The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-29
Standing of tile Clubs.
THE PLAY IN DETAIL.
How the Came WAS Won and Lost and
the Features oft.

HOW tue SbGne w hs won hiOSt anu
the Ecntures oft.
With thirteen base-hits and two errors,
against seven ihits and three errors of the
visitors. herewith is chronicled another
4 bad case of hard luck for Norfolk. ana
another victory for Portsmouth. In
making the above statement, not one
q syllable Is meant in detact!on of the
\ Changers. who put up brilliant ball all
+ around, and matched their opponents at
every point. Only the fact remains, but
for an accident which followed an error,
5 It would have remained tie game, for
y darkness would have thrown her caarita-
Z BILE mantle over the mental agony after
the fourteenth inning, and the contest
would have had to have been waged
oyer again
However, there's no earthly use kick
ing against fate. The visitors worked
like beavers for their game. and got II.
Norfolk did the same and lost, and Mad
em Fate, proverbially contrary. smiled
beh!nd her perilous hand, while rooters
wept or went wild with rapture.
i Leach had been announced by the man
agement to pitch, but remained upon
; the bench, doubtless to the sdLsappoint-
ment of many of his Portsmouth friends,
j who had keenly anticipated battle roy
al between him and Brandt. But Gilroy
made and more than made amends. In
all the fourteen innings only seven hits
were secured off him, and only two In
the last eight innings; but they were
effectively punched. Brandt on the
other hand, also pitched a magnificent
men. and though he gave almost double
the number of hits that Gilroy did, he
kept them well scattered.
1t looked like II was going Norfolks
way in the first. Quinn got his base on
balls. and stole second. McFarlan
,.r, 11,s g.. 4
3 e:man scored them both with a long sin
gle into right. Turner flew out to third.
who caught the Clief out at first by a
throw to MCGEE. The Changers BANKED
in order.
In the second inning, In spite OF Cor
belts two-bagger and Wentz's safe hi;
the Gulls Were unable 10 score, the next
three men going out, two OF them fan
ming the air. Marrs men had better
luck. Burke was hit by a pitched ball.
MCGEE was thrown out from third To
first. Hargrove flew out to Corbett.
who was playing short. Then Hall swlp-
ed out two-bagge: which scored Burke.
and he crossed the rubber on a two bag
ger from Heilman's bat, the latter scor
ing on a wild throw to first.
Hall featured in the third After al
lowing Corbe;t a base on an error. he
made remarkable one-hand catch of
Wentz's hit, feat which doubtless slr-
prised the player as much as II did the
assembly In the grand-stand and on the
bleachers.
In the fourth. the Gulls zeroed. and
the Changers secured another run. Nc
Gee hit TO left, and stole second
,Hargrove tanning. Hall hit and stole
y second Heiiman flew out 10 Quinn
In left. The latter threw home too late
no catch cGee, but Gilroy caught the
sphere and lined it TO Ramp. VINO block
ed Hall tn his mad effort no secura
third. 1t was a brilliant play and recej,,-
ed great applause.
In the fifth Mac scored on two errors
and steal. Both sides banked i'm tba
sixth, In which inning Stephenson was
put in left in place of Quinn In III
seventh McFarlan's pets passed thair
4 friends from across the harbor inns.
win armstrong out, Bowerman singled
and stole second. Turner hit and stola
second on Bowerman's scoring. Turner
trotted home to the tune of Corhett,
S peautltul two-bagger. Wentz hit ana
s,ole second, where he remained. for
Ramp and Gilroy both followed win
outs. The visitors goose-egred I, wns
mere, too. that Bowerman hurt his li,ti,,
niger and was replaced by BalIentvnn
While a rooter in the bleachers on thn
eieff was thrown bodily over the rail
ns py an opposing rooter, whose wrath
ne mad courted by untimely remor;.S
~. - nj
foul catch in the eighth. No further
runs were made until the last half Of
the ninth, when Portsmouth tied the
score. Burke scoring on a hit. passed hnfi
and single from iHargroves bal Tban
the agony began. In the tenth both
sides were retired in order. In ~
eleventh 1t was a case of almost but
'iost. stephenson led off with a sineIa
sicFarlan forced him out. reachin~ f.,
on bunt and stealing prettily. Arm.
strong hit and Mac died at the pIats
,1Ion Hargrove to Rollins, running his
spire Belts decision at this point was
close and criticised by the home team
5Ballantyne struck out. The wearers of
the tan went out one, two. three
The 18th and 18th showed IN for
blanks, Stephenson's running catches
in the latter and Corbett's swift throw
doing the work The 14th was Jonah
armstrong lined out to MCGEE. Raj.
.lsstyne drew q base on balls and was
ehrown out by Pat while trying to steal