The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-28
HITS HERE AND THERE.
(By Bat n. BALD

HITS HERE AND THERE.
(By Bat n. Ball)
Hamburg did the bulk of the hitting
! for the visitors.
Both Newton and Jones gave good
exhibition yesterday.
McFarlan is suffering from Jobs COM
plant and Is playing under difficulties.
Get at 'em to-day, Brooms. and take
both games. They belong to you and
we need 'em badly.
Richmond Is starting In brilliantly at
| home and they are within reaching dis
lance of the leaders.
Newton pitched nice game until the
| ninth. when the Silk Weavers lit onto
him for two singles and double.
President Barrows has wired Manager
Mckee. asking his price for Keister.
For one OF the major league Clubs pro-
| badly.
Two games to-day. The first will be
| called al $50 p. III. and second upon the
completion of the first. Brandt ana
| Bishop will probably be the batteries
| for the Brooms.
Jack Newell, who played third base
| for Paterson early In the season and
later for Grand Rapids. has been sign
cd by Hartford to take the place of
Thornton, who has been released.
In tho last ffty-scven innings the
| Hartfords have played, their opponents
have scored but one. ana that in the
eighth inning of the Norfolk game.
This is II record which has never been
cQualed in the history of professional
| baseball.
The Brooms second run In the eighth
was made on a misplay of Hooks. which
resulted from i'!-adviscd temper. Be
| cause Burns did not see his attempt to
try to tag Wcntz at third he threw the
ball into the diamond and Wentz
| promptly Sneakcd home.
| Clausen hasn't lost n game for Lam
| caster as yet. Wonder what Norfolk
would give to have him back?-Lancas-
ter News Not a picayune. We don't
want him and don't need him. Most
any old pitcher can win with u hitting
team behind him.
| Wcddiges unfortunate wild throw In
| the ninth helped to make II no game,
but the Woodworking third baseman
plays such earnest and brilliant ball
| the fans find 1t easy 10 forgive him.
He worked all through the game like
Trojan and made some beautiful stops
| and catches.
from the Atlantic would worry an UNI
| Dire: Smink catcher: Con Lucid, pitch
er: Kelley. Of Norfolk. first base; Gill
| man. of Paterson, second base; B!ll
Stuart, Of Richmond. short; Sam La
rogue. of Lancaster. third; Burns,
l. Vnr n -,,sz~
! Hartford Globe.
The Athletics have transferred all
games scheduled to be played with them
in Philadelphia up to August 10th. They
are playing this week at Newark in
stead of ut their home grounds ON
July % Il they have two games schc-
duled with Reading in Philadelphia
which will be played in Reading. They
will then be on the road until August
10th.
The batting average Of the Hartford
team up to July Goth arc as follows:
Vlckery, .355; Burns. .3l9: Cavillc. 800;
Mack. 300; Radford. .27G; Thornton,
.276: Doherty, .2G6; Mari. .25S: Cast
| right, .23S; Roach. .236: Bowen, l72;
| Frye .145. The batting averages of the
three leaders in the last two weeks
games are as follows: Burns, 1874 ;
| IN'shSu' ."o", luII, .oZ1. CdNllle, .3UJ.-
Hartford Globe.
| With the local twirlers in good form,
| the Hartfords are out ror the flag, and
| as the race has now narrowed down to
| a struggle between Newark, Lancaster
| Richmond and Hartford 1t promises to
| be one Of tho closest finishes ever seen
In minor league since the advent Of
| professional baseball.-IIartford Globe
Not so fast, brother. Norfolk Is not yet
out of the winning, and none of the
| leaders have rs yet gotten 4 permanent
hold of the pennant which could not
be loosened by Norfolk or Paterson If
they get 4 gait on.
| The Crew OF the Nary Jane made n
sorry showing with the Burns boys in
| their recent series. The Southern bows
cannot bat. field or run bases, and they
! got into the game like dead men. The
! only man who showed any life AT all
| was Kelley. the Goud-n atured first
bascman. who kept the blcachers in
good humor by his merry jests
In Bishop The Brooms nave conner.
His twirling In Mondays game was the
best seen on the local grounds this sea-
son, and the backwoods' boy well de-
served II victory, hut We needed the
game and, OF course. the Brooms had 10
losc.-IIartford Globe
| According to reports from the SILK
| City. Manager Mckee IS going to have
trouble on his hands If Sunday games
are continued on Olympic Park. Former
Freebooter Edward Cody. who is the
owner OF property adjoining the park,