The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-01

that wind in, around and about the great
field Of baseballdom. Pop thought he
had an easy thing, and. as some of his
companions expressed II, was cinch.
But, the Mountaineers found bed of
qu.cksand, so 10 speak in which a por-
ton of their high percentage sank be-
meath the surface and away from the
admiring gaze of multltudes of Roanoke
"rooters." And all of this was caused by
the Changers winning twelve-inning
game from them yesterday afternoon.
Glenn occupied the b5X for the home
team. and Chesboro filled the same posi-
Stion of honor for Boyer's men, And
both teams started in to play ball to
win. They each drew blanks in the
first inning. Portsmouth got one in the
second, and Roanoke secured two but In
the next two innings the visitors did not
score a run, while Portsmouth was lucky
enough to send two men acrcss the rub
Der In the fourth-score then standing 3
to 2. In favor Of the Changers. In the
fifth Roanoke got another man around
the bases, while Portsmouth 60. eft
The Bcore then stood n ties to >. But
IN the sixth inning. with the aid of three
bases on balls, a single by Magee and
a three Dagger by Holman. four Gran
gers cha cedl themselves across the point
of safety, and thus their lead was in
creased to the number of four runs In
Faoanoke's half of the sixth a goose-egg
resulted, and the same thing happened
to them in the seventh. while the home
team made an additional run in their
half of the seventh. The score at the end
or the seventh inning was then eight to
three in favor of the Changers, and all
the rooters We're on Easy street
II. Tate, the first man up for Roanoke
went out from short to first: Gochnauer
cracked out n single: Whitehill. not TO
be slow, did the very same thing; Ches-
boro wouldn't be left. and he banged out
a 'corker" for one bag. Cockman flew
out to Mailman, two out, one run scored.
Groves took his time, and. picking out
good one. he nearly broke Eddie
Glenn's heart by lining out dandy for
three bases. Whitehill and Chesboro
scoring Williams flew out to centre
and the inning was over. Was there
any excitement? No use to ask the
question:! You know there was. for
there was only two difference I'm the
number of runs on either side. with the
odds in favor of Portsmouth. The home
team was blanked in the ninth, and
the visitors sent two men across the
home plate. tleing the score, and the
knockers began To get in their work.
Neither club was able to send a man
Eome in the tenth and eleventh innings,
but in the twelfth Portsmouth, by a
base on balls. Glenn's single and n
double by Mailman, secured two ad-
fitional runs and the game. as Roanoke
failed to score In their half of the
twelfth.
There were no brilliant features. and
nothing above the ordinary game. The
only thing that can be said Is that
Portsmouth won. and that rs sufficient
TO satisfy the average Portsmouth root
err The home club out-hit the visitors
but they We're more scattering. as the
RoanokeS punched their hits in the sec
ond and eighth innings and came du
cedly near winning out. Chesboro and
Glenn were about evenly matched with
the exception of bases on balls, the
greatest number OF which were charged
to the former gentleman. The score
follows, from which you can get all aid
ditional information:
The same clubs play again to-day, and
IL win be battle royal for the home
team will make great effort to increase
the number of games in their won COL
umn. at the expense OF the gentlemen
who hail from the great Southwest