The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-09
Standing ofthc Clubs

Tho two games cat Broad street PARK
yesterday afternoon attracted the largest
number Of enthusiasts since the Cherubs
returned home. and the POO people were
repaid for sitting four hours by seeing
the locals loose hotay contested game
and BY winning AN easy one.
Denny Longs long. lean and lank az
eregation. the majority Of whom were
Denny's Last years hedglings. put up in
the first game one of the best games here
this season. and while they made but
1--WE hits. TO Richmond's eleven. they
made three runs TO two Of the locals.
Their playing was superb, but SO was
that of the locals. and but for most
doplorable error i'm the seventh inning
bv Chesbro. and some foolish base run
ming. the game would have gone TO the
Cherubs by "a score of 20
Chesbro. however. threw the game
away That IS. he threw the bail away
iu irving 10 nail runner at second and
two men scored. The high spirits of the
locals dropped at this point and they
never revived.
The second game was very easy. Lever
went I'm for the locals and Foreman for
the visitors. and the visiting Southpaw
was slaughtered I'm the very first inning
the Cherubs getting seven hits. walk
and a hit by pitched ball, all resulting IN
six runs.
This weakened the strain the visitors
had been under. and they went TO
pieces Newell taking FOreman's place
I'm the box. Ulrich dropping out Of the
game. and a general shifting around with
Fertsch playing in left field
vb. lnruIa did mot sion getting runs,
however. but added them up in the sec
ond third. eighth. and ninth, until the
total reached eleven runs.
Sammy Lever was happy. for he held
the Readingites down TO seven hits,
which resulted in but one run. while the
locals caught eighteen hits. among them
being FIVE doubles and a triple.
There was some lack Of judgment in
base-running by the locals, and two runs
were caught mapping at first. All this
was in the first game. however. and the
lessons learned then were prohted by IN
tho second.
Fertsch was the twirler in the first
game. and young Heydon. who played
with Norfolk last year, was behind. In
the fourth inning. Hargrove caught
walk, went down on DundOns hit. stole
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a bag. Then Leahy went out 10 centre.
Dundon who had singled. stole second
and scored on Wigs hit Chesbro famed
out and <lopf went out at third on
~.
That was ALL but IL lead the visitors
until the seventh inning.
In Readings fourth half Heydon got
walk and scored on hits by Belts and
Stsatton And I'm the seventh Spratt hit
10 Leahy. who fumbled and allowed the
runner TO reach first sack in safety. III
rich then hit an easy one to Chesbro. who
IN handling IL to cut off Spratt az second
threw wild and the BAN went away out
"a centre field, and both men scored. and
won the game, for the Cherubs could not
overcome the lead of one run that the
readings then held
In the game Umpire Belts was the OBJ
lect Of much derision by the crowd. Some
OF II he deserved some he did not Belts
appeared 20 be on several occasions. nota-
DIV that in the ninth inning. when he de
clared Hess out at first. somewhat off
in his Judgment. The rules always pro-
vide that on close turns the runner should
always have the best OF st. and should
be given the benefit Of the doubt but Mr..
Belts disregards this rule entirely.
He is undoubtedly honest in his work.
and usually his efforts are appreciated
nv the crowd. but the first game was
certainly not a monument OF his able et
forts In the second game there was not
kick registered against him, possibly
because the Cherubs were winning. and
the self-constituted umpires in the grand
stand were satisfied.
The official score of the hrst game fol'
lows:
RICHMOND.