The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-02
ON The DIAMONDS YESTERDAY
CHINESE BALL.

Newport News Sept. 1.-Chinese ball
characterized to-day's game between
Hampton and Norfolk. Both teams
were away OIL
Hampton, II runs, - hits, errors:
Norfolk, s runs, 8 hits, s errors. Bat
teries: Morrissey and Weand; Leach,
Pfanmillcr and Fields.
PORTSMOUTH WON.
Portsmouth, Va, Sept. Portsmouth
won to-day's game by batting oppor-
timely. Both sides put up an excellent
exhibition.
Portsmouth, : runs 10 hits. error
Richmond, , runs, 10 hits. o errors. Bat
teries: Boyd and Rollins; Malarkey and
Boland. Umpire, .Iudkins
BROKE EVEN.
Washington broke even to-day. The
Briggs wildness and an ability to bunch
hits. King, who replaced Norton in the
fifth inning, did good work. In the next
game Griffith had better command over
the ball than did McJames, who was hit
OPPORTUNITY. Attendance 1000.
First Washington, runs, II
hits, , errors; Chicago 6 runs, Z hits,
error. Batteries: Norton, King and
Mcclure; Briggs and Donohue.
Second Washington, , runs,
hits, 3 errors: Chicago ! runs, 8 hits, >
errors. Batteries; McJames and Far
rell; Griffith and DonOhue
WON AND LOST.
New York, Sept 1.-The Clevelands de-
feated the New Works in the first game
to-day in the eighth inning when Blake
made home run. The New Yorks cap
tured the second game by placing their
HI tg.1 att "A.
nents. Attendance 5000
First game-Cleveland 6 runs, hits.
errors; New York, , runs, 10 hits G err
rors. Batteries: Cuppy and Zimmer
Seymour and Wilson.
Second game-Cleveand, runs, II
hits, l error; New York. 3 runs, II hits,
errors. Batteries: Wallace and Zim-
mer; Sullivan and Warner.
EVEN STEVEN.
Boston, Sept. 1.-Boston and Louisville
split even in two we'll played games TO.
day. In the sixth inning of the second
game with two men on bases Cunning
ham hit the ball over the left field fence
for home run. Johnson, the new
second baseman, played his first game for
Louisville to-day with fair success.
First game boston, 10 runs, II hits,
errors; Louisville, runs, S hits, > err
rors. Batteries: Stivetts and Ganzell
Hill and Dexter.
Second game-Boston, runs, $ hits, .
errors; Louisville, runs, II hits, 4 err
rors. Batteries: Sullivan and Cancel;
Cunningham and Miller.
ANOTHER STAND. OFF.
Brooklyn, Sept. l.-Brooklyn and St.
Louis split even to-day. Attendance
$500.
First game-St. Louis, 3 runs . hits.
errors; Brooklyn, runs, 10 hits 0 err
rors. Batteries Hart and Murphy, Har-
per and Grim.
Second game-St Louis, runs. 70
hits, errors; Brooklyn, run, ) hits. 3
errors Batteries: Breitenstein and Nc
Farland; Kennedy Stein and Burrell.
a FEATURELESS GAME.
Baltimore, Sept. 1.-The Champions
to-day defeated the pittsburgs in an
almost featureless game. The home team
lit on Hughey in the fifth for four sin
giles and II triple, and these, with Kellv's
sacrifice and IL base on balls, gave them
five tallies. Almost constant wrangling
with Umpire Lally by both sides tired
the spectators and so delayed the game
that it was called after the Pirates had
finished their half of the eighth Attend
ance ! 800
Baltimore, Z runs, - hits, 3 errors:
Pittsburg, 6 runs, 10hits, , errors. Bat
teries; ioffer and Robinson Hughey
and Sugden.
BArTED OUT a VICTORY.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 1.-The Phil
lies batted out victory in the tenth in
ming to-day, making it three straight
from the Reds. Both pitchers were hit
freely ill the early part of the game, but
kept the hits scattered thereafter until
Dryers punishment at the end. Attend
ance 4, 309
Philadelphia, 8 runs, IL hits, 3 errors;
Cincinnati, runs 13 hits, 0 errors Bat
teries: Orth and Boyle; Dryer and
Vaughn.