Roanoke
striving to get FIVE innings played be-
tween showers and Richmond PLAYING
Tor delay. In the first half OF the ifth
rain began to fall, though not nearly SO
heavily as in the preceding inning.
Here the erratic Mclaughlin para
lyzed players and spectators alike by
calling the game on account OF rain.
Had he deliberately sought for trouble
at the hands OF the excited spectators,
he could not have chosen better plan.
He was instantly surrounded by an in
oignant throDg and only quieted the
y 6oAhS cnSh pun u6lu anu
ordering the game to proceed. To
Manager Wells Is due credit for asking
Nc Laughlin to continue the game. The
unhtness OF Mclaughlin has been
demonstrated more than once, but yes-
terday's cratic performance capped the
climax. Under such auspices the great
national game loses caste SIS a scientific
contest, and becomes a mere game of
chance.
With the resumption Of actual play
the Magicians fell upon the unhappy
Knorr once more, getting homer and
three singles in the sixth, triple in
the seventh and three home runs and
two singles In the eighth.
Houseman saved his team the ignominy
ing OF a shut-out by knocking;the sphere
over the left feld wall in the ninth.
For the record as to who participated
In the memorable slaughter. and what
each man did towards lowering the
colors of the enemy, reference is made
to the score below: