Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-09

Meath q lowering sky, overcast with
heavy. gray clouds. from which fell IN
cessaptlv a drizzling rain, the Richmond
and Hartford teams played BAN at
Broad-street Park yesterday afternoon
and the Johnnie Rebs met defeat being
vanquished by the Connecticut LADS Win
apparently great ease.
The contest was witnessed by about
SO as ardent cranks as ever encouraged
n hall team. and they used their lungs
continuously I'm the vain hope that they
might successfully goad the men VINO
wore RI-C-H-M-O-N-D across their
breasts on TO victory. IL was not the
fault OF the Richmond team as a whole
that the efforts of the rooters We're not
successful. for as a team the men played
hard 10 win. and contested every inch
Of the ground and every point IN the
came with the Hartford hard-hitters'
but twas no so.
Their mainstay failed them. 1t IS just
as impossible for ball team TO win
game without a pitchers assistance as
Il IS for a watch 10 run without a main
spring. and this fact was made patent
20 the Richmond players. TO the Hart
ford team. and TO every spectator VINO
sat by and witnessed yesterdays game.
Richmond tried TO accomplish that feat
but failed
CHESBRO's FAILURE.
Chesbro. who was in to twirl for the
Johnnies made an ignominious failure
and after the game had been thrown
away by his reckless pitching he was
taken out OF the box and Schmidt was
substituted for him. Schmidt, however
could avail naught against the Nut
meggers whose appetite for hits had
been 80 aroused by Chesbro that nothing
short Of good. long ones would satate
them. and they pounded Schmidt, too.
Il was like leading "a lamb TO the sacri-
hcial altar TO put Schmidt in TO try ana
redeem a game that Chesbro had al
ready lost but he went bravely at the
task assigned him, and be ii said to his
credit. did the very best he could under
the circumstances.
II was unfortunate that Chesbro should
have gone 20 pieces in such frighttui
manner. He Is good pitcher and can
usually be relied upon. Yesterday, how
ever he was as wild as March hare
and gave away bases with as much gene
roslty, and as great frequency as could
have been desired by the greediest OF
the Hartford team If he had confined
his generosity TO this. though, it would
not have been so bad for Richmond. He
didn't stop there. for after filing the bags
by donations it seemed TO be his
rule 10 give some batsman a good. long
oIive into one of the outer gardens
thereby scoring runs for Hartford.
OTHERS DID WELL.
Aside from Chesbro's exhibition, the
game as put up by the Richmond lads
was par excellence. Each man showed
up remarkably well in his respective po-
stion, but in batting all were wofully
lacking. II was in this feature of the
game that the Hartford lads outshone
them They hit the ball with great fire.
quency. and punched their hits, too, seem
ing oitiines 20 make them just when
they were most needed, and 10 place
Them where they would be most effective.
The local lads started off with lead
OF four runs which In the third inning
the Hartford boys reduced TO three. The
game then progressed without any very
exciting occurrences until the sixth In
ming, when something dropped. and drop
ped hard. Chosbro had been wild all the
way through but he seemed 10 lose all
control OF the ball IN this inning. and
gave almost every man who confronted
nm The walk. As a result. run after
an was scored. until the spectators, |
having long since become disgusted Wells |
Joined in their disgust and took Chesbro |
out. substituting Schmidt for him. Seven |
:pns had been scored, however. before |
ms Was done. and the score stood to |
against US.
A USELESS MOVE.
There was no chance. apparently. for |
the Johnnies 10 overcome this lead. and |
IL seemed almost useless to remove Ches- |
pro- Manager Wells tried the experiment. |
pue try as the locals would, they could ]