Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-08
A FIRST GLASS GAME.
Orioles Didn't naVe 4 WalkoYsr With
The Bluebifds.
LOCALS PLAYED LIKE VETERANS.
TannehiII and Giipatrick Pitched
Great Ball, and the Mighty McNa-
hon Gave an Exhibition of T,whrl-
fng-Jennings' yellow Work.

With a fierce norther blowing gale
across the diamond, freezing everything
ane everybody with its chilling blasts.
the Baltimore Oriles and the Richmond
Bluebirds met at West-End Park yester-
day afternoon and fought out noble
battle, to the delectation OF about LOO
loyal rooters, who. with storm-coats but
toned closely around them, sat for almost
two hours and witnessed the contest
which never lost Its interest for them.
The Bluebirds lost the game, but they
fought a noble fight, and the Orioles must
admit that they were up against II hard
from start to finish, and didn't at any
time have lead-pipe cinch on the game.
Wells coached bis birdlings up to
high state of confidence ere they went
out on the diamond, and they seemed not
one whit afraid Of the great Baltimoreans
whom Hanlon and 5000 Monumental-City
rooters believe to be invincible.
From the very start they went at the
visitors with degree Of ferociousness
which would have been appalling to
minor-league club.
HOnQ, the ucAltIOu5 0thtiS
whom Hanlon expects to develop into
star this year, went In the box against
the local lads, and the very first boy
up-Little Barley-slugged him for safe
ran. Barley was too eager, though. lie
tried his bsse-stealing racket, and Robin
son. he of the great arm, who mas worn
the liyer-pad for SO many seasons, put
a spike In his little game, and Barley
found the sphere waiting TOR him at
second.
ANOTHER HIT MADE.
Wood rspped Pond for a long single.
too. as soon as he welded the ash. but
II was a long time thereafter before any
boav else did. Pond twlrled a great
game and was succeeded In the sixth
inning by Mcmahon, the man OF all
others whom Baltimoreans worship.
When Nc. went IN the box the score
stood to In Baltimores favor' anu ~
was thought by all that the locals would
become paralyzed with awe at the great
twirler. Instead, however. they lit on his
delivery and lining out four hits. one OF
which Groves stretched into double,
almost tied the score, a run being made
i'm each the seventh and eighth inning.
Gilpatrick had been in the box for
Richmond and had been doing very
effective work against the Oriole sluggers.
only permitting seven hits TO De made
off him in six innings. But when the
mighty Mcmahon went in the box Jake
nut Tannehill in, and he held the visitors
wen in hand. permitting only two hits
in three innings.
COULDN'T INCREASE THE LEAD
The Orioles tried hard to increase their
lead over Richmond. but Tannehill had
things pretty much his own way and
l.lt Inc
his position accurately and cleVerly.
Berte was right behind him all the
time, and played all over the field, giving
Sweeney cards and spades and leaving
him way behind.
There was wide difference In the
work of Berte and that done by Jennings,
Baltimore's short-stop. Everybody knows
Jennings can play ball, but II they
hadn't possessed this knowledge they
would never have found 1t out from his
work yesterday. True he made several
clever pck-ups, but he made four
awfully yellow errors and thereby ma
terally assisted the locals in making
two OF the three runs accredited to them.
There Is but little more to be said or
the game, except that though half frozen,
the Richmond lads played like veterans
and handled the sphere far better than
their higher salaried opponents did.
The score will tell the rest. and there
is nothing therein that any member OF
the Richmond team may not feel justly
proud of. Here IL is: