The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-07
PLAYED HAWAIIAN BALL
TIE portsmouth PADDLES WENT
TO PIECES IN TIE FIRST INNING.
But for "spec's" Mistake the Hustisrs
Would Have PLAYED n Fsult'ess Game
IN the Field-score 13 to =.

But for little error which surprised
"Spec" MCGOWAN IN the third inning. and
gave the midget a bona nde case OF srins.
the Hustlers would have played an abso-
lutely faultless game in the field yester-
day
At the time Of Specs" mistake. Knox.
the champion all-around kicker OF the
Virginia League. was at the bat. lie
popped up a sickly fly Just to the left OF
the third bag spec" got under 1t along
the coachers' line. He never dreamed he
would miss il. But he did. II was a foul
ny and had the Portsmouth second base
man reached first base safely the little
guardian OF the third bag would nave
been exempted from the error on his
usually fine record. AS II was. the rules
called for an error in such cases. and
so the ugly dot goes down IN the final
column. That didn't worry the midget.
however, for he played a spirited, snap
py game. covered himself with glory AT
bat, captured everything else that came
his way, including some clever pick
ups, made several ideal throws over TO
first. and when IT came TO hase-run-
ming. why. the diminutive third baseman,
now and then in the general chatter by
force Of habit and nationality. was
strictly in IT," to borrow d strong phrase
from the peanut-vencer.
PLAYED HAWAIIAN BALL.
The paddles from the remote town
by the sea played about as ragged an
exhibition Of ball during the first two
innings as one usually sees within the
bounds Of civilization. You would have
thought the champion ball-tossers OF Ha-
wall were trying to learn something
| about the game. Three errors totally
iNeXcusable, and right at the critical
time, wild pitch at a most expensive
point. and two men sent 10 first on balls
was the record. The visitors simply went
to pieces like a shattered glass ball from
a sprlng-trap, and when the Hustlers
were retired for the first inning they
had piled up six runs.
Just how IL was done could be easily
seen. Kain hit 10 HargrOvo, who mufec
the fly Groves sent an ordinary grounder
to Reed. who bet Il go by. leaving Kahn
on third. Tannehll waited for four balls
and then Foster, the Portsmouth twlrler
lost control OF the ball and pitched Wild,
Kahn scored. and the other two runners
advanced a bag each. Foster pitched
HOuscman four balls and al this point
Wells sent a high fly TO that same Har-
grove. He muffed II, and Groves and
Tarnehill crossed the rubber. leaving
Houseman on third. Wells made a dive
for second. Childs tried his best 10 cut
him of and threw the ball 10 Knox BE
fore st could be returned Houseman had
added another run 10 the score. Wells
got 10 second safely. He scored on Fos-
ters hot one u left Freddy" went homo
when MCGOWAN found the saltwater
twirler for a peach" In centre.
Berte flew out TO Knox. and Behne
was tossed out TO Tate by the second
baseman Hargrove shook himself to-
gether a trine, for when Kahn sent him
long fly he squeezed" IL, and retired
the side.
WON IN THE FIBsT.
The first inning left the victory I'm the
| hands of the Hustlers. The visitors had
done such ragged work that they could
not recover from the shock. They We're
practically beaten before the second in
ming ever opened, for when the first
closed they had one stray run. This was
male by Reed. who found Tannehill for
a -hree-bagSer. 1t was In reality only a
two-bagger. but the ball got tangled up
with the vehicles in left-held. and Kahn
could not get IL in time 10 shut the
runaer of. No agreement had been made
between the two captains about such
cases. SO the hit had 70 go for a three
bagger Joanes sent a long ny 10 "Tur-
key Groves. who captured IT, Before
the ball could reach home Reed had
scored
In each of the other innings the visitors
got a goOse-egg, except i'm the fourth,
when Thurston hit 10 right field. reached
third OH Fullers single IN the same terri
tory, and crossed the rubber when Berte
threw Fuller out az second. Seven hits,
with total Of nine bases. was the best
the visitors could do for Tannehill. while
the Hustlers found the Portsmouth twirl-
err for nine hits, with total Of eleven
bases.
Tannehill sent only one man to first on
balls and didn't throw wild throughout
the game. He struck out five men. For
the visitors, Foster sent six men 10 first
on balls, another by striking him, and
threw wild at a critical point
THE rsTI RS OTHER RUNS.
The Hustlers scored twice In the sec
ond. Groves was hit by the ball. He
reached second on Tannehilps single to
Joanes. Then Childs tried 10 eaten Tan
nehill at first and threw wild. Groves
crossed the rubber and Tannehill rro-
crossed "a bag. Houseman found Foster
for a hot one 10 Joanes, and Tannehill
went home.
In the third McGowan led off With a
beautiful double TO left-held. Berte Few
out to Knox and Behne TO Joanes When
Kahn hit 10 ThurstOn "Spec" crossed the
plate.
Four balls. a couple OF stolen bases. and
a rather sluggish play by Knox permitted
Tannehll to score IN the sixth, while Me-
Gowan's hit assisted by Berte's sacri-
fee. and some clever base running by the
Midget. added another score 70 the rec
ord in the seventh.
Two runs were secured IN the eighth.
owing TO Thurston's error. a passed tan.
a stolen base each by Berte and Bchre.
and the latter's pretty twO-bagger 10
Joanes This closed up the run-making.
Below VIII be found a chrome for the
edincaton OF the visitors: