The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-07
BROWNIES LOSE;
E[KS VICTORIOUS
An Exciting Game at the Broad
Street Park.
4 GREAT PITCHERS BATTLE.
little Hulcher Pitches Phenomenal
Game, Giving Up Only Two Hits.
Bishop Also Does Fine
Work in the Box.
A GREAT PITCHERS BATTLE

Amid The glad yelpings Of the populace
and the husky l1uzzas from the palace OF
Ians. the EIks exploded the Fulton
Brownies yesterday afternoon at the
Broad Street Par, In the second game
OF the rcceEtly-organized Tri-City League,
and the contiic. was one ST the most
stubborn and liard-fought ever seen in
Richmond the sweet 1norsel of victory
Justly belonging TO one Hulcher. who did
The box work for the Eks. Tho final
score was 2 10 1.
on account of the rain during the early
part o. The afternoon the game was
Ions emo In starting. but it gave the
crauis a vast variety OF thrills The
nine rounds exploited by both CT the
teams were quite beautiful and al'o-
gethcr dandy.
Not over two hundred people turned
out TO see the contest the rain no doubt
holding back a great number OF fans who
would have, attended otherwise. but hau
they been aware of the superior artlcie
of baseball that was to DC played, they
would certainly have turned out, wei
weather notwithstanding.
PITCHERS BATTLE.
From the first inning IT vas pitcheIs
battle. and little Hulcher had much me
hest of IT. In fact, he pitched an article
of bali rarely seen in this section CT the
country allowing the Brownies only Two
hits, one of which was in reality play
ers choice the bail not going out CT the
diamond. The other was a three-bagger.
He struck out eight OF the heavy-hittfng
Brownies. and only gave two men passes
TO first on four bad ones
Considered in any. light this is truly
remarkable record for twirler, ana
much more remarkable is 1t when IL Is
understood that during all parts OF the
4 J. NJ mat a
commemorative hard 10 control. a caFe1ui
examination OF detailed score shows
that barring the ihree-base hit maze ~
Sharp in the third inning only Two oaiis
were batsc1 out OF The inheld py lhe
Brownies. ~,
G!shop. who WAS on the slap LOT .hs
bows from Fulton. did not pitch pdo
Fame by any means. and had i!is team
been able to solve the curves Oh me OPP
,,osine nitcher they wGuld no doubt nave
won out During The nine innings OF lne
fray Bishop caused eleven OF Ine Ems W
fan the air in a vain attempt 10 iind us
balls his record in this respect sNghuy
outshini2g that OF Huicher. 6ut 6i,nop
Wa. p %. Wild giving four men their
Sasss. He tyas touched Up nine times, ana
one of The Two runs made by the Edks
was earned Outside of this. in the flrst
:,nlnE. he held the slusgers down very
well indeed.
ONLY ONE ENRoit
THO brownies outfelded the Elks. only
one error beng charged against them.
This was made by Busaes. and was eH-
c,tsable inasmuch as the ball was fear
fully wet al the time he attempted TO
throw it, and anyhow, run did not re-
s,'lt.
-Four rlisplays were made by the Elks.
tw1 by Captain Wills ana ono each pS
3sjgbie and French.
J,d hpp yJ0periv COarheC
1hc chances are that the game would
have resulted in q draw, as in the seventh
:nning they had magnificent opportunity
tie nut IL man over the plate. Ihaa ne dio
not cross the rubber is due simply TO
dumb work on the part Of The men on
the coaching lines.
J.ac-io. ca plain of the team, had reached
third base by getting a present of the
initial bag and errors by the cenrerfielder
ard first baseinan OF the Elks. One man
was out and Gathrisht soaked the leather
a hard swat. sending it into right field.
sores was under the sphere when 1t came
down but had 1t not been for the man on
the coaching lines holding him. Eacho
could easily have beaten the ball to the
plate 1t has been done numbers of
times But Eacho died al third. and the
Brownies never again had g. chance to
tie The score.
The game was delayed some time on
, account or rain and did not start until
+ o'clock. The Elks We're at the bat first
IIgbe and Jones. the first two men up
.yert out in about n pair of seconds, but
Khowies who followed. secured a safe
hit lie stole second and scored on a hit
by Mcdowell This ended the run get
tiness for the inning.
The Brownies died quickly and easily
In their part Of the first, and the score
was one TO nothing
SENSATIONAL CATCHES.
In the third inning. with no one out,
Euicher hit safely. stole second and
scored on wild throw by pitcher. Ia
their hal. of this round the Brownies Sc
cured their only run. and 1t was earned
One mar went out when Sharp biffed
the ball for three bases. He was safely
anchored on the bag SO close to home
when John McEroy hunted to the third
basenan The bali WAS slow one
Sharp beat the throw to the plate, al
though the decision was close. McEvoy
was credited with a hit. as the rules OF
scoring require. but ii was nothing more
than players choice. He died at first
base,
outside Of the pitching of 1ulcher and
Bishop the features of the game We're
| sensational catches made by Eacho and
Bender, both of whom cut off base hits
with their right mits.
Next Saturday afternoon the Brownies
and Manchester will meet at the Broad
Street Park and a close game is predict
ed. Petersburg and the Elks VIII play In
Petersburg.
The following tells the tale of the game.
FULTON BROWNIES.
PLAYERS. ABB r. II. SH. o. A. e.
s,tai., q f. 0 0 0
John Mccoy. 3D.. o Q
Morgan. ]. f.......... U
1secho. 2b............ 1
Mira McEvcyy Is. So. 3 o l. U