The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-15
GREAT UPHILL WORK
The kortolts Gracefully LII Themselves
0nt|of an AWtul|y Deep Hole.
II WAS A VICIOUS SlUGGING MATCH
The Locals Hit tOr o3 Bnses ana li,c
Visitors for ga Tnlucky MIR. Dunn
THAT Fntni First fnntng-1'rettS
Fielding by the LOcnls-Notrs and
Comments by hat y. ball,

The cranks yesterday witnessed one
or the grandest exhibitions Of up hill
playing ever seen OF this diamond, and
forgive the boys the terrible slump in the
nrst inning for the sake Of the gallant
night they made thereafter.
1t was slugging match in which
honors We're almCE. even though the
visitors In the fatal first, especially, de
veloped superior knack Of punching
their hits. But the locals showed them
thing or two along this line as the
game progressed. and the Bridcgrooms
haven't thing to boast Of. Norfolk
hit for 90 bases. Brooklyn for %.
All the trouble was In the first inn
Ing. The locals went out In one. two,
three style. Lachance came up and
was an easy out. Then Jones Swiped 4
foul down left, but it was called fair
by Umpire Hargrove, who had been Sc
lected as the umpire after long
wrangle with the visitors, who wanted
two unlDires, but finally decided to
trust to the Richmond mans ability
Outside Of this decision Hargroves
Judgment was good and he umpired a
fair game. But this little error OF
judgment gave Jones three bases, touch
ed Pfanmiller's nerve. and demoralized
the field for one brief inning. Ander-
son hit, Griffin doubled. Shinde hit and
| reached second on Weihl's error. Shat
fer fumbled and gave Caravan a life
G:lroy muffed very difficult ball from
G. Smiths bat and as Il sort Of Gull
nina lion of the agony Grimm lined out
two Dagger. Snyder caught /, diff
cult foul from Payne's hat Lachance
got first on Weddige's tumble. Grimm
scoring. Jones flew out to Giroy. Five
hits had been made, four errors perpe-
trated, and seven men had trotted
across the plate with monotonous resu-
larty.
TOOK. \ BRACE
I5u! the locals took a great brace and
pulled themselves together. In the sec
ond Wedd:ge hit, Weihl went out to
IIachance. and a double retired the side.
Anderson Went out from Leahy 10 Shat
fer Griffin knocked his second two bag
ger, scoring, after Shindle's out on
Canovan's single. Snyder threw the lat
the Gulls got two hits, but could not
score. The Backgrounds were luckier.
With two men out Payne got li:tlc
dinliey hit and scored on Lachance's
triple. Jones ended the inning by flying
out to Weihl
their work. Shaffer led off with a two
Dagger and scored on another just like
1t by Weddige Weihl and WcntZ Went
| out, and Jack Gilroy smacl1rd the ball
on the nose, sending it spinning over
left field fence for home run. snyder
| one on hit by pitcher, a single and
good base running. In the fifth the
| locals singled twice. with no score. The
Bridegrooms drought another man
across the plate on four hits, the fea ture
| Of the inning being the swift out Of
Payne at the home plate from Weihl 10
Weddige to Snyder.
DID MIR. DUNN.
| The visitors then concluded 10 ny
Mr.. Dunn in the box. 1t was one Of the
greatest mistakes they ever made.
Wcih started the ball rolling with a
| lovely single. Wentz followed with a
two Dagger. Gilroy walked Weihl came
In on Snyder's out TO left. Pfaninille,'
fou!ed out. Claude cleared the bases
with spanking double. l.eahy walked
Shaffer relieved the gentleman with the
culinary name by fnuling out 10 Shin
die. This was the end Of NJ Dunn.
who was Immediately replaced by Ken
neday. The visitors did not make an
other run during the game.
Weddige paid his respects 10 Ken
neday by swping out two Dagger in
the beginning OF the seventh. Wcihl
| walked, Wentz sacrificed, Wcddigc
scoring. Weihl died at the plate from
Griffin 10 A. Smith. who had repla ced
Grimm. Gilroy, in the meantime, had
fouled out.
Wilson went i'll in the seventh for the
locals. and pitched the rest of the game
IN great style. He showed up with good
control and fine speed, and was hit Only
twice. one Of them being an accident.
In the eighth Wilson hit, reached third
on TWO Wild pitches, and scored ON
Leahy's out to Jones. Norfolk. could
not score in the ninth. Score: