The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
MANCHESTER Team
EASY MARK FOR ELkS
BY a Score of 3 TO the Horn
Wearers Win.
VAS A BATTLE OF PITCHERS
vif.ean Hundred People Tura Out to
See aame at Broad Street Park.
The EIks Move Up Peg in
the League-Standing.
WAS A BATTLE OF PITCHERS
Standing Of the Clubs.

Name Played. Won LOST ~.
Brownies ...........5 800
1Slks .........-.--.....e s ~
Petersburg ..........s 2 800
Manchester ..........4 o A,o
Tho haplcas Manchester team presenteAl
heir .farce-comedy, entitled How to
Lose with Ease" fresh from run OF
Jour games over the entire circuit OF
&he Ty1-City League. before some fifteen
!. hundred people at Braod-Sueet Park.
yesterday afternoon. In game not
made very exciting by any brilliant
playing the Eiks blew melodious holes
in the aggregation from over the river
etowing them further away IN Inc DOT
xomless Dit OF defeats. Score. to i;
Elxs runners UP.
Neither team INDUCED in any too much
swatting, the conflict being somewhat
$ pitchers battle. with honors easy unui
sitter the sixth inning. when Hooker.
the lengthy boy from Manchester lie;
+ down and allowed the home team to
land safely several times. just often
enough to net run during each Of the
j last innings.
Yesterdays game was not the kind
that madly infatuated the populace
Several hundred people adorned the
E blea cheers and grand stand. prominent
among them being several rootcrs from
! Manchester and quite number of la
! dies, all of whom paved the closest at
! tention and manifested deep interest
!, HI the recital
WENT HOME sHORN.
When lfhe same began the rpoters
/. from Manchester looked the picture OF
10Y, but two hours later their photo-
graphs might easily have been mistaken
for a true likeness to grief. IheS NAG
: scI,rneyed to Richmond with the aFo"eo
7 Intention Of fixing the clocks OF the
/ Elks, and their disappointment was Keel
Both Hooker and Fitzpatrick pitchco
) high class bail. the latter having som.
what the better OF the argument
lowing only four hits during the nine
1,,;ng. The former was touched up
eight times during the conflict, but sem
ax mon back to ttle bench on three
Il strikes He gave three players III.
bases on balls and struck out slA.
patrick never allowed single lise .i pas's
tn the initial bag but only tanned .i,lee
OF the Manchesteflans.
hit one batter. -ince
During the play for the first urne slnce
.ha league opened Bigbie. third oase
man for the Elks, INDUCED IN d -
dirty work. as result OF which 4:e.,
dent Donati made known ms l''
IF imposing fine of $40 on mn
in+erferred with runner, and there "as
no excuse in the world ior lhv -,
II such worl, continues IT VIII rum
tho snort in Richmond. many peop'e
!, 40 prandstand condemnng the &C
ton Of Bigbie.
EI.1zs AT THE BAT
Th, contest opened win the Elks at
the bat. and Bigbie was the first man
to toe the plate lie ambled FORWARD
/. with a confident look In his eye ana
nst was thought he would swat inc s'iie'e
good and hard. But instead. ne iaiiiieu
Tho air three times. returning TO the
l,py
4 Jones followed and was thrown out
from second to FIRST. Mcdowell secured
q n safe hit of the scratch variety. pu'
was forced out at second on Dill 10
, ne shortstop. Side out, no runs
~ r. OtHara was the first man up Tor
Il Manchester. securing base on an or
ror by Hicks, who threw wiz. to iifst.
Il He stole second but never got any
4 nearer home plate, the next three men
going out In one. two, three order on
= infeld ground hits.
- In the second inning Wills was hit by
"a pitched ball, stole second, but was
4 thrown out at home plate While trying
10 score on a hit to centerheld by RITZ
! patrick. Bender struck out. and Nc
I,eeyey retired the side by going out
/ from short TO first.
Only three members of the Manches-
4 ter team faced the pitcher in this In
first, while Jennings and Cheatham few
s out to the shortstop.
Eligible and Jones went out from short
{ 20 .irst in the third inning, while French
4 lied at first on an easy one TO the
B pitcher. For Manchester. w OHara
Il hew out to short Hooker hit an easy,
oHara struck cut.
In the fourth Mcdowell famed the
sir three times; Hicks secured first ana
second on errors by the second haseman,
3 hut Wills and Bender both struck out.
FOR Manchester, Jenning died at first
on a ground hit. Crosuc hit safely TO
left field. Driver was hut by pitched
ball and it looked like a run. How
ever Lewis and w. Jennings could not
deliver the goods and the side retired.
Score still nothing TO nothing.
Fitzpatrick popped out 10 the short
stop in the fifth. McLcevey swatted the
bail nicely. placing 1t just out of reach,
but he was thrown out in a nice double
play from pitcher 10 second base, French
having Knocked an easy fly TO the slab
artist Cheaiham, the first man up for
Manchester In this inning. went out on
line hit to short. He was followed
up by r. O'Hara. who secured hit.
but Hooker, the next man up knocked
a soft pop fly TO short. The inning was
closed by J. O'Iiara going out from
2 pitcher to iIfSf. Sui no runs.
FIRST Run.
Bigble went out from third to first in
the sixth inning. Jones failed to connect
with the ball. and Mcdowell was thrown
out from third to first. In their half
of this inning Manchester secured their
first and only run. which. by the way.
was earned J. Jennings, first up. died
ut first. Crostic secured base on a safe
kwat. He stole second and by nice base
running scored on hi, on center field
by Driver. Lewis then struck out and w
Jennings flew out to right field: score
one to nothing in favor OF the visitors
The seventh inning opened with Hicks
General Debility