The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-05
VICTORIOUS BEAN EATERS.
The Visitors Win BY a Narrow
Margin.
Fret Game of the Season Lost by Roano He
After Magnstioont Exhibition of Ball
Playing by Both Teams-six hundred
Rootors Add Interest to the Proceed
fngs-The Baltimore Champions Play
To-day.

tommy Tucker and his band of ball
tossers from Boston met the Roanoke
boys at Athletic Park yesterday after
noon, aud when the struggle was over
they had very small sized victory to
boast OF. About six hundred dyed. in.
the-wool cranks thronged the bleaohers
ana grand stand and made life interest.
Ing for Tommy. He is past master in
the art OF KICKING" but UNI pire Ford
haa been through the mill many a time
and the crowd greeted fuckers numers
GUS failures in the game of bluff with
uproarious mirth. saisss
Ihe weather was perfect and Sthe
large crowd In a corresponding good
humor. The homo players made a brave
show in their new uniforms and went
into their frst game with dash and
vim that promises we'll for their work
when they have had the benefit of q few
moro games played together.
Fisher won't in as Roanokes first
sWirler and presented Lowe, the first
oetsman, with base on balls. This,
with Longs scratch hit through Cayan
augh and outs by Duffy and MCCARTHY.
scored the only run made by the visitors
In his three innings In the second.
Ganney tailed the first home run Of
the year by tremendous drive over the
left fisld fence. Fisher rellnuuished
the sphere to Lloyd at the end of the
third with the score q tie and but one
scratch hit by the big league batsmen.
The Bean Eaters also changed pitchers
in the fourth, Wilson succeeding
Nichols. A base on balls for Farrell
and a single by Padden with nobody
out made things look rosy for the locals,
but their hopes were nipped when Long
captured Bfadley's hot liner and dou-
bied up Farrell at second. Then the
visitors touched up LLOYD for two
doubles and single, which, with tho
assistance of Crockett's error on O ground
hit, Melted them three runs. A b,se
on balls for Duffy. McCarshys single
and fuckers long fly to Farrell, added
another in the fifth. In the seventh
they kept the ball rolling by tallying
three moro on singles by Lowe and Nc
Carthy, another error by Crockett and
Duffy's long drive to center, which Far
rell misjudged, Reed stopped the scor.
ing by pulling down fuckers high
liner and doubling up Mccarthy at fret
Roanoke also tailed once in the seventh
on Orocketts pretty double to center,
supplemented by single to Cavanaugh.
10 h"t Y iohlo'Su olOyu IN the eighth {,
and the Bean Eaters rounded out their
total of nine runs when Stivetts made
the circuit after sending long hit over
left center wall. Stivetts, who had en-
tered the box In the seventh, Jared be ily
in Roanoke's last inning. Singles by
Padden and Bradley and Gaffney's frat
on tumble by the big pitcher filed the
bases with none out, and the crowd was
wild. Then Crockett waited for four
bad ones and Padden trotted home.
Bedlam broke loose again when Cava-
naugh sent cracking double into left
center, clearing the bases. The big
pitcher settled down to work, however,
and the next three batters were easy
outs. the game ending with the score Of
toe.
The visitors have been PLAYING in tho
South for three weeks, while yester-
days game was the first the locals have
played together, and in view of the
fact. not to speak of the reputation of
the Boston aggregation as hitters and
flelders, the home management has
reason to be proud OF the performance
of their team yesterday. The general
verdict of the "rooters" is that the
locals will have something to say while
the pannant winning is going on this
summer. The detailed score follows:
poArorr