The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-28

mouth, =. Two Base Hits-Groves,
Cavllle. Hargrove. Base on Balls-Of
knorr. 4; oil Leach, D. Loft on Bases
Richmond. -: Portsmouth, 4. Struck
Out-By Knorr.7 by Leach, 9. Double
Plays Hall aud Man2an. 2. Stolen
Bases Richmond, 2; Portsmouth. 4.
Wild Pitches-leach, |. Passed Balls
Foster, i. Time Of Games-1.55.
Umpire-Mr. Hoggins.
Ihe National League Games.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati. ....2lall 3Ox-l2 20 o
Philadelphia .....O OllOoO All 4
Batteries: Parrott and Vaughn;
Taylor and Lampe and elements and
Grady.
At Cleveland
Cleveland. p. ooooOOo2o -a7 6
Bottom. Olli0lol- 9 /
Batteries: Young, knell and Zim
mer; Stivetts ana Camel.
At Louisville
Louisville ooo2looa Old !
baltimore ..-..U D 2l0 ll-22 22 4
Batteries: Inks, Childers, Cunning.
ham. Warner aud iZahner; Clarkson,
Pond and Clark.
At st. Louis
81, Louis. ....oo9 oooooc-S i
Brooklyn ......l 022 U0 ix-GIi D
Batteries: Kissiuger and Miller;
Gumbcrt and Grim.
AT Chicago
Chicago. ....oo2oo1C2a-HSm 3 ;
| Washington. ..O.2 10000 l.-lO 10 6
| batteries: Hutchinson and kittridge;
Anderson aud Mcclure.
| At Plttsburg --Pittsburg Now York
game called end third inning; rain.
HnscbnlI Notes. Gossip ana Com.
| mcnt.
Bob Fender is putting ND great
game at seooud base for Petersburg.
Laree crowds are expected at the
game Monday when the "Clams" and
"lruckers' look horns"
Friday tho Blue Birds" almost On,
Eddie" Leach out OF the business, but
yesterday they could only lind him for
eight hits. Oh! theuncertainty of base
ball.
| The 'Bridegrooms" found X issepqe,
Tor fourteen hits yesterday, while THE
browns" could only get tive off Gum.
bert, OF course Dave Foutz's lads
came ont winners.
Savage, the new man who was &c
pitch for Norfolk, did not appear o,
the field III uniform Yesterday. not.
withstanding the fact that IT was given
out that ho Was to twirl in one of the
games.
odd Soldier" Joanes, las signed
with the Farmers" Ralph says "he
Is striving hard to get In good con
dition," aud when ne is all 0. X, there
is none better in this lesgue as base
man. hitter and baserunnur.
What WAS the matter with HEIRS
pitching yesterday? The old boy not
only pitched IA good strong game. he
hit the bal u hard. Mr. O'Nelll un.
doubtedly knows his business, but he
ought to think twice before he let's
Herr 60. Pitchers are hard to find.
1t Is ike pulling the proyerbial eve
tooth to get any OF the Norfolk team up
on the coaching lines. Those who are
not even IN the game don't seem to
have enough energy about them to
stand up long enough to see three men
retired. Ask them 10 "opeu up. "
| Why that Is simply absurd. 1t is ia
POROUS, and they don't propose to do
1
to do. AT least that ls the way It looks
to The VIRGINIAN.
The "Blue Birds" certainly fatteped
their batting averages at the expense
OF the "lruckors" Thursday aud Fri.
day OF last week. My, how they did
hit. 1t is astonishing to a great many
how IN the world that aggregation of
ball players. headed by Jake Wells.
ever found such pitchers as Brandt
Leach and Mailman for al many hits as
they did, but the fact remains that thew
did find them, and that is about all the
enlightenment, any one will ever be
able to get on the subject.
There was a considerable nixture OF
IHE NIRGINIAS's baseball notes yester.
day. What WAS intended to be said is
rs follows: In reference to the matter
of Knox again playing with Ports.
mouth. the following Is taken from the
Portsmouth column of the Norfolk
Public Ledger of Fridays issue:
Manager Brady has re signed Dick
Knox to play left field on the Porls.
mouth Baseball Club. and from OK
pressIons heard on the streets to day
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