The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
Z OS'T FIRST
I q AME 10 ST. AIN LEY
Lawmakers G Couldn't Connect at
the Proper Time and IS Visitors is' ;s'i.I
~ Had an Easy Yictory.

Under the most favorable circunlstarltc
I tho first game started. Long was in the
sbox Tor the Ia lmakers, ana Stanley with
his spit lpall, was itching ror the crew e
Il of the Mary j ane. Dingle, Set and NC NC
4 Mahon went out in order for the visitors
n ana Richmond sent Boyd to bat for the no
first & one BHe was out on Il n w ly y %
third, & and Reeve q singled land pilfercd
II second. Siebrie tanned -and by tf,e-w4ly
D he did III three times In this game ana
n DoraI, sent d long one out to rig htiield
that was capture ed. IA # \.
334lt wiley got one down the third base line,g
lust about to the sack, In the second. IN
Il Ming and the ball was called fair HICKS
4 thought It was al foul and therefore .l1.
y Cot m error on IT.. Clark sacriti ed nice
n 10 and Jack soi, went out to center field. y
Hopkins got q single. advancing Wiley
&to third. a Then Hopkins started e from
I first to second ana Hinton sent the ball y
down, D 10 q second. Hopkins played X be-
s tween the bases and Wiley, who WIS on \
third. 81 f,nallyi1 scored when Cudd " threw
B the bali high to Hinton at the home
4 plate. Foster was the next batter, ana /, \
sent one Is Shafer that was gobbll up
after a pretty pla Y, I, .55
3 on almost the Identical play the visit
4 ors n scored another run in the third in-S
$nin1 stanley famed, and Dinglel singled.
! aeitz walked. and Dingle scored on the
pIay between the bases for seitz. ) M Nc
Mahor struck out, u and VileyB$ was !s out
+ from Reeve to Shaffer. gtaa3 Y. u
"a passed ball after the man had tanned, l
an error and one lonely llttl e hit scored
two runs against Long in the six n in
Ming. The other tally making the gun
1tette, came h in the eighth inning. hon.
I after two men had taken the cemetery .ei
TJav, fS1alfs cT11
two base 4 hits. OF course J ackson5 q lad !.
TO score, for he was the fir st %one III TO-
make the tWo-base crack 5j$583Sa
Richmond got her first and onl y run
Sin the third inning. Hinton led off with.
Y d hit, and Long duplicated the trick,
~ Boyd sacrificed both of them, and Reeve
B dumped one to Stanley that wasn't field
4 ed properly, and Hlntop scored Then I
Richmond attempted the same thing that
"a Norfolk had twice worked, and Long got
" caught at tho plate. In her hal OF the
ninth inning Richmond had a show, and
X the crowd started the excitement. II Ger
n tainly locke d good for one or more runs
IA when Siebrie led with q single Doran got
M one If to first, and Siebrie was forced ut
V second. Cuddyssngled, and Doran nestled
& at the second sack, with only one man
IA out. 4{& II ~ II .S
i5S II lexis came to bat amid round OF
applause, for ( he had done good work
H heretofore. He fouled one or two, and got
a some balls. and was playing with Foster
when the ball camo over. He struck 8it
n and got Al tip foul The ball went high
lin the air, and Hicks threw his hat over.
y Fosters head. Foster muffed the ball
q and Hicks was Il out for interfering. It
was q bad piece Of baseball. and Hicks,
who has been In the game for q long
time. ought to II know 8@5 better. Fost er
would very likely have droppe the ball,
4 anyWny--that Is. the throwing Of the
II bat didn't make him miss i t--but the act
was in itself a bad one. Shaffer flew. out
TO left field, and the game was los t.
3$s The official score OF the first game
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