Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-12

There was golden sunshine and yellow
ball-playing at West-End Park yesttr-
day. and be IL said with due difference to
all concerned. the yellow ball-playing
predominated. Pretty nearly every man
Of Jake Weiss THO Of triplets clipped
an error into the jackpot ard ergo inc
obese Tate's sand-nddlers took the game
without much expiration.
The Bmebirds have always found the
Norfolks harder 60 beat than a CHINA
egg. anyhow. and with the work they
did Yesterday they couldn't have hoped
for victory. Away down in the outfeld-
I'm tho Tendcrloin District. as Mae calls
it-,here was a general slcepiness, which
indicated the presence Of opium. and the
surprising way I'm which the slumoefers
didn't stop the hide rolling thithcr was
something worth swearing al.
IT'S true that Groves cieVerN
"souoezed' several bits Of yarn dropplnE
in his direction. but on the whole ne
wasn't up 10 his usual excellent stand
ard. while Smith was Ike unto an eN-
crcscence on piece OF timber. or what
IS known IN less polite language as
bump on n log.
TANNEHIIL RATED FREELY.
And vet the outGeI diln't lose the
game. for TannehiWs tricks in the box
were far below his general style. ana
from the very start the Sond-FidclerS
had pull like Cable-car on his delivery.
They hit the bah lcnsthwise, cross
wise, siIcwlse and pretty much every
other way that u player can Whack
piece of leather Three-hagsers anu
doubles were buried out ia the butter
cups like paIpers in potters heii' ana
meath a burning sun the Birds had -
scamper around Ike a nest Of mice dis
covered in an old silk hat o. Epps Eos
ter. too. was not himself. as catcher. Even
Jacohus Wells lost his head once.
The winners Of the rag, whatever Ice
vacgouish traits they exhibited on the
field. were not backward with the stick
and they. too, Caresstl the projecule
often and yiciousiy. HOuseinan lined II
out for a triple and a double ana the
Fulton Ward McAlister once smote
bali. which. II it hadn't struck the only
knot on left-fold fence, would have been
q homer
Herr was the gentleman who at first
zlgzagged the w0olly globe for the sand
Fiddlers bat after he had pitched foi
several innings his remains for some
cause or other, were removed from the
diamond. and Collhower WAS substituted
in his stead. This wizard attempted -
argue with Umpire Belts on balls and
strikes once, ana the latter ordered THAT
his debris be swept out Of the box. After
soft whispcrinGs by the Chester
noldlan Tate into the offended audi
tory organ Of the arbiter Of the national
game. the kicker with the green-groceTy
appeIlatlon was rcinstated. IN view Of
this consideration his fangs were there
after sealed.
KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
Right here it may be said that Mr..
Belts knows his business. lie declines 10
be mOnkeyCd with. and moreover. he has
a sibilant voice that would reach from
the ST LawrencN TO the Rio Grande If
put under pressure. with such lung
power as his hc would be even a greater
success as a canary bird than as an
umpire.
Mills the Saud-Fi1diing second base
man. was all IA. while conscious that he
was In the game and his work was eX-
cellcnt So. too, was chat OF JO1nes. and
likewise that Of Geicr. Some OF the other
Norfolk ans appeared 10 be Initiating the
Wellsites If o. Epps Foster and his coli
leagues hadn't already wrapped them
selves I'm the folds II the triumphal ray,
there would be more fIn il the games
10 be played hcucoforth but still. we
ought 10 be satisfied. II is easier to sit
IN a gCaudstaad and Crticise than II IS
10 play the game when the thermometer
Is something Ike 100 on ice. The obitu-
AIRY notice is as follows: