Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-25

| hlCDlnOnu Is cllinDlnB up III the Atldn-
tic League percentage column. and the
prospects are good for the Johnny Rebs
vacating seventh place to-day. Ger
tainly the article of ball they are putting
up now is too good for a seventh-place
team. and it is more than likely that be-
fore they leave on their next trip they
will be up in the first division.
The Johnnies returned to the city yes
! terday. and with them came Billy Smith
and his aggregation of Brooms. The
two teams had been here but little over
! two hours when they repaired to Broad
Street Park. where, i'm the presence OF
2G52 rooters and cranks, a goodly pro-
portion of whom had journeyed from
Norfolk to witness the event, they did
battle for points in the pennant race.
OUTPLAYED THE BROOMS.
The Richmond lads outplayed the Nor
folkians at every stage of the game, and
achieved a victory over them in the
easiest manner imaginable. The locals
] batted Clausen in a vigorous manner,
making hits with comparative ease and
great frequency, and they ran the bases
| like deer They fielded too. in the most
approved fashion. and frequently gave
the Brooms the laugh
Lever was in to twirl for Richmond,
and the Professor was undoubtedly at
his best. He manipulated the ball with
consummate Skill and though he per-
mitted the visitors TO make hits, he kept
their strokes all well scattered, and al
lowed them TO make only one run. In
this however he was materially as
sisted bv those behind him. The whole
Richmond team played great bail, and
AT every stage OF the contest the bril-
liancy of their efforts outshone and cast
i'm the shadow chat Of the Norfolks.
"HARGY" AND "ELBER" THE STARS
TIargrove outdid himself in his clever
work in centre garden and Elberfeld, by
stellar work at third, won many new
laurels.
The game started off with Richmond
I'm the field. and Claude McFarlan, the
first man up, found the sphere for
long drive into centre-feld, which Melted
him three bags. Weddige followed with
a safe drive into right-field. and Claudius
chased himself over the rubber That
was the only run the Norfolks made
I'm that inning, as, indeed, it was the
only one they made in the game, for
the Professor girded up his loins but
tonhole tighter, and pitching with re-
newed vigor, kept matters completely
under his control
The Johnny Rebs were nothing daunt-
ed by the lead the Norfolks had taken,
and when il came their turn TO bat, they
went at the ball with the business-end
Of their sticks. Kahn and Hargrove
scored together on Elseys long drive,
taking the lead for Richmond. and with
ease the Johnnies maintained it TO the
finish. adding in several subsequent in
nings runs 10 their score. until, when
the contest ended, they had eight runs
accredited them, while Norfolk had but
their lone one, which had been gotten
in the first.
NORFOLK DUMB WORK.
on two occasions the Norfolk lads
might have scored additional runs, but
their dumb work on the bases precuded
the possibility of their doing 50. The
locals. on the other hand. availed them
selves of every opportunity 10 score, and
they clrcled the corners with astonishing
rapidity. Hargrove in the sixth. stretch
ing a two-base hit into a three-bagger.
leaving second only after the ball was
in possession Of the second baseman.
Twas a daring piece of base-running
but twas successful.
There Is little more to tell concerning
the contest; the victory went TO the best
team. and that Is all there is TO II. Here's
the score: