Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-04
A TIE GAME.
Darkness Ended Hot Contest Be-
tween Portsmouth and Hampton.

Darkness Ended Hot Contest Be-
| tween Portsmouth and Hampton.
| What will probably be the record
game in this league this season was
the twelve-inning game at League
Park yesterday afternoon between the
Portsmouth anu Hampton baseball
| teams.
1t was something of a pitchers bat
tie. and yet there was enough hitting
to make it interesting. and the 600
for they certainly got their moneys
worth. The Portsmouth team was
| badly crippled, Murray being out OF
the game on account of his terribly
lacerated knee. Luitich playing first
base and Morrisey in right garden.
When Clark had the misfortune to
break his finger in the seventh Morri-
sew had to come to second. and Murray
| take his place in right field. This was
| a fearful handicap. with two pitchers
| In the infield and legged" right
| fielder, and the boys We're further de-
| moralized by Clark's injury. the little
finger of his right hand being broken
at the first joint. but they soon pulled
themselves together. and only missed
winning by hair"
When Portsmouth went to the bat in
the ninth inning ii looked as though
| the game was up" but good hard
timely hitting earned three runs on a
double by Longley. INemmers single
rays by the way was a peach, the ball
going on line almost to deep centre
| field fence and no one would have ever
thought him to be crippled to see the
way he tore around the bases and beat
the throw in to the plate. He fell just
after touching the plate. and it looked
as If he would faint. but his comrades
| picked him up and carried him to the
bench. where he soon revived.
1t was wonderfully clean game,
~ hot 10 hA
112 chances given the fielders. Gilligan's
fielding at shortsop for Hampton was
one of the features of the game which
was replete with fielding of the highest
class. he having accepted clearly Il
chances, which will likely be the rec
ord in this league. Clark also played
great ball until his unfortunate acct
dent forced him to retire from the
game. and Bammert. Kemmer. Long
ley. Kohnle and Morrisey also distin-
very strong game at first base.
HAMPTON began scoring from the
jump. Red" Gilligan leading off with
a double and z. Gilligan. Ashenback
and Foster following with singles.
Ashenback was retired at the plate by
trying to score on fly ball. In each
of the next three innings. however,
only three batters faced Allen. and in
the fifth and sixth only four men COM
| ltlS 10 the pIdte. In the seventh tnoy
scored one run on a single and stolen
base by Pautot and Hempleman's
| double.
Portsmouth got three men on base
in the second inning. Morrisey being
hit by pitched ball. Clark getting a. hit
and Bammert's fielder's choice. but no
score resulted. In the fifth Clark led
off with a hit and Bammert got an
other. but Clark was caught at third.
Two more hits and two fielder's choice
in the sixth could not make n score,
but In the ninth Longley's double.
kemmer's single and Murray's home
run tied the score. After that neither
side had chance to score. Allen strik-
two In the twelfth. After Hampton
had scored one run I'm the thirteenth
and Byers had been retired for Ports
mouth Umpire Thornton called the
game. and the score went back TO the
twelfth inning. tie game
PORTSMOUTH,