The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-14
,.OLTON BROWNIES
AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Team from Fulton Defeats the
Elks in q FAST Game.
HUlcHER POUNDED HARD
Bya Score of 10 TO the Brownies Get
Away wi.h the Game in the Press
ence OF Large Crowd-Notes
Of the Game.
HUlcRER POUNDED HARD

Poor little IIulcher is the southpaw
iwlrieI. who ten days ago let the strong
est and hardest hitting team in the
lesue down with two hits one OF which
was q vcritable scratch il is hard to
realize that the same aggregation. who
at that time found him such an enigma,
yesterday afternoon gave him one of the
most severe druDbinss imaginable, win
ming a contest aboudng in features and
. fast playing by a score OF l3 TO 3.
While HulcAcr and his left whip We're
easy marks for the heavy hitting
Brownies. the Elks, heretofore regarded
as one OF the fastest organizations IN The
association. put up an exhibition that a
bunch of school boys should be ashamed
s of Really il is no wonder Hmcher
s pitched such a bum article when the
e team behind him failed TO give
anything like first class support.
(. making nasty and eXCusable eros une
s n1Jer ime and allowing runners TO cross
the plate almost at their VIII.
Had The manager OF The Eiks done the
right thing he would nave shooed
1lulchcr into the coop after the first in
ming and put either Fitzgerald or Jones on
the slab Had such d course been pur-
s sued the game would have at least been
80: little more exciting and Hulcher, who
is no doubt one OF the best twirlers in
the league, would have been saved a
bunch OF unnecessary humiliation. The
El1s simply made no effort 10 support
him.
BATTED AT WILL.
In defending Hulcher no effort is be-
ing made 10 detract from the hitting
merits Of the Brownies for they demon
sfro ted D1l
TO swat the ball. and swat it hard and
at critical times when hits counted runs.
But while The Brownies fattened their
batting averages and won in good fash
ion, with hands down, the score would
have been nothing like so large had
IIulcher been supported properly. Think
of n semi professional aggregation OF
ball players having Ten eros chalked up
against them during n game of nine IN
nings Il LOOKS Very much as II they did
not unbottle the best they had.
Bowers who had the box for the
Brownies pitched a very good game bar
ring the sixth inning, when the Elks
jumped onto him with both feet, pounding
out three singles and double, which
melted them Two earned runs. AT no
other stage OF the game did he allow them
over one hit 10 an inning, but one OF
these was a home run. McLeeNey, the
big backstop, losing the leather III The
left garden.
Both. the Brownies and ElkS lined UP
little differently from what was expected,
Willis. captain Of the last named team,
being out Of the game and his place be-
ing filled by Hicks, a professional, VINO
has lately been playing in the North Caro-
lima league This chang was not
noticeable during the l-ay. Hicks and vii
lis putting up about the same article of
hall at the initial bag. Their hitting, too,
is about the same.
DARBY A STAR.
But the Brownies have undoupteoiH
stiergthened since their last appearance
at Broad Street Park, and they now have
bevcnd all question the star player-b"th
bal,gr and fclder--of the league. The
name of this worthy is Darby, and he 100
comes from the old North State. his
pja,ing is OF the very highest class, and
probably the greatest feature OF the game
was his matchless fielding and base run
Ming.
During the nine innings of play Darby
made ten assists and Que put out, record
such as is seldom made on a ball field
lie is also charged with an error, but il
was one OF the kind that is eNcusable
the ball taking a sudden and unexpected
bound just before reaching him. OF the
ten assists three OF them would have been
base lits had he not covered the territory
around the third base in such an excel
1 Lent manner His batting was up to snutf
also, he securing out Of five times at the
bit three hits, one of which was dou-
bic. and scoring two of the runs made by
the team on which he was playing.
! IN addition TO being star fielder and
a hard hitter Darby is also the best
& coacher4 seen in Richmond this season. un
Outstanding the fine points of base run
ming and knowing how tC give pitcher
q case of the rattles.
A PRETTY CATCH.
a naCnificcnt catch Of a Ions fly by
Morgan in the sixth inning was one of
the features of the game 1t looked very
r:uch as &c the leather was going to be
los, between center and right field. and it
Was regarded as impossible for either
! Morgan or John McIIVoy TO get under 1t
i before il touched the ground. However,
/ tho left fielder captured the sphere before
st came down, after one Of the longest
Z runs ever seen on n local ball field. BY an
E excellent throw 10 second base he ac-
. colnplished a pretty double play.
The conflict commenced with the Brown
les at the bat, and Sharp was the first
( player TO toe the plate. AS he ambled for
\ ward he was greeted with round of ap-
i plause, but he went out from the short
| stop to the first baseman in about pair
! o: seconds McEvoy followed with safe
1 hit to left field. He stole second and
scored on hit by Darby. who was later
! caught trying to steal third. Eacno and
1 Morgan failed TO get as far as first, and
iIhe inning was over.
"a Bigble was first UP for The Elks, but
+ he failed to connect with the ball and was
retired on three strikes. Jones followed,
getting free pass to first en- four bad
ones. Hicks, the next man up. hit a fast
one to Darby. who threw the ball to
second in time to cvt off Jones, and Hicks
was doubled out at first. The play was
fast one and roundly applauded. 1t was
already evident that the Brownies We're
out for revenge and would put UP the
game of their lives In order TO win.
NEITHER SCORED
In the second inning neither side scored,
but in the third the boys from Fulton
slovcd another man across the rubber