Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
HAD A WALKOVER.
RICHMOND BLUEBiRDs DEsEA
BALTIMORE ATHLETICS.
ALMOST NO CONTEST
ALL.
The ..ucnI Lads Played Wei, Hit
Hard, and Ran the Bases Like Deer
While the visitors stood by and
Looked On-Game To-Day.

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any crust on it, Richmond simply ate up
the Baltimore Athletics yesterday. The
score was If to 2, and it might have been
Is TO o. had Weiss men chosen to nave
made it so, but they only wanted to play
the game and get in some good practice
and they did both.
The visitors are made up Of good mate
rial. The players are all professionals
and, as was said about them in advance
men who have beer engaged by clubs, but
who have not received orders TO report.
Happy "Geegee" Mccain, who was
Bluebird in 1894, went from here to the
National League. got back into minor
leagues and disappeared. only to bob up
ut Norfolk two years ago, and then went
to Texas, plays second base with old
time vim. and is hitting as hard as ever.
one Of the famous Donati Giants is also
a member Of the team. and is something
Of an Improvement over himself Catcher
Brooks is the man, and he used to play
ball away back i'm the days when the
game was played at Island Park.
Big Pitcher Brown is another player
known here. He was once member Of
the real Baltimore club. and is quite a
twirler With a good team behind him,
he could do a good turn. There are some
good players on the club, and one or two
who are not good. but taking into con-
! sideration the fact that yesterday was
their second game of the season, they did
fairly well The Athletics would not be
la, flh . ola
frst-cass condition. but they gave the
( Bluebirds good practice. and many ball
/ games have veen played in Richmond a
| great deal less interesting.
CLEVER TRICKS WORKED.
! The game yesterday.was interesting, be-
| cause those who paid the proper attention
| TO the game saw Richmond work several
/ clever tricks. 1t was, indeed, a practice
/ game.
There was a fairly good crowd present.
| considering, and the rooters were kept H.
a good humor a some amusing situations.
| Harry Schmidt went in to pitch for Rich
/ mond, and for three innings he let him
self out. Three strike-outs went to his
credit, nine men faced him in the three
trials, and only one reached second, and
! he died there on a double I'm the fourth
I
| ball. and "lobbed 'em" up. Mccain got
a double. two flew out TO Hargroye and
| Kahn. who made neat plays and two hits
followed, sending the old Bluebird Over
the rubber.
Archie Stimmell succeeded Schmidt, an(
the Doctor shot in several fast ones-sC
fast that eight players famed out. \ baC
throw by Klopf and an error by "Nigy'
. fs. nj Ha trrue oil
visitors did. Archie kept mp his swift
work until the ninth inning. when h
commenced to hand in straight ones, az
ter he had struck out one man. Two sin
giles followed and with the two runner
on bases. "Stim.," with a smile on hi
face. struck out the new men.
HAD \ SOFT SNAP.
Richmond had an easy time. Just {
start the thing good, the boys commence
10 hit and run at the start off, and pile
up five runs. Then they commenced Z
practice some new plays many Of whic
resulted well. Inasmuch as both 'Stim
and Schmidt pitched such puzzIing bal
and twelve strike-outs resulted, the tear
had little work to do but what they di
was all right Seybold had one nice play
Harry" two, and Barley one Kahn cam
near making circus play. Re ran abou
100 yards i'm after a high fly. and reache
it Just in time to smack it with his mi
All the boys did a nice bit Of hitting. O
course, that Willie Hargrove had 10 shine
He smashed a curve over rightfeld fenc
and chased Seybold home. Big Ralp
Seybod hit hard. He had three single
To his credit, and they were all cannon
shots red-hot Charlie Gutenberg an
: Kahn got i'm two each.
The boys ran the bases, too. maxim
seven stolen bases. Here is the scor
giving all the details of a game full {
fun. Score.