The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
NORFOLK WINS THE GAME
Wake Forest Defeated in an Excel
lent Exhibition.
THE CLAIMS PLAY WITH SNAP
Sheir Work Yesterday Was Highly APP
preciated. The North CaroIinians
are Good Ball Players. But
We're Not in it in Yester-
days Game.


It is best to begin this modest report
OF q glorious triumph with the simple
announcement that Norfolk won the
game.
Things have not come our way for a
longer time than anv of us care to
remember, but yesterday afternoon the
sunlight of victory gilded the Norfolk
flag, and the lonely "rooter" went home
90 dream of the champions that are to
be.
The man who was not there must not
shlnk that yesterdays game was a
Gift simply because our enemy
hailed from the interior of CaiolIna,
AS q matter Of fact, tue team the Nor
folks fought yesterday afternoon was
by long odds one OF the strongest semi
professional mines in the country. 1t
was tam made up of tue best mon in
Petersburg championship nine of '9l.
Honneycntt aud Wynne were the bat.
sery, Stafford played at second, and
Gambrill guarded first.
These young men all know how to
play ball aud yesterday they nude it n
point to play ball for keeps. But it 80
happened that our young men we're
ION edge" aud as a natural sequence
never in it. The Nurfolks played inrd
and winning ball from stnrt to finish
They bupched their hits OIL OF Wvnue's
deceptive delivery and they purloined
bases with all the inspiring impudenca
OF parcel OF champioue. Their field
Work was far above the average. Con.
Fldering the quality of the weather aud
the awful condition of the field their
handling OF the ball was simply mar
velous. Whaley, Corcoran and Hoif.
man carried off the fielding honors, hut,
despite his error, Crowley's work in
center was brilliant. O'Hngan put up
a clever game at first aud, all things
considered, Tenley's work behind the
Dat is deserving OF more than passing
notice.
Come to think of it Whaley's stop
end throw of an ugly grouuder was
seally the feature of the afternoon.
This boy maie wonderful left hand
scoop OF what appeared to be safe
single lust back OF first and bv IA
ct first. Beyond all manner of doubt
at was the cleverst bit of tieldlug the
season has Us yet produced.
1t is q difficult task to pass a fair
criticism on the team presented by
Wake Forest. TO the writer's mind
the lniied is very strong and there's
go dlspnting the fact that WyDne ard
donneycutt constitute remarkably
strong battery, but the outted is
iRmentably weak. Given strong trio
of ont nitielners the Wake Forests would
keep the best Of the colleg iaus guessing.
The stntuesque Bernard did the
pitching aud what's more he did 1t well.
Sic baldled the wet ball with cond!i.
dence aud he developed deal of
speed. Best of all lie had control of
the sphere and was master Of the sltua
tion from start to finish. Right fielder
uauptman had little or nothing to do
3n the field but he hit the bali for
keeps and ran bases like veteran, If
this man continues to improve as
rapidly as ha hns in the last week
Manager Sommers will not worry over
ais out field.
And now for the story OF the game.
Notioik scored two runs III the third
aiming on Whaley's double, Corcoruu's
eiugle and WNnhe's wretcbed throw
20 first after two hands were ont.
lu the sixth Crowley's single, a wild
pitch. base on balls aul sacrifice
yielded another run.
Three more were scored in tho
seventh on II base on balls aud two
baggers by Corcoran, O'Hugan and
Nanptmsn, coupled with an error by
Taylor.
The visitors didn't score until the
sixth inning. Then Crowley's fumble,
Honneycnit's angle and Daniels
triple yielded two: runs. Iu the
seventh singles by Smith and Fenuer
and O'hagau's muif OF we'll thrown
ball by Bernard gave them another
fun.
1t raiDed from the call OF time and,
asa matter OF course. the crowd was
ahsurdly small. Between ourselves,
the game should have never been
played, and nobody expressed regret
when hlr. Wood called the game Mt the
close of the seventh inning.
Ii you are fond of dabbling in figures
peruse the appended score: