The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-29

ed never hatch: when, in the
A course OF human events. It becomes nee
essaryto roast home team. 1t were well
1 to go about II with heart OVERLOOKING
J. with the milk of human kindness. and
u an eye single TO the good of all concern
ed, including not only the participants
In the game. but the dear public. which
is expected TO root Itself into a delirium
OF gladness the long sweet summer
s through.
That is now what is about TO be done
There may be excuses for a game like
Is that put up at the park Yesterday but
Ssit uoes not lie In the power of the team
management to tell us what they are.
III is, however, easy when all is over, to
tell what ought not to have been done
q Shie1 among the latter was the putting
Ssof Weeks in the pox This SWIFT man
SWlth the Southpaw has not only not
earned his salary since the season OMEN
ed. and 1t is more than he used TO get
\ by the way, but he has not done Justice
either to himself. his employers or the
PUBIC, which once took him 10 its heart
OF hearts. This is the bare. bitter truth
that must be told. Weeks pitched good
pall last season. II he don't do a SINH
lar trick soon the chances are that he
Will go and join Rusie in the the wild
and woolly West
In the second place. the team should
not have shown itself capable OF so much
Ill humor Even the genial Turner,
whose words are ALWAYS tipped with
money, couldn't help feeling weary to-
ward the last. and the indefatiga BILE
Meredyth lost the voice which Is maxi
ing him famous. Armstrong was in n
bad humor throughout and showed II.
which he shouldn't have done, even If
ne did have reason for feeling sore.
Wentz and Turner PLAYED their usual
steady game. though the former has one
error TO his discredit. Stephenson
seemed to have lost heart after his dis
astrous attempt to bunt. when he should
nave hit. Thompsons drop of Little
/ Tate's fly In the third was costly. Langs-
ford, who is under the weather, was off
and Redding filled his place as we'll as
Z. could be expected OF him. and there was
nothing unusual either wav about Ramp
except that he didn't hit the ball as
z often as he has been known TO do.
Add to this that the visitors did no,
play anybody's errorless game that thei,
& base running, fielding or batting was moi
In any way remarkable. save Harry
4 Yate's magnificent acrobatic catch OF
8 Gilroy's centrefield low flv in the ninth
then consider that. withal. the nom,
team was plainly outplaved and YOU
I can draw your own conclusions.
AS for the story of the game 1t Is one
of those tales that might as we'll be left
! untold. McFarlan did most of the work
4 for his aggregation. In the first ne hi
safely, stole second, and died on third
= Weeks went in the box and gave two
men bases on balls. They both scored
There aret hose who say that Umpire
Cline was responsible for part of this
: trouble. Well, maybe he was-but it's mt
use kicking on the umpire.
q In the third, with two men struck out
Rsdding hit safe. Mac reached first or
pitchers tumble of his little infield tap
and stole second again. but persisted
There. Weeks gave Williams his base
and he scored on Thompson's muff g,
4 Harry's fly.
4, Weeks gave two men bases in the
fourth. willis who had reached frs,
over the corpse of Whitehill. scored on
I ;Wentz's wild throw. The latter par,
9of the fifth was marked by the prettiest
play of the game, when Reddng caught
Whitehiil's hot. low fly and threw Wrig.
ley, whom he caught mapping. out at sec.
ond.
In the sixth MacFarlan banged O liner
into the pitcher. which blistered his arm
4 1t was safe enough, and the bate,
I reached first. Armstrong sent hlm to
third on a beautiful double. Turner
struck out and Mac was thrown on,
sat home as he desperately tried to run
the gauntlet of the entire Roanoke nine
Then We:ltg flew out to centre.
Grove was presented with q base in
the sixth, reached second on a wild
& pitch, and came home on Stephenson's
], allure TO get Williams fly. Then Pop
y Was given an easy base, stole second
4 xhu was DATED home with Williams by
tee wizard Wrisley.