The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
IT WAS BOSTOR's GAME
SsEen Hundred People See the Visitors
Work Hard at League Park Yesterday.
ELEMENTS INTERFERE WITH THE SPORT.
Sullivan ana Stivctts Tonchcd I'm for
Nine Clean Hits-HaiImnn Pitched
Very Fine Gnmc-The Team
Work and Base Running of Roth
Teams Not GILT Edge.
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The game scheduled to take place be-
tween the Changers and the "iIubitos"
was pulled OFF on schedule time ycs.er-
day at League Park before an audi
eNce OF about $50 people. The home
boys were let down with three runs.
Whlie the Bostonians piled up nine Tor
thelr share of the game. Mailman
piIcneo tor Portsmouth, and well he
did II, allowing the team which boasts
OF such sluggers as Hamilton. Duffy.
tucker, Bannon and several others only
nine hits In the five Innings PLAYED.
AS an original proposition this would
seem 10 be great many hits for that
number of innings, bu; when II is con-
sldered THAT several hits credited to the
visitors should never In the world have
been allowed to have gotten out of The
inheld, II was nice work. indeed for the
colt against such veterans as he had to
race. Little Willie was good-natured,
fairly steady, cool and speedy and be-
sides the clever work he did In the box
two rafting singles are credited TO him
In the hase-hit column.
The inncld work of the home team
as well as the base running, was not
up TO what they have been doing here
tofore. and 1t is not what they are COM
petent of doing. But the weather was,
so wretched that It Is hardly fair To
criticise harshy of misplays and con-
FUSED team work as performed by them
when the Bostons We're guilty OF the
Very same thing. and In more fragrant
manner than the home team. Cap. ="
MarrS students met Manager Selee' 5
men Oh even grounds i'm one particular
If no more. and that WAS in hitting
nine hits being credited to each team
Nine hits for Portsmouth in six innings
against pitchers like Sullivan and Sti-
Vets Is work of no mean order. and Us
= 40 lNa R,.-t
the club has had to go UP against pitch
ers whose reputation no one can for n
moment doubt il shows conclusively
and beyond the pcradventure of a doubt
that the Portsmouth team can hit with
any of them in this league, that is so
! far as the hitting qualities of other
teams has been demonstrated under
similar circumstances. The Bostons. OF
course. We're expected to win, and the
did it. that is all. but they had 10 work,
and work hard to do II. The elements
were opposed, 1t seems. either to Bos-
! ton pilins up more runs or to Ports
mouth catching up to them, and win
ming the game. for they were finding
Stivetts with great regularity, when I,
mixture of snow and rain began to fall
right sharply just before Boston had
their sixth, and the game was called
AS usual. after n game all kinds of
| criticisms were heard of this and that
fellow and what he ought TO have done.
| But If the $50 people looking on and who
were wrapped up nicely. were nearly
frozen. as great many expressed Ii
was the condition of the basenen and
| folders who We're fully exposed TO the
cold, rain and biting wind? Enough
has been said on this occasion. so FOL.
| further reference you are invited to
scan the appended tabulated score:
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