The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
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wish that he lad not stolen that base.
II ho had not been so impatient he
would have been all alive on third In.
stead OF being very dead ut the plate.
But no ono eve knows. Far be 1t
from us to chide Mr.. Collins.
MordecaiS Weakening.
Mordecai, weakening fast, passed up
four balls for II. Davis, and the vet
eran staggered down to- frst
Then Murphy again. and trouble as
usual. Murphy should be associated,
with the late lamented Casey Jones, as
the Cub hoodoo. Murphy wllackcd a
terrific liner down toward second, and
Zimmerman booted IT forty feet into
the air. Couldn't possibly get It, you un
%derstand. Just got close enough to 1t
a double, and Baker scored. Some one
threw the ball to the plate, and Archer
missed 1t clean. and 1t hit the short
abackstop. According to the rules. two
bases We're allowed the and
Davis walked home without 3bposition,
Murphy going along to third.
About all for Mr.. NJ. Brown. His
next effort was q wild pitch; one OF
the very widest wild pitches we ever re-
member having seen in MANI. moons.
Count Murphy.
That was all. Take our word for It.,
that 1t was enough.
The Cubs o q run In their half
OF the eighth. but It was like one
crnmb to n starving man. Mr.. Lazarus
did we'll on that diet, bur he Las been
dead q long time.
Barry then inundated himself upon
tho altar or scientific baseball ana
Catcher Lapp hit the nth Lell for n
single to centre. One crrora plus II
single, total one run ard a great deal
Of grabbing IN tho CUB inGelu
once more the rcli9Dle Mordcca,
igirded up his brooks. AM nai.eu coombs
and Hartsel. In th5 firth. Umpire
Sheridan. working 0 the bases, called
Schultz ou on a vary close play at
second base an lila 8crOHd cnlleI him
everything else. Sheridan dtl not seem
to mind It Ill the least; he has grown
gray in tho service.
The sixth opened with old Mordecai
still on the trail OF the White Ele-
rhants. h zine lie go. lard and
Collins with three pitched balls, and
Baker with siA. The Cubs lad 4 chance
for a tie In the sixth. when Zim Sin
SSN haA SS0AS SSsscIta lM0G O'Il,f puk
steinfeldt poled u long fly into deep.
centre and BrisrOe Lord did not havo
TO move more a i'm ten feet after the
FALL.
The seventh saw Miner Brown
expend the last bit or his Strength.
Cid Horny Davis broke hig bat IN a
second strike ana nearly broke Morde-
CARS leg at tha SAME tine. AMI Hi,n-
norman. coming over fast, whipped
the involuntary assist to first ahead or
the runner. Murphy. the trouble
maker. hooked the first thing he saw
Tor q double into tho left field stand.
and Brownie set himself to pitch Barry
seme things which he could not use.
Barry flew out In deep centre, and
Murphy reached first after the catcher.
Artie Holman, tried to throw the bali
into the grandstand Instead OF to thru
base.
So the game went along to the bitter
end, with the Quaker rooters singing
their polite little songs and waving
their perfectly correct little blue ban
nerettes. We do not mind being licked.
put we hate h people sing about
us. Mr.. king hit the last ball In the
series. and he hit 1t quite some pelt.
but Barry waltzed over. picked It up
n forced Archer at second base.
Now, II you have any floral offerings,
we Will oppose no objections. VIII
some one start the first verso OF Hymn
90?
"she1was a grand old wagon. but
She done broke down now
Thanking you and all for your
.ktnd attention. etc., etc. Goodnight.
Ha-th.EGr