Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-11

utvluna ie sweet, csltcidiiy 10 D"eN
.i ,,,m that he's been defeated, and
s..,.,ro,d.s aceregation Of ball-tossers on
....,rd,v experienced al the delights
,.., 81. s.tiatl9n Of the appetite with that
-chqrine article can give.
o- Monday the Hartford players. In
...-.o % Caotain Burns. marched out TO
e,os8-s.roet Park. and in most igno-
~. fashion defeated Weiss laddie,. Yes
.-4.v ftcruoon they repaired once
..,io to Broad-street Park with a view
,-.aeltlag the dose The Johnnies were
,.,.,sr somcwhat nauseated with the
ASA rI.rn them on The preceding day,
,.t vfrn Burns came az them and Of
.-.1 another bottle Of he oil OF defeat,
.,., ts-n.d upon him and his men in
mos. vicious manner. and. forcing them
down upon the ground. made them swal-
lou fn,r own medicine. insisting on their
5-.rr- the bottle even unto the bitter
dr.rs
AN EXCITING CONTEST.
Twas an exciting contest for supre-
r.-v Burns was intent on forcing the
oil down the Johnnies' throttles, and
Wells was equally az determined that
u5.a drop Of the onervaung fluid should
1.s Inc lips Of his players. but on the
ors- hand he had fully made up his
mind ,nat II anybody had 10 be made sick
should be the Hartford Nutmeg
makers. His Intentions along these lines
v.-. communicated TO his men, and they
entered heartily into the spirit Of the
satr
They al gathered on the diamond and
walled for the advent Of the Hartfordians.
H. due time they came. and with CAST
rrht. instead Of Bowen, as their coaNer,
TIED 10 whcedle tho Johnnies into taking
another dose Of defeat According to in
strlctions. the Johnnies listened to Cast
lehrs persuasiveness, and at given
SIGNAL they bounced upon him. and after
gmlnistering with their bats good
u0ncing TO him, they wound up the
contest 10 the delight OF the large crowd
around them by forcing each and every
connecticut lad to walk up to the cap
'aiu's Office and take a spoonful OF the
drug labelled Defeat"
CHEsBRO DID HIS PART
Ia was largely through the oloquence
q Chesbro that the visitors were gotten
20 take tho medicine Chesbro stood in
me box for Richmond and shot such al
mmcnts at the Hartford boys as lite
Tally forced thep to do his bidding. He
wasn't exactly silNer-tongued. but his
arguments were Of such forcibe nature
3s TO cause them TO smite the grand
stand occasionally with most resoundng
Vlacks.
lt was no easy matter 20 bring the
I0rthewers under subsection, but Z was
DONE aud done in the following manner:
In inning No. ] the Johnnies made a
couple OF hits. not Old stagers. but good !
afo hits. but they didn't score point !
III the second. however, Elberield led OF !
vitA C. two-bagger and Foster finishing /
DIP with "a single, sent "Elber." home. |
Then ln the third Chesbro started IN with |
DIE. ana after Kahn had flied Out to |
Blas Thornton made a safe drive into |
centre garden and Stuart sent a grass
ciuer 20 left stuart's hit scored Ches-
to and Thornton. and Eisey thereupon |
drove -lo BAN against right-held fence |
o.. three bags sending Stuart home. |
las added three more runs to Rich |
Ioa-s score and made the total or four |
g. h.r credit.
HARTFORD IN THE SEVENTH
All 4s time Hartford had done
Taught and she continued to DO naught
laa The seventh inning. when. with d
single by DoheIty and double by
Ar .f. Dcheity- better known as Nike
Uossed oyer ald saved his team
Nalt. Richmond ought to have been
1.ali with what She had already ac-
' shed u.t she was not, and in the
hI With two men on bases. Reddy
.,.'r drove the ball over left-leld
a and scored another tripiet. Still
",ar0nd was not satisfied. The score
$3.50 p !n her favor, but in order
.t,r might be no dispute concern
's "-9 Nas on TOP, Elsey made nit
1 Dtns forced 10 second. scored run
w on safe ht made by Hargrove.
& e,l The run-Setting. for Hart
~ e.-a do thing in her half Of the
-" and tho game ended, Umpire
- standing by while the Hartford
e. WIN WY faces. took their medi-
' 4n9 official score IL here appended: