Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-30

The Roanoke Goats. headed by Colonel
Theophuus TaIlan. came TO Richmond
ycstcrfay morning. and, after rest Of
a f,v hours. during which time they con-
,ural 40 ricturcs ~ victory and great
achievements. they journeyed out 90 West
End Tari,. where. with bat and ban. they
cae4-rI in warfare with Jake Weiss
EiuehirIs.
The Goats are nrst-class animals. and
III, are quick ON their feet and doxterous
both with the ash and leather, but the
Bmcblrls can give them cards and
spades and throw IN bfs and little casino,
and then cuchrc them.
The Goats fiiskcd about the field du-
ring yesterdays contest FOR the first three
innings. ana seemed to DE able to keep
the EiucbirIs from flying of with any Of
their fur: but he Pirds were not in
any humor 90 be fooled with. and In the
fourth inning they turned loose on Me
Cam. rs no was I'm the box for Roanoke
They began first with two-haggers, just
81 show him what an easy mark he was
ana then they relaxed somewhat, and
pounded out singles.
WE'RE OUT TO WIN.
Mccain took the fusilladc OF hits good
humorclly and. girling mp his loins a
buttou-holc tighter. twirled with renewed
vear. Twas no go though. the Blue
birds were out TO win and nobody-not
even willy pltcher-was going to check
them iu their rush 10 victory. The balls
tt1t NcClun sent over the rubber came
with terrific speed. but somehow or other
majority of them came IN contact with
the STICK welded by one or the other Of
tho Ulu birds. and the sphere was usually
srrt sailing out into the field, while Jake's
pets %. .t.i around the corners.
IHll .u. the chiel Goat. and q Hrst-class.
aI-aru nj Oall-p.Iycr. soon saw that 70
achieve 10 victory he must spur his little
"Wlil.Irs' on 90 bat and DE urged each
man as he approached the rubber 10
soak the bah. Five of them We're able
O. respond, but the others. though they
tried hard 90 TO so. were forced 70 lay
down iu despair.
Carney Flynn, the terrific IIibernian.
the $1,000 pitcher. was up against them.
ana be- was tossing for blood lie had
speed 20 burn AMI plenty Of g. ard it
was just the easiest thing i'm tho world
for him T. retire the -tCk-Wcliers.
FLYNN WELL SUPPORTED.
IIe not only was speedy. but be was
eyccc1iugly accurate lu bis delivery and
g. Gis r.oI work was added most excel
lent support both in the iu- and out
frli. Iut one error was made on the
ltc1mOrl am. ana that is accredited t.
Groves, who is somewhat cXcusablc as
The chance he took and failed IN was
most difcUit and he only got his hands
On the sphere after chasing half way
across the field after &c.
Ni5X cssaycd 10 cover third bag for
Eolro7c, ana made a miserable failure
az H. lie succeeded In 0coumuldting four
errors out OF ten chances. and every one
Of his dcrcsctous Were fragrant and
costly. on two occasions ne ncllel battcd
balls promptly. and then threw Wild
Il FIRST; again he let an easy grounder
go through him, ana lastly me dropped a
iy. The other Roanoke error. made by
Stahl. was 20 q large degree eNcusable
as hc ran backwards for some distance
after ny from Bradley's bat. and only
dropped 10 when he came in contact with
the fence. The error was productive Of
three Richmond runs, however.
LOST ITS INTEREST.
The game. after Richmond forged so
lar ahead - Roanoke lost % great amount
OF It's interest - the crauks. ana TO Il
great extent dragged alons 90 close
IN, E0anokCs, wiki the single cXcep-
ton Of Niox. did not play badly; on
the contrary. they put up a good game
lut they were nanked on every side by
The Blucb.rls and as natural se-
oueuco were beaten. Here is the score
lilt few brilliant plays show therein
uut q viii doubtless prove interesting
matter f. the CrInks.
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