The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-14
Standing of tho clubs

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HITS HERE AND THERE.
(By Bat n. Ball.)
The Brooms had but a slim crowd in
Patterson on Sunday.
Two games arc scheduled for to- day.
Will they both be lost?
Newark played TO games yesterday.
each with different team"
McJames pitched in two OF the three
games won by Washington from Pitts
burg this season
Snyder got a nice two-ba gger in
Mondays game He has been hitting
well and timely Ct late.
On Thursday Richmond will be here
by that time we will have polished the
Brco1ns off to the tune Of four straight.
Bishop got his first hit on Monday
Hc got two, but they didn't seem 10
help him win his game. He's all right
for all O. that.
Kelly did some tall hitting and field
Ing In Mondays game, and if he keeps
l. UP the Kings return Will be heralded
with an ovation.
Jim Corbctt has forsakcn the upper
cut and the right hook and turned his
attention to the nshoot and the base hit
Washington Post
Captain Smith Of the visitors made The
catch of the day when. in the sixth in
ming he pulled George Smiths long fly
to deep right field down. The hit looked
like 4 homer.
But for phenomenal catch by Vent
in the ninth inning Hannes would have
had five hits out OF five times at bat. y s
1t as he had two two bagsycrS ana two
three-baggers. Alex Jones spit on the
bat for luck each time Wagner went TO
the plate.
McFarlan played a great game in cen
t1'e field and substantiatcd one opinion
that he is one of the fastest centre field
crs in the league. He, with HarGrove. Of
Richmond, Cavclle, Of Hartford and
Ledy. Of Lancaster, ~; q quartcttc of
centre flelders hard to nj anywhere. {
In the sixth the visitors gave the local
rooters scare, hitting Smith for two
thlee-baggers and two singles. which
Melted three runs The Browns started
Off the seventh in 4 determined fashion,
but when Grove made a fine catch and
threw 10 second before Lcahy could set
back to the bag, their chance as gone.
clip the following notes OF Sundays
game from the Patterson Call:
For four innings Pfanmiller was eff
fective. only two hits baing made OF
him. both by Wagner. In the fifth
however. the Pattersons commenced to
slug, and two singles and two three
baggers Melted three runs.
The Brooms are the same hard work
ing. gcntlemanly lot of ball players they
showed themselves TO be on their first
trip North. With the exception of a
slowness on the bases, which by the
way. is the main fault Of the local team,
they compare favorably with any team
in the league. Notwithstanding this the
Pattersons should win three out Of the
'our games, merely on the strength OF
alelr pitchers.
&c get UP a match in the ring, with IEitz-
simmons or anyone else in his class,
ha' lately taken to baseball which he
lisc to play in California before taking
up.ooXing., will cover first base for the
Athletics in Wednesdays game with
richmond. That same night. he will,
II hoaccepts the invitation tendered him
yesterday, for the first time view the
veltas ,opio pictures of his fight with
f1tzsinmons at Carson City, when he
and tie players Of the Athletic and
Richmnd teams will be the guests of
the management at the Chestnut Street
Theatre Strange as 1t may appear, Cor
bett ha, never yet seen these pictures.
probably because OF the rcmorse 1t will
naturally bring to him when he sees
thcm.-Pliladelphia Ledger.
THE ba,ebal editor Of the Hartford
Globe Wrtes sound and forcble truths
concerning the Atlantic League rs fol-
lows:
IF the managers and owners Of the
Paterson. Richmond. Norfolk and Hart
ford clubs allow tho pennant to- be
awarded toany club which persistcntly
Violates tharulcs of their organization.
the Atlantbc League would much better
pass out Of existence at once, and a
league DO ftrnu.H G,y gentlemen whose
honesty Ia mquestioned and rot the
gra1la OF mcI who are at present con-
nected with & few OF the clubs In this
league whose only desire Is to win
games, no mater by wha. methods, and
whose carcershapc been a. disgrace to
| baseball ever snce they have been con-
| nccted with 1t Il any capacity. NO other
| league In the country would tolerate such
disreputable mems Of winning games as
has been resortel to by Deacon Ellis and
Denny Long, aid 1t Is about time that
| the other managers Of the league took
| action.
I'm not another league in the country
are tile rules SO ITALY ignored ny man
| aGers as in tho atlantic, and it seems
strange that tho managers Of Paterson,
| Richmond, NoTsoll and Hartford do II OF
get ttssSilAr and 10 something to stop
| the farming evils which has done more
| to derno7aJtSe mirpr leagues than any
dl.er .,Yli ss1,iah a,Ri ever existed IN bsse-