Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04

Yesterdays game Of ball must have re-
minded sportsmen OF n struggle between
two noble thoroucbrcds coming up the
stretch. neck and neck. In driving
finish. IL was one Of those games that
stir the souls Of those who love the ma
tional pastime. so-called.
Richmond should have won the game,
for the Beau Brummels outht and out
Yielded the Hill-Clmbers. but they showed
bad judgment in running the bases. four
being thrown out on the bases, and two
at the plate. Gillen's bases on balls also
contributed TO their defeat, although he
only gave three
In the fifth inning. IN an ondeavor TO
break the Lynchburg batting order, when
Raffert was on first, Willis up, and two
men out, Gncn let Willis. a poor batter.
walk 10 first. and Ferguson, the best
hitter on the team lined out a high drive
90 right-ded fence. scoring Raffert. In
the ninth. with the score standing to
in Richmond's favor, Shabel was sent to
hit in WUlis's place, and struck out.
Ferguson tapped a high-bounding ball
10 Houseman, who made a wretched mis-
calculation. and dropped IT, Then Gillen
Atruck Smith with the ball, and Mclntyer
drove 10 Groves. scoring Ferguson. with
the tying run.
HOW THEY BATTED WILLIS.
When Willis stepped into the box. at
1hc beginning Of the game, the Richmond
franks felt very sick. remembering the
way that he held the boys down TO "a few,
Ineasly hits last Thursday; but Weiss
BOYS had their eyes on the ball, ana
bounded his curves I'm ponnant-winning
style. getting two or more safe hits IN
every inning but the third. In the NTH in
ming they bit him four times straight
a single and three tWO-haegcrs-and the
two-base hits would have been three-base
hits but for the ground-rule limiting them
20 two hases). Bradley carried OF the
batting honors getting two doubles and
two singles out Of four times at bat.
Groves came next, with a double and
three singles. out Of five times az bat.
Two Of Richmouds errors counted In the
scoro-only one OF Lynchburg's.
Features Of the game We're Icahys
beautiful stop Of HOUSEWARES drive in
the second inning, HOusewans catch Of
Thomson's fly over second base IN the
seventh and Kain's stop OF Mclntyre's
line drive In the ninth. The bail was
too hot 10 field. and Kahn dropped IL.
letting IN the tying run. but had he
let Il pass smith would have scored. and
won the game Perhaps Barley had no
choice for had the ball slipped through
his fingers. IL would inevitably have bored
a hole through that unprotected region
between The sternum and the pelvis. in
which case a requiem mass would have
been sung over our little third baseman
today
GAME or UNUSUAL INTEREST
The universal opinion Is that yester-
DAYS game was the most interesting
ever seen on the West-Gnd diamond;
Il was a hotly-cOntested strug-
gle from beginning 10 end, and both
teams were probably relieved when the
game was drawn. The game shows that
Richmond and Lynchburg stand where
they should rightly stand-side by side.
at the top. The Lyuchburg men play
hard. scientific ball and have the faculty
of hitting the ball hard at the right
time. Richmoni's superiority lies mainly
in their uncomfortable team work, and
their speed and Judgment on the bases.
The latter quality was not displayed
Yesterday: had IL been, this Veraclous
chronicle might have been different. Be-
low the detailed score Is given, and also
the game by innings. showing the num-
her Of hits and runs made in each inning
by each team and the errors made by
the opposite side. This Will give very
clear idea Of how the game was played.