The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-04
THE CHERUBS GO DOWN
7REY COME 10 GRIFFIN the SEv-
ENTH INNINGS.
L~ever's Pitching should Hsvo Won the
Game but for Loose Field'ng-schsoc'
Retired because ola Hurt Finger.

Ragged fielding by the visitors and heavy
hitting by the locals lost Richmond the
game to-day. That new phenomenon
Lever. was hit for twenty-five bags IN
Guiding three home runs and several
doubles.
The first home run was made
by Weddige in the nrst innihs'
and produced two tallies Nei'her
side scored in the second anu
third. In the fourth the locals scored
two more on errors 10y Elberfeld and FL
sev. combined with McFarland's two-bas-
ger.
Norfolk BANKED in the fifth. GOOD
.no',gh hroneht In an earned run for
Richmond, scoring on mt, fos'e' SIN
Tile. and Levers two-baser.
An the sixth the Broom's landed one
moro Richmond scored a couple, mus
Uarprove walked and stole. Sholta IAN
ned. Harry went TO third on eoou-
enouch's out. and Jake sent MN ho'i,e
on a corklng two-bagser. scoring hinise'
on Kain's double. .,,
Richmond's trouble came IN inc seNeil.n'
when two home runs, two doupies, si,.'
gle. q base on balls, ana Sho''a ; -.
Let
the eighth. Hargrove struck OUT, Shoi'"
hit ana reached third on Leahy's error
which also put Goodenough on nIse'
wells went out from Wentz 10 Shaner'
and Kahn scored both runners on Il '"V-
Dagger. This was all. 1900, -.
schabel had a finger nail injured by a
foul ball In the third, and was iorce" u
retire In favor OF Foster.
Levers work until the seven'h snVu'u
have won the game but FOR loose iie'ui,,S
behind him. The seventh was what "i'
H. Attendance. about ZOO
THE WHY'S AND WHEREFORtS.
The came to-day demonstrated only 100
nlainly that Richmond IS weak at the
hat The Norfolk club is composed OF
hail plavers who hit and field just the
way that ball games are won seven OF
Norfolk's runs can be credited 10 ihrce
home runs
Richmond had a chance to have made a
closer score but a hit that was wanted
never came. Norfolk found Lever
easy. and II was because Sammy seemed
10 loose his head and had none of the
speed az curves that he used IN shutting
Lancaster out last week. Sholta hau
a great deal TO do with losing the game
for IL was his plays that took the HE out
of the "Cherubs" and clearly proved TO
the -four hundred" rooters who went
down on Charlie" Donati's excursion
that he couldn't play the bag.
There Il one thing that is n dead sure
certainty. Norfolk has a better ball team
than Richmond. They are strong IN
every position and have a mighty fine
chance 10 finish one. two. three
THE GAME.
Now as TO the game. The play. began at
o'clock with almost as many people
from Norfolk as there were Richmond
rooters in the small very small yard
that the Norfolk folks call a ball park
Norfolk started her run getting in the
first after two men had been put out.
Shaffer dumped an easy one to Shota
and the Richmond rooters commenced TO
veil The hall. however. wasn't stopped
by Sholta but was given little send off
towards right field and Mr.. Shaffer stop
ped running at second Then Weddige
grasped the ash and sent the third ball
Sammy pitched over towards Ocean View
and both scampercd home
A BUNCH OF ERRORS.
Norfolk scored two runs in the fourth
and one in the sixth on bunch of en-
rors assisted by hits and clever base
running. II was in the seventh that the
balloon scared higher and Norfolk add
ed six runs to her score the first two
runs being on errors and then three men
by hook or by crook found resting places
on the three corners. Jack Gilroy soak
ed the hall on the nose over the centre
field fence for a suit OF clothes and four
runs. The next man up made home
run and the next two doubles. This
ended The slaughter. Richmond made
her runs by hits but could have made
more had the men who wore Richmond's
uniform hit TIE hall when hits counted
once with three men on bases the usual
~ hard hitting Elsie. struck out. All
there is TO 1t is that Richmond didn't hit
and Norfolk did
RciOxx x Tho score.