The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-06
The "n|LL CLIMBERS" LOST
They Fell Down Easy Yesterday
Before the Truckers"
hcKenna Was Hit Often, While Hall.
man, Though Wild, Held the Lych.
burg Sluggcrs Down to Five
Scattering Hits. II Was
Fairly Good Game.

The "Hill Climbers" met the
"fruckers" ut League Park Yesterday
afternoon before the usual sized audi.
once, aud what the home boys did for
them will certainly not be appreciated
by the cranks away up IN the City of
Hills, who think they have "penuant"
winners. They may nave until they
strike the boys who wear the gray and
green in the smallest OF the twin
cities by tho sea-, Then they find out
Shat they don't know it all. and
have to submit to few Lessons in the
art of playing ball, and their usual
swollen opinion OF their own powers
sinks into utter insignifcance when
shey are taken into camp as easily as
they were yesterday afternoon.
1t Is when we least expect it that the
unexpected occurs, Lypchburg thought
they had the home lads beaten; they
'hOught they would just sond their
reckoned without their host, for the
Truckers" know thing or two, and
when the game was finished, those who
play ball under the leadership Of Man
nger Smith, were considerably wiser
than they were at the start.
1t is sad from the visitors stand
point. but it lie nevertheless fact, aud
here is how 1t NIL happened: Lynch
burg pnt in Mckenna to pitch. His
opponent WAS little billie. Mailman,
with Schabel and Childs as their re.
lpective back stops. McKenna Is we'll
thought OF here as pitcher, and re.
mbering what he did for the boys
once before they carried their good
eye with them as the sequel will
show. Lyncbhurg was blanked in the
frat three innings, Portsmouth shared q
like fate in the first two, but oh my what
happened in the third is sorrowful
tale to relate.
Hallman, the first man mp, pushed
the bRll ont for single. MoKenna
pitched wild, struck Cavile, who took
irst Childs WAS treated in like man
ner. Reed hit a"beaut"for one bag, and
mailman and Caville crossed the rub.
Ter. Maugan got hit; went to first;
three men on bases and no one out.
iargrove waits for u good one-he
gets IT, aud away speeds the ball out
10 the left field fence for three bags,
Ghilds, Reed aud Mangnn scoring.
Thurston hit long high fly to Smith
ond "Hargy" scores. Fuller went out
80 Ferguson and Hallman was thrown
out at first. Result, six runs.
LyDchburg counts one in the fourth
on hits by Mcintyre and Plock, base
Oh balls aud Ful!ers error. Goose eggs
were then placed TO the visitors credit
sor the next three innings. They
make another run III the eighth Ivy two
bases on BALI. aud Berryhil's aud
Ihompson's hits. They score their
third aud last run in tho ninth
on three bases on balls, Smiths hit and
Reeds error. Portsmouth added two
more to their score in the fifth by Nc
Aenaa hitting Mnngan, Leahey's error
stolen base, Fnller's long fly to left
field and Halls clever single. Four
more were captured in the sixth. when
Exit" let mp and acted as II he was
mad; he Just ''lobbed" the ball over
and the home boys took kindly to this
treatment, and with the aid of Tbomp-
sons error, base on balls and four
singles the total score was sent up to an
even dozen. The next three innings
were blanks for the TRUCKERS" and
the game ended with a score of II to 3,
60 the very great satisfaction and de
Sight OF the Portsmouth rooters."
The score: