The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-15
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DOWN In DEFEAT |. |: A
Hermitage Wins SLOW Contest
on Other Mines Poor ...s
Playing.
AZ 80
THREE RUNS IN |! FIRST INNING.
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Walker itches = Fine Game,
Striking Out Twelve
III. Men. 5.ss
THREE RUNS IN /! 1 FIRST INNING.
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+ A Had aWalkerSVeeIlE served with * q little
b better support yesterday afternoon this lit
8tis story might have recorded another fact
than the ,dfcat OF Tho Times-D dispatch
BY the Herinit age Club BY q scoro OF I
TO 3. Walker worked liko doughty
hero Of tho Trio Jan times. hut tho heroes
S ut Ids bnck were OF q different mould.
Victory. Which had percaled several times
,cn tiiclr banner, fitted over to the Hermit
+ tnge rinc, and aloft on that standard
I strewed Tho Slnurols on her favorites. AS
was said, walker did his best, and pro-
verb hath II that the angels oan do no
more I, He struck out twelve OF the heavy
.hittera&who a lined up against him, and
/ retired them with something Of sting
sor 4. shame, perhaps. that the boy. could
send them curves which their longest
bats wero unable to- reach.
VII Due pra ise II must be given also the
Jgiant,. 4. .Puss'' 1cllyson. who showed him-
self VERY A handy with the ball, despite
tho silver lining that hangs like the mist
Of wri upon q his brow. And then he
& Had e,ghtSmen behind him who did their
part In the little game and gave him the
support q good pitcher deserves.
Was Mournful.
i. On tho whole, It was q mournful exnl-t
billion OF the game, and there were few
things Of unusual \ brilliance to vary the
monotony " Itch glaySwitf some heaviness
Ecr the scorekeeper IN his little cage. The
latter could only sit and wish that the;
4 OF erhanging clouds would let down their
showers and wash away the persplration
that oven frequent mopping was not
able to keep from off his brow al 3S
vi Three runs, none Of them earned # by
so,;en d shadow; OF yRo TX were brought In
by the Hermitage nine In the first inning.
Jones went to bat and thence strobe with
duck pace to first on an error OF the
man on that bag s531s8 a Sts5
M Thence he proceeded by direct route to-
second on { d passed ball. McNeill made
Ea hit stole second. \. and Jones came In.
Ellyson fourth man up. went to first gon,
q fielder's choice, and MCNEIL went to
third On Walker ssE error. Ellyson stole
second. which was very provo tive; went
stc%s third on F'ry'g error, and came In on
ELeigh's hit. isg Il
From this time on Walker managed to
mold them down. and things looked more
propitiouss for the kslingers, and It was
oven thought that victory might find q an:
other perch. Not so, however 7 he sew
EnnthEinni came round1after some length,
and Jones. nj getting his base on balls
made 81 sudden DESCENT on second !, and nc
ca me IN on Ellyson's hit, fter two me
had gone where the wood bine twineth
and the 4proverbtal beast lourneth Tor
her yOun g! ~ ~
Struggling aAg aiinst / + ate ''
IN mint ifiiliI y Iertr,itage
nrough, y, Y (, 3 b 5as5e I'll luns a f.
1t RE was struggling against fate
and b there led was inau gil 70 M do but
give in with as good q grace as possib
MCNEIL the second man mar wen zen 81 8 to
first on Al error, and went to econd on On
tho hit Of Blyson,a Fourth man up: Ely
son stolo second. and the two of them then
came \ in on Ratclifre' hit. Iiarwoo '
struck and ne ne !, too, J was
thu story for the HERMITAGE s:
The one run for The V Times-D Dispatch
came IN the ninth inning. Ricketts, made d,
81, !, 3 3 s. also made a. hit,S stealing Sec.
$ond. and ricketts, came u, making kin the
only score. u, d I. tg
Following Is the tabulated score: