The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-02
TRUCKERS" GET THE FIRST
The Roanoke Team Put Up a Good
Game, But Lost.
Leach end Williams Both Do Good
Work. The Fielding of Both
Teams Was Fairly Good. Hall
Fuller, Thurston, Viox and
Lewis Garry Off the Honors.


After being deserted for some little
time League Park put on its accus
lomed look yesterday afternoon. the
occasion being the game between the
Roanoke team under the direction of
Capt. Dick Padden aud tho TRUCK
crs" with" Bobby" ChlldsSai,the helm.
There was Il fair audience present. 1t
was pretty afternoon, aud ell nature
seemed to shed its lnsirous beams over
the diamond and the people thereon. US
we'll US to lmpnrt nn unusually good IN
Guence over those occupying seats In
the grand stand, extending even to the
6leaohers. There were 'rooters" there,
of course there was, where cnu you
.nd II team that has not that very i'm
portant Adjunct to help 1t along, either
To victory or defoRt?
But they were considerate in their
semarks, and 10 ill feeling or unkind
remarks prevailed. This WAS probably
due to the fact, however, that nothing
was done to "rile" them, for the v,si
tors played clean bali and made no
Kick, save in one exception, which
amounted to nothing. as Mr.. Mitchell
vary promptly called them down, and
the game went merrily along, short
story of which follows,
Cavele, the first man that faced
Pitcher Williams, of the Rosuokes,
ssluted that manipulation Of the sphere
with 'corkiug" two-bsse hit. Thurs.
ton popped up fly to NioX. Out, said
Mitchell. Cavelle reached third on
passed ball and crossed the plate on
Nnox's single. Childs was thrown ont
at first, aud Mangau put nice Que
iuto Sherer's hands and the side was
retired.
For the Roanokes, Sherer and LOWS
to first. Little sent out "beaut" for
one bag. but Cap Padden hit one to
"Snapper" Fuller, and Little WAS out
et second. They went ont in one, two,
tbree order for the next three innings
lu Portsmouth's second two more runs
were scored, Hall being presented with
@ baae, because MIR. Wiliiums could not
locate the nome plate. Leach, the ''old
reliable, lined her out over second for
Que bag, but "Jakey" Sherer let it
pass him. and the "Lone Fisherman"
came trotting in home. for There is
no place like home," especially in q
game OF ball; Leach went to third on
the error. and scored on high fly to
the outteld. Another run WAS added
1n the third, on hit by bobby"
Childs, who stole second aud landed
on the objective point. through a mt.
ting two base hit by Mangan.
The home team were fortunate
enough to get another run in the fifth
on Little's error, hit by Knox, and
two hy's to centre field and passed
ball, and one more was added in the
seventh on hits by Cavelle and Thurs-
ton and Padden's error, making their
total numbsr OF runs, siI. The visitors
broke the ice in their half of the fifth
through a base on balls, Knox's error
and Williams hit. they tailed
egain in the sixth through an error OF
"Bow and Arrow" Thurston, Stahrs
hit and Cavities muD :of Padden's high
Ay.
In the eighth the "Magicians"
punched three of the eight hits made
OIL Leach, and matters began to look
"a little blue" Sherer and Lewis
both hit for singles, but "Cap" Dick
Padden didn't do thing to IA
epesdy ball Leach threw over the
plate, bat put 1t out in right centre for
three bases, oh no, he can't hit little
bit. But that astute sloight OF LA nd
performer, did not reach tho goal OF
his ambition. as "Cavvy" was thrown
on at first. Another ran in tho ninth
swelled their total to five making the
score stand to against them. aud
there were anxious looks on the faces
o. the Portsmouth ''rooters" Welch
tie first man up could not connect with
the delusiye sphere, Vioy did better.
he found 1t for one base, stole second,
aud scored on Sher0r's single. But
Lewis kindly hit nice one to centre
field which was closely Rugged by Har-
grove and the game Was won by the
"Truokers."
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