The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-24
PORTSMOUTHGETS ONE MORE
The Truckers" Got on to Foster;
You Know the Rest.
Corcoran's Ragged Work at 'Short"
Helps the Home Team. Glare
Was Puzzler to Hit Safely.
The Homo Team Put Up
an Excellent Game.

And Albert @. Foster be pitched.
The above would probably be q good
subject TO use to build story of how
the game Was lost by tho "Olams" to
the Truckers" yesterday afternoon,
but AZ there wore other important
factors in the struggle which played an
important part, 1t would not be lust
To attribute the defeat of the visitors
to the young man who essayed tho role
OF pitcher. tic was, it is true, found
Tor thirteen singles, which are geuer
ally sufficient to win an ordinary gnme.
when that number of hits ia back ed up
by good, clean. gingery fielding. such
as was put up by the "rruckers' yes
to-day afternoon, SO you can see that
the home team hitting was one factor,
and their almost perfect fielding was
another factor, and the poor
work of Corcornn for the visitors
and the heavy hitting "Clams' inability
to find the queer but puzzliug delivery
OF Glare for more than eight scatter my
hits phys the most important part in
the oasy deleut ot the N0rfoIks. Add
all these causes together, und victory
for the grcen.legged lads can easily DO
subtracted. But probably the most
appropriate subject to use in this in.
stance would be that there never was
minute that tho Norfolk team WAS in
it, and to prove that the nbove stands
good brief resume of tho game is
given.
Portsmouth went out i'll one, two,
three order in tue first inning, Coli.
slower tho first man up tor tho "Clams."
hit corking two bigger" O'uagan
walked to first, Coli" tried TO stenl
third, and was thrown out by Childs,
TO Dulaney, Corcoran and 1ato went
out on fly's, Portsmouth scored two
runs in the second on three singles,
and base on balls. Norfolk was
BANKED in her second, 30 was Ports.
mouth III the third, but Norfolk onrned
a run in her third by O'Hngan's two
base hit, and Pop" Tate's single.
The home boys tailed another run i'll
the fourth by IL base on balls, and two
singles. Norfolk sent n man across the
rubber in her half of this inning by
two bases on balls, stolen base and
IN error OF Childs. but that was all
they could gather, for in the ROMAN.
ing five innings they only secured three
hits and only seventeen men got time
at the bat, the visitors going out in
one, two, three order. Portsmouth,
opened her half OF tho fifth by Bow
first. lie went to second OH Cavities
sacrifice and scored on Hargrove's
hit over Corcoran's head. Hargrove
won't to second on error of Oorcoran of
Mangan's hit, and chased himself homo
on nice little single OF Halls down
the third base line, In the eixth the
home team strengthened their lead by
adding two moro runs to the score.
Here Id how it was done: Childs went
out to O'Hagan, Thurston out from
'Hagan to Tate. This made two out.
Cayille got to the initial bag on four
balls; Mangan hit to Corcoran who
fumbled, and in trying to field Man
gan out ut first. threw Wild the ball
going IN the bleachers and both men
scored, making The score stand at the
conclusion of the game seven to two
in favor of the Truckers"
The following IL the score: