Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-02
VIRGINIA NINE WINS,
Yale Team Proves an Easy Vic
tim in Richmond,
COOKS CURVES NO PUZZLE,
The Varsity Lads Hit Hin Often, and
He Loses His Head.
THE PLATE QUITE HARD TO FIND.
SummcrsgiiI Locates IL, However,
and the virginians, Having n Good
Thing, DO Not Hesitate TO Push It
The Score in Detail.
THE PLATE QUITE HARD TO FIND.
The Score in Detail.

mere is great happiness among the
student body of the University Of Virginia
and the baseball team which represents
that ancient and honorable seat Of learn
ing is just at present composed Of nine
heroes
Virginia won n game from Yale. 1t
was played yesterday afternoon on the
diamond az Broad-Street Park, in the
presence Of about seven hundred en-
thusiasts. and though there was but little
show Of colors there was an abundance
OF enthusiasm. such as It was and when
Virginia took the lead no one in the
seats could have been in doubt as TO
which team had the sympathy OF the
crowd. The Varsity lads had all the
encouragement that the most ardent
rooter could have given a team. and this,
no doubt. spurred the nine Virginans on
to do their utmost
VIRGINIA OUTPLAYED YALE
Virginia must have won whether the
crowd was with her or not, for the Var
stty lads We're by long odds the best
players. Yales team appeared weak be-
side Virginia, and the handsome gray
suited ball tossers were easily defeated.
In the outset, Virginia's nine seemed TO
be somewhat disconnected, and for a
time il looked as though Yale would have
a walkOver. This had its effect upon the
spectators. about fifty Of whom had come
down from the University TO see the
game. and when in the first inning, Mar
Tin who played third for Virginia, drop
ped foul fly from Quimbys bat, thereby
enabling Yale 10 score run, a howl went
up which must have made cold chills |
pass up and down Martins spinal column |
Several other plays. which were some |
what off color, were punched in this in |
ming. and Yale maintained her lead of one. |
in the second inning, however the Vir- |
ginians walled out on the diamond with |
1. do-or-die expression on their faces and |
they went TO work with a vim Cook. the
eIstWhile "phenOm." whom Yale cranks |
have been lauding 70 the skies was bat
ted an over the lot. and Summersgill. the
old Dominion tOsser, held his own beauti-
fully. Cook was, apparently, unable to
locate the plate, and when he did find il
the ball was smashed on the trademark
COR elsewhere, and sent spinning into the
outhed, while the Varsity lads coursed
around the bases.
THE GLORIOUS THIRD.
II was in the third inning that Virginia
tNt+N'tiAe tNOh lAA4iHH III HitI own mana |
and cnched her victory. Every man on
he nine was up once to WELD the ash
md each one handled Cooks delivery un-
nercifully, dissecting his curves with won
ierful ease. Nalle was the first man
Up and he smashed out a pretty grass
utter, trimming the tops Of the weeds |
which have sprung up in right-garden |
Wills followed him and sacrificed him to |
econd. Then came Curley who punched
Hrr 1.r.f.. 4
Us seat but in the deal Male succeeded
n stealing third. and there he waited
o start the fun
lie hadn't long TO wait either. for
ummcrsgill, who can bat ns well as pitch,
ook his position at the plate and when |
ook gave him one to his liking he,smash-
1t on the nose and sent il spin )
ing over the heads of the outheld. IL
ropped up against the centre-feld fence, !
nd while Summersgill circled the corners {
s far as third Male trotted in home. /
n illesally-delivered bah gave Rhea his c
ase, and then Martin was presented with | j
)ur balls served him in Cooks most y
elicate fashion. That filled the corners. =
nd when Bonney was tapped on the leg j
walked home, the bases re- I
iaining filed s
COOK WAS RATIFIED. v
Cook was evidently ratified. He showed q
IN MS manner, and after several con- a
citations with the catcher he prepared | /
quartette Of Goldfish balls. which he y
rived 10 Steptoe, thus presenting Vir- a
MIA with another tempting m0rsel in
le shape Of run brought I'm by Rea. |
no walked to the plate in a dignifed
ld delightfully."- refreshing manner. An | v
ror made 10y Catcher Sullivan. who. in \,
5 eagerness TO catch Steptoe sleeping az 4
ST. threw into the outheld, gave Martin =,
chance TO walk home. and thus were ~
ur runs made. Hunt flew out to Cook !,
d ended the inning but Virginia had ~
e runs-more than Yale made during the ~
tire game-and the victory was !.
hieved. -
Everybody knew that the game was .,
IN. Yale's players knew it, too and y,
ay took no pains 10 conceal their know 80
Ige. for they played thereafter in a 49,
ilcss sort OF fashion, and walked -,
emnly from the field when the ninth y,
ing was completed the score then 1o
uding 10 TO in Virginias favor Here. 10
wever. are the figures, which tell the | ci
ry better than anything else could: ~