The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-01
GOOD BOY, DINSMORE.
THE HILL CLIMBERS WERE UNABLE
TO NIT TIE SILENT PITCHER.
On the Other Band tho Ipvincibic Meken-
M Wa, wild. and the Husten
Bunched Their Hits.

"You can never tell which way the
! cat is going so iump." The above philo-
sophical remark. made by the old Welsh
scIssors-grinder at the conclusion of yes
terday's game between the Hill Climbers
and Hustlers. was applicable to the con-
test IN more than one way. FIRST, De-
cause the locals won. and, secondly, be-
cause they did 50 with Dinsmore In the
box.
Such rooters as do not imbibe soft
drinks, and who, by way OF amusement.
wager few OF the nations coins on the
game. were red-hot TO bet their shekels
on the visitors. The Hill Climbers pre-
scented the heretofore !nvinc.ble McKenna
as the enigma that the Hustlers were 10
solve, while on the other hand, the
locals were minus the services OF Berte
at short. besides having TO put Dins-
more and Gibson I'm the points. This, Of
course. necessitated some changes. Kahn
coming into short. Foster going to left,
and Behne to right.
THE ODDS WE'RE HEAVY.
With such a crippled combination. no
wonder the odds huctuated. and when
the game was called It was 10 to Z that
the visitors would win in walk, and
even at this large handicap, those fans
who had the courage 10 pin their faith
to the home team were few and far be-
tween.
Did we ever?
Wen. | should say so and II was one
Of those old. genuine. and sweet and I'M
expected surprises that occasionally occur
In baseball.
Thanks. awfully, Dlnsmore. Old boy.
you are really too kind and
and the fans will never say mean things
about you again
Yes Dlnsmore did II. and the Hil
Climbers found his delivery with about as
much success as they would have found
q needle In a hay stack The visitors got
ten hits. but they were such lonely little
hits. and so far apart. that they ayailed
nothing. In fact. the stick work Of the
visitors was ridicUlously weak and lack
ing in brilliancy and force.
LIKE CYCLONE.
Dinsnore was like young western
cyclone out on a frolic. ne swept every
thing before him, and said nothing. His
speed was terrific, and his control and
Judgment were excellent. In addition TO
Dinsmores mastery work. he whole
team played ball. such bail as you Ike
to see. only one error. "A dropped fly by
Kahn. marrcd the perfect zero condition
OF the error column. The Hustlcrs went
at the invincible McKenna with a VEN
geance and while they only made nine
hits. they managed to bunch these, AM
on several occasions they tapped the
leather for more than one bag; Wells. es-
pecially, excelling IN this line, having
two doubles to his credit
True. the visitors we're defeated, but
they fought a hard fight and only gave
up hope when their last man flew out.
The fielding Of the Hill Climbers was
brilliant, they having only three errors
10 their credit. but alas, these were cost
ly and here is where the rub comes in.
Even with the runs yielded by the errors,
substracted from the score the Husters
would still have sufficient margin to win
by
Smiths work. in centre. was at times
phenomenal, while Gray's, in left, was
hardly less so.
HOW THEY SCORED.
Both teams drew a blank in the first
In the second Wells put the ball against
the right-neid fence for two bags: he
stole third, and scored on Plock's wild
throw 20 that bag to catch him. In the
mkt inning hits by Kahn. Groves and
HOuseman, assisted by McKonna's error
and a passed ball. yielded the Hustlers
two more runs. Again in the fifth. Kahn
and Groves scored on a base on balls.
two singles. and a sacrifice by Wells.
The visitors got one in their half. Nc
kenna made a double and scored on Fer
gusons single The Hill Climbers got
another in the sixth Gray tapped the ball
for two bags. Smith hit to McGowan. who
ran Gray down between second and third.
then followed q wild throw. and Smith
was safe at second. Orth put up a pop
fly that little Barley unfortunately drop
ped, and Smith scored the last run for
the visitors. In the seventh Turkey
Groves ended the run-getting. lie led of
with a single, and scored on Wells dou-
bic.
The game was exciting well-played
and both teams may De proud Of their
work. To substantiate my remarks. I
refer YOU TO the appended facts to be
found below
The Score.