The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-26

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Quakers Exercise. ta.
.BUTsWASs FINALLY BEATEN
The Score was Nine to Two i
Favor Of the Phl|lies on 1.-THE
Wlnd.up ~ individual
Work Of the Mines. #

In the presence Of some two or three
hundred fans, all /. OF whom rooted 10y
ally and Justify for tho home boys, the
Phillies yesterday afternoon at Broad !,
Street Park defeated the Richmond state
League team by a score: Of o&to t2,gf But 81 =
the game, was more interesting, Sonter'rf
tanning and exciting than Is denoted by
tho SCORE n s 8, a 's5 Ss3 x Y II
The efrortssof the homo aggregation to
overtake the lead acquired by the Phllles
8were altogether dandy, and many were
the clever stunts performed BY some
members Of tho local team, They were
weak with tho stick and could not swat
the shpere at the proper moment, and at
times their fielding was tribe off color.
WINNING TEAM! +.
Considered AsSthe first time this season
the team has INDUCED IN any contest,
the showing made By them yesterday
against the big leaguers, tho fans were
well pleased, and think Richmond has q
winning team. individually there are
sotle good players in tho club, and all
that is needed to round tho aggregation
into champions IS practice at team work.
At crtlcal moments yesterday the
playing OF some Of the intied was OF
the dumb order while ut the bat once
or twice the men displayed bad judg-.
n1ent. Especially was this true OF
Skillet" Jones, the center fielder. Had
he exercised better Judgment the score
would havo been different
"a Two mon were on bases and Jones had
three balls and no strikes chalked against
him. Instead Of letting the next ono or
two SO by no swung at tho ball, struck
1t to Wolverton and q double play re-
suited, the side being retired without
scoring, although the man UP MT for
two bases
Hicks and Bigby, third baseman and
shortstop, respectively, do not desire
any medals for tho game played by them.
Both made costly errors and allowed runs
to be scored. when good work would
have resulted differently. This Is mani-
shows that the Philles earned only two
runs. The others were made by bad
playing and Bigby and Hicks were the
principal Offenders.
Hooker and Thomas did the twirllng.1
Both are good slab artists, and promise
to develop Into fast minor league pitch
tiona Leaglcrs were able to make only
nine hits Off the two men, and Barry
and Kelster did the best of this
Fritz Knowles, the star batter Of tho
City League last year, surprised tho.
fans by striking out three times yester-
Qny, Il6s hIlUCNcu stNo-pu56ot
the first time he was up, lie doesn't
SOON to have his batting eye with him.!
but will probably prove all right before
the season Is over. He batted above wy
last year, which is quite rcnltprka ble.5
The game proved for the Phllies Just
what they have been looking for. 1t
was fine practice and Manager thinner
was we'll pleased with the showing made
by the men, not one Of them making an
error during the nine innings Of play.
WEAK AT THE BAT.
Tho Phillics appear rather weak at tho
bat, but this Is probably duo to tho fact
that they haven't vet got their batting
eyes and arc trilo puzzled by tho
bcndors.
In tho box It Is hard to tell just how
the team will show up IN tho big league.
Tho twlrling staff looks good on paper.
and some Of them showed last year that
they could mix them up to puzzling
degree,
The tabulated score tells the story Of
tho game: