The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06

More than five thousand people looke0ll n
from the grand-stand and bleachers sye 'Ss: s
iterday afternoon and saw the iL.awmakeroas
WALTON Jimmie Bass and the other Roans
oke bnse-ball players und N e
11ing,kSK y FROM the $arst start there
u.ns$ az u tement a-plenty. The final score "
as seven to five With, the Shaffer3 Sagglres Il
ga tioih Juggling to the big end Of n tttts ',
proposlti Ion.
n Long. the A twirler for Richmond on
his game BY his hitting E our INES ~ 81
ca me to bat and THE first time he Walk
,rhe second chance he had he bunged one one, q
an the nose and struck anot .e
eye II tie 81 til inning. The sphere SO
"a D way or two sacks. W safe swat
4 nterneld ne scored the run
iii the Gig nth inning 4S#
Il one thousand Is the pc t1a N.
the biz fellow batted yester1d1taly and Ms
pitching, while not quite as goso * as 2tte
samples he has dshed out ere 4
enough to win game with good ca suppoft
behind him. " III d, N ssFS
Nh gor King Kelly, OF q Oh iy8s
&lxickinp a against q decision 81 Of ll1nplErress
IIoffner and using profnne lang uage IN sJg
tho diamond, was ordered to the pencAS
and fined S.. 81 On az close decl 49,
Mr.. Hoffner saw better than anyone N seise.
Manager Kelly protest ed and mace III hls
protest in % very ugl
3plied an epithet, 30 II was said e the y
umpire that was hard to take WI holll4 IL
resentment It's q poor exarnp " to AZ ses V
nlayers when the manager Is fined ana III
ordered TO the bench. g @ III.
3 Pandemonium Relgns.
u ndemonium y reigned In the grand<
stand and the blonchers when r edmond y
scored four runs in the AZ sixth q innina "
and. put herself one In the LEAD "a Untll IN
this time the game, had pea RED 70 Pc 4sS
long to the Highanders. Lon g. was q 9. IS, s;3
yinr good slab work x but his s5}sup port II
~ Hicks at second, when two men were &
oft missed an easy grounder and two \;
runs came over. Had the game been
lost no could have held himself accounts
able for It. But what's the lnerenoe, sc IN
long as the Lawmakers naile their m o!l> n
90 ram to Roanoke's side. And that mons n
iogrnm was literally burnt into the heads ~
Of the visitors 1t looked II good II from "a
where the fans sat. 3S II Ri III
\ Not before this season has there been II
seen such q crowd to witness q game al IS
was seen there yesterday. d More than5lt
a hundred and fifty dollars was aiken In
for the grandstand alone. And the seats Is
there were only flfteens cents EACH SlE $5
hundred people, were turned away from 81
the gate, for there was no room In the
bleachers or grandstand for them.
For the first time In, the history OF base-J
bp here, ladies hndsto stand In the grand- VI
stand, Back behind the rows Of seats s}
the fair enthusiasts stood four deep ana fs
even from this position their musical n
voices were lifted in praise OF the fast Is
work OF the home boys. s555li s
Long was the hero OF the game for he SSs
not only held the boys when they should ~
be held, but no put the timber to the a
5spheretin proper shape every time It was VI;
possible for him to do so. It was a ~
game that belongs entirely to his good .s
right arm and his accurate aim. @ n If Il iss15.
IL Jimmie Bass Gets Wild. IL
Jimmie Bass. the Manchester hoy. who.
did the twirling for Roapoke. got Wild s
In tho sixth inning, and allowed five Sss
men to bf the sphere Four runs came .ssI