The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-31
iRE TRUCKERS and CLANS
On Account of Darkness the Game
Was Called in the Seventh.
The Portsmouth, Team Gould Only
Get Two Hits Of McPartlin.
Brandt Was Hit Safely Nine
Times. 1t Was Not Very
Fast Game.

folk uud Portsmouth teams WAS no ex-
c.ption from Thursdays SO far as in
eessant kicking on the part OF Pop"
Tate was concerned. Pop. objected
30 every decision made by the umpire,
especially IL this true i'll reference to
several base decisions, which may have
been very close. yet Pop bias been
playing ball long enough TO know thut
all the kicking IN the world has no
effect on the average umpire, couse'
uuently should cease that Objectionable
habit of his, unless he honestly thinks
he has ii kick coming to him, theu IT is
right aud proper that lie should enter
protest. Whether he had "kick
coming" on the base declsious re-
ierred to or not is q qu stion, but The
\IhGINlAN Is in position to say that
40 lar as being "roasled" on balls aud
strikes Is concerned that both teams
suffered about alike, Portsmouth get
ting as much of tho bad Judgment Of
pheau as Norfolk did.
But to the game proper. Caville,
the first Portsmouth man mp, made O
clean single, went TO second on Thorn
toms error, stole third and scored on
Childs' out to tate. Mills, for Norfolk,
hit TO Mccain and the latter gentle.
mAu proceeded to throw the ball wild
tn Maugau, aud while the big Ports.
mouth first bRsemnn was getting tho
ball from under the bleachers Miles
hal made the circuit of the bases.
O'Hagsn walked TO first "Billy"
Brandt Couldn't get EN- over" Cor
curau sluglcd, late did the same thug
unG C'fagnu and Corcoran scored on
"Old Soldier" Joaues' slashiug hit for
Que bug. That was all, iU- "tussy"
Tate, as lie was called yesterday, died
n, the plate On pretty throw in from
Hall to Vetter aud tie next two men
went out on lilies.
Portsmouth made two runs in the
four Ii on two bases on buls, telder's
choice, and Ge,el's error. Two more
were added to Portsmoth's score in the
sixth on n base on bulls. o sacrifice hit,
mud % Haguus rauk error by throw
ing Halls Int over Tate's head and un
der the bleachers. This was AL exuct
duplication of tho error made by Nc
Gum. Was there any kicking? Well,
you should have heard Pop" aud his
family. They gathered around the
umpire in squads. aud tho gestures
made by them would have put to shame
any well olgaulzed company who
make comic opera Il speciality. whats
de madden, Pop?" an urchin inquired.
why them fellows over on the
beachers kicked the ball" said the
Norfolk captain aud manager, who
wanted the runners seut back. But
Ihelan would Mt ugree, and Pop" had
TO grin and bear 1t.
One more Portsmouth man scored in
the seventh, and the ''rooters' for the
"lruckers' were on the anxious
bench, for the score stood then Is to ;
III favor of the Portsmouths, who ND to
that time Ind only found McPnrtlin
Tor two lone hits. The visitors camo IN
for their seventh and this Is what they
did: Mills singled, O'Hagun met Que
right square IN the nose, "Bobby"
Childs could not reach it and Mills and
O'Hagan crossed the plate, running
their score up TO seven, one ahead of
the home team. CorcorRn went ont to
Manean, Tate hit for two bases and
Thornton got his bnse on balls. But
Just here Mr.. Phelan, the umpire.
called the game on account of dark ness,
with the score standing to in favor
OF Norfolk, two men on bases and only
one man out.
The Norfolk contingent made them.
selves heard, and a loud shout, a long
shout and shout altogether, went mp.
But their ardor was somewhat cooled
when they were informed that the UNI
pre- had sent the game back To even
innings, thereby making it tie game.
The NIKalSiAN without expressing an
ppiuioD, appends the following rules
relative to drawn and called games, from
which the public eau deduce their own
opinions.
Rule % says: "a drawn game shall
be declared by the umpire when he
terminates game on account OF dark.
hess or rain, after five equal innings
have been playe ed, if the score at the
time is equal on the last even innings
played; but (exceptonD if the side that
vent second TO bat is then at the bat,
aud hiss scored the same number of
runs as the other SIDE Tho umpire
,hall declare the game drawn without
regard to the SCORE OF the last equal
innings
Rule n deals with q called game as
ollows: ''lf the umpire calls game on
account OF darkness or rain at any time
sfter five innings have been COM
,leted, the score shall be- that of the
ast equal innings played, unless the
ide second Mt bat shall have scored
me or more runs than tho side first at
Dat, in which case the score of the
,alpe shall be the total number of runs
made"
So If there be any Misunderstanding
between the teams and the umpire, tho
public will be in a position to Judge
or themselves. But there is ono thing.