The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-24

A stroke Of lightning out Of clear shy
.,r,p,v wasn't IN It with that wild thro"
that Jesse Tannofill made In the hih'"
inning. Now. from a general STANDPOINT
,,oro was no real difference between the
wild throw that refer TO and any o'her
that I have seen frequently made Dut
there was n particular and material dil-
fererce when the circumstances oil u'e
same are gathered up and closely an
alyzed
To do this 7 will have TO put the cart
before the horse-that is 20 say VIII
haye 10 begin with a history Of the game
Just where IL left Of.
The contest had been ono In when
Leach and Trnrehil had dgcrcd most
brilliantly. each proving a perfect enlsma
10 the opposing batsmsn Three hits had
been made of Of each pitcher. Nhen
Norfolk came In for her last turn AT the
hat An the last half Of the ninth thc score
stood | To o in favor Of the Champions.
our solitary run had come in the thi'd,
when Kahn singled stole second and
third successfully. and was pat across
the rubber by Sholts's hot hit TO Leach.
A NARROW MARGIN.
1t was narrow margin. but stu the
local fans" had confidence IN TannehilL
Cleve was the first man up. He nit
fast one 10 short. which Berte had TO
stretch after. II looked like an out, bat
Berte threw sid to Fender and Cleve
was safe ''hsse who had arisen 10 leave
the grounds sat down again.
Mcfarland sent "a safe one into left
fell. and Cleve lost mo- time Ia making
tracks for second. An apparent uneasi-
ness was in the very afr itself. and the
peanut vendors ceased crying their dys-
pepsia producing wares.
Fields. the large woll-built catcher
from the Southern League. whom O'Ncill
recently imported next came 10 the bat.
He hunted a slow one toward third. which
Tannehill started for. II was q miserable
BAN TO fcld. and when ne got his hands
upon It Fi,is was only a Jew feet front
tho base. and TO enc though Tannchin
world throw the han. but he did and
thereby ended tho game The bali went
thirteen feet over Feudars head and
never STOPPED rolling until Kan put m
end to its wild career way out in right
field along tho blcacherics
1t was all over. for Clcve ana McEar-
land had come home To- stay ana ;frsL
visit 10 the plate could not be offset.
Silently the crowd melted away To tiy
and sonder how ii had happened.
Leaving out results. the contest was
thoroughly enjoyable and full of excite.
ent. The fielding was oxccntioually
clean and the play unusually fast. These
facts are always the main components
OF good game. and they were I'm evidence
yesterday.
a DISGUSTING FEATURE.
The only disagreeabls feature was the
kicking. This brings prominently for
ward the work OF Turner as an umpire.
He intends to be honest. and his rulings
are above the ordinary lie made mis-.
takes. but any umpire will do that. II
is about his weakness regarding the use
of his power TO fine that / wish 10 speak
Yesterday whenever he ma le n decision
that Mcfarland or Fender did not like.
there was a long and disgusting pOw-wow
When the locals CHANGED 10 be az the
bat and Turner did not see things as they
desired him 20. Fender would Mmp from
the bench. ana followed by the whole
team, would 20 running ont on the dia-
mond. like a pack OF fox hounds in full
chase after a FOX. and vice versa when
Norfolk was displeascd.
This Is not base bah. II IS disgusting.
tiresome and useless. when there is
kicking TO be done let II be done by the
two captains. People don't pay their
money 10 witness free-silver pow-wOws.
Only Sholta was fined s. out Of the en-
tire crowd for back talk a competent
umpire should have levied at least S1Oo
worth OF fines yesterday. 10 say nothing
OF putting several players on the bench
The score: