Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-19
scHEDULE MS WEEK.
Richmond at Roanoke.
Lynchburg at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Petersburl

LynchlGrg at Richmond.
petersburg at Portsmouth.
Norfolk at Roanoke.
Ever body has been 10 o circus and
s,sol ia awed admiration in front Of the
uoDs cage and seen the king Of the
forest as he paced TO and fro behind the
bars with his eyes set upon the oBlook-
e-s anxious 10 get at them, but unable
20 do So. All who saw Jake Wells as he
rroWlfi up and down the line IN front
Of the bench. while his lads were at the
bat Yesterday. must have llkened him to
restless animal. He was caged-meta-
phorcally so-and he looked at the Roa-
roke players with a glare in his eye,
which distinctly said: II would like to
eet az YOU" but he couldn't.
The bars were down. but, try as he
would he couldn't break through them,
and the Goats from the mushroom vii
LACE just walked on with run after run,
and Jake was powerless to do anything
save stand by and look on. His men are
deficient with the stick. and they couldn't
touch Lpp, Roanoke's star pitcher. who
Just threw the ball any way to suit him.
SELF
II the Blueblrds had been mere automa-
tons hey couldn't have done less at the
bat. They waved at the air frantically.
ana when they succeeded in connecting
with the ball they either batted II up
IN the air for some fielder 10 capture, or
else failed TO get 1t out Of the diamond.
The game was essentially farce. as
the Roanokes had everything their own
way, and they batted the ball wherever
they wanted to. and kept the champions
down 10 but few strokes.
DILLON BATTED OUT OF THE BOX.
Dillon first went in the box for Rich
mond and the Goats bounced upon him
so Nciously that In the fourth inning
Jake took him out. and substituted Gil
patrick for him. He couldn't stop the
avalanche OF hits, though. for the lads
from the Magic City had their batting
clothes on, and they pounded everything
that came their way.
Hit followed hit in quick succession,
and the Bluebird feeders seemed incapa-
Die Of stopping the runners, who coursed
round the diamond and scored as often
as they had a mind TO-
Richmond started on in the first in
ming as though a Bluebird victory would
undoubtedly be scored. and the GOO
crauks who eat by and looked on were
Dyerjoyed. Pender and Wood both scored
.n this inning, as the result OF a bad
error made by Wrgley, but the Goats
soon tied this score, and went ahead
with such rapidity as to cause the hearts
o. tho crenks TO sink like a pound Of
lead on a fshlng-line.
The fun-or, rather, the misery-started
ln the second inning. when Wrlgley bat
TED the ball over the right-held fence
Tor a home-run and Sullivan followed
On a error by Wood and a wild pitch by
Dillon.
VERY POOR WORK.
The Bluebirds didn't make but two hits
Ia the next five innings. and only one
man got as far as third base, and he died
there In the mean time, the Goats piled
up runs galore, and Berte and Wood We'd
with each other in an errOr-maklng con-
test Bsrte made a trio. and instead of
throwing with his usual accuracy, tossed
the ban everywhere except in the right
place and Wood outdid himself in drop
ping flies. All FIVE of the errors made by
the B.leblrds were disastrous. but the
THO a. derelctions made by the Goats
amounted 10 naught. save the one In the
hr,t which yielded the two runs already
alluded Co.
B0ard Kahn. and Wells did all the
playing Tor the local team. and Boland
sxcelsi with the stick He threw re-
ptaiedly % second and first with great
accuracy and several times caught the
Roanoke Goats mapping. Kahn did great
Work in the field. and several times
threw the sphere into third base with
great speed and accuracy.
The other players on the Richmond
team dd nothing to distinguish them
selves and the game, though interest
Ing as an exhibition Of one-sided batting,
IVES devoid Of excitement
The score is here appended. II will
serve as a good tablet 10 inscribe on the
tombstone over the grave in which the
hopes Of the cranks for the pennant
may be buried Here Il Is: