Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-09

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1t took ten innings to decide the game
of ball at Broad-Street Park yesterday
afternoon, and the Richmond cranks.
rooters, and baseball enthusiasts-near-
ly 5000 in number-who gathered at the
grounds to witness the contest, were
treated TO one of the prettiest exhibit
tions OF the national game ever given in
this city, and they were afforded more
than their moneys worth in sensations.
Tt-e game didn't go to suit them ex-
actly, as Norfolk defeated the Johnny
Rebs, who appeared for the first time
in their spck and span gray suits, but
nobody registered kick, for the con-
test was waged fairly and squarely, and
the Norfolks won the game entirely on
its merits. They didn't appear to have
ghost of a show to WIN until the
seventh inning, and then it was a three
to one shot that Richmond had the VIC
tory; but baseball, like mule, is a most
"unsartin" thing.
HAYDEN HITS THE BALL.
The Brooms crept slowly up the score
as the game progressed. until in the
ninth, with Richmond two runs in the
lead Hayden, who had been run In TO 90
the batting, smacked out a three-bagger
against right-held fence, scoring Wentz,
n, IL, nd preeeCed h'm 10 inst, and him
self crossing the rubber on Levers
awful throw, and the score was tied.
m. IDfoh~nnn1 scanned 10
get mixed up in this play. and Lever,
though he might have retired Hayden
at the plate, lost his head and threw
the ball up against the grandstand. The
fans. who had previously been smiling
all over themselves, begun to realize
that the Johnny Rebs were up against
il hard. and their smiles gave place to
CHASTITY pallor. They were not disgust
ed: rot n bit of it. The game had been
too pretty for that, but they were just
q little sick at heart, for who among
them had imagined that the Johnnies
would lose the victory. which seemed
TO be sitting like halo of glory around
their heads.
LEEvER LET DOWN.
Lever twirled for Richmond, and Clau-
sen, the man from sunny Italy, tossed
the ieAlntT LOT -fDl A'CeA N'H "N't'
but Lever had all the best of the argu-
ment, so far as pitching was concerned.
He had absolute control, and was easily
master of the situation until the sixth
inning. when he seemed to let down
with a great, big slump, and from that
time on he was severely punished He
cannot kick over the loss of his game.
for. though he had won it, he himself
deliberately threw it away. There were
errors made behind him, but, a. rule,
they were inconsequential, and only one
of them really hurt much. That was
made by Elsey, who had previously
played great ball. Indeed. the work of
the whole team was gilt-edge, and Boyle,
the new shortstop, who made his ini-
tial bow to a Richmond public, won
honors galore. His playing was really
refreshing. He pounced on everything
that entered his territory. and made two
beautiful stops Of terrific balls.
WAS INTERESTING THROUGHOUT.
On the WHOLE, the game was intense
ly interesting, and exhilarating ex-
citing. the finish being very much OF the
heart-disease order. For the first three
innings neither side scored. though
Richmond. in the third. got two men on
the bags before any one was out.
1t was in the fourth. though, that the
work began in earnest Two men were
out when Boyle went to the bat. He
put one high up I'm the air, the Nortolk-
ians letting it drop safe, thereby yielding
the white-headed shorty two bags. wells
was then presented with his base. and
Kain succeeded to the ash. Barley had
one strike Gated on him, and while kick
ing over it, Clausen sent him another over
The bag The little fellow paid no heed
to this, but gathering himself together,
landed on the next one, which fioated out
of NcFarlan's reach into deep centre.
while Nc. went after the sphere Wells
and BOYLE went hcme, and Barley. who
had reached third. started home. He
was caught at the plate and the side was
retired. In the next inning, however,
Foster. who ied off with a safe bunt,
SCORED and in the next-the sixth-Kan
and Foster both batted home runs. the
former sending the ball into centre and
the latter taking the right garden.
THERE WAS TROUBLE HERE.
The spectators fairly went wild over
this hut trouble loomed sup on the hori-
zon in that inning. Richmond was FIVE
TO Norfolk's nothing. when Billy Smith.
the first Norfolkian 10 stand az the plate,
was given his base on balls. Snyder flew
ont to Sholta, and Ctausen made a hit
to left field which Elsey fumbled. and
Smith scored. while Clausen went to Sc
cond. Boyle caught Clausen between
second and third. and had him dead
when Sholta dropped the ball and let him
go 10 third. McFarlan In the mean
time. reaching first and second. Laahy
went out on fly baE to Elsey, which
permitted Clausen TO score and Schaffer
then retired the side.
In the seventh inning neither side
scored. but In the eighth Boyle, assisted
nv two errors, added another run to Rich
mond's score. The Norfolks came IN.
and Lever gave Clausen the walk. The
italian had been on the bag but few
moments when McFarlan. with a prodlg-
ious swipe, put the ball over left-neld
fence. near the clubhouse for four baos.
That added two more runs to Norfolk's
score. and In the ninth the score was
tied. That was the inning In which Hay
dents three-baager and Levers rank
error did the work. II OF course neces-
STATED the playing OF another inning.
and in the tenth Richmond went out I'm