Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-08
HARD LUCK.
Portsmouth Lost to Newport News
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Johnnie Kaufman pitched the game
! for Portsmouth yesterday afternoon,
and except in two innings, the hrst and
| the last, pitched very clever ball,
/ showing; Il steadiness and control which
was highly crcditablo His support
WAS Il little slow ut times, but there
were no errors behind him. and on the
whole it was Il very interesting game
Newport News scored four runs in the
first inning. and it was q pretty up
hill game the "Boers" put up. but in
the ninth "IIawcy's Hobos" won out.
with Il run TO spare. Clark returned to
the same anu put up 4 fast article.
both in tho field and with the stick.
accepting clearly eleven chances and
rappirss out double and two singles
IN Tour times UP. l\emmer. Bammert
ana Luitich also put up nice game.
and iongley ana l<emmcr had their
batting eyes with them. Weaver and
BiSbe led with the stick for Newport
News. while Hulswitt and Conroy car
ricd off the fielding honors for their
team.
Umpire Thornton was rearfully Off
on his decisions. and as usual Ports
mouth got the raw end. lie called
IonGley out ut first when touched, re-
il, and declared Murray out for run
ming out OF lire while returning TO
first, after starting for second "a very
rank decision). but the climax Nas
reached when he called Clark out ut
second. before the bail reached the
baseman. and Clark slid beautifully.
not being touched until after he was
on tho bag. Then. too. Kaufman had
Weaver clearly struck out i'll the first
inning, pitching him four strikes. right
on the E'ate, but Thornton gave him
free nass. 1t is such work on the
part OF The incompetent umpres vith
which this league has been inflicted
that takes the life out of the players
and makes the games embarrassing to
tho spectators. y decided change in
this department of the game cannot be
made too soon.
Newport News led off. and scored
four times. Weaver was given pass
(by Th0rnton) and Eapp sacrificed
advanced TO third on Conroy's hit. and
Hoffman was hit By pitched ball filing
the bases Two men scored on
o'lricn'5 hit. and Hoffman Tailed on
Hicks safety In the second. Weaver
hit safely. and IL the third Blgbie and
Conroy got hits. ana Hicks was hit by
pitcher. but Kaufman kept them from
talfying. In the fourth Weaver got
another hit. and the nth opened with
base on balls TO Corroy, and In tho
sixth. Papp got a single. but no runs
resulted.
IN tho seventh and eighth no men on
either side got to base. but in the
ninth Weaver led Oft with 4 double:
NuISNilI Elt. scoring weaver. ana stole
second himself tallyinS on Bigbie's
third single. The next two men were
dead. Bammert to Luitich.
After kohnlc and Byers were out for
Portsmouth in the first inning Long
ley got IN inficld single. but the UNI
pire said he turned the wrong way and
called him out when Landrum touched
Elm with the ball. In the second KEN
mer was hit by pitcher. advanced on
Murray'S single and scored on Clark
double. Murray was declared ont FOR
running out OF line" while returning
to first base after starting for sec
ono. Clarke scored from second by
daring base-runnng. Portsmouth was
banked in the third. but added an
other tally in the fourth. Lopgey led
on with a double. and kemmer follow
ed with another, taking third on
Clark's single when he was left, for
Murray and Bammert struck out and
more runs came In the fifth. Kaufman
getting n lie on Rapp's error. stealing
second and scoring on l<ohnle's hit.
kohnlc advanced on Bycrs' sacSificc,
but died ut the plate while attempt
inS 10 score on I.onclcy'S single, Long
ley taking second on the throw in.
from which he scored on Kcmmer's
hit. There were no further runs. al
though Clarke got 4 hit in the seventh.
and I.uitich one in the ninth. Allen
batted for Kaufman in the ninth. but
Hoffman captured his hot one after a
hard run.
The score: