The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-11
TIE GULLSEA EN- UP
Macs Boys Shut the Hill CIimhars Out
With Ease and Facility.
AND sllROY TWlRLED LIKE A WIZARD
ne Also mit Them Few--The Field.
ing Was iSuperb-LittIe's Great
One Hand Catchrs-Davls and
Ramp. Also wenta and Ready re.
iirea large Part or the visitors.

The Gulls not only shut the Hill Climb
&rs out yesterday, but they did Il with
Tease It was a glorious victory. Every
body played bail and played 1t well. Gill
Il roy's error was one that he probably
shasH,t made in five years and perhaps
!; vii not make again in the same time
4 Ramps was excusable. He stopped u
/ hard hit in an exceedingly clever way,
I but could not hold the ball and fumbled
\ II In trying to field It. Neither error
counted and both Jack and Monk
eltoned for them in the most satisfac-
2 tory way.
ri Norfolk players have not witnessed u
z better fielding game since we met the
Bean Eaters and they were ours. A. Me-
4 Farlan, Davis and Armstrong betwi ell
i them retired twenty of the enemy. Cleve
+ and Wentz got two apiece. c, Nc. Fields
and Gilroy. one each. The assists of
ssftampe wer> simply great. His arm was
sas true as rifle and he had his head
with him. Davis and Wentz likewise
did the thing up scientifically and COW
erred all the territory in sight.
n Gilroy was at his best. and when that
! IS said great deal has been said. He
3ru2zled the men who faced him until
.tthey began to look upon the boy as a
sort of Pigs in the Glover. and finally
3 gave him up as nsoluble. When he did
'sless a man get on base he kept him there
E 1t was one of the most effective games
s he ever twired. Only seven hits were Sc
Scured in all. One of these came in the
second inning, two in the fifth and one
8 in every succeeding round. In addi-
!; ton to this he made two Dagger and u
single and brought in the only earned
run
Cleve. whose remarkabp> waiting abili-
ties make him a wonder of the base
pall world, was the first man up and
drew base on balls, of course. C. Nc
want out Armstrong singled and Cleye
scored when Tommy Turner dropped
s.A1's fly. Another was Clipped off In the
second inning by Skipper Davis. who.
after getting hit by n pitched ball. stole
second and scored on Fears bad throw
and Smithcrs' tumble. The other two
Were landed in the seventh Ramp was
\ hit by the pitcher and scored on GIL
Toys two base hit and c. MoFarlan's
ssingle which also brought Jack nome
& one or the prettiest plays in the game
! was Armstrong; out of Leahy at frs
! base and assist 10 Wentz who doubled
up on Nicklin.
The visitors also played a good gam,
s5Ieahy and Little were the star per.
FORMERS and Jimmy Breen, who is get.
: ling into old time form since he Joined
= aast company Little made two brilliant
y one-hand stops, rstiring men each tim,
4 and on one occasion executing an I'M
assisted double. Lahy fielded his posi-
y aion almost as we'll as Davis. which /.
I q great compliments to the boy
Boylan pitched pretty ball and de
served better success. With the excep
tfon OF the seventh and ninth innings
ne Kept the hits scattered to one round
8 BUT then two of the men he hit and on,
me gave base to on balls cansa home
SO ne was largely responsible for hi
\ own defeat. The official score Is append