Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-23

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49,. hundred and old franks who
,.,.l tac threat OF rain TO go TO the
t..b-g psrk found themselves in
.... 90 .leat olotion when the game
....l To-day. The Duchris danced oul
,,,. .e diamond with very much the
,.r ~ $500 the conquerng hero comes"
d.. were taken into camp TO music Of
qt.l Tho visitors were narrowly saved
t-.u shut out by good luck and
,me,, hlt on the very lest inning. IT
cannot be denied. however, that the
IusebI-ds PLAYED great ball. Their only
trouble was that the Lynchburgs played
hitter. IL was by FAR the finest exhibit
t.n OF the national game seen here
mis- season. and. perhaps, the finest ever
seen in Lynchturg in the history OF
baseball and that. too. under most un-
favorable circumstances. y high WIND
prsvailcd throughout the game. first from
ore direction ana 'hcn The other. whisk-
in, the bah about In the air and blow
ms dust mo tho players eyes. The
field or both sdes however. was occu-
p!cd by cool aud steady players, WHO,
with few exceptions. took advantage OF
every opportunity. Everybody played
with gircsr. anu the result was an IL
hslrafi0n OF ball-p.syins which was re-
ffcshIng % every lover OF the same
winner or loser
FIELD WORK.
The fielding features were the one
hand catch ty Groves OF a Ions dilfe
from Ncintyre's bat TO centre field.
which misht have been hone run tor
Ivuclbur- but tor Groves phenomenal
-4t,h. a more extraordinary event than
t.is ~as the ouc-nand eaten of FIRST
I.sciaan Wells. OF Richmond Smith
drove "a hard one that seemed sure
and long single 90 right field. Wells
stretched his long body 90 its full length,
however. ard pulled the bali down ont
q the afr. though be got nara raj! in
the performance. The spectators couid
not fan 90 appreciate the beauty ol tht
NAY. and Wells was applauded repeated
IS. Orth was ,n the box for Lynchourg'
and no finer or more effective pitching
has been seen here. lie had nara
t.I well under control most or the
time he was found for only one MT
liza The game, and struck ont ten men,
lie and McIntyer divided honors on heavy
blows 10 TIE ball. Orth only missing a
home run by the wind blowing the
sphere across the rieht-reld foul line.
Cid splenGii work up To the last few
INNINGS. whe only disagreeable feature
OF the game was the offensive kicking
Of Housemau va the first two or three
innings.
4 GOOD UMPIRE,
Sneeden. OF Washington, the new state
League umpire. soon demonstrated, now
ev.r. that he knew the duties OF ms posi-
ton aud was determined TO cOntiol me
game. Ills f.~ucSs. accuracy. ana &c
termination were apparent ana MS Wuth
thfouehout deserved praise. For the hist
three innings there WIS no special feh-
true. except sharp and good play ms
not a man being scored. In The iouTth'
IVuchburg took a narrow lead OF one.
Eerrvhu1 MI long high fly 20 right
Geld. which the wind blew away rom
TaunchuIs reach. and melted berighhl
three bases. Schabel took base on
balls Ferguson INT the bah % The inheld'
the shorp-stop fumbliug II, and Berry
nm scoring The side was retired be-
fore another man could cross the plate.
though the chances looked good Tor a
time one 10 nothing was the score
w 20 the eighth inning, and the lead was
30 slight that the home cranks were IN a
state OF uerceptbie anxiety. In the
elshth Thompson hit for two bases 10
rieht field. Berryhhl went out on q ny,
Iuttinr Thompson 10 ihllt hdE- SthdptI
clean hit 10 left scored Thompson.
DANGEROUSLY NEAR
The Hmoblris came dangerously near
doing some damage in this inning, ana
IN. game became exciting. Orth gave
E.rue ana Tannehil bases ON balls IN
secession with nobody out Flynn went
out on a hy. \ beautiful double play
tie only one Of the day, saved the game
for Lynchburg. Kahn sent a.bau 10 Nc
Intyre. who threw II 20 Leahy at Sc
cond. putting Tannehil out. Leahey IN
turn got It to Plock In time 90 stop
Kahn at fist, and the side was out.
Lynchburg pulled down one more run
IN the ninth. Ortiz lined out two
iacger into deep right ncld, and TOOK
another base on Smiths sacrifice. lie
came IN Oh Mcintyres two-bageer. The
slde went out before Mcintyre could
come home At their last turn at the
BAT Richmond saved herself from his
goose egg. Groves got a base on balls
and stole second. Houseman ana Wells
went out. and Groves scored on Fosters
lit 10 centre. third man was struck
ont. closing the game before 'Reddy'
could make his way home. Following IS
the score in detail;