Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-15
They Take A Fall Out Of The
Saucy Hampton "Crabs.
LUITICH DID THE PITCHING.
1t Was Not A Scientific Gamo But 1t Was
An Interesting One All Through Tho
Crabs Hard Fighters And Mover Stop
Playing Until The Last Man Is Out Tho
Little Hampton Brownie Pitched Good
Ball, But He Lost.

bail; very interesting from the fact
that it kept the rooters for both teams
guessing from start to finish. 1t was
anybodys old game until the last man.
was out. and the hard, gingery playing
put up by the Hampton team, in con-
junction with the closcness of the score.
gave the rooters of nervous nature
Shaky feeling and Il dizziness boFder-
ing on fainting spell.
There was good crowd present,
many fans from "Crabtown" coming up
to see the Crabs satisfy their appetite
by n good baseball lunch off the able
bodied. healthy Beers. But there are
times when people reckon without their
host. and this happened TO be one Of
those. for instead of the Grabs" lunch
ing. thereby fattening their percentage.
the Beers made Holsters of them. and
with an usual sprinkling of ginger
salad. bit a huge chunk off their per-
centage column.
The loss of yesterdays game, how
ever. was nothing to the discredit of the
Grabs from "Crabtown," for they
played the game for all there was in 1t,
and the hot stuff of Il gingery nature
they infused into the game was an in
teresting feature. These boys are al
ways in the-gatf to win, etftd Tire -fttct
that they are run or two behind does
not damDen their ardor; but, on the
contrary, makes them fight all the
harder. Talk about chirping! This team
has Richmond beat to Il standstill in
that particular, for they keep up an in
cessant chatter all through the game:
and are almost as irrepressibe as lot
of magnies. They have team work
down to perfection and YOU see no
funny breaks with these fellows. They
hit and get away and that probably
makes them stronger than they would
otherwise be- and is no doubt the secret
of their success thus far.
Portsmouth yesterday put up n good,
snappy game. The team had energy
and played the game, Ginger was not
absent by any means, the players hand
ing it out in quantities to suit the times
and opportunities offered. There was
an Improvement in their work in every
direction and department. notwith-
standing the fact that Luskey is in
crippled condition and that big Sham"
Meyers was out of the game with n
badly injured hand. Coleman, the big
pitcher, covered the first bag with
credit and. in conjunction with his nice
fielding. he made two clever singles
The boys hit we'll and as n rule fielded
nicely. but somehow they seem to have
one bad inning which practically
cinches the game for the opposing
team. yesterdays game proving the ex-
ception to the rule. They can play ball
and. using the expression of one of
them yesterday. They propose to
steady up now and go through this
league like streak of creased lightn-
ing"
The cost of an error was very plainly
eSempliiied yesterday In the first in
ming Gilligan for the visitors struck
out. Durrett. the next man up went
out on fly to Coleman-two' men out.
Ashenback singled and Chandler hits to
Kemmer. who fumbles the ball. Hero
N ha
instead there were two men OF bases
Allen. the next Grab" to pop up with
the tide. singled--one run came in.
Diesel singled and two more runs came
IN. one of them through the error of
Lnitish. who did not seem to know
what TO do after the ball was returned
10 MIN from right field, where il was
sent by DIESEL, he having oceans of
time to put Allen out at the pIate-uurf
whef-he- did throw It sent the snhnrn
over Luskey's head.
The next man went out. but three
crabs had noated in with the tide
when. at that time. seemed to be flood
Win thein. and all on account of the
error made by big fat good-natured
Biiiie' Kemmer. He felt as mean as
any one else about it, But he "cheered"
up ana Kept at them. not letting n lit
Tie thlng like that worry him. and the
tact or his never letting up has made
Tor MIN n warm place in the hearts of
the rooterS. and what he can do with
that fat bat of his makes the average
pitcner sick at heart. and though he
MT the ball hard yesterday he could not
land but one of them safe.
portsmouth came in for her first. and
things looked lively from the start.
kohnle got hit with pitched ball. and
landed on the initial station. Clark
soaked one on the trade mark good and
hard. but Allen got it. One out. Long
ley hit long one for three bags. and
one l'oer crossed the rubber Kemmer
flew out to Ashenback at first. Two
out. Longley still on third Murray
spit on his hands. grabbed up n ton Of
dust. more or less gave his bat n fancy
TWIST or two. Mr.. Martin. the little
Brownie" pitcher put one where Muir
ray wanted it. and bang it went over
the left field fence for homer" Three
runs and the score tied. two of them
earned.
Coleman hits out n clean one for one
bag. and Bammert does the. same thing.
but that little hard working hustler.
Luskey. hits fly to DIESEL. and it was
all over so far as that inning was con-
cerncd.
After that Portsmouth had the game
we'll in hand. although all through the
game there was feeling of unrest
among the rooters. who rooted with n
will. Brownie" Martin pitched good
ball. the heavy hitting Beers getting
ten hits off him-two triplets, a homer
and seven singles. while the Grabs. -
with all their ginger and buster. could
find but eight hits off Luitich-seven
singles and n double. three of the sin
giles being made in the first inning after
n chance had been given TO retire the
side.
1t was not n pitchers battle; 1t was
not hitting game; nor was it n clean
fielding game by any means. as the
score Will show. But. nevertheless, Ii
was a game in which you could get