Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-28

los. ........i . ~ So r..
.lrs an night. Cap" said "spec" Nc
,,can 10 Jake wells several times du-
,.S yesterdays game with Norfolk
,.t-r matters looked exceedingly choleric
o. R.,hmoud And It was all right, as
ms f.manstraied later. for. after having
IN tei with the Oystermen for five
,,..rrs. the Rluetlrds. by dint OF mighty
,f-E-vofk. assisted by clever base-run-
aims and an error made by CorcoFan.
,s.ael hcadlong to victory and won
hands down.
Yesterdays game was one OF excite
,,.-, throughout. and the interest Of the
,,,f-r was not permitted to lag for an
,,.iart. 1t was iGst such game as Il
calculated 10 cause a true rooter 10 suffer
vrtb nervous pros;ratIon. AT times II
,,.le ones blood stagnste. and the next
,,..4rt the Nfe-glying nuid was sent
rosre.os forward with renewed vigcr
All a. these sensations. and more. must
have been experienced by every man. wo-
,,er. and child Of the 5000 who assembled
T. West-End Park.
NORFOLK SCORES FIRST.
First. Norfolk made a run in inning
- 4 when no one dreamed that they
would Corcoran was on first. and two
men we're cut. Hagsr hit high fly into
tea aed. which Morgan mufred. and as
, orsequcnce Corcoran came home. In
-ho second inning the Marines were shut
d.. and so were the birdlngs. This was
vItty. but the plurality in the score
'Ras on the wrong side. and did not please
n cranks. who. instead Of looking upon
Nr Lawson's clever manipulation OF the
sphere with pleasure. gazed upon him with
sgust and with no show Of approba-
il.l.
This state Of affairs couldn't continue
IONS and II didn't. In the third inning
Ierte led of with clean hit-the first
gotten from Lawson-and he followed n
up hy o!everly stealing second. This
caused much elation, but a damper was
thrown on the spirits Of the crowd when
Johnay Morgan came up next and-struck
out Behne was the next individual 20
;lsp the willow, and he landed nlcr
one into centre field. This put Berte ON
thirl and Behne on first, where he tar
: Then it was that great work was done
Little Farley" Kahn came up. and
soaked" the horsehide. 1t went out into
fcep centre, he went to second, and both
Eerfe and Behne came over the plate
and put Kichmonds score just one in adj
vance Of Noriolks.
The side was put out after that, but
tie audi nee was satisfied. Richmond was
ahead They didn't remain 20 long. how
e. "A IN IA
practically stole his way home. and the
score was tied. Thus II remained FOR five
innings. neither side being able to score,
although they worked hard and skilfully
STILL MORE EXCITING.
During the nth excitement again be-
came manifest among the spectators.
and this eXcitment had mingled with it
On element OF fear. Richmond had been
retired easily I'm this inning. and the Visl-
tors were at the bat. Wherry was on
second. and Hoffman covered first bag,
and two men were out heavy rain
began to fan, and IL looked as thoush
the game must be called. 1t was q criti-
cal moment. If the umpire permitted
the Norfolks 10 finish their inning before
calling It, and Mccain. who was about
TO WELD the ash were TO hit safe. Moth
Ing short OF a miracle could stop a Nor
folk Tun trom coming in. and this would
give the visitors the game
This was the way the 'cTanks reasoned.
nrd they called out for the umpire to
call the game. lie did stop play for a
moment. but OHagan protested and the
game was resumed Everybody held their
brcath-Bchne delivered the bali. and
the umpire called strike" This was re-
yeatcd twice AMI Mccain Was out and
the same was saved
The clouds quickly scattered. and the
game continued close play was the rule
uuul the dghth inning. and then-and.
not until thcn-d.d the cranks breathe
freely. Kahn was the first man no. lie
went 20 first as Er8tuity from Lawson.
Turkey Groves then lined out a double.
which put Kahn on third. and when
Turkey stole second and Geicr threw
down there To intercept him Barley
stole home This united the score, and
the crauks were happy Their cup Of hep
pIuess fairly ran over. though. few
minutes later Tannehil reached first.
AID Jake Wells picked up the ash. He
iil had two strikes. The third ono
was different though lie landed squaroly
or the t,ade mark FOR a three-bagger.
AM two moro runs We're scored.
This was the signal for continued ap-
Tals.. and several hats suffered. Jake
afterwards scored. as did also Forster
ans NDiowah. but tho game was pracu-
csIr over. and Richmond had taken
three s,rlirhts from Norfolk.
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