Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-10

inning, but In the third. Schmidt. with
mat true southern hospitality. for which
richmond Is proverbial started in to
give the visitors an opportunity to feel
az nome. He had a pocket full OF free
passes to first base. and he distributed
them free gratis and for nothing. showing
no discrimination. but giving one TO every
man who showed any desire 70 take n.
Doherty was the first man TO put I'm an
application, and he got one. Then
Roach made a polite bow, and a walk
was rendered him. Doherty being enabled
thereby 70 make a temporary habitat on
second. Bowen was offered a pass h,,
Schmidt, who had fairy opened his heart
TO the visitors, but Cy spurned the offer.
and went out on a fly ball to Foster.
Radford, however, was not 80 naughty.
When Schmidt held out pass To him he
took It, and went to first. gracefully
showing his predecessors to second and
third. This filed the corners. and stu
Schmidt was liberal. lie dished out n
free pass 10 Newell. who had no hcsitancy
IN taking It. and this act forced Doherty
to 80 home, scoring the first run Of the
game.
HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
Smink was offered pass bat he turn
ed his back on IT. and this refusal Of
forgot himself and struck Smink in the
back with tho ball. or course Smink
then reconsidcred and walked TO first.
while Roach was forced to retire to
the bench, and another run was chalked
up for Hartford. Old Lefty Mari came
TO the bat after this, and as he was
home folks Schmidt did not offer him
a free pass. Lefty, however didn't like
this treatment so he raped the ball to
Mcdonald, who threw SminlS out at Sc
cond, but in the mix-up Radford went
IN 10 rest, and the scorer, with great
malignity, chalked up another run for
Hartford. This made q grand total Of
three runs the visitors had and Rich
mond was still figuring her score il deci-
mails.
It was not until tho fifth inning when
Bowen rclentod and gave Brownie Ell
| berfcld the walk. Then Hargrove got
| mad because the backwoodsman wouldn't
give him one. too, and smashed
/ the ball up against the scOre-bOard on
! left-feld fence FOR a tnree-bagger. fore
1 ing Elberfeld to vacate the bases. II
50 happened that Bowen, out Of the
/ kindness Of his heart had rubbed some
chalk on the ball, and when It fell to
the ground It left the figure one on
Mchmond's score, and the run went to
the credit Of the local team. ,
CHANGED THE ACE INTO A DEUCE.
In the eighth inning an error made by
Mack. Hartford's second baseman. gave
/ illbcrfeld his base. and enabled him to
reach second. and Hargrove still being
in bad humor smashed another liner
! out into centre-held Elberfeld, being de-
/ sirous OF showing how far he could
run. started around the diamond, and
he finally pulled up on the rubber, while
/ the scorebOard-boy changed the one the
/ ball had made into a two-spOt
| That two-spot still remains on the
| board. There was no occasion to change
/ IL afterwards, and while Richmond held
on to her deuce, Hartford, as though for
| fun. worked the prestidigitateur act, and
| changed her tray Of clubs into a seven
spot. She needn't have done so. but she
/ did. and when it came to the show
down she raked in the pot while the
Richmond team stood mournfully by
| looking ruefully at their little casino.
| The official figures. which are here ap-
pended, will probably interest the Hart
/ ford players.