Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-30
TAKES ELEVEN INNINGS TO beat
PATERSON, BuT 1T - DONE.
A RED-H0T GAME OF BASEBALL,
h silk City Lads Put Tn n strong
Fight and Held the Bluebirds Wei
I'm Hand, But the End Came just
Before Dark-Other Games.
Richmond, 3; Paterson, o.
Newark, 81; Norfolk, ..
Reading, L; Hartford. o.
Allentown Lancaster, Rain.
Schedule for To-day.
Paterson mt Richmond.
Newark mt Norfolk.
Lancaster Mt Allentown.
Hartford nt Reading.
How the Clubs stand.

That the Paterson Ball Club is a good
one was demonstrated here yesterday
afternoon. but Richmond's Bluebirds are
superior to the Silk City lads. They are
superior, though, in but one essential
they can outbat the Patersonians
The contest between the locals and
Sam Larocque's team was one Of the
most brilliantly exciting games that have
ever been played in this city. Ii took
eleven innings TO decide it, and then
by a clever punching Of hits Richmond,
which had hitherto been without a run,
sent three men sliding over the saucer
to victory.
The Patersonians took the field first.
and they worked like they meant bust
ness. The diamond was in excellent con-
dition, and the visitors coursed over it
as though they had been accustomed 10
it all their lives. They felded their po-
sitions. too, like veterans. The ball was
kept on the 20 by the locals. but the
visiting infeld gobbled up everything in
reach, and when a fly escaped to the gar
dens one. of the three outside guardians
was sure to swoop down upon 1t and Sc
cure il.
PURSUED SAME TACTICS.
The same tactics were pursued by
Richmond's clever feeders. They also
worked with vim and spirit, and handled
accurately and quickly everything of a
spherical Shape that came their way.
They batted the ball, too, and to this
fact alone do they owe their victory.
Schmidt went in TO twirl for Rich
mond. and Flaherty for Paterson. Both
were on their mettle, and did their best
for the success OF their respective teams,
but Of the two. Schmidt had the better
of the argument. At first he was some
what wild, but he was also alert, and
wherever he bave a base away he lost
no time in retiring the unner 10 whom
he a made the gratuity. AS the game
progressed he changed his tactics. He
found the plate, and with abundant
speed sent the ball to the mark almost
every time he tried, AS a result, he
made many of the weayers fan the air,
and those who succeeded in landing
either made an iniield drive, or sent a
high one to the outheld. Five of the
visitors, tits true, landed on his delivery
for safe hits, but by virtue OF the eX-
cellent support given by the locals In
the o%utfeld. no results were obtained.
MADE HEARTS
The game was one of those exciting
ones which cause the heart of the true
crank to hutter like unto a woman's
heart when she is in love, and 1t abound
ed with brilliant plays. Everybody
played ball and everybody did good work.
Kahn made a wonderful catch OF a fly
bali. which sailed into his territory. He
had 10 Jump backwards for it, but he
made a stab with his left hand, and
when he came back to earth he had the
ball. Probably the most brilliant play
ing. though, vas done by Conroy, the
Paterson shortstop. He played both
out and infield. and went after every
thing that came his way. He made
three or four stellar catches. and at once
established himself as a ~grandstand
favorite. He lost his head once, how
ever. and getting mad at a de-
oision. rendered by Belts, threw the
ball violently 10 the ground. Belts re-
primanded him. and thereafter he con-
Quoted himself in an orderly fashion.
THE FINAL INNING.
There was a great deal of sameness
in the game until the eleventh inning.
Then Leahy secured a base on balls.
Lutenburg made a safe drive along right
field line, which enabled Leahy TO go
TO third, and Lutenburg stole second.
Then Seybold came 10 the bat. Every
thing depended upon him. n though he
had not made a hit before. he did not
fail then. He drove a grass-cutter into
centre-ield. and Leahy and Lutenburg
scored. Then Seybold crossed over on
a high fly 10 the short-feld.
The Silk City lads. when they got their
innings. tried hard TO retrieve their
losses. Delehanty and Lyons made hits,
but the superior fielding OF the locals kept
them from going around the corners. and
the game ended with Richmond victorious.
The score is here appended: