The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-29
NORFOLK V1RGINIAN:s THURSDAY. APRIL 90 1897

There seems to be q lack OF unanimity
among the Baseball Scribes on the Rich
mond papers in regard to the naming of
their club. The state calls them the
GrayS, the Dispatch ulludeS to them ten
derby as the Bindings. while the Times
Destows upon them the misflt nppela-
ton Of CherubS.
One poor little Norfolk rOoter sat III
the grand stand. He grew awfully sick
after the game.--Iiichmond State.
At what. pray? Surely it could have
been raugh else but the playing OF The
Richmond Club that nauseated The poor
fellow.
Hargrovc. bless him, has gotten right
down to work, and is very popular With
the team.-Richmond State.
President n. T.. Young, OF the National
League, has made the following an
nouncement. addressed to baseball
scorers:
Il have received several communion
tons asking for an official interpreted
ton OF the rule (Scctlon g. rule 7D. rela-
tlrc TO earned runs. An earned run is
a run that reaches home base without
the aid Of q fielding or battery error.
stolen base cannot cut any figure.
although there Is no chargeuble error:
still some one is at fault in one of seve-
scoring Of & fielding error. ~ basc-run-
ner who makes a base hit and is adj
Vanced q base by a successful sacrifice
hi< is entitled to the credit Of an earned
run If he reaches home base before
chances have been offered to retire his
side. The section must be considered
intelligently as whole and not in part,
and admits Of no other fair intcrpreta-
ton
day will be as follows: Buttermore, I. f..
Ward, 2b; Lcidy, c. f.; LaRosque. ID;
Seybold, |. f.; Graham, 3D.; Roth or
Rafferty,, c.; West or Yeager, y.
Scchrist and Me will be the battery
for the BrOomS to-day.
The Lancaster Examiner expresses
surprise at the fact that the Maroons,
as the Lancaster team is called at home,
should be termed Kickers, as that team
last year, according TO their local papers,
was of the meek and lowly sort.
FOrtytive hits in three games isn't
at all bad for the Brooms. 1t figures
up al average Of fifteen hits to Il game
Hartford beat Paterson yesterday by
the same score rs the Brooms beat Read
ing.
Richmond took a, brace yesterday ana
went up a ring in the percentage ladder
To-day they'll so down again.
Hartford. by defeating Paterson yes
terday, pulled themselves on an even
footing with Lancaster.
The Athletics and Reading have still
their first game to win.
Shaffer pinched off the hits yesterday
which he failed to get the day before,
and kept himself in the batting push
with McFarlan and Weddge.
The diamond was IN perfect condition
yesterday.
Weihl pilfered bases yesterday like
thief. He stole third yesterday on Bar
Gays throw TO first to catch Wcnt2 and
n momen: later scored on Barclays
throw down to second to cut OFF Wen.x.
The Browns evidenced marked inn
provement in base running.
Jake Wells can't give Shaffer any
points in the matter of clonga ting him
self on first base TO meet 4 thrown ball.
Weddige is still misbchaving himself
a bat. He won't do a thing but punch
the ball out to some Isolated spot in
the outtield, where the fielders are put
to much inconvenience in getting il.
From all accounts the icemcn in Hart
ford are getting ready to harvest a sec
ond crop, and the baseball people are
relinHuishing their overcoats.
~ superfluous ball was found on one
of the Lancaster players in Richmond
yesterday while in the field.
Yesterday was Clausen's first real test
this season and he acquitted himself
with honor to himself and qualification
to the fans.
Hayden proved his value yesterday
both with the stick and behind IT,
The local mana cement has made ap-
phcation for two games here on May
18th. Memorial Day, with Newark