The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29

GAME is. PLAYED
IN .POUJRIN G RAIN.
Both. Stackpolc and Dexter Were
in Excellent Form, and Kept
4 the Hits SosWell Scat
tered That They
Yielded No
Runs. III II 81

& The. finale Of the baseball season.
was a dreary and almost dismal one.
The local leaguers had planned a
weeks post-season series with
strong team of South Atlantic Leagu-s
ers and expected to$reap a substantial
benefit. but interest in the game ap-
Yesterday, when both teams hoped to
see "a Blalge crowd and had two games
scheduled, the rain came and the foods
descended and the attenance dwindled
to- the smallest of the week. 1T was
surprising. that any ventured out In
Including many ladies, had gathered
at the park in the rain in the faint
hope Of seeing a farewell game.
~ IN view OF the presence Of the
one game anyhow and If the rain
ceased and the crowd increased to play
two. The teams took the field with
Dexter and Stackpole as the opposing
|pitchers. and each was master Of the
situation al oil times. 81 For ten in
nings neither team scored a run, the
rain all the while falling steadily.
though never hard. The men played
in their sweaters, and even then were
pretty we'll soaked at the close. The
remarkable feature Of the game was
it's durat ton, it being a record game
ever played. The ten scoreless n-
)inings We're completed within an hour
and two minutes, and possibly within
the. hour. as nobody noted the precise
moment Of beginning. Inning after
both sides, and at the close Of the
tenth the rain was still falling stead-
lily, SO Umpire Mace called the game
and announced that the teams would
wait a While, and If the weather i'm
For an hour the faithful waited In
vain. The rain still came down, and
lat a o'clock 3both teams gathered UP
bats masks, ll1itts and gloves and 81.
lently Went away. e If
3 Nobody expected a game In such
lWeather.&and$ as a consequence neither
the official scorer nor any other, wa:
present to keep a. complete record
It was q cleanly-played game, there
being few errors on both. sides, eaci
team made six or seven &yl hits bu:
neither was In serious danger OF {
score. In the last inning Richmond
started in like winners. Titman go
a hit. but Wallace hit into a. doubl.
play at second and the next bate
went down easily. 81 4
Score by innings !: 4 iS sJ n r
South Atlantic.:0 9 9 9 Q 20 q o..
Richmond ...5.i..0 90 O. 90 20 0 0 O.
Batteries: Richmond, We Stackpcle an
| 5NValsh; sAouthg Atlantic. Dexter an;
| Robinson. Time Of game, 1902. I'm
] pire. Mr.. Mace. Attendance, about 500
] Summary of the Series.
I The two teams had agreed TO pla
seven games, one each day until Sat
/ urdayf and q ouble header them Raj
1 prevented the game on Monday, bu
| on Tuesday they played and Rlchmon
| Won. s to l. Salve and Sltton wer
| the opposing pitchers, and the left
/ lander was the more effective.
| In the second game on s'Wednesda
! the visitors won, 8 to g., Dexter an
( Revellc& being tho opposing pitcher!
\ Each side got seven hits, but tn
| visitors excelled In the field. .5s4
H On Thursday the visitors again wo1
Cassidy and Richardson being the Or
hits to seven for the visitors bv
\ the visitors again excelled In fielding
\ Cassidy's <wildness lost the gam
Score "A to 2. 81 Ss5 II
eighth inning ~ scoring two run
the final score being 2 Nto ;. Long an
Esitton did tho pitching and the svis
II itors got seven hits to Richmond
II four, but they We're we'll scattered.
thus on the series each team VIC
two games and the fifth was a SCORE
n less tie. During the series the Col
scored twelve runs to nine for Il
/ visitors, while In the four games
Which8record was kept the. Sallies g.
II thirty-t two hits to thirty-one for tt
| Colts The 81 two teams appear We,
II evenly matched, though some belle,
tho Colts could have won all, had thu
/ tried, While perhaps as many othe
believe this visitors have tho batt'
I team s344is;. "a 3$as.. ,sa ,
u Hcnron Get. Watch.
During an interval in yesterday
game Mr. George Rogers, acting on b
half or Mr. +. L. Sparks, walked o
/ In front Of the Erandstand and pr
scented to Left-Fi elder William NJ. lie
from. of39tlle Richmond team, han
| some gold watch won by his has
! running Hebron easily excellod i
his team es lin BpurloininE base
I and Is perhaps the best rum getterSt
III the team, The winner lnodestly n
la cepted the trophy OF his celerityaft
AZ the bases and did not essay a speec
II BEST .BOW'IERS
II OF p Asst WEEP