The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-02

would have been q clean two bagacr}
and sent Cassidy over the plate from,
hefGpd s s9t .fa Nth his paES !snt
was itl,p greatest catch ever sren.9 in
SNorfoR SO sure and snft 1t looked
that Cassidy started home from seq
ond and Mac threw to Wenta, COM
pleting aAdouble play, before Cassidy
could start back from third to second
bag. it'saved the game for the Broons.
Then in NortoiR'a ninth Mac lined out
the hit which sent In the winning run,
II was q heart disease game, sure, and
TO McFaran should be given the ma
1ority OF praise for the winning Of it.
Pitcher Wallace has been released
without q trial. Manager Smith de-
clded that he could not afford 10 cXperi-
llnent at the present time, ana as wal
lace gave marked evidence Of being re,,i
green, he was sent home. Wallace,
came very near going, home in an icn
DON Wednesday night ne blew out Tho
gas In his room at the Hotel Norfolk,
and went calmly to bed Fortunately,
ms windows were open, to which no
owes his life and the chance of goin.
back to his rural home. Tho strong
smell of gas, which cume into The hnIi
through the transom over his room
door, attracted the attention of Welhl
and Weddise, who were sleeping on
cots in the hall. and they immediately
hilockeu on MS door TO arouse Walluce
but TO no avail. While the pass kew
was being sent for they munaged L,
wake him. He said calmly. after his
danger was explained: q thought It
blew out mighty hard"
Hartford is the only city in this
league where there has been no fistl
culis at q, galne.--lIartford Courant
Hold on, old fellow. Richmond stands
up with you.-Rithmond Times AS
Stunning virtue where virtue is not is n
railing with two OF the Richmond pa
pcrS, VINO sec nothing wrvf,g in what
happens there, or in any or tho o,,cs
tionable actions OF the Chcrubs. The
Dispatch and State are fair and in,nnr-
tial and give the news as tlicy SEQ n
The iden Of the Times Claiming ia stand
up with Hartford in tho matter OF order
~ games is ludicrous. An umpire has
YET 70 be lnobbed in this city, as was
snyder III Richmond on "Wednesday;
no player on the Norfolk team has dis
Gfaced his team and city by appearing.
on the field In an intoxicated conli-
ton, with Il wild desire to vino iln
mother earth with his lnanagcr and can
tam. The Times of yesterday mentions
me ~ alInculty between Schmidt anu Hat
field us follows:
Hatfield insulted lille u,rry
Schmidt ut second base Yesterday nnI,
Harry wanted to eat him up" but
Elrlends persuaded him to dcsist''
The Richmond Dispatch gives the
matter trutffuly. thus:
This was not the ONLY row tint 10
CURED on the field. Tn the seventh IN
nmg schmidt, OF Richmond, and Hat
neiu, or Newark, engaged in a fight.
schmidt resenting an insult offered him
oy Hatfield. This, however, was soon
aulcted down, only one or two blows be-
Ing passed, and none OF these landed
The Dispatch's account OF the attack
upon Umpire Snyder is here given:
NO sooner had the word '.out" left,
MS tongue tnan the cry of mob the
umpire came from the blea cherios A
thousand throats took il up, ana echoed
1t, and in less time than II. takes in
tell Of it Snyder was surrounded Nv
several hundred men, crying for Ven
geance on him. Several struck at him
ana one or two "crawled" him. but be-
Tore any damage could be done him.
captain Angel, with about Il dozen of
ms poilcemen. started In on the/crowd.
It took the blue coats but a few sec
onds to fight their way to the side OF
the umpire, and. keeping the crowd
away from him they marched him over
10 the club house. He was taken into
MANAGER Wells private room. and all,
save payers and newspaper men, were
excluded from the house
The crowd remained outside. clamnr
ing for admission and expressing in all
kinds of language their desire to ret
at Snyder The umpire was thoroughlv
frightened and sat quietly in a corner
or the room, the police being in the
dressing room, holding the fort. Find
ms that the crowd had no idea of dis
Dersing, the police quietly marched
Snyder out Of the back door, and car
rying him through a flower garden, got
him out to Broad street The crowd had
gotten wind OF this ruse and they made
break for Broad street, meeting the
umpire and the police just as they
emerged on the street
TIE CROWD FOLLOWED HIM.
Another break was made for the luck,
less Official, but the police hustled him
on 10 n car, and ordered the motorman
TO move off. The crowd however, we're
not TO be baffied in this manner. ana at
least scventy-fivc men crowded on 10
the vehicle They were driven off.
though, and the car moved rapidly down
Hroad street, snyder being escorted to
MS hotel by the! police.
Bnih sides Made Many Kits.
Hartford Conn, July 1-Iancas
won today from the locals in q close and
interesting game. Both sides hit fee
~. Ra ggcd fielding by Hartford va.