The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-01
standing of tho clubs.
The Game in Detail.

The Game in Detail.
What would have been the prettiest
and fastest game of the season was
spoiled yesterday by errors of the home
team, especially in the first inning,
when the Hill Climbers manufactured
their solitary run out of hit and two
costly mistakes. Fine fielding prevent
led the other errors from being costly.
eaA 1t was a struggle well worth seeing
despite the disagreeable feature re-
ferred to- and it was hard game to
lose. A brief analysis OF the battle will
show the correctness of what has been
stated. The locals only got thirty one
men to the bat. Four of these were
strike outs, seventeen more persisted at
or before reaching first, another quar-
tette expired in the regions rounda bout
second base, Dolan eXtinguished the
hopes of another, Magee got as far as
third on fielder's choice and two hits.
A faster Splinter would have Tailed,
but Maggie" succumbed in an heroic
enort, being thrown out from Smith to
Sehabel. The remaining four were left
on bases to view the landscape DER
In six of the nine innings only three
men got to the stick i'm each though
some of these died between bags
AS for the visitors, with the excep-
uon OF the hrst inning they Jared but
little better Twenty OF their braves fell
by the wayside without getting so much
as chance to exchange the time o.
day with Magee. Jack Heilman and
Jake Boyd kindly disposed OF four more
at the second base, one man was lucky
enough to score, the other seven dis
cussed the issues of the day on the va
rious bases, where they happened to be
when the several rounds closed.
Both pitchers were extremely effective
and twirled wonderful ball. but Evans
was easily ahead of his opponent and ii
was by no imaginable means his fault
that the game was lost. His work in
the box would have won any game on
earth with proper support, and there's
the rub. OF the five measly hits obtain
ed Off his puzzling delivery. there was
never more than one allowed to an in
nfng. and they were all to short outfield.
In fact. not double or triple was
made during the entire game on either
side. Stult2, while he permitted one
more hit, struck out four men. All of
these singles were scattered to one an
inning, except in the third, when three
hits and sacrifice were compactly
punched, yet failed to produce a run.
This remarkable state of affairs was
developed about as follows: Holman
went to the bat and drove a long sin
gle into left field. Evans advanced him
a base on sacrifice. Magee tapped the
sphere to Stultz. who threw Jack out at
third, and allowed the batter his first
Marr's hit sent Magee to second, but he
was thrown out home by Smith while
attempting TO score on Hallmans single
to centre.
Lynchburg's run was one of that
character which home rooters lose their
religion over. Pickering, the first man
up, went out from Reman to Magee;
Ieahy hit and reached third on the
Kids error, which also allowed McGann
to reach third. Heilman's error let
Leahy come home. and gave Dolan a
life. The latter persisted from Jack to
Boyd, and Schabel was IL corpse from
& Boyd to Magee, u clever, quick double
4 N1r(,nnn hos g.,
unassisted double in the second inning
catching Joe Bourke's hard luck liner
and putting Hargrove out before he
could get back to second base, off which
he had been playing preparatory to
making a run had not McGann had the
fortune to collar what any man not a
prophet would have deemed hit before
1T had proceeded half way across tho
diamond.
Two of Portsmouth's errors were ex-
cusable. Four were not productive OF
Ill results. This could not have hap
pened but for the fact that both in and
outfelds did superb work. whatever
may be the conclusion the reader may
draw from the last column of the
tebulated score. 1t was only by re-
markably quick, sharp work that the
visitors were held down to their original
and lonesome one. On the other hand
the fielding of the Hill Climbers was
faultless and splendid, and not a shade
OF an error was made Schabel. parti-
cularly, had his arm with him and not
single base was stolen. Hargrove
and Mari were the only ones who tried
to and were thrown cut at second on
both sides the infield did most Of the
work, getting forty-two of the fifty one
put outs. The other nine went to the
outfield. each of Portsmouth's fielders
getting two apiece and each of Lynch
9burg's one. Hargrove was by all odds
the bright particular star in the out,
both of his catches, made in the same
4inring and in succession, being of the
running, phenomenal order.
y Here Is the score: