The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-04
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
Tho Home Team Puts UP q Snappy Game
With Baltimore.

with baltimore.
The great and only Baltimore base
ball team played in the Association
park yesterday afternoon. The weather
was cold, but large crowd was present
to ace their favorites.
The home ream played an exception
ally gooo game with the exception of
the errors made by Catcher Williams at
second base and several wild throws.
Cockman, the little third baseman,
played q great game at third and hand
led the stick in O manner that made the
cranks almost 60 wild with enthusiasm.
He went to the bst first and the first
ball pitched WAS sent over the left field
feIce in foul territory. The second ball
was landed squarely over the left field
fence for q home run. During the game
be had two other hits to mis- credit.
Wrigley played q snappy game at
short stop.
POND pitched the first five innings for
Baltimore and the home team secured
but three hits from his puzzling
delivery, He also struck out three men
in rotation.
Stockdale pitched the remsinder OF
the game ana WAS batted freely, espe.
cisllY in the last portion of the game.
Twelve hits were made of him by the
home team.
Coons pitched the first half Of tho
game for the Rosnokes and WAC very
effective, except in the third inning.
McFalls twirled the sphere in the latter
part of the game and allowed but FIVE
hits from his delivery.
RUNS BY INNINGS.
Roanoke ......... 1OO0O2O1 S Is 4
Baltimore......." 0711103 x-13 10 .
Jake Scherer. Of the New Ravens,
played good game st Petersburg. He
led both teams at the bat. He had TO
his credit one run, three hits, two put
outs and one excusable error.
The "Phillies" To-day.
To-day the famous Quaker City team,
the "Phillies," acknowledged by all
baseball lovers the world over to be the
hardest hitting aggregation OF ball
players ever brought together in one
club, will De here, and at 4 O'Clock will
CROSS bats with the home team. Since
their appearance here they have been
much strengthened by the addition of
BILLY" NaBn, Richmond favori.e. who
was 80 long Boston's mainstay at third
base; Dan Brouthers, at first, who is 40
spring has surprised even the league
players. Another find" for them has
bsen young Hulen, whose WORK ct short
more than fulfilled expectations. Be-
SIDES the new men, all the old favorites
are still with the team.
Nash is captain of the "Phillies" AMI
his team work with them Is ALREADY
felt. He sage, and says it "good and
strong" too, that the "Phillies" are out
for the pennsns right from the Jump.
The "Pnillieh" have lots OF friends and
admirers here in Roanoke and there Is
no doub. but what the crowd will out.
number either Of the two preceding
games.
Play will be called promptly at
o'clock.
Lynchburg Beats Philadelphia.
LYNCHBURG, Va, April 3.-Ly- CHI
burg defeated Philadelphia this after.
noon In beautifully contested game.
Scort: Lynchburg, 6; Philadelphia, q
B'jous Badly Beaten.
NORFOLK Va, April 3.-The Norfolk
league team showed the b Jus, of Ball
timore, under to-day. The locals made
twenty runs in the third inning. Score:
Norfolk, As; Bijous. 8. Six inniDgs.
New Haven Beats Richmond.
RICHMOND. Va, April 3.-Ted Sulll-
vans New Haven team defeated the
Richmonds by score Of ID TO IL this
afternoon. The locals had the best Of
1t until the eighth inning, when the
New Ravens piled up six runs on Tan
nehill's pitching.