The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-22

S3plnt, while on the Farmers side II
& was o case of AM inglorious defeat.
which they tried to prevent by dilatory
= tactics, lit wa& )Imusing, yet withal
a8gravating to see how Umpire Con-
y nor would allew the visitors to throw
the ball ell around the diamond, from
/ one to the other and over each others
head, It was delay they were after,
> but Providence seemed to smile on the
4 home team, for the floodgates of the
z heavily laden clouds did not open to
let out the heavy showers pent up there
In until the fifth Inning had passed
into baseball history and the Changers
hsd won another game. Kitson started
in to pitch for Petersburg. That is as
far as he got on his journey. He Just
started, and the boys who constitute
the home team did the rest. In the
4 hrat inning Lefty got his base on balls,
Neman singled, Rollins smacked one
In the nose, Burke hit fielder's choice.
\ Magee met one squarely. All this time
Line Strangers We're chasing themselves
around the bases and galloping in
& home. Hargrove lined out beaut TO
\ centre, Hall got first on error of Sholta.
Holman sent the leather to kiss the
palings on the fence for two clean
paseS, Lampe lighted on the globe with
I wicked crack, and the grass In left
centre was soon seen smoking as IL
= ft mad been set on fire. Lefty came to
t'fbt ~tlhiitr Ilie SECOND time In this
z innin8. He reached the initial point
Through an error of Kane; Rieman d,d
the same thing through an accommo-
= stating throw of Breen, Rollins rapned
out a corkirg two-bagger, and Joe
Burke followed with a rattlinr single
lSihe boys had then gotten tired of hitting
and running, and they knew If thew kent
UP that rush much longer, that da rkness
would come on and the game could M,
oe nnlshed so Burke allowed himself
q 70 be put out, as did Rollins and Mace
3 Who slaShed out dandy TO left and
\ nn'shed the Inning by purposeIy run.
y hlng down TO second to be put out
~ Inc tirangers yesterday beat the roo
{ toFo LOT the season, why just think of it,
3 nine hits in one inning. three of which
4 were doubles, netting, with the errors nf
S VIZ u ar niers, eleven runs; while Lampa
y t cile soulhpaw, only gave Petersburg
ohIee f2ttle hits in the whole game.
me 1toanokes record for eight hits Is
y alerepy sent to the rear, and the Crane
. ers take the dead; and, too thew c,,,fa
nave made, ST seems, with apparent
s ease just as many more Nhe viSttors
were completely dumbfounded hui tSav
i I ste no cnance to mediate over the ofTai,
Y EIor the fielders, especially those IN
". NJ OUT neld We're kept busy chasing lea
: ,sI nsr. ana those in the infield ,were am
gployed encouraging those who had tha
s spE1pting ITO do. Poor Kitson, how he
must have suffered, and Jimmy"
tsreen, the boss man." what DID he thjnl,
i Snad struck his club with sucn force Ha
sHfA Tsim1nate over the cyclonic hitting of
& rne Changers and lay plans to follow,
= SUIT but You can't do II, you know :"
\ " tmrny, for Providence permitting Wtl,;a
Z BraItff will face you to-day, and another
VIGIL OF sorrow 80 confidently expected To
7 toat Through the air, notifying the neo9
4 pie OF Petersburg that the Farmers
1 nave "struck another snag, by Gosh
There ds hardly any more to saw. for
zaffer tfris the game son the part of the
3 nome team hurried lthrouglh, the men
Tefusing to run and striking at ANYTHING
s SO as 90 complete five innings before tISe
RAIN while the visitors tried eyerv wa y
no prevent It But that part has been
q fo3tf, end Ut only remains to say. that 4ha
Portsmouth team literally coverad
themselves with glory, and richly de-
I serve all the good things that oan he
: saiG of them. Such coaching. hGbt,np
! end hase-runnfng has never been sem fn
this league. Certain Ut is that II has
never been equalled on the home grounds
4 and IL 1.-THE club will just start right now
and make a determined effort to keen
ND sWct work as performed by them YES
4 ferday, THE knockers VIII be knocked ont
anu The rooters will root all the more
PORTSMOUTH
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