The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-21
N0RF0Lk'S THREE STRA|GHIS
We Have Met the Petersburgs
and They Are Ours.
BEAUTIFUL GAME YESTERDAY.
The Best Ball Playing Of Season Was
Seen at Park Yesterday When
Norfolk Captured the Last of
Series. Nice Clean Work.
Umpire's Decisions.
We have met the Petersburgers and

We have met the Petersburgers and
fheY are ours. Mr.. Sommers' men,
smarting under the two consecutive
defeats administered by the gentlemen
from across the Elizabeth, have risen
sn their might aud crushed the Cocka
ders to the tune of three straights.
The game mt League Park yesterday
Sus by long odds the best OF the series,
and but for the dark brown" decisions
Dy MIR. Sanders, the umpire, nothing
happened to interrupt or mar the
pleasure OF those who witnessed the
game and cheered for their iavorites.
The Norfolk boys brought with them
anto the game yesterday more vim aud
pnap than they had hitherto displayed
ihls season. Their single error. nude
by OHagan, who turew badly to
second base, spoiled what might
have been q double play In the third
anning, but, as Petersburg WAS goose
egged in the third, the error cost no
runs. Two of the visitors errors were
rather more costly, but without them
she result of the game would have been
but little different.
10 charge Umpire Sanders with vii.
sul and deliberate abuse of his powers
"ould probably. be going too far. 1t
would be nearer the truth, perhaps,
hHu cSlthiuiJ lnOE6 cuaTIlhOlU 10 utlElD-
ate the yellowness of his decisions in
yesterdays game as we'll as i'll those
preceding II, to his exceedingly bad
judgment, or to irregnlsrity OF vision
or both. These deficiencies, compiled
with MIR. Sanders apparent iguoruuce
concerning the rules OF the game, serv-
ed to render him extremely obnoxious
10 all fHir minded persons who saw YES.
terdays game. Balls that the catchers
ot either team were obliged to Jump up
so reach were called STRIKES whist
bnis thet 'spht the plate" we're de
clnred "bnlls." This went ON with un.
varying monOtony until the players, rs
well us the spectators, ceased to kick,
and employed themselves in making
merry over Mr.. Sanders burlesques.
Norfolk scored one run in the frs
aiming Oh O'Hegan's three base hit and
Fingers single.
Petersburg countered with two
ecores, and the ruoters held their
breath. Here the vIsitors took Harris
from the box and sub, titnted Dunkle.
In the second, Carr took his base on
ahree Dagger to lett field, the batter
crossing the plate on Wbn.ey's single.
Score, 3 to . in Norfolk Is iavor
In the fourth, the "fans'' were made
snXions again when Petersburg tied
abe score on Dunkle's two bagger aud
McClung's single.
1t was IN tho fifth that Petersburg
met her Waterloo and Third Basemnn
Hoffman was the Wellington. After
Lawson bad scored on hits by Whaley
and Corcoran, O'IIagan's single filled
abe bnses. No one was out. \ mighty
cheer went up when the mighty hnger
stepped to the plate. Once, twice,
ahree times he cut slashee III the air, but
ahe elusive ball WAS elsewhere. Hnupt
man followed and when he, too, struck
ohree time and connected with nothing
more solid than the still atmosphere,
nope gave why to despair. Tranquil,
etatnesque Hoffman now cnme forward
anu respiration was once more sus-
pended. Hoffman caught the very first
bail sqnarely on the face OF Lie bat and
ahe globe TOOK swift Journey to the
fence in left centre field. When the
dust clearad oil the field il was seen
ahat three men had crossed the plate.
vhile Hoffman, the great, stood smiling
on the top OF the second bag.
From this time on things were easy.
Lawson pitched IL good game. The Two
sIitchers were touched al equal nnm
ber of times but the Norfolk hits az.
Eregated II basee, while those of tGs
gisitors amounted TO but u,
The Roanoke team will be here Mon.
Gay next.
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