The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-06

=. stronger of the two. Reading pieys
n rt.olv and its wonder me cruz
pan M S,ehcr IN the scale than II Is
- ''0 C0REETT PLAYS WE'LL.
e.orbett expected TO have played on 'ile
Richmond team. but when ne iolho ma
1forager wells would not allow MN 10
40 50 he went in for the visitors anu
n,it M a good. square honest sane;
At present ne is too sun TO pa! D 20.
as II should be played Out mere toI
making OF a great player III t.e o's
los, Tor he has the quicS eye mat Is es-
.e,tial IN frst-class fielding and batuhs'
and his training has made his hesh lousn
and hard. If ne keeps constantly IN me
80 hc will .r a short while. make
good one. ..,.c.,,c
ACCEPTED EIGHT CHANCES.
Yesterday he had eight chances ana
accented al Of them. and IN three tithes
nm ne got his eve on tho Ian e@ch 'liue,
getting in one clean hit, ana Ieachins
tbird base. In the eighth inning Schmio'
hit him with a pitched BALL ana Win
smile ne took his ilrst
Fortunately for him. ne did not at
tenn, 10 block Elberfeld in running anu
escaped a possible drubbins thereby
The game was a see-saw kind OF an
affair and not until the last man was
Killed IN the ninth were the hNe thou-
sand people relieved of their appreheh,
sions. II was tie up 20 he hith' anu
in the sixth the Che-ubs made another,
I'M. the visitors In the seventh tried II
srain In the eighth the Cherubs made
two moro. Chile the Readings could do no
better than get one man over IN tnelr
half and in the ninth AZ was blanks loi
ANfOIE PUT OFT
In the sixth inning Amole, the twirler
language toward Umpire Burns, and ne
was removed from the game. Mcintyre
going from cecond bag TO pitch slater
coming in from right to second, and
I(insolla going out 10 right. Mcintyre
n.tched equally as we'll as did Amoie'
striking out thee men.
A. tLe conc fusion Of the sixth Burns
was taken sick and had to retlre IN
favor OF Leftwich. the local official SUP
stitute. Neither umpire proved entirely
satisfactory.
that inning Kahn reached first on
choice. and went to second on MClntyre's
error. crossing the rubber on Thorntons
single
In tie sixth Thornton hit safely for two
hays and after two mer went out, Elsey
singled and Thornton scored.
TWO MORE RUNS.
Then. again in the eighth the locals
caught on 10 McIntyre's delivery Tor
three hits. one of them for three bags
and this is how IL was done: Stuart. the
fret man up. was hit with pitched ball.
and he went 20 third on Elsey's hit.
scoring on the Brownies triple-hagger.
The latter than crossed over on mar
groves single. and the run-getting
ceased.
For Reading. Raymond singled IN the
third and went 20 second on Thornton
error. Spratt's hit sent him over the
homo plate.
Slater hit for one in the seventh. passed
10 second on STATIONS single. swiped
third and scored on Raymond's two-bag-
ger.
After two men had died in the eighth
Havdon caught first on a choice. went TO
second on passed BAN and scored on
Kinsella three-bagger.
WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND.
This ended the run-getting and the
crowd began 10 file out, and just as soon
as the last man went out In the ninth. a
crowd OF several hundred people gathered
around Corbett 10 shake his hand. lie
good naturediy greeted them with a smile
on his handsome face and passed on TO
his carriage that awaited him.
There were many people In the audience
that had never seen ball game. and who
never expected 10 see another, who went
Out Just to see the famous Gentleman
Jim" and they were satisfied with their
trip for Cor3ett was very much In evil
dence in the game. and always wore that
smile that so many people are familiar
with.
The ex-Champion plays witk the Athle-
tios IN Norfolk this afternoon, leaving
here on the train this morning. and he
= will refurn here fO-mOrrOW 10 give "A Spar-
ring exhibition at the Exposition Grounds
tomorrow night.
Here is the correct score OF yesterdays
aana.