Asheville daily citizen., 1893-06-29
A>HEVILLE'S BOYS WIN 1T
FIRST OF THE GAMES WITH
9TATEsYHLH.E

IThe Home EoGavRra sshOx~ rl,e,-
Grit asau win - Game -->ha, Was
Game. For The visitors From.
s'veran Towna E.Iav BaIl.
| The Asheville baseball team bestrode
an sitituciuouse equine vesterHay-and
thev looked well and deserved it. The
cause ! Ask anvone of the large crowd
| that went out to Carriers tracks Tester-
| DAY AFTERNOON tn see the game between
Asheviiie and the StatesviIle nine.
The AshcvilIe boys donned their neu,
gray uniforms for the first time-and
they proved n1ascots with n big M. Tb.
StatesvillesY wear blue, and someope
called it battle bet ween the Blue and
the Gray. 1t was one of the very best
games Asheville has witnessed and the
Rf!dRf'' scss ,EI"~ .o-~k., ..t.....
larg.. number of ladies were out to see
what the home boys were goiug to do.
There was the seemingly inevitable de-
lay in getting started Statesvillr
wanted two umpires and Ashcvillc oh
jected to allowing Frank to go into the
b'x for the visitors. claiming that he
| finally settled by going to work with
| one umpire, Alderman d. <. Champlain
| of Bit more. and allo wing Frank to pitch
the last three innings
| otdtSSNIC wSul 81 10 DiI MODE
ei tson went to first ON Garrison's muff
/ of third strike. c. Gray struck the
tsphere on the snoot but il was n good,
flor Chreitzberg gobbled it at third and
| Gray had his sprint to first for nothing.
]. Gray made base hit on which Rob
ertson scored and that was all He
died on third by beautiful cannon ball
plav from Morris to Chreitzberg. Frank
struck out and the visitors went to
| field. Young opened the work for the
homers by flying out to Flaniga an.
Fletcher got hit good for first. and b.
the time Morris, Weaver and Chreitz-
berg had hits to their credit Fletcher
| scored- Morris died by force on third
aud Alexander by a dainty fly to Nc
| Ginnis retired the side.
| In the second Faucettc, McGinnis and
Harbin were the blue lambs led to- the
sla lighter The first and last sawed the
soft river breeze. while McGinnis broke
his bat in knocking a spindler that Flrt-
cher put to Char berS III time to breaE
the batterS Career Roy Williams bega1,
the business in Ashe ville's half by striking
out. Garrison got to first third s
Terror and Chambers took like position
because of a snall-sized fv right where
nobody in lett field was looking tor it.
Young didn't tare so we'll, tor when h
tried to follow Chambers lead his fly
WAS encircled by the nippcrs ot FlaHiRau
Morris hit naughty little Er Under
which ]. Gray, bv a fine bit of work
stopped i'll time to put Ashev'lle's pitcher
lOua anu SShi tIS poyS 70 ltS dH'
hills.
Flanagan. for the visitors, in the thir,
inning discovered too late that hi.
willow had an open bay window in i,
while Graham knocked fly to centc,
that he evidently expected to go to Hen
Jacksonville on. But Young was playing
ION, that way for just such pie and Ora
ham failed to reach. Robertson slappet
the spherical interest-exciter on thu
face and it dropped to Morris, w he
rolled to first. and another goose-egl
was entered against the visitors. Ii
starting the ball Tor Ashcvllc Dicl
Weaver flew out by an exnspcratingl'
Ipretty righthelder- Chreitzberg made
first on Graham's error, and then Alex
ander whacked Sockdologcr to left AM
flew over two bases before stopping t.
catch wind. bringing "Chreitzv" home
Alexander scored by Garrson's helI
| Williams couldn't help it, but he died Il,
first because he s~ atted TOO short. Gar
rison went to- first, but it did gooc
as Chambers hit TO second stopped thi
inning.
The fourth was a repetition of tn
aged narrative for Statcsvlle. Til
AShevillc boys were in it to win. despit
the tact that there was plenty of ycllin
for the other team. c. GRAY and Fran
Iouted from Fletcher to Chambers.
IGray got in a base hit. but Faucet
knocked "A foul fly that was handsomcl
lcaught bv Garrison. Ashevile went
feeling more encouraged. but couldn
fully sought first McGinnis' erro
ScOoted over two bases on a passed ba
and while in the notion scored. Flctch
went out Running third, and Morris W;
q. as much aStOniShed ANYBODY VIII,
he found that his bat, too, had IL h:
big enough to drive a wagon thrOug
Williams proba bly, forgot where he "
at. and with a paddle-likc swing bait
tenaciously. Weaver. Chreitzberg al
Alexander were left on bases.
The fifth inning Hoke Nor
NOW down McGinnis, Harbin and Fla
agan, as fast as thev could go to the
and strike out. The Ashe vile crowd
and around the grand stand acted as
it wanted to eat Hoke up, but he
: INJURED, as he had to pitch the game o'
While the Ashevilles were in Garris
sent a graSscutter to left for a ba
iChambers made first and when You
went to the bat he knocked a fly to
pitcher " no rnuffed it in order to M
a double play and heal off the rum
nearest home The play didn't dout
but Garrison was put out at thi
lChamberS scored, but Young died
third and Morris struck out.
Graham Opened the sixth for Stat
: vile bv pounding a low swirlcr TO Yot
who didn't stop 1T. Robertson flop
a f1y to Alexa ndcr, which was ccrtai
caught, G. GRAY went out from Alex
der to Char bers, and ]. GRAY ou
from Morris to first. This inning q
Asheville ciphcred and Statesville v
were heard all around. Weaver Coul,
catch up with a RTounder to first,
Chreitzberg had his thro obbing heart h
faster when he saw his small hit thro
down to first by ]. Gray. Alexander
mOaned the fact that his bat was a 81
but he made the third out Just the sa
Frank started things in a business
way for the visitors in the seventh
knocking a fly to Williams, who-mu
It. Prank had very sore arm, so
Gray ran hascs for him. McGinnis IN
a hit into Alexander's preserve, ,
promptly put 1T to home in tiulc to
out GRAY Garrison in turn sent 4 he