Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-08
After defeat victory is sweet. Richmond

After defeat victory IS sweet iHShihoHu
has broken the spell. and has wrested
game from Portsmouth.
The BlueblIds returned home yesterday
morning from Lynchburg. where they had
been deprived OF much of their plumage
by the Hill-Climbers, and when they
stepped out on the diamond In the after
noon to do battle with the Portsmouth
Browns they were a sorry lot of bird
lings. All their feathers had been
plucked. save their hack feathers. and
these were raised to the breeze through
out the half hour or more allotted to them
for practice
goodly crowd soon arrived on the
grounds. however, and this crowd was In
& good humor. Good humor is some
times contagious, and it was not very
long ere It had infected the Bluebrds,
and their hack feathers went down.
Then did Jake Wells, the hero of many
hard-fought battles. call them to the
bench and hyperdermically insert six
ounces of ginger into each of his little
birds. The effect was magical, and a
regular Jekyll and Hyde transformation
took place.
THEY WERE ALL SPRIGHTLY.
The little feathered heroes twitted and
chirped right merrily, and when the gong
sounded for the game they were as
sprghtly a set Of birds as ever flew out on
q diamond.
The Browns were also in a sprightly
condition, and went TO work as though
they expected soon to wipe the Bluebirds
from the face OF the earth. They soon
realized. however. that the task was far
from being an easy one The Hill
Climbers may have taken three straights
from the Bluebirds, but Portsmouth viii
find It difficult TO accomplish any such
feat.
PLAYED BALL LIKE SOLDIERS.
The very first inning demonstrated that
the Richmond lads were in the game to
win. and they played ball like soldiers.
Mcnamara was In the box for Ports
mouth. and he was at first very wild.
He gve away numerous bases, and seemed
absolutely TO have no control of the
sphere. He settled down after awhile,
though, and did fairly good work. The
bases were soon filled by Bluebirds, and
Kahn was sent over the rubber, but the
others were shut off ere they reached the
plate.
The Browns were shut out in their half
Of the first, and neither team scored in
the second. In the third, Mari and Rel
man. of the Portsmouth team, landed
on fitzpatrick for doubles, and as a result
two ruks were scored.
Richmond still failed TO score, though
Portsmouth had the lead. and the good
humor with which the cranks had come
well supplied was fast being dispelled,
but i'm the fifth inning the Bindings used
their sticks most dexterously, and, lining
out numerous good safe hits sent four
runners over the saucer Then in the
sixth they turned loose on Mcnamara,
and pounded him for all that could be
gotten out of him. When the dust cleared
away nine more runs had been added TO
the local score, and the game was won
by Richmond.
Lefty MARI encouraged his men on in
the hope OF Wrestling their victory from
the Blueblrds. but his efforts were vain,
though the Browns did add seven more
runs to their score.
KAGEY COULD NOT PITCH.
After the seventh inning Jake took Gill
patrick out and substituted Kagey. 1t
was, too, too apparent that he was not
i'm form, and before he had been con-
fronted by two men Wells called him
over to him, and after "a whispered con-
versation, put him on the bench, and
called Malarkey 10 manipulate the sphere.
The Washingtonian was just preparing
to deliver the ball, when Boland, who
was wearing the llver-pad. was seen to
throw up his hands and fall to the earth.
He had been seized with a violent con-
vulslon, and the game had to be tenn
porarlly suspended. Three doctors at
tended 70 him, and he was finally re-
moved from the grounds in Mr.. Bradley S
carriage.
LEFT THE FIELD VICTORS.
Wells then donned the liver-pad, and
Woodruff was placed on first The game
proceeded TO the finish, and as darkness
settled over the field the Bluebirds left
the diamond. having at least achieved a
victory.
The Birds were not as much elated as
they would ordinarily have been, be-
cause Boland's Illness had cast spell
of gloom upon them, but his physicians
report him as being convalescent, and
he may be able to play again to-day.
Here is the score. and 1t shows that
there are times when the Bluebirds can
hit the bail quite fercely:
RICHMOND
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