Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-01

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4,,so richmond cranks who after see
... Thursdays game went down Main
.-r.., crying because they thought Rch-
,,o,8 could not play ball had not properly
s.r.i tho team up.
Richmond f. certainly crippled ana 50
,.,.s,y So Wells Is missed az first ana
,-.., M third. The whole team Is badly
nm, of shape. but everything considered
tso boys put up a nice article Of ball.
v,.terlav IN heir crippled condition
ana with "a lot Of men and boys who oc-
.,,v the bleacheries along right-held
,.r, nav 30 cents for the privilege, yell
,,g AZ them an the time. and even
I'D, croakers who sit IN better seats
,-,fDst them the hard-working lads COM
.l.t.lv conquered the fast and furious
Coats
Whom n ball team hits the bail, and es-
....,uv when the hits come in close sue
....oD. the team generally wins. ana
raf was the case with the Blueoirds
lakes boys jumped into the game ana
6,to-rofned 20 show the cranks that they
could play ball. Every man was as
an snrines and they all went after every
.rtr- ord we're SO anxious TO get the
1.u that often two Of three jumped for
I'D. "raYnd' at once Some OF the boys
-,enf after liners and deceptive grounders
thot -o one on the grounds thought would
over be stopped. but the Buebirds were
o1ual ~ the emergency. and ne.dea sale-
lv Yes there We're errors out no one
could call them rank. for they were not
The miss plays were attempts OF anxious
.--efbfv "a little too anxious. ball players
Two Goats got first base on errors ana
fun Of the runs were occasi0ned Dy
errors but we won. so &c is useless to
.av any more about them for we honest
fr and nobiy won the contest OF course,
errors are bad things TO have, but how
often does Richmond lose game by
errors?
A GOOD EXHIBITION
Tho contest yesterday was a good ex-
ffti0n Of bail playing. and the stick
vor, "a good pattern for Richmond to
follow Pulse. the young man who was
ON the long rubber for the Mountaineers.
&. r1 mean pitcher. and he twirled good
hail. he does not field his position as
v.1 as some pitchers, but he does toss
he ban an right. He was hit yesterday,
because Richmond would have hit any
rrrfer on earth The Bluebirds went on
the diamond with that determination, and
nuEai. scratched. slugged, doubled. ana
..rr'.f whenever 10 was needed. Roanoke
had seven good men out in the held 70
protect tho little pitcher, and they ola
their best. one Of the incest plays Of the
season was executed by Centre-helder
Fleming Berte at bat I'm the eighth,
with snci.sdale on first. drove the leather
awav down into right The ball Rugged
fha foul Tine. and Cline. who was umpire.
rrr fl Judge &C. The sphere struck just
INSIDE the lne and Edward said foul.
sfo.esia'e had dug around the corners,
and Helte was nearing third when the
decision was rendered. Harry went back
o. he pate and Stocks to first The
tue short stop grabbed the stick, and
when "a BAH 10 his liking came; smash,
and away 10 went. Fleming looked az
30 coming. and started on a dead run for
the corner of the fence In centre. The
bah kept coming. and as Fleming saw II
drop Dee held out his hand in front OF
him. sun running, and squeezed the roll
OF leather Berte was out.
Tannehm pitched for Richmond. That
20 Just what De did. The Kentucky boy
was in good form on home grounds, ana
an umpire was rendering decisions that
were fair. Under these circumstances,
Tame can do good work, and yesterday
De Ola it.
Roanoke has a team that can hit but
they could not yesterday. OH no. the
Prince had them going. and the seven
liuinuuyo hits they made counted for
little. in the second inning Pop Tate
smashed "a two-bagger out into left field
and George Wrlgley followed with a
single That was the only time their
hitting counted. and Tate's ron was the
only one really gotten from the clever
little man.
DAN STRICKEN AGAIN.
AS usual. something had TO happen to
cripple Richmond In the fifth inning,
while Lynch was at the bat. Dan Boland,
who has been worked pretty hard Of late.
catching three games OF over two hours
each iu Norfolk, and a hard one Thurs
day. was seen to hold his hand TO his
head. stand moment. and then walk
over 90 the bench and sit down. Manager
Wells ana one or two players went up
so him. and I'm a few moments the honest
little fellow was seen 20 jump up, shaking
lko a bowl OF jelly. Officer Griffin and
ono OF the players caught hold Of him,
bnt Dan had been seized with a spasm,
and had t0 be held by a score OF strong
inca. Tho sufferer was attended by seve-
raj physicians. and ladies in the grand
stand sent their fans to the bench. so a
little afr could be gotten around the
popular player He soon recovered suffi-
nently TO De assisted into the club
house. but 10 viii be week or more be-
fore ne can play again. Foster took the
nit and mask. Kahn went to third and
ht'cksdale 90 right and the game went
on s,ocksdale was az bat twice. and
made TWO hits Kahn accepted his
chances al third nicely and. OF course
OF Reddy was al right behind the plate
The teams VIII meet again this evening.
when CoOns VIII be pitted against Otis
stocksdae who has not lost a game
since DE Joined Richmond
Below is the score. The Richmond
faithfuls should be glad 10 ser H. and A.
s 90 be hoped that the Blueblrds will du-
,iIcate It this evening
RICHMOND.
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