The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-24

With the felf confidence born of q
long string Of victories both at home
and abroad and determination to gain
she coveted vantage ground Of first po =
sit'on In the championship race, Lyme h :
burg's Tobacconists swooped down upon
our long-suffering Magicians and ad-
ministered tremendous beating before
either the home team or the spectators
could realize what was happening
They had an easy mark in Fisher and
made no delay in taking advantage of
the situation. Three singles, asdouble,
base on balls and a fy-out secured
TOUR runs for them In the first inning: q
batter hit by pitched ball, tumble
by Padden, scratch hit and home
run added the same number in the sec
ond and the trick was done.
Fishers pitching was an enigma only
10 inc pec'ators--certainly not to the
opposing batsmen He has pitched
gilt-cdged ball for Roanoke in several
games, displaying great speed and excel
LEM curves. Yesterday he had no speed
at all and whenever he curved one asy.
where near Lynchburg batter 1t was
promptly strsighteued out. His work
Was done in q listless manner, which
could not help but discourage tho men
behind him who had TO chase flyipg
leather.
In the face of the terrific lombard
! ment, the locals put up creditable
game. Padden made couple of his
marvellous running catches In right
and center gardens, Sherer covered the
central territory in brilliant style, and
Cavanaugh accepted his seven chances
| at short without error.
An epidemic of accidents struck the
Magicans in the first inning. First a
passed ball injured Fitzsimmons' hand
and he retired, Viox taking his place.
In few moments Breen was knocked
out by q thrown ball, Hayden coming in
70 cstch and Viox taking Breen's place
at third. Both men are new accessions
to tue team and showed up we'll.
After the disastrous beginning
sketched above tho visitors added one
run in the third and one in the fourth
on home runs by McKsnna and Thomp-
son. In the fifth single, two doubles,
three bases on balls and three fielding
errors yielded ak runs, bringing the
total up to sixteen. They added another
| In the eighth on brace of doubles by
Mckenns and McIntyer.
Under the pitching conditions tho
locals never had a chance to win, but
their total tally would have been
improved somewhat with anything like
decent baserunning. In the first inning,
with one man out. Sherer on second and
Stahl on first, Bradley drove q line fly
directly into the hands OF the right
helder. The moment the ball was hit
Sherer ran tor third and the consequent
dou ble-up retired the side. The first
run was earned in the third on Fisher
single, Sherer's out at first and Padden's
line hit to loft center for two bases. In
the fourth McKenna became badly
rattled, giving three bases on balls and
being hit for two singles and dou BILE.
Five runs came in, with but one man
out, and then the bad baserunning came
In again and spoiled the chance for
runs. With Stahl on third and Padden
on second, Bradley hit grounder to
Mclniyer, who threw home TO head
OIL Ssahl and the latter WAS touched out
on the base line During the scrim-
mage Bradley got SO tar away from first
shat he also proved an easy out.
PAdden's base on balls and stolen
base, fielder's choice. whereby Cava-
naugh reached first and Padden third in
safety, and double steal, brought in
one run in the seventh. The eighth
and last was Tailed in the ninth on
Stahls long three base his and Brad
ley's out OF first.