The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-01
WELLS CHERUBS
MADE THEIR BOW.
The Game Between the Cherubs and
the Tigers Was interesting,
STOCKS AND CHESBRO PITCHED.
Old Soils Soothing Chances Were Very
Much in Demand az the Game, and
the Crowd Shivered and Shook
ashley Watched the Players


way OF the Cherubs' making better
showing than they did yesterday.
one Of them was the heavy condition
Of the diamond and the field. another was
the cool atmosphere. still another was
the fact that several OF the players were
in the condition OF raw recruits and an
other was the splendid game that Nc
Cabe's Tigers put up.
BREEzl AND COOL.
Perhaps $50 people, ardent enthusiasts
tourneyed thithcr u see the Cherubs Tor
the first time this season. They weather.
cd n stiff breeze and shivered beneath
their overcoats as they loudly applanded
the plavers and made guesses as TO the
probable showing that each player VIII
have made when the season draws 10
close.
The personal appearance Of each OF the
new players was closely scrutinized Dy
the enthusiasts. Hess, VigneauN' Dun
don. Sparks, Klopf and Gutenberg We're
under the microscopic eyes OF the crlu-
oat cronls and n is not at all uncertain
the examination was favorapio 10 the
As for stlmmell. Schmidt, Chesbro. Har-
Grove Kahn. Lcahy. Stocksdale ana Sey-
hold. old last seasons men all well-kho"h
bere. there was little comment and no au-
verse criticism. fJr their abiiigty mas De-
come established in THIS League
GUS. DUNDON. d.
roo much must not be expected OF
Dnndon. He Is here TO FIJI the place OF
,,nrbane tho finest third bassman In the
GENTRY Brownie Elberfeld, ana - com,
nare the two players on the start Woulu
- ,,nfafr 10 Dundon. He IS, III some
,os,octs equal to Elberfeld and surpass-
- Kim on grounders. But he IS a nIue
ebv al present on throw downs. IL.
weakness is excusable, however III -
don has trained too hard anu ~ 10" "a
ferino considerably from stinhess anu
soreness. 1000. man IN the
80, &c aUav up. so that the poor snow
inc, made with the stick IN yes.Slu"'
Inc ran he taken as no criterion Vi
what Is to come. -, ,,r,copDs
eo,,hold Gutenberg. Klopf. stocksdale,
,yo~sro,,e T,eahy and Kahn have batunb
records 10 be proud Of but ye s,,el 80
came showed them up baby. u 81
Is however. that the players nov I'D a.
caught the ball WITH TIER eyos 49, t,e,,
will perhaps be week OF '"o D0'O'
do. <.Lo .oason Is TWEEN
49, e. davs of. and there is everything
e., @ayor Of a stronger team than hicn-
,nond had last year. me iniio'"'
whole. is certainly stronger
NrCABE'S TIGERS. Z.
nrocabe,s bovs put up an excellent ar
.icIo of hall. Their work was d Su' ~
- friends. and to themselves Inc
10 ~ -, worked hard and maze
ene, emu chewing against the big felio 5.
gu n,,iiins AT third base. was the s'al
-. pesides guarding his territory III
p.',sS,,a,d manner. he made three cream
,,t,s ~ ~ Eve times up, and scored d un,
seven Cherubs died by his hahos anu -. ~
had one assist DreWry also' u'a -
lie made two hits and two runs III iUe,
times up and had an assist. On.
made beautiful eaten OF hloPl
scraner and gained applause by thfo"
IN from left garden to the ruDDer' uo""-
ing Vigneaux ,r.rD
Gordon allowed only nine hits. hut ne
ea,.a ton men their bases on balls. forcing
one man I'm and allowed two TO score on
a VIII mitch. Hogshead gave him fair
support behind the bat and but for sew
eral had throws his playing would have
been perfect. Hollands sacrifice hi was
responsible for one run. and Lambert
two-bagger was the batting feature Of the
game.
The Cherubs made no special EFFORT to
run the score up. Both Stocks and Ches-
bro simply did practice work.
Baltimore will play this afternoon,
when. n the weather continues clear. the
grounds win be In much better condition,
and the Cheruts viii get closer together
and work harder and their admirers will
have a better chance for sizing them up.
THE SCORE.
Here is the correct score OF yesterdays