The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-14
Darkness Ended An Eleven
Inning Tie Game.
Ganney and Foreman We're on Their
Mettle and So Wore tho Nimbie Ath-
ietes Behind Them-Richmond Had
an Easy Time with Lynohburg, and
Norfolk Did Up the Naturalization ri,
League Scores.

lstereo to him on Monday, but last MIC hit
mis- praises were on everybodys lips.
he went into the game with the disad.
vantage Of having lis work compared
Win thatof Foreman. who ranks among
the best in the league, and came out of
IL with record that Is distinctly better
than that OF his opponent. He was
found for only five singles and double,
1.-The Kid" being punished to the extent
OF seven singles, double and home
run. In addition to this. he was steadier
than Foreman, his five passes to first
Delng distributed over as many innings
while four Of Foreman's bases on balls
were bestowed in one inning.
Behind the twirlers were teams that
played ball Of the highest order. ONLY
one error on each side affected the
score. Gatfney's bad throw to Cavan.
augh at second in the fifth gave the
chance for the visitors to mako their
nrss run, and Turner's throw to the left
Held carriages presented one to Ron
noke.
The game was replete with brilliant
plays from start to finish, and Foreman
may thank his center fielder, Sanford,
that three-base hits are not credited TO
Padden and Viox. Both Of these PLAYERS
drove long flies that looked absolutely
safe, but were captured by the fielder
on the dead run. Little electrified the
crowd In the ninth by going up in the
air and catching with his ungloved
hand wild throw by Cavanaugh,
Sherer distinguished himself in the
tenth by making magnificent running
catch OF Lippert's line hit to left field
Oap'n DICK distinguishes himself all the
time and his superb fielding requires no
| comment. Farrell and Lippert led at
the bat with three singles each.
Jimmie Breen showed up for the first
time since his release by Roanoke and
was numerically guyed by the bleach
ers. He atarted in to play the game of
his life, but the continuous chatting
seemed to take the spirit out of him,
and he missed an easy grounder OF Pad.
denis, was caught off his guard on the
base line and did all the striking out
for his side. Away from Roanoke
Breen is undoubtedly capable of excel
lent work, but no man can play his
game in the face of storm OF ridicule.
When Sherer made his first appear,
ance at the plate, he was presented with
hitting the ball hard. but Breen cruelty
knocked down the apparently safe hit
and got 1t over to first in time. Thus
the nip-and-tuck game began, and for
over two hours and half the vocifer-
GUS rooter was in his glory, and the
nervously inclined groaned inwardly
and longed for the agony to end.
Padden scored Roanokes first run in
the second. lie reached first when his
grounder went through Breen. Stahl
hunted and third-baseman Lyons ran
we'll up into the diamond and threw him
out at first. Padden ran on past second
and made for the unprotec ted third bag
Turner lost his head and tossed the ball
to the bag when Lyons WAS nowhere
near 1t, Padden coming home on the
misplay. Viox opened the fifth with a
long hit over left field fence, tsllying
Roanoke's last run of the game In the
sixth rank decision by Mclaughlin
lost Roanoke chance to score. With
Stahl on first and two men out, Cava-
naugh sent q savage liner down the left
field foul line, which struck at least
four feet fair but bounded into foul ter
ritory. When the fielder reached the
ball Stahl was passing third and could
easily have beaten the ball home. Nc
laughlin called the ball foul. thus
robbing Cavanaugh of two bsse hit
and Roanoke OF run and, as it subse.
quently turned out Of the game.
The visitors got run In the fifth
keefer reached first on balls and went
to second on Gaffney's bad throw to
second OF Foremans easy grounder
Lyons sacrifice filled the second and
third bags with one man out. Gill hit
| to Cavansugh and Keefer died at the
plate. Lippert singled and Foreman
Tailed, Gill reaching second. Turner
| nit to right field and Gill tried to reach
home, but 5 piece of remarkably quick
fielding by Stahl and Little cat him
off. Their second run came in the
seventh on Foreman's single, Gill's out
at first and Lippert's single.
With the score tie the battle ragged
fast and furious. In the eighth Sherer
drew base on balls but'died in an at
tempt to reach second. After striking
out WEIGH Foreman lost control and
sent three men to first on balls. Cava-
naugh had great opportunity blu. was
retired on line hit to Lippert.
| AS the extra innings were played tie
locals kept getting in hit occasionally,
but not o sign of q safe one was made
by Petersburg after the seventh. The
and when the last Petersburg batter was
retired on Keeier's fly TO Padden, Nc
Laughlin's call OF the game on account
est contests in the annals OF the game
in this city.
Stahl and Welch will do the battery
work for Roanoke to- day.
The cranks will be gratified TO know
| that n Uh in hao ham FRO 20 ral