The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-11
LAWMAKERS WIN
FROM LNI|NCTQN
3By Superior Batting They De-
feat the Visitors by Score
OF s TO 2.
SHOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT
lNallace, New Man. Does Good
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Get
Only Four Hits.
Thern was much JOY and merry max

S There was much Joy and merry max
ing in the camp of the Lawmakers
/ last night over the victory wrested
from the hands Of the band OF VIII
nlsngtonians, Who visited the city YES
i terday and were defeated by the score
i Of 5 10 >, 1t was a great victory.
and Tie memory Will long remain in
B the land Of the Lawmakers. for they
battled long and hard against the
nine men who came down upon them
from the land OF Delaware which is
ga member of that league known as
\ the Trf- State League.
81 Before the. game Manager Shaffer
Z gathered the members of his tribe
about him, and gave them orders to
go forth and swat the bah when II
was passed up to them by the menu
"A bers OF the camp of Pete Cassidy. and
4 they Went forth and swatted the horse
y Hide nightly. And they swatted the
4 hall so heavily that they secured ten
hits 10 the Wilmintonians four, with
which ShaTerF was nush pleased.
THE game was a good one all
Through the nine innings. All the
members of the local team showed up
well both at the bat and in the field.
/ Hebron did good work in the left gar
den. and scored the only three bngger
made by the home team.
Titman got two hits; Reeves, two:
D and the others were scattered about
among the other men. Wallace made
Al II good showing for his first try-out
with the Lawmakers. and he is apt to
gnt one of the fielding positions
San the tiring-pt both Cassidy and
4 j{sls nm a
Bea ter form than they have vet exhib-
led Salve las gotten himself into
+ better controlI and 1t looks as If he
b stands a good show for being the left
u handed pitcher for the 1achmonders. / f.
Sstilay carry only one. In the hitting
& line the home men showed up especial
ly well, and there are signs OF re-
II ,i,arkablc improvement over their for
,ner exhibitions with the willow. Rich
smond got ten hits. whereas the Nlsi-
tors were able to make only four.
However, two of the latter We're three
n baggers, one by Donovan ana lhe o1h-
err by Mccauley.
ssIIhe visitors tried two pitchers.
Greenwich and Touchstone, and the
n former was batted pretty freely. Three
hits were touched off Tombstone, the
other seven being made OFF Greenwich
Bob sides were blanked in the first
In the second inning. Tor ficn-
u ti,end. Wallace, the new man, drew
4 some applause as ne opened the Sec
uf,d He nailed the first one over,
sending 1t TO deep centre, whcfe 1t
was sluothered. kirkpatrick. the third
sacker popped UP TWO fouls one OF
wJYic, should have been McAuley's, and
then fouled five more, and popped one
to- short James O'Ncil, who the inning
~ yt,,pt ~
81 hit. smashed the first one over the
u pan. sending 1t on q inc to right field.
ssI e. WAS the first hit. Cowan retired
8 ttit side by flying out TO centre.
Donovan faced Mike for the visitors.
He died when Titman got under the
high one. Titman's rank error gave
Griffin life AT first McCarty landed a
tl,ree-bagger sending the horsehide
sts the centre-ticIG fence, and scoring
Griffin He was called Uut after land
4 ing on third for cutting aecond-base,
4 aIecuslier killed the microbes with
three mighty strokes. But the yisl
tors had one run 10 the good.
Third Inning
3 Hinton opened for the Lawmakers
snd sent one between first and seC/;nd
4 The pitcher covered first and dropped
the hall thrown by Cassidy, the first
,aseman. Our Mike Cassidy cssayed
f to. hunt the third strike and failed
a Hinton purloincd second very Skill
fully. Mighty Titman, Richmond's
pride placed single 10 centre and by
+ fast running Hinton crossed the plato
tying the score Reeve singled hotly
&c the lnfeld, and Titmp went Il
third. On throw TO second to cater
Reeve, Titman came across, g,ring
Il Richmond the lead. Hebron woke VI