Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-08

ming Mt bat Professor Lever stepped
into the box for Richmond. and as he
appeared more vigorous than Is his
wont. the cranks all settled themselves
back I'm their seats. confident that a good
exhibition OF the national sport was to
be dished I'D to them. Their confidence
was I'm no wise betrayed. for Lever, he
OF wondrous speed and numerous intri-
cate curves. pitched a great game of
ball. and fielded his position az well as
he twirled. In this particular act, though.
he had none the best OF his hackers,
for every man on the team played gilt
edged ball. and they supported him in a
manner that was both pleasing and re-
freshing.
True. there were errors made. That
Is usually the case In the best-played
games. but they were made because Of
the fact that the boys accepted all kinds
Of chances. rather than stand like dunn
mics thinking OF their individual ave-
RACES, instead of the victory that was
theirs If they worked for II.
NUTMEGGERS DID WELL TOO.
The Hartford lads were not lacking in
their playing either. They put up a
first-class game and Mack, their cap
tain and second-baseman, shone efful-
gent as the brightest star in a brilliant
constellation. He made several almost
impossible stops in between second and
first bags, and ate up two or three
good safe hits-that Is, hits that would
have been safe but for his stellar work.
Mack was not alone i'm making stellar
plays. though. Steelman, Richmond's
new catcher who has not been seen In
these parts heretofore, carried off many
honors by his general all round Paying.
He is flrst-class man in every respect,
and the way he ate up foul flies and
watched the bases was something that
gladdened the heart of every true lover
of the game who witnessed it. He was
at all times on the alert, and nothing
came in reach of him that he did not
get He was not the only one who did
good work, though. No, not by long
odds. The teams played great ball, and
certainly no one left the park dissatis-
fed with the exhibition that had been
given them.
In the very first inning the locals start
ed off full of ginger. and retired the Hart
ford lads in less time than it takes TO
tell of IT, The Johnnies then came to the
bat. and by virtue of good playing on the
part of Foster and Hargrove, one run
was scored to the good, Foster making 1t
IL
from Hargy's bat. The Nutmeggers
didn't score a run until the sixth inning,
and the spectators harbored the delusion
that they would be shut out entirely. The
Johnnies. however, were dead onto the
curves of MIR. Bowen, who twirled for
Hartford. and they pounded him all over
the lot, scoring three more runs in the
third inning. The credit for two of these
runs is. however, due TO Hargrove, who
after Foster had scored Elberfeld on a
bunt. which several Of the visitors as
sisted i'm Juggling, put long drive against
the fence I'm right-centre, scoring both
Reddy and himself. When the Copper
smacked this ball the cranks manifested
their pleasure thereat by a great outburst
of applause. and for the nonce the Nor
folk policeman was the hero. His effort
was soon forgotten, though, as noble eff
forts usually are, and Kahn succeeded to
the Office of temporary hero, he having
after long run, and an almost impossible
lump. captured a ball from Thorntons
bat.
NOT OVER YET.
Hargrove's home run did not end Rich
mond's run getting. In the fourth inning
the BOYS once more rallied TO the bat,
and a hit by Steelman, an error on the
part Of Radford. and a long sacrifice
drive by Elberfeld scored two more
runs. That made Rchmonds score foot
up six runs. and all this time the Nut
Mergers hadn't sent a man over the rub
Ser They didn't propose that such
should be the case throughout. though.
and in the sixth inning. after two men
had been retired. Lyle smashed n ball
into deep centre. past the fielders. and
while it rolled ahead of Kahn and Har-
grove TO the fence, Lyle coursed around
the corners and scored.
This seemed to give the Hartford lads
a new lease on life and awakened them
10 the fact that there was just a bare
chance that they might win II they strove
very hard for IT, They didn't do
much else in the sixth. but In the next
inning they raped Mr.. Lever for a
single and double. which two hits COM
bined yielded another run. They were
not yet content. for in the eighth Vickery
led off with n clean hit after two men
had been retired. and Doherty following
his example. made another. which put
Vickery on second. Then II fell to the
lot of Caville to WELD the ash, and with
a mighty swipe he landed the ball against
left-feld fence for two bags, scoring
both Doherty and Vickery. That
ended Hartfords run getting, but the
score was most too uncomfortably close
for the cranks TO be entirely happy,
especially when the fact stared them
in the face that Hartford had one more
go at the bat. Their go counted for
naught though. as not one of the four
"goers' who confronted Lever went
further than first. and the game ended
with victory perched on the same rung
Of the ladder occupied by Richmond.
al. Al
the tale:
AFTERNOON GAME.