Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-08
THE BLUE BIRDS
WON THE CAME.
They Make Four Hits and Get
Eight Runs,
BIG CROWD SAW 1T DONE.
Portsmouth Will Mako u Desperate Effort
To-day to Break tho "IIoodoo" Which,
Hangs About Her Portsmouth Makes
Fourteen Hits but sends only Four Me n
Across tho Rubber The Umpiring of
Mitchell Very Good Indeed.

eminently fair and just at every stage
of the game. What was it? you ask.
Why. it was the superior playing of the
visiting team. the "Bluebirds" from the
capital city. who put up n chirpy, cheer
full, go-aheadt win game.
These boys don't get down in the
dumps when the opposing team is a run
or two in the lead. ON the contrary,
they fight all the harder and stronger,
as demonstrated by them yesterday.
There was Il big crowd there yester-
day. Notwithstanding the drubbing the
home team got Saturday, which is
proof positive that Portsmouth people
are fond of baseball and will patronize
IL literally. They went out, hoping to
see PoIitsmouth's break the string of
victories which has fallen to Rich
mond's lot and 1t looked very much as
If those hopes would be realized up to
the beginning of the sixth inning, when
the score stood to in favor OF Ports
mouth.
The "rooters" were out in force, and
they made themselves heard. and the
scenes Of merriment and good nature
were never more in evidence a [ any
ball park than at the Portsmouth park
yesterday. But many things can hap
PENN n game of ball, and several OF
those things happened yesterday, much
to the chasrin OF the fans" and how 1t
happened is n long, tedious, tiresomc
story from n Portsmouth standpoint,
and will therefore only be told briefly.
Leonard twirled for Portsmouth, and
when you see the score and find that
the "Bluebirds" only found him for four
hits. you will wonder how in the world
he lost his game. and especially will
this thought strike you forcibly when
you see what Portsmouth did for Mr..
Stouch. who did the slab work for the
visitors. the home boys touching him
UP for fourteen hits.
Well, Sutch in the first place, was
steadier than Leonard, only one Ports
mouth man walking. while six Rich
mond men walked and one took first
on being hit by pitched ball, and of the
four hits Richmond made they came
when men were on bases and counted.
The fielding OF the teams. so far as
errors are concerned was about equal,
Richmond. however. being more fortu-
nate, they not being nearly so costly
as those made by Portsmouth, which
counted heavily against them.
Portsmouth went TO bat first. and
dumb base running and poor coaching
in fact. no coaching at all-was che
cause of no run being scored Iohnle
got first on balls, Longley hit for n
base Murray lined out to right field
for one bag. and by dumb base running
and coaching Murray ran Lonsley off
second. Kemmer flew out TO left, and
-hytiS MtIl Oul lIOIIl snort 10 1ltSt. NO
runs.
Richmond went out in one-two-three
order. Portsmouth made two In the
second on an error and three singles,
and Richmond in the same inning did
the same thing on n base on balls, an
error of Bammert and double.
Portsmouth made two more in the
third on an error by Bertc. two singles,
an outfield fly and n fcldcr's choice.
and that was all. No more runs were
made by the home team. goose eggs"
showing up as the result of every in
ming following.
Richmond in the sixth made two runs.
teinG the score on an error OF BAN
inert, a base on balls, n hit by pitched
ball and n single.
The worst came in the eighth. when
the first man up went out from Bam-
inert to Meyers. The next man took
first on base on balls. The next man
flew out to Bammert. There was two
men out and one man on first; then an
error. another base on balls and two
two baggers in succession netted Rich
mOnd four runs and the game. which
they deserved for their gingery never
say-Gtc style OF playing.
There was Il marked Improvement in
the team work of the Portsmouth
and they displayed n talent for better
coaching than ever. They hit well and
ran bases fairly; but there seems to be
"hoo-Go" OF some kind hanging about
them, which battles every effort made
10 shake ii off. They seem to lack the
FIRE and snap and watchfulncss win
ming ball players ought to carry about
with them. as evidenced by tho tying
UP they got In the last inning. Murray
hit for single: kcmmer took first on
Kain's error: "B.E Sham" Meyers hit
one hard. landing it ont in deep centre
which Giliigan could not get. \
chance was here given for two men to
cross the plate. but Murray and KEN
mcr thought Gillisan caught the ball.
ard they held their bases, and were put
out. The next man went out easy. and
RichmoNd's per centage took an IN
ward flight and Portsmouihs a dismal
thud.
PORTSMOUTH.