The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-11
NORFOLK.
Totals
ROANOKE.

ROANOKE.
AB.RBH po. A. e.
T TSShman, :. t b.. 3 Q Q
Williams c.......... /
Tate. l b........ 0 IL o 1
Hill. r. f.......4 o 0
S #,;ii!: 5 ; e:::: j I ) : ]
Totals ....39 : IA 81 10 4
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Norfolk ............0 110O1 Ill
Roanoke .........0 0 0 9 . 0 3 0 .
Summary: Earned runs-Norfolk, c:
Roanoke. 3. Two-base hits-McFarlan
Stephenson. Wentz. Cockman, Thomas 9.
Tate. Home runs-Turner. Gilroy
Wrigley. Passed balls-Thurston. Bases
on balls-l3y Gilroy. |: by Willis. 4.
Struck out-By Gilroy. /: by Willis. /.
Stolen ba:es-Thurston. Wentz 2. Love
less ?. Gilroy. Cockman, Willis 9 Left
on bases-Norfolk. Z; Roanoke, 5. Dou-
bic plays-Thurston and Loveless:
Langsford Wentz, and Lovelc:s: wills
Williams and Tate; Cockman, Wrigley,
Tate Time, 1:40. Umpire-Cline.
MUSIC OF THE SPHERE.
Everybody hit the ball.
Leach. you had hard luck,
1t was great bali the boys played yes.
terday.
We tip our hat to Captain JACK. He
Is all right. tl'N
Six home runs out of two gamts isn't
u bad record.
Out of nine times up yesterday Mac
nit safely six times. Average .666.
Cockman is star player at third and
will show up b.slde the fastest of them
Tommy Turner was kept busy In right
IN the second game and did some rapid
fielding
Wriigley's work at short was glttering.
lme boy got on his batting clothes
again. too.
There is nothing short about the Gulls
now and the next series will show some
good playing
The Little Wood Streets defeated the
Little Fenchurch Streets yesterday by a
SNSit vi IL 10 u.
Norfolk plays Portsmouth on tho lat
tiers grounds today and tomorrow and
at the home park on Saturday.
ThuIsion put up a dandy game be-
mind the bat. He'is as quick ns1n cot
nara worker and doesn't figlttS the ball
Turner. Stephenson. Glove, Gilroy.
HIlEiey put the ball over the fence easy.
Pop nj for homer, but had bad luck
Quinn, the man with the abnormal
capacity for drawing bases on balls has
ne, II released. Horse Shoe Blankenship
dld not return from Richmond. He may
ana he may not.
Loveless, the man of mystery. is gett
ing In the game at first Some of his
eros WIRE cxcusable. due IN ybe wet
ground around his base. His reach &c
phenomenonal and will count greatly he
tors' the season is over 49,
personally. the baseball reporter of
me Nlrsinlan entertains the kindest
leelihE Tor every man on the Norfolk
u.an. professionally. he has no favor
Tvs ~ vi preJud.ces, and when a good play
is made credit is willingly given. When
palpabie and ineXcusable errors are per
petfatSd the author of the same mny
Npect 10 hear Of h as surely ms he MAY
look Tor the sun TO rise. This is no taffv
factory nor is 1t headquarters for white
wash.
Apropos of the above. the loss of a
game in the first part III the week was
correctly attributed ITO Il certain PLAYER
whose name was given. and who wa :
aiso allowed "a chance 10 explain his per
iormance II, the same column. Nov
ms artist, who can and has played
good 'pall, got sore and last night AZ
tempted to fake said reporter by calling
MN up over the phone. stating that nv
was from New York. and was anxious
10 Know whether or not there WIS any
7futh in the report that the aforesa IN
artist had been sold to New York Moi
bsins present when The call came NO
take great pleasure IN answering him
now. New York has not purchased .hn
aforesaid artist, but may do so whom no
learns 10 play team ball and stop CRASH
ing after individual record: whfn he
learns to play all the field that shoui1
be properly covered by a man in his nosi.
ton: wher he learns that n basnhaIl
PLAYER is only human, and as such nuet
not esteem himself above criticism ana
finally. when he learns that III is som
times easier to catch tarter than work
Joke on a newspaper
The Modern Beauty.
Thrives on good food and sunshine
with plenty of exercise in the omen Dir
Her form glows with health and her
lace blooms with its beauty. If her