The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-01
CHAMP
BROWNIES
They Sustained Their Reputa-
ton Of Being In
vincible.
GREAT EXHIBITION OF BALL
Fulton Team Virginia Cham
pions-,Twin City Cham
pionship To-day.

pionship To-day.
| The Brownies are still champions OF
| virginia. BY defeating the strong Bar
ton Heights team in snappy game yes
terday afternoon they maintain their
standing az the fastest sen1i-pro fcsnonal
| team IN the state. Every step was SIREN
ucusly fought by the Northsiders. every
de cisior by the two u,npires caused the
youngsters to register kicks, and tho
gan1e was, accordingly, at d fever heat
all through.
Before the game started the Barton
Heights team registered a kick against
Umpire Duke, and It was finally de-
cided to have two umpires. and Dalton,
a member Of the Richmond team. was
nut IN to assist Mr.. Duke. Despite this
arrangement, the youngsters found many
opportunities to kick. and they took adj
vantage OF every one OF them.
rhe result Of tho game was disap'
pointment to large delegation OF root
ers, but they took the defeat philosoph-
ically, and made up their minds TO root
hard and long in the games this after
noon.
There were no sensa tional plays IN the
game, although Boone excelled IN several
good line catches at second. Tho hit
| Ting was fiercn OIL both sides-the
brownies catching nine hits. with total
OF eleven bases, and Barton Heights
eleven hits, with total OF seventeen
ba ses. Errors were scarce, and the out
and In fielding was {superb. Shelton was
unfortunate In passed balls. He did not
seem to be able to catch on to LeWls's
curves, and the signals appeared TO be
mix q
Barton Heights was strengthcned by
| the aid Of Holland, Of the Manchester;
team. He did good work AS q run.
| eetter Bigbie led and he was 4 he only
man on the Brownies team who errored,5
| a throw from Frost by which Bache got
to second. IN,
So strenuousy dill the Northsiders.
play, that the game was not settled
| until the last man was out in the gather--Ss
ing gloom OF the ninth. and the rooters
we're 10th to leave the park even then.
Brownies Runs.
The first run was made by Bisbie. He.
vas hit by pitched ball, stole second
ana scored on Eacho's hit. in the sec
ond inning knowles safed because Taylor
gdropped his ny BALL. He went to third
on a, passed ball. and scored on Nc
|Leavy's single. Then there we're two
5bla nix innings, and In the fifth. Frost
| singled stole second and scored on Big
|bie's two agger. Bigbie tailed on
Lewis S error. & 4 e vs. y
Another blank inning. and in the sew
s,trN1 la
scored on Hiclks's hit. The latter went
down on the attempt to catch Bigbie at
! 5the plate and scored on Ea chos second
| hit. 3 .
The last run was made by Hulcher He
singled, caught second on aIwlld pitch.
and scored because the ball went through
a hole under the grandstand.gF
Rose caught two strikes and then hit
out hard for three bags, and scored on
| hollands out at first Bache singled,
went to second on Btgbie's tumble. stole
third and came home on Lewis s two
| bagger. The Barton Heights contingent.
in Rooters' Row shouted Justify, and
.Hippy.',5 the Brownie mascot cautioned;
them through his mega phone to walt
awhile. :" ia
Tied the Score.
For four innings nothing else was done.
1n the sixth two men bit the dust. hen
Lewis singled and scored on Boones two
| ba gger, while the latter crossed over
OH TrItton's double. That tied the score.
and "IIippy't was Intensely quiet. while
the Barton Heightses howled. But the
Brownies got ahead again in the next
inning, and all Barton Heights could do
was to make ono more run III the sew
enth. Two men were out. when Holland
went to bat. He hit little dink out
towards third base. Half the grand
stand declared that the hit was foul.
tile other half said It was fair. and Frost
thought It foul. and made very little eff
fort to gather 1t up. Umpire Dalton de-
cided the ball fair, and Holland did not
stop running until he landed on second
bag. He then scored on NlcEvoy's hit.
THAT was all. and with the shadow thck-t
~ falling, the game came to an end
with the Brownies still champions of
Virginia. #
League Championship.
The game between the Brownies and
Barton Heights at o'clock this after-
noon will settle the championship of the
Twin City. League. The clubs are now
tied for first place. and the game may be
looked forward to as even warmer"
| than those OF yesterday ana the previous
days. IS,
crate a homlng pigeon at the close OF
eacn Inning, and the. bird Will carry the
score to Atlanta
The first game to-day will be called
at 2:l5 o'clock between Manchester and
Richmond. The score of yesterdays
game:
PLAYERS, Alb. r. II. q. A. z.
p p5esie, observation-disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Hicks, 8. as.,..,'...,.,'.,,4 =
Eacho, 2b..,...,........, y
Jones. J. f..,..,..,....,.,4 y
Knowles, r. f,..,."."..t y
| Sharp. G. f,,,.,..,..,,',.4 =
! McLeayy, c,,...,',..'',,t !"
| Hulcher, p,,....,.,.',',"'9 - =