The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-02
THE ORIOLES
WON THE GAME.
But Il Was On a Close Margin and
After Hard Work.
THE VISITORS HAD NO SNAP
s,,mmell Kept Them Well in Hand
AMER the First inning-Both Hotter
and Kitson Pitch Good Ball for
baltimore schmidt To-Day.


The result OF the game yesterday
,bne NOT "a victory for the Cherubs, snow
III conclusiVcly that Richmond has
strong aggregation Of minor leaguers.
The players had improved, wonderiullN
oven over their work OF the previous
An and kept the famous Orioles always
guessing. The locals were niue over
snxious in the nrst inning, and TWO run
ners crossed the rubber who should not
have scored al all
SKINNY WARMED UP.
Stimmell was not in form on the START
an6 tbrce hits were made OF his deliv-
crv In the FIRST inning. one OF them
threo-baggor. but he warmed up ana
lust one more run was mace py the
visitors -.
made for BARLEY Kahn should not have
misiudged McGanns ny ball But after
mai not runner crossed over ana II
was "a case OF one two, three TO the last
inning. when ouartettc OF Orioles iaceo
stmmell.
Tho visitors made ten hits. This seems
n good many. and had they come III
pairs or al oppormne moments some
ming may have dropped. Fortunately
however. they came singly after the hrst
inning and little damage was done
EACH HIT COUNTED.
The Cherubs hits were few, but each
ono counted In the first inning Danny
Jeaby caught the bah on the nose Tor
two bags. and Gus Klopf scored from
first. where ne had landed through the
Kindness Of Mr. Hofer who could not
see the plate Danny died at mira on
a throw-in from right by Hughes, who
had also lust colared Hargroves sky
scraper. this completing a beautiful
double. I.utenburg had persisted in the
meantime on liner 10 Quinn.
CIRCUS PLAYS.
Then II was three desOlate looking
blanks. In the third McGraw grabbd a
hot grounder from Gutenberg bat ana
fell 10 the ground The stocky player
rolled over. however, and. quick as
flash nut the bah 10 McGann and Lutte
was a dead Cherub. Clark made cir
Gus catch IN the fourth of Dundon's foul
Things looked a little brighter for the
Cherubs In the fifth Kahn singled to
phort left and stole second. and Hess
brought him In on another single.
That was all, though.
stlmmen cut three chunks from the
ozone and Klopf and Leahy each died
at first from Quinn
IN GOOD ORDER.
After that the Cherubs went up and
took their little doses in good order. with
no undue excitement emanating from the
enthusiasts IN the grand stand and
bleacheries, Of which there were some
loo.
In the meantime. however. the orioles
had been doing some little things on their
own account. and trying hard to do more
The Cherubs, however wouldn't let
them do much. That Is. not much after
the first inning.
McGraw. the first man up. singled. De
Mont went 10 first on choice and Mug
sy died at second. Then slim hit Stem
eel with the ball forcing De Mont to sec
ond.
LOOKED AWFUL
This looked awful. but II turned out
10 be a great deal worse when O'Brien
caught first and De Mont scored on
Leahy's bad throw to Gutenberg. O'Brien
twisted himself into a knot at first and
Bowerman bad TO 90 TO his relief. This
was an uniucky move for the Cherubs.
for Bowerman Is no snide on bases and
ne didn't take long to get his eye on sec
ond bag. Immediately thereafter stealing
It, Then Mccain got mixed up In the eX-
element and hit the ball out for three
bags. scoring Bowerman. Quinn hit 10
Dundon who let u go through. ana the
runner was safe. while Mccain scored.
This ended It for that inning. and both
The Cherubs and the crowd felt easier
when Hughes died at second on Clarke 5
choice. Stencil having persisted at second
in the meantime.
AN EASY ONE.
The next inning was an easy ore for the
cherubs McGraw hit for two bags. but
he anchored there. for Honer De Mont
and Stencil persisted.
Some more intensity prevailed IN the
third. Bowerman put a little dinky one
fsra.a In
over 10 Lutte. And then Barley made ms
error which allowed McCann to reach
second. Quinn went out at first from
Jeenv. and Hughes singled. Stimmell MT
clarke with the ball and two men were
on bases with Hoffer at the bat Feopie
were relieved however. when Hof MI
out to Seybold and died.
DOUBLE PLAYS.
In the sixth Hughes singled ana IL
looked like business again. Ana so II
turned out to be-but business not 10 the
liking OF the visitors Clarke put
yrounder into Leahys territory which
mat individual greedily took possession
az and by a back-actons movement a
double play resulted In which Leahy'
Klopf and Lutenburg figured.
Another double was executed IN the
seventh. DeMont. not being acquainted
with Barley Kain's reputation put the
ball out In his direction, hoping 10 IHdhV
a homer The willy Bar,ey headed him.
however. and he also doubled up Mug
sy" McGraw. who had nestled on nrst
because Of a hit
NOT IN CONDITION.
Viewed from a critical standpoint one
would say that neither team was in per-
feet condition. The pitchers needed a
little loosening and all hands want TO get
their eyes on the bali. The base running
is slow and. as regards the Cherubs, the
coaching Is short. Dundon has not yet
settled down into seasonable condition.
Kitson. Baltimore's pitcher. who was
oil the bench all last season. twirled n
good game and not a hit was made of
him In the four innings that he pitched.
The crowd at the game yesterday was
a good one. the grounds were IN fair con-
dition and the atmosphere was mllder.
The same clubs play again this after
noon.
THE SCORE.
Here Is The correct score:
RICHMOND.
Players. a X. B.H T. A. L
Klopf 5. 3. .........."..2