Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-26


"a Wsst-Eal Park yesterday afternoon
enc irst time. and was victorious.
,.t the victory achieved was a costly
.-e ass iu the Hght Housoman. one OF
obi. l.st among the Blueblrds. was badly
......l as a result Of which he will be
.-ale to play again for some weeks.
.a. accident occurred In the third in
,.. and was unavoidable. Houseman
,r, Dad previously been doing great
.,.k work. lined out safe hit. and
.. Go frst with little difficulty. He
attempted 90 steal second. and did so.
t.t Catcher Gelcr threw 20 Second Base
man NcCrca.y 10 intercept him. and
r.r.u ends popular second baseman had
p. make "a long slide in order TO reach
t.. bias. .u safety. As mis- hand touched
..iar tle bah also reached McCreary's
bands AND caused him 10 lose his balance
.. stumble As he ala so his foot fell
,.t..s Ilouseman's hand and the heavy
..... u the bottom Of his shoe entered
.re Gosh Of the middle finger just at
OIL. ,.si joint. cutting it all around to
tt, lrr and severely injurng the bone
a.s.
N.u.al attention was promptly given
f Il. Oppcnhmer and Hlucnman. and
.-lmau was taken from The game.
f.,. who was hurt In Lyrchburg, and
. rot In yesterdays game previous
o. ....s mans accident. was substituted
fr Hm, and played "A most excellent
.1. Ia fact, the entire Richmond
t.am with the exception Of Eehne. who
!..E.I saurt--top. did remarkably well.
l. proved their superiority over their
..uyettors az every stage of the contest.
GOOD TEAM WORK.
They worked well together. and az
frr4ci Flynn. VINO pitched strong
same. excellent support. Behne IL not
snort-stop. nor does he profess 10 be
ore he came here only as a pitcher.
and although he made four errors-the
only four made by our team-he had
six chances. and NEEDED two of them
very prettiiy.
Tannenm another Of Richmond's
Vtcne'. played In the outiield. and
acquitted himself nohly. He had but two
fielding chances. but accepted both Of
them. and his work won for him several
rounds Of applause. lie distinguished him
self in the nfth inning. when. after
long ard apparently hopeless run. almost
into Groves territory, he captured
fy from - fiagans bat. just in time TO
shut OF Mccain. who was coursing from
third into home. lie made "a good. long
hit Al an opp0rtune time In the ninth
inning. aud was presented with a basket
OF flowers by his admirers.
REFINE carried of tn batting honors
for the home team. and. after having
previously made two good. iong sinSi' -
on both Of which he scored. ne lined out
a three-baggcr ia the ninth inning, ana
th reby redeemed himself for all OF ms
bad playing iu the Geld.
Flynn pitched remarkable game, ana
had TIE BAH al an time under his con-
troll lie was very accurate aud speedy,
aid watched the bases Ike a cat. Nefal
base-rlnnerz died on the bags as a result
Of his WatClj illness. lie showed had
Judgment in the fifth inning. however.
Corcoran biz % hot ball 10 MN, Whi'h
ne field a very prettily. Mccain was On
nrst and liorr was on second. ho'h
,tarted 10 ruu. and Flynn threw 10 thifd,
.he7e De- caught Herr. Had he thrown
.o second DE- would undoubtedly nave as
r-.eI An % double play. for Berte could
have caught the ball and retired Mctann
and thrown 10 Wells i'm ample time Tor
aim 90 have put Corcoran out. As II nap
p-uei. however. no one scored IN TINS IN
Ting. and the only loss 10 the Richmond
slab hv Flyun's lack Of Judgment was
the credit Of having made "a double play
O.UAGAN STILL Is KICKING.
Caprain OHagan. OF Norfolk. covered
irst base for his team wnen ne WASH
st the bat or engaged IN Kicking. Nhth
doing thc latter he was all over the heiu
and making himself very obnoxious, pom
II, nItv,rs and spectators. Umpire Sneed-
On was very rank in many OF
ais decisions. it's true. but he roast
el' Richmond and Norfolk alike. and
ms POOR decisions were due only 10
lack OF knowledge ~ what 10 90. MS
rad work was no excuse for O'Hagan's
dIearreeaIle kicking. and he should de-
s.si ln the future He ran into the dla-
raoud on every prOvocation, and twice hai
t1 he fined g. before he would return 70
his seat or position. Last year he made
an exhibition OF himself here by snatch
ing an umpire's mask from his face.
such actions as this Will not be tolerated
This year. and Mr. Sommers might as
we'll 10 put check to his captain KICK
Ing p~opensities now.
The rest of the Norfolk players appear
10 be quiet and orderly men, and, while
their efforts were not very successful yes
terday. they are hard workers ana VIII
undoubtedly improve In left held the
team i- very weak. Mccain muned TWO
0ieq that fell directly In his hands yes
the territory allotted TO him. Hauptman,
iu the ninth. made pretty running catch
az a high fly from Groves bat. The run
was a long one and the catch difficult
one
POOR STICK-WORK.
The stlck-work Of the visitors was very
.ioor C0rooran succeeded In touching
Ilynn w. for a triple and Hager found
him for a single. but the rest OF the team
seemed completely al his mercy Herr
pitched weak game and WAS awlully
pounded. lie seemed TO he in very bad
form.
Now, a word more as 10 Mr.. Sneeden.
SO palpable were his errors on base de-
Cisl1ns that even the Richmond rooters
Insisted Oh TWO occasions that Norfolk
men who were called out were safe. lie
showed no partially, but showed igno-
rance a-plenty. This Is 10 be expected.
though IL Is Impossible 10 secure men OF
Judgment and ability 10 umpire ball
games Tor 80 per month. They are worth
more. and can get mere elsewhere. and
the public who patronize baseball In this
State have a right 90 demand that the
proper sort Of umpires be- engaged to
umpire the games There Is no doubt
that Mr. Snccdens rank rulings consid-
erab.y influenced the score yesterday.
Here IL 10;