Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-25
,,,r,,c INCIDENT OF THE DAY.

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r,NcuRURG. Va. April 2t-tspecinil
~.. .as,s, Of all close baseball games
.-..y.a ct the Rivermont grounds this
.r..n. In the presence OF splendid
~ amidst the most intense enthusi-
ana after n brilliant uphill fight
.. f,-rhburcs had 70 80 down before
... R.rnonds by = score OF 10 TO 9. The
VAS lost IN the first inning. Ortiz
a.. haI pitched the brilliant winning
.. ~ Monday. went into the box for
r...tla-e. and seven runs were batted
.tof hm ia one inning. After Richmond
,.fs lead az seven runs IN the first
t...v was put In tn box Tor Lynchburg.
..f Oh. Southplw twirler pitched beau
... rqme. The Richmonjs did not get
r.n on his delivery until The eighth
.,.r. auI scored only three times alto
,hr while Karey was pitching.
LEAHYS PLAY.
~e. great playing OF the day on the
flre side was done by Dan Leahy,
r. ..ort-stop OF last year and the new
OF lElc. Ills hNlh TT Air t4'tN
vs ~ thc first order. ond his batting
,.e superb. II. hit a home-run IN the
sixth inning that scored two runs when
r Lynchburgs needed them badly and
f. sent ont a two-bsgger In the eighth
fat scored another run. Umpire Sn eden.
perhaps unintcnuonally. or not roasted
Oil. Lyrchbures on close decisions. on
halls and strikes the home boys seemed
rsrt the worst Of 1t. and two decisions
e.. second base appeared to he wrong to
most az the spectators.
a SCENE OF EXCITEMENT.
10 was one Of those decisions that
caused an incident which is very much TO
tie discredit Of Thompson. Lynchours's
Ceutrr-nelder In the ninth inning. when
the score was q tie kan came 10 the
bat for Richmond. Barley" really struck
OUT but the umpire called one OF the
strikes a ball mat was provoking. Then
wnsn Barley Kahn had another chance
De made q hit 70 LEFT field He tried 70
steal second. and Catcher Ferguson threw
ths BAH 20 Second Baseman Mcintyre.
IL looked Ike Kahn was out, but Umuire
Sneeden called him safe. The whole
grounds al the time WAS scene or eA-
element. People were standing on the
edge Of the neld. nine tenths Of the oc-
cupants Of the Crandstaud were on their
fe-t and the interest In the game was
at fever-hcat.
STRUCK AND KICKED.
when Mr. Sneed,n called Kahn safe.
THOMPSON lost his temper completely,
and. running up from centre field, struck
the umpire. and kicked al him. large
number Of the spectators ran out on tue
grounds. ard the game Was blocked for a
time order was restored after Few
moments, ana the game was hnisned.
Thompson was put out Of the game, Pat
t.rson taking his place in centre field for
the remainder Of the inning. The acton
Of Thompson. who has heretofore been
a public faVorite, was generally ana Sc
Nerelv condemned. The pr0Vocation was
great, but such a display Of temper as
he made discredits his team ana dis
credits the game. There was no excuse
Tor H.
But for the fatal first inning Lynch
burg would have won the game in
walk. in spite Of all obstacles. LynchDurg
cot a. man on third In this inning. but
he was not able to score.
HOT PLAYING.
When Richmond's turn came Kahn mt
. hot bail to the pitcher for one base,
and stole second. Groves baited ban
To Mcintyre, and made his base on NC
Intyre's effort 20 stop Kahn AT thlTd.
Housemau was hit by q pitched Dali
nuirg the bases. Wells then banged out
"a mighty home run, scoring all four
mon Foster ni,d out. McGowan hit 10
centre. and stole second. Berte's hit 10
centre scored McGowan, but he himself
went out trying 10 make second. Tame
hiu battcd the bell 10 second ana beat
IL out. making his second base on q
Wild mitch. knorr's hign ny 10 left neld
fTurt OH
the plate. and Knorr flew out TO hlsn'-
FIELDER Gray and that ended the slaush-
ter.
Ivnchburg made start in the
second. Gray led out with a two-baGsei.
Ferguson went out - rrst Gray mahlns
thlgd base. Piock took base on pans
and Gray scored on throw Of Ken
frouls catcher TO second base, Whith
Houseman dropped. PlOck came home
ON Orth's MT L. right field. Lynchbuig
climbed a little more la the sixth. Fer
crson hattel a hot single 10 snort ana
Was followed by Dan L-ahy, who batieo
"a home run TO the left of centre Held
scoring p In the eighth PlocK got ms
base on balls, and scored on LeahY
tW8-baggcT II was not until tins stage
frat Richmond was able 10 score. Attei
mo first inning Beite and Iannehl
TOOK bases on balls They advanced on
b,ses on passed bail. and Berte scored
on Fereuson's wild throw TO third base.
THE GILMAN.
Ia the ninth LyEchburg came to the
climax Of a beautiful uphill game by
making four runs and going one ahead
of the score Mcintyre was hit by
pitched ball, and Was forced out at Sc
coud by Thompson's ball 70 shoftstop
Berryhil went out on ny. Cray MI |
asain for two bases. Thompson scoring |
ferguson batted a fly 70 cenire-heid' |
which sac muffed. and Cray scored. |
Plock batted d two-bagser and leahy : |
rs behind second base was dropped |
allowing Piock and Ferguson 10 come |
In. Then Richmond came up for the |
last time KAN made hit and got 10
second in the manner above described. |
Tho row between Thompson and the |
umpire occurred. and after quiet was
restored Groves went out
Houseman batted a two-bagger. scoring |
KAN. and himself came go on wild |
pitch That gave Richmond one ahead. |
and the thing was over. Following IS
the score IN detail.
LYNCHBURG.
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Smith. J. T. .................o o |