The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-16
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For an hour and fifty minutes yester-
day Afternoon L.ampe and Tannehil
wrestled with the pig skin and holly
fought for victory. In the closely wuged
contest the former came out victorious
by a small margin, and as a conse-
quence the Changers won a glorious vic
tory and the Champions suffered u not
inSlorious defeat.
1t was a great game. One of that
character wherein men hav been known
10 die for want bf breath. 1t contained
many critical stages. at any one of which
a hit or an error meant ultimate profit
or loss, the difference OF one solitary
single winning the day. OF the four
hits obtained off the Portsmouth boy
one was an accident and the other
would have been fieided in time to have
caught the batter had the mar with the
luminous appellatlon been ambideNtrous.
Ihat leaves two TO be accounted for.
Lampe can't do ii. Neither can the
Visitors. They are StiE wondering how
they get them.
As for Tannehill he twirled magnin-
Gently. In the first six innings his COM
binat!on vas solved for only two safe
onSs. and he had struck out five of the
heaviest htaters who draw their salary In
Virginia. Moreover he had
only given one base on balls.
1t was In the sixth that the fireworks
began In earnest, and though they soon
died down, they were brilliant while
they lasted. The Changers had been
easily BANKED, and Fender came to the
PAT tor the Blu Birds, striking out with
the adr of a man who was used TO II.
Jake Wells followed with an out from,
Joe Bourke to Maggie, who was playing n
great game at first, Boland. who had
been doing admirable work behind the
plate, came up smiling and swiped one
or The aforesaid mysterious singles. The
DllClIke RGJffa wnO tho NJ l-.,
and he pasted the sphere on the trade
mark. sending it HURTING into left field
ana scoring Boland by a very close
shave. Zimmerman did the musalian
ACT 10 rot, and with one tally hardly
earned to their credit, the Blue Birds
1 them to their perch and chirped q
feeble though joyful refrain.
mere was condensed lightning in Joe
Doukes optics when he grappled with
me stick In the beginning of the seventh.
buL Ziminermah assaSsina;ed him with
q throw to Jake TIL rooters for the fire,
m woke up to the fact that they had
idiisd 10 perform their duty. and began
10 hoWi with musquito like melody. Ret
man caught the Inspiration md In ndsd
d saie one into left field. Hargrove ad-
vahced MIN two passes with a m%agnihcent
t~wo-bagger, while Tannehill's hair beson
10 stand on an snd. and the granSstand
ana preachers Vent wild. When Mnpee
steppe6 to- the bat he felt the ewes of
the nation were on him and he realized
tina a good, long, safe hit was of NOR,
Importance at that particular iuncturo
n the silver question, or, for that
matter, the problem of life and death H.
SSH. with one uncanny pass he Sy5n-
galized the sphere and drove II down tbe
right foul hne, where II remained sufi-
clentay long to allow Reiman and Harrv
to score. s'
And his as the whole story. There
was never another point In the game
where q run could be seen thro,Ieh n
tedescope, for the Mex fifteen men nm
went out in one, two. three order and
the contest was brought to a nne finish
Ihere We're few chances for doubles
the entire game. for th.re
were rarely a sufficient number of bo sas
couple to permId the performance Of
suchla feat. In the third inning I.amna
dtd MI the bags by allowing Groyes.and
render the indulgence of their favorite
n per1pstetlc pastiane. But he iust did
TINS TO afford the rooters some excitt
ment and quickly put an end In ,ba
agony by Striking the next man our a
ia Leach. '" Jul d
lehman at second is credited with tho
only errors of the game. One OF then
pIesenleo a double play. but as l,ck
Ahd ihampe would have il, neither one
were costly. The official score follows
Hslls the story concisely:
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