The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-30
CAPPED THE CLIMAX
Inc Gu'ls Turned Yesterdays Game
Into Very Disgusting Farce.
ARMSTRONG WENT IN THE BOX IN THE 9Th
Aid Pitched Hs Good u Game M
Stockdaie-The Changers Played
Well Katz Put tho Rail- over
Right Field Fence for the Sec.
Ond Time This Season.

Tho Gulls are II oaas against whom
the KICK Is coming now from the crowds
who paid their money to see q decent
exhibition of ball playing. They sue
ceeded Yesterday In putting a climax on
the series which. to say the least, was
disGrstingly farcical to all real lovers
OF the sport, and which will go n long
= way to help the movement which has
been on foot these past few days SEEM
lnGly having for its object the making
OF baseball such bore that p -ople will
retuse to attend. and no once can blame
me rooters If they stay away from the
parks hereafter. The last Norfolk
Richmond and the three Portsmouth
! Norfolk so-called games have every one
of them degenerated into farces. AS
the people do not pay to see farces and
DO nav to see baseball, and as every one
or the aforesaid farces have been in
territorial. hence this kick on behalf of
the baseball-going public.
The first six innings OF the game
Yesterday were played. though the Gulls
don't-care air which precluded the idea
of a victory for them from the very
start. An exception must be made in
favor OF Rothermel, who played good
ball throughout, hit well and brought
In the only run scored by the team
Cieve also played his usual good game
in the field and at the bat, and so did
Jack Wentz. c. McFarlan got the balls,
mat came his way-got them all-but
returned them to the infield with the
air of man who didn't care whether
tneY got there OF not He made one
catch. however. that was phenomena
nal and for which he received generous
applause from the Portsmouth rooters.
Stockdalc pitched such a game as would
forever debar him from the N tIonal
League had 1t been perpetrated there
abort as careless ineffective, bum spe-
= n c hn L.
In recent years. In the sixth inning.
having refreshed himself at the wagon,
Z he was placed on first base and Arm
strong went in the box. doing about as
Z well as Stockdale. which shows the lat
Ter up for Reddy didn't try.
The Changers played good ball all the
way through. fast and clean, and won
fhe game on its merits. Boyd pitched
= well. and In the first four innings only
WE'VE men went up. In three more
the same was the case. In the fifth
\ nve men went 10 the bat; In the ninth
Ioar. or course part of these men didn't
z lrv very hard toward the last, some of
S them going out on purpose. In the first
Six innings 1t was bone fide, though.
boyu's support was errOrless and fast
z Sheckard made one very pretty run
4 ming catch that was loudly applauded.
fkatz put the ball over the right field
fence In the first inning for the second
tine this season. bringing in two runs.
7, Sheckard lifted 1t over twice, bat each
time II was a foul.
There was no kick to amount to any,
thing on the umpire yesterday. some
7 OF MS decisions were NOR or less rank.
/ ard he gave Norfolk the worst of n an
a first base decision calling G. Mac
out when he was safe. This however.
\ would hardly have affected the final
issue.
The tabulated score follows: