The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-18
TUL TON BROWNIES
ARE BADLY BEATEN
Same Played Yesterday a Walk
Over for the Elks.
SCORE SIX TO oNE.OR ERROR
Hulcher in Fire Form, Allowing Only
Three Hits, and One Of These a
Scratch-McEvoy Was Wild.
Errors Were Plentiful.
SCORE SIX TO 0NE:oR ERROR
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.


IIulcfler. the southpaw pitcher, was
pittea against John McEvoy, the star
.wister for the Fulton Brownies, yester-
day and stood the comparison with
flying colors. allowing the irwin
chile Brownies to touch him only
three times, while McEvoy saw
seven of the EIks get land safely, and
beheld six forms as they dashed across
home plate 1T was not so much the
hitting OF the Eiis that won as the
Wild pitching Of McEvaT and the ina
blity Of the opposing side 10 touch
Eulcher's slow drops.
When 1t became well known that the
two pitchers who are regarded as the
best In the Tri-City League would face
eaeh other, spectators anticipated last
ana snappy game. with frequent shut
outs Brownie stock took tumble,
however, IN the opening OF the first IN
ming, when Stanley Bigbie FOR the Elks
received four balls and Went TO
arst Frank Bigbio made slow
hit, nna IEacho fulnbied il. Jones
go. four balls Hicks was wait
ing for his base when McEvoy sud-
denly got wild and threw two balls over
Elmore's head. letting in two runs. This
was enough to make things take turn
and the crowd was almost Immediately
transformed into q lIowlinG mass for the
Elks The Brownies are losing rooteTs.
Where they once had the whole grand
stand with them. now there is only a
handful OF the loyal ones. The Elks are
forging ahead steadily in popularity.
PRETTY CATCH.
Darby. centerfelder for the Brownies,
made one Of the prettiest catches OF inc
season. when after running long dls-
lance he pulled in with one hand swift
liner direct from the bat of Hicks. The
crowd went Wild for "A time. and when
Morgan made jumping catch FOR long
one In left. thcT got excited again. AM
other time, when Hulcher was hugsing
FIRST base for the Elks, with two men
out, md Stanley Bigbie at the bat, there
was n lull for q second. When ball
and bat met end the sphere landsd
against left garden fence. Hulcher
came pranc;ng home, but IL running to
third beg, Stanley ran over it little,
and that wonderful arm OF MorSan's
placed him on the bench
In the seventh inning the Brownies
made their first and only run, this on
the ranl1est kind Of errors by Frank Big
bic and Bender Frank BiEbte on third
bag played a very loose game, and one
which viii in nine cases out of ten cost
his size more it!S tiiE1li II t4lt - cF9tt4
dsV. lie seemed unable to handle any
kind OF ball successfully, Ctanley Big
bic in left garden having to do the
stopping of nearly all batted towards
third base.
IN GOOD FORM.
IIulcher was never in better form
than yesterday One of the three hits
gotten off him WIS a scratch one. The
drop bah was al his command at all
stages of the game there being little
let up in the seventh, when he gave
two me- bases on balls. In critical
places he had the power of cooling down,
and making the heaviest of the t5atters
fan the air Morgan, who is regarded
as the safest hitter on the team, famed
air twice. I1acho doing the same thing.
while John McEvoy, the boy who placed
1t over the fence during the last game
had TO retire TO the bench after tanning
at six balls.
The game yesterday. making the second
defeat of the Brownies at the hands of
the Ellss has placed the PERCENTAGE col
umn in entirely new attitude. President
Doaati. Of the league, said yesterday af-
ternoon that the game played in Peters
burg between the Elbas and the Man
chesters. while there was q vacancy IN
the league, will be counted for Manches-
ter. as it was schedule game. This
adds a defeat to the Newport News coll
unn. and a victory e. the Manchester