The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-12
TALLY ONE FOR LANCASTER p!
A Game Won and Lost by Roa.
noke.
Breen's Men Hit tho Ball hard, But Lose
by Errors in the Field-This Is why the
Band Played and Banners Wore Flung
TO the Breeze in Ly nohburg Last Night,

Yesterdays game of ball at Athletic
Park was the most unsatisfactory ex-
hibition the Roanoke team has made.
Nobody expected them to win from the
National League clubs, but the Pennsyl-
vanians are in their own class and a
better showing was expected than ma.
terislized yesterday afternoon. The
fielding was in marked contrast with
the snappy and gingery work done In
the games with Boston, Philadelphia
and Pittsburg. Muffed flies, wild
throws and fumbled grounders, inter
spersed with eight donations Of bases
by Roonoke's pitchers, gave the visitors
fifteen unearned runs and the game.
Nor did the players from the Key
stone State do any better. 1t is true
that fewer errors were chalked up
against them. but they were made on
more or less easy chances while the
locals made several of theirs on balls
that less conscientious players might
have shirked without discredit. That
toey did not play for record, but went
for everything in sight is about the
only word Of commentator that can be
written in regard to their fielding, with
the exception of Clark and Sherer.
Martin caught one inning when Clark
took his place. The batting and CATCH
ing OF the latter were on the brilliant
order The frat time he came to the
bat he raped out q rafting double and
followed 1t up In the next two innings
with single and another double.
Sherer, who played his frst game with
Roanoke, is too we'll known to need in
PRODUCTION, having played here many
tunes last season with the Staunton
club. In the field he had two difficult
hles and captured them both in splen-
did style. His error was a long throw
from center to third which went wide of
Ceyansugh, yielding the runner an ex-
ira base. Nor WAS his hitting less
worthy OF mention, his tao singles
bringing in three runs.
Breen's mon partially redeem ed their
poor fielding by their excellent work at
the bat. Yerkes pitched four innings
for Lancaster and was too easy to be in
teresting Five clean singles and tbree
two baggers were raped out in short
order and when he retired to give place
to buckley, ten runs had been tailed
by Roanoke.
Dunn was invincible for three in
nings. He was unsteady in the firss,
hitting two batters. and Martins bad
case OF rattles gave the visitors one run.
In the fourth two bases on balls. three
singles and triple, with four fielding
errors brought in six more. From this
time forward the game was see-saw
and was undecided until the last man
was out in the ninth, the final score
standing Is to ID against Roanoke
Clark, Pedden and Sherer ran close
race for first honors in timely stick.
work Big Dick made three singles,
bringing in two rune, Sherer two sin
giles, bringing in three, while Clark led
the procession with two doubles and
single landing four runners safely at
the plate.
For the visitors Seybold led at the
bat. with home run and triple,
Cargo and Stond following close behind
with two hits apiece. Third Bsseman
Kappel did the finest fielding for the
Pennsylvanians.
In the face of the bad playing done
yesterday the excellent batting of the
locals and the total absence OF anything
like record playing. together with last
weeks exhibition of the ball they are
capable OF playing, it is entirely too
esrly in the game for the cranke to de-
spair Undou btedly some changes will
have to be made and 1t is understood
thatsome of the men now under con-
tract will be released before the league
eeason opens.
The same teams will play to-day.
Roanoke's batting order will be the
same % yesterday except that Stahl
will pitch.
Strains Of music from the direc ton OF
Lynchburg, together with sounds sug-
gestive OF far-off cheering, led to the
inference that some eort OF celebration
was going on in the Hill City last night
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