Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-04

oh. Lynchburg rcoter. how Is tEat
Your pennant-wianers did not bat?
With Jesse Tannehill In TO twirl
He kept their brains all In Wnirl.
They couldn't touch him not bit,
They couldn't hit; they couldn't hit.
Oh. Lynchburg rooter. twas but fun
For our Birds TO add run to run;
They soaked the bali all Ger the lot,
And with every lick a hit they go,; ~.
Your Eelders played the game weil-hit,
They couldn't hit; they couldn't hit.
oh. Lynchburg rooter. did'st eer eat snow
II 70. you ought TO very well know
How easy twas for Richmond TO score
When up against such fielding poor
LynchOurg errors were maze galoIe,
And Lynchburgs played as neer before
Oh. Lynchburg, rooter. was e'er such
Your Champions scored naught in the
game.
In every inning they made nix,
Why? Well they had holes in their SUCKS
The Birds outplayed them, that Is ALT.
The Richmond team played rafting pai'
WHAT A GAME 1T WAS.
What a game that was at West-End
Park ANYHOW. The cranks who wit
messed II were afforded more enjoyment
than they have experienced at any game
played In month Of Sundays. Well
might they have enjoyed it, too, for the
BluoDIuS were HdNllB Auh WIN t4AS tA''.
Climbers, and were smuggling the ball all
around and everywhere.
IL ever a team had their batting clothes
on. the Bluebirds had theirs on yesterday.
Prom the very first inning they jumped on
Pitcher Stultx, and, oh, how they did
pound him. Hit followed hit In sucn
close succession that the Lynchburg
heIders were kept continually on the
jump, and IL was but short while be-
fore Mr.. Stultz realized that he was
up against 1t harder than he had ever
been before. He tried all manner OF
curves. and exercised his ingenuity in
every conceivable way to get 'em over
and 10 schabel. but whenever the. leather
came anywhere near the plate Bluebird
was there TO soak 1t, and he soaked II in
good fashion. too
BILLY GOT Ratified.
stultz's inability TO check the smuggling
ratified little Billy Smith, and he soon
began dropping dies, something he was
never known TO DO before. This action on
the part Of the manager naturally bad
its effect on the other Hili-Climbers, and
they all began making errors-that IL, all
but StultB. and his time was too much
occupied with watching the effect his de-
livery was having to take any chances.
Poor Stultz must have felt like suicide
get the sphere over, only TO have 1t come
in contact with the bat, and then rebound
against one of tho out-held fences, while
the batsman and, usually, two or three
runners ooursed around into home.
Tannehill, who was in the box for Rich
mond, had no such experiences as Stultz
suffered from. Tame" was from start
10 finish, master OF the situation. and but
five measiy little hits were made off his
delivery. and these were kept so well
scattered as to amount absolutely 10
naught.
The Blueblrds didn't support Tame
hill with their accustomed accurateness,
but who cares for stellar fielding when
hits are plentiful? Hits are what win
games, and II the Blueblrds will Just keep
the pace they set yesterday they will
land 1878 pennant here without a doubt.
TWAS NOT SO BAD.
The error column in the appended score
would indicate that the Lynchburg team
played very poor ball. They didn't do
any such thing, however though, OF
course, they might have done better.
They made some brilliant plays, ana
worked like Trojans, The Bluehirds,
though, were on their mettle, and they
played like soldiers. Every man assist
I'd the other In the field, and at the bat
they all slugged.
They started their run-gstting in the
first inning, with the first man up. and
kept on increasing the score until the
ninth inning. when they had TO stop.
The score will give all the details OF
the play Read, mark and inwardly d.
gest II. and then come out this afternoon
and see another like dose administered
10 Lynchburg: