The times., 1897-04-03
V|RGIN|ANs LOST AGAIN
Senators Doubled the Score of
the Minor LeaguerS.
PITCHER WILSON'S WITNESS
Five Runs Forced Over the Plate
in the Seventh Inning, Which
Made II Record-The Locals Hit
the Ball Hard and Timely-Sie's
Pretty Catching.

a record was smashed at National Park
! yesterday afternoon when an elongated
| youth by the name of Wilson, wearing
| Norfolk's colors, of gray and blue, stood
in The pitchers box, and, according to base
ball parlance, forced five runners across
the plate.
1t was the first time this seafon that
Wilson had his hand on the ball, ana he
was as wild as the traditional March hare
He threw the sphere in every direction
except over the rubber, and as Davenpo port
put il, he was as SHY on aim as cross
eyed school girl
Unul Wilson'S debut, the game was
close affair, but he put all speculation to
end when he commenced his continuous
performance in the way OF Christmas gifts
Of bases on balls The young man alighted
from freight train yesterday morning, and
Manager Smith thought the training of
such travel would be sufficient to render
him puzzle for the big leaguers He
knows better now. Wilson'S wildness led
the Norfolk manager-captain to say after
the game that before he would put him
in the box again he would school him at
marbles or ten pins, and practice him in
pitching against a bunch of barns
The Senators had their batting eyes, and
as if to make up for their poor exhibition
with theash the day before, hey negotiated
hits from the start. and rolled up a large
number in the bingle column. Billy Lush.
in particular, had a penchant for the
curves and straight balls sent in by Pfan-
miller, Clausen and Wilson. Billy drove out
a brace of singles, and In the fifth
pounded the leather for home run. Alb
hey and o Bren also had an appetite for
the in and outshoots of the F. F. V
twiTiers.
Selbach's left thigh is minus a couple Of
inches of Cuticle on account of slide to
second in the Farrell-McCiure games. and
he took day off that the sticking plaster
and nature might get in their work ON the
injured part. Charley Abbey filled AIS
place on the left frontier and played the
position in most artistic style Charley
is at home in either of the three outfields
and Manager schmelz is exceedingly lucky
in having such valuable man on whom
TO call on in an emergency.
The Virginians had bad lamps and
failed to duplicate the stick work of the
first game. Either that, or the pitching of
Norton and Ashe was tCo deep for them
"Hotsafus'' toed the rubber for fiveinnings
and then Ashe took crack at the oyster.
men.
Ashe was q bit wild at the start. and
instead of putting the ball over the plate
he plunkcd McFarlan and Weddige in the
short ribs. sending them to base in sue
cesson. They scored afterward, but Ashe
settled down and put an end to further
run getting in that inning.
There were no startling features in the
game, anG Davenport said the proceedings
were slow enough for entry in the cold
molasses stakes"
The fielding was neat and almost clean
on both sides, the star performer being
Catcher "Bill'' Me, of the visitors Con-
sidering that he has had only a few days
practice, and that yesterday he had to
receive four different pitchers, two of |
whom, Wilson and Purner, were very
erratic, Mes work cannot be considered
than superb. "Bl'' was fire.
quently applauded by the audience for his |
clever execution behind the plate.
Norton and Mcclure formed the battery |
for the Senators for the fiji st five innings |
and then gave way to Ashe and Farrell,
who finished the game. PfannliIer, |
Clausen, Wilson, and Purner took turns
in the box for Norfolk, ''Eiil'' Me catching
the entire game. purner is a local player.
He was member of the Mile Limits
last season
The attendance was nearly thousand,
The local fans are becoming more and
more interested as the opening of the
season approaches, as is attested by the
crowd ut the park every day
Washington was blanked in the first
but tailed in the second on O'Brien's two