The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
Herr Done the Work for His Club.
But Receives Valuable Aid From
His Team by Their Good Hit
ting. Orth Proves Easy.
Other Games
whore tho clubs play To-Day.
I.ynchburE at NOrfaIk.
Petersburg at Riciamond.
Portsmouth at Ikoun0K G.
Standing OF the clubs.

The ball team that represents Nor
folk Oh the dismond won't out to
League Park yesterday afternoon do
termined to win, and they did, which
fact pulled down the rather lat per
centage accumulated by dInt of hard
work by the "Hill Climbers" and who
are pushing the leaders in the race for
tho pennunt very closely. But they
struck snag, by gosh" as Alvin
JosiIn Is wont to say, IN the Norfolk
team yesterday afternoon. Eddie Herr
was put IN to toss the sphere for the
home team, and when The fact became
known to the visitors they smiled and
winked at each other, as If Us much to
say, oh, what al easy think we have
got. But there is such thing rs
counting your chickens before they
are hntcbed," and tiguratively speak
lag, that Is Just what the lads Ill black
and red did. They soon found out,
however, that "those who laugh last
laugh best for Eddie went in the box
and from the first ball he twlrled over
the plate until the last man vas put out
he WAS an enigma to the Lynchburg
ers-such perfect puzzle that they
arc still specializing and guessing
among themselves az to how it was
done.
Then, too, the home team hit the
ball, and while several costly errors
were MAIDS by them, their hitting at
opportuue times moro than equalized
what had been done by loose and
ragged work. Everybody hit the ball
safe except Kelly and Cote. Even Herr
hits, yet Mr.. Mitchell saw lit to call
II lap lut "A
ing his decision in the matter, the ball
WAS fair by Mt last two feet
Ortiz occupied the box for the visi-
tors, and when he walked to his posi-
ton in the field when play was called
lie wore II smile OF confidence on his
face. winch, however, changed to Que
one Of u serious look. For, before the
"Ulams" had been retired, two runs
and double and two singles had been
made by the home boys. Norfolk
scored again in the second on hit.
two sacrifices and a stolen base. Coli
Hover accomplished tho feat OF reach.
ing home and earning his run by good
clever base running. Lynchburg failed
to score in the first two innings, they
went out IN one, two, three order, but
they were more fortunate in the third.
securing two runs on Thornton's error
aud Orth's home run hit over the cen.
ter field fence.
Tint settled it for the 'Tobgcoonists"
they never made another run and,when
the total number of hits had been com
piled, it was fonnd that they had only
safely connected seven times, while
their error column figured total OF
five. Norfolk tailed two in the fourth
and one III the fifth, making the score
staud very much as it did yesterday,
only the shoe was on the other foot.
aud the rootcrs were IN a frame of
mind to present a brick house to each
player on the team, and especially
pleasant did they feel toward Herr aud
Colliilower. The former for his great
work i'll the box, and the latter for his
clever work III cutting Ltshy off at
first, after that player had made an
apparently safe hit to right field, But
such is baseball. When the team wins
1t is the finest on earth, but when it,
through a combination of adverse cir
cumslGnces loses one or two games. the
meunest thing that can be snil about
the players is too good, md they are
all roasted, and called "chumps" and
other names. not known to the general
public. The score follows: