The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-02

for by so doing In all probability the
spell will be broken, and the Changers
Will be able to win some of the games
for which they battle SO manfully.
Z He is evidently the Jonah" His
color il even bad, and II has been no.
ticed by close observers and those prone
4 to believe in "hoodoos'' and all such
"tomfoolery" that, no matter what the
the condition of the game. in favor of
Portsmouth, that just as soon as that
canine, which SO closely resembles in
color some OF the games put up this
season by several of the teams, puts
In his appearance and begins to be
fresh" with the ball, the players and
everybody else. the luck of the
home club ceases, and unfortunate
plays and circumstances crowd them
selves one upon the other in quick sue
cession, until the Changers succumb.
as 1t were, to the inevitable and the
same ola SAD story has to be told of the
result of the game.
rms same omen of defeat was as
usual, on time yesterday. He kept close
and out OF sight until the Changers were
one run in the lead and two innings I'm IA
been played. But he could not with
stand the temptation TO work his little
racket on the boys, for as soon no tho
Changers had finished their half Of tive
third he waltzed out into public view
ana began TO gambol on the green
sward and chase himself around the
bases until he was chased off bv sheer
1orce. Now, let us see what happened.
TeorBe Reiman had been pitching good
pan Notwithstanding the fact that he
was not In the very best shane throuph
his long and tedious journey here Tba
hrst man up in Roanokes third
banged up a double, and then fol
lowed one of the greatest batting rallies
ever seen in this league. and very rare
~ witnessed in any other league.
hit after hit followed in rapid success.
sioi, un,ii three men had crossed the
piale, FOUR hits being recorded and only
one out. when the "Old Reliable" Eddie
Leach was substituted for Reimon
But Eddie Jared no better so far os
nitling was concerned, for the "Magi-
cians' kept up the fireworks and non
Peu out singles until four more hits
mad been made and five more men baa
crossed the plate, making grand .tn, ~
OF hine runs in one inning 1t Is hut
JUST 10 Leach to say that men wera
Oh oases when he went in the box. and
the 1--WE runs were not due to the four
hits made off his delivery by the
M0untaineers The visitors certainly
soon autahtase OF their phenomenal
paitfng streak, and ran bases Xix. hnu
players, as we'll as being quick 10 take
advantage of the two errors made In
inns inning, which were of the costliest
Klno, netting the Roanoke club two If
n2i three runs. Pop" Tate's scholars
bnnched their hits with u vengeance
Everywhere they would hit the bail
was as safe as If hit ovsr the fence for
homers" Their hits, such as they
wnre. wouldn't go within ten feet of n
fielder, and they were of the kind nv
5 which the first bag could barely he
reached, yet they counted, and counted
up very rapidly, at that.
But everything has an end. and ca
did the exceptionally fine luck attend.
Ing the stick work of the visitors for
they were at last retired, and eyery-
body present heaved a deep sigh Of
relief. But tina. "yaller" dog had gone
and with him the game. He had ner-
formed his part Of the afternoons worl,
and had probably sneaked away in
some dark corner fully ashamed Of the
part he took in the matter. But 70
show what kind OF luck the Roanokes
were playing in look at the number OF
hits they made and you will see that
OF the fourteen made by them eight OF
them were made In that remarkable
thirH inning, and after that they acted
as II they had been stricken blind and
helpless, for they could hardly get a
ball out OF the diamond, and only made
sig hits IN the balance of the game
Portsmouth was terribly handicapped,
the score standing at the end of the
third 10 to 2 against them, but keepins
their eye on the ball and playing q
i strong game, they succeeded in running
i up their number OF runs to ten, show
Ing conc1usively that, barring the third
INNING lin which luck and that .'yallar''
4 Jonah cut such a figure, that the visi-
tors wee not In the game, and were