The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-04
THE E[KS LOSE TO
FULTON BROWNIES
Spicy Game Played at Broad
Street Park.
ElKs' ERRORS RESPONSIBLE
he Score was Five to Two in Favor of
the Fulton BoYs-Thoms Not Prop
erly Supported Through the
Game-Bowers in Trim.
ElKs' ERRORS RESPONSIBLE

In the presence OF about nVe hunoreo
persons and five. press representatives.
The Elks met defeat yesterday at Broad
Street Park The Brownies went to the
lower end Of the city in a joyous mood,
where things were doing last night.
BY the raslkest kind Of errors on the
mart OF the Elks, and their failure to bat
Is they have heretofore done. the Brown
tcs were able to pile up the tallics until
Ore had been cinched, and then stopped
for the Elks to make it Interesting.
Bowers. the little midget for the Full
ton agErsga ton, was never IN bettcr
form, holding the heavy sluggers down
40 oye hits. Thoms for the Elks kept the
bows guessing with his curves, but was
tappet up eight times. To the credit of
Bowers belongs seven strike-outs, while
rhoms gets the Same number. Really
there were nine for Thoms, but McLeevy
Idn,t hold the third one. and the out
counted tor first baseInan. Hicks at snort
and Mcdowell q. 1h.ra lot In two runs
for the Brownies in tho seventh inning
by some Of the rottenest playing seen
on the diamond Then, In the eighth In
ming. McLeeyy muffcd ball thrown to
him from Tho7ns while man was COM
1bg to the plate. or course, the runner
scored, and this was all.
DETAILS OF GAME.
But the game,
John McEYoy faced the boI ana Went
out to left field. Darby was allowed to
walk and Eacho went out to second. Nor
gan swatted safely. and Jim McDvoy
lined a little one down to third just in
time to catch Darby as he came from
second The side went to the bench.
Jones for the Elks went back from second
to frst, and Hicks sat down when the
oenter fielder caught @ long fly. Mcdowell
went out from second to first, and the
first inning had ended. The Brownies
could not get man to second IN their
second inning. while the Elis sent man
across the home plate. Willis was the
first up. lie was likewise the first out
for pop to first base was pulled in by
Gathright Bender died on the line to
first. being thrown out from third. Fitz-
patrick. one Of the curveoiogists Of the
Elks, had two strikes called on him, and
then. with scarcely swing Of the bat
pasted a two-bagger out. kIcLeevy got
single on an error of second, and Fitz-
patrick came over the plate. Score. to 0.
The third inning was shut out for
both sides. and with the fourth ended, it
las TO @ for the Elks. In the fourth,
ticks let the pitcher throw him out to
f,st, and Mcdowell slapped the leather
Or two bags. Wills was gently punched
the ribs by a ball from Bowers and
rent TO first. Bender got a players choice
nd Mcdowell scored Fitz went out to
lrst from second.
Things dragged along until the fifth IN
ming, when fillmore pasted one safely.
Bowers, the twiIler for the Fulton boys,
simply laid on the ball thrown to him.
and when he stopped running he was on
third, while Elmore had tailed. John
McEeoy got four balls. going to first.
Darby famed the air, and Bowers scored
on Eacbo's long fly TO center field Nor
gan famed air, and the bench received
the players for the time being.
SCORED ON ERRORS.
The seventh made two more runs for
the Brownies by errors of Hicks and Nc
Dowell. In the eighth they let one man
cross the plate and this was all, yet the
greatest suf7icency to take the coin.
Hicks partly redeemed himself for an
error he made by handling q hot liner
to him. Bender at second made a sensa-
tional catch and Blowers dropped on
one right off the bat. stopping it prettily
ana throwing the man out at first.
In the grand stand, there were three
ladies. who from their antics, evidently
came from Fulton. They looked sour
when the Elks were ahead, and like morn
ing glories when the game was ended.
The tabulated SCORE follows:
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