The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
TOOK THESEC OND GAME
The Changers Win Another Victory from
the GullS on Portsmouth Grounds,
AND UMPIRE BECK CALLED TIE GAME,
when Norfolk Had Two Men OR BASES
and Only One stun Ont The con.
test WINS frnught With wranE.
& ling Tho BROTHERS McfarIan Put
out OF the Game.

1t is pity, now that the Changers ~e
playing first-class ball and draw ..lg
good attendances, the pleasure of a
Thousand patrons should be marred by
such an exponent OF ragged umplring as
the man named Beck who dropped
among us by some queer mistake of
fate, and has been permitted to stay,
Heaven knows why. II he has any
single publication of an umpire, no one
has ever been able tc discover It, though
many have looked themss YES half blind
trying to. If it were not for the element
I of tragedy In the results of his work,
9 he mlsht be catalogued as joke.
The game yesterday started off with
) q wrangle. which was continued inter-
mittently until the end. McFarlan
was put out in the fifth for kicking, and
his brother Claude followed him to tn
bench in the sixth, presumably for the
same reason, though no one seems to
know exactly why. Stocksdale was sent
ssto left field, and Pfanmiller substituted
in center.
In the first inning Cleve walked.
reached second on c. Macs out, and
scored on DAVIS nit. The locals could
mot tally, though they came dangerous
fly near 1t, there being two outs at the
/ home plate. The last one was beauty.
y Gochnaur hit high liner, which Davis
stopped with his left hand. turning its
5Gltection to Rothermel, VINO threw KatZ
sout at home by splendid use OF head and
arm.
In the second inning neither side
scored, the features of this round being
&c. McF'arlan's pretty assist TO Arm
strong for a double and Gochnaur's
Z magnificent stop Of Rothermel's hot
liner, throwing the runner at first,
though the decision was close and vigo-
8rously disputed. Sheckerd scored in the
third on a two-base hit and Hargy's
4 single. The Culis BANKED.
In the fourth Portsmouth made two
runs, Burke and Rollins scoring on a
hit, two-bagger, and Jocko's wild
4 throw. Up to this time, Sheckeld had
pitched a magnificent game, but after
1.-TWO were II in the fourth the Gulls
y found him in great shape. Armstrong
drew base on balls. Davis struck out,
or rather was assisted out" by the
umpire" A. McFarlan singled, and so
did Rothermel. With three men on
bases Jocko put the bail past Bovd
into the fringe of grass around the lcf;
field fence. 1t proved home run and
four men scored Then Wentz went
out Sheckerd was replaced ny Chand-
Ter. who pitched the next three innings
out very we'll, allowing but one hit and
mo runs.
In the fifth Boyd walked to first and
stole second. Jocko threw the ball to
4 Rothermel, who supposed he lad cotton
Jake out and tossed the ball in to Gil
roy. BY the time the umpire" had de
clared Jake safe and Gilroy could get
4 the ball and throw it home, Boyd had
stolen two more bases and scored. Two
errors let KATE in a few minutes later.
aided by Gochnaur's hit. In the sew
senth Harerove got base on bal!s, stole
second, and scored. he and Fields collid-
sing at the home plate, both goi, over
in the dust. This decision was also dis
sputed by the Gulls, but OF course with
out result.
u Having passed Norfolk in the race.
the Changers began to adopt the same
! faesics OF the day before, with which
they we're so successful, and play for
& arkness. They went to the pa: in
me- me, eighth and fsiled 10 score. The
4 fulls went in. Armstrong knocked a
stTo-bagger, Davis went out, and