Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-09-06
ASHEVILLE WINNER AGAIN
EE1GHLANDERS TAXI: a GAME
FROM KNOxVII.I.E.

The Rc dis HaVc Played Eighteen
Winning Games, Hut Were
Moved Down Yesterday In True
Baseball Fashion.
The earth and the fullness thereof once
more belongs to the Ashevile baseball
team, and it will he delivered Thursday
afternoon if the home team will but give
the Reds of Knoxville two more doses
such as were administered at the ball
grounds yesterday. Probably the Red leg
gers came up with memories of the three
games at Knoxville last month ami ex-
pected to masticate pie of Pink Beds
dimensions. Probably they didn't. Any
way the Aslleville boys had those games
in their minds and we're determined to
win the first game if it was to be won.
And it was. Because of this fact every
body felt happy and the winners were
kept busy shaking hands till the car
came that was to bring them back to
the city that is proud of them.
When the game was called it was
while past four, Messrs. Chreitzbers and
Staley were umpiriug and Ashevillc was
at bat. Young the first batter, hit the
first ball pitched right in the mouth and
went to first while the ball went between
he pitchers legs. Fleming knocked
fly into the second basemans territory
and he was out. L. Rhett got neat
hit over the shortstop's head. The left
fielder threw it in wild and Young
scored. He was the only one to do so,
for Weaver's fly was caught at right
field and Fletcher was put out at first.
The home Ooys went to the field then,
and breath was held while the crowd
sized up their fielding. The agony was
over in rapid succession, as the Reds
went out that way. Leahy knocked a
fly to left that might ("might" used ad-
vlsedly) have been worth two bases.
But, sad to relate, he soon met his fate,
for John Fletcher ran up under it and
scooped the sphere at arms length, max
ing the star catch of the day. Flournoy
was kind enough to knock liner into
L. Rhett's ilippcrs, while Moffett took
his base on balls. The little captain was
getting his neat figure in shape for a
good run when Bamhcrg caught him
with one eye shut and-Rhett did the
rest, by which faietul cipher was
chalkcd down for the Reddics.
The crowd was satisfied with Ashe-
vllle's work all round and from this on
felt sure that there would be no walk.
over if the court knew itsel!-which it
did. Clarke opened the second iuning by
hitting in an atmosphere 'oreign to that
pierced by the ball, but Rufc Alexander,
the cast-iron, lightning quick shortstop,
followed with a two-baggcr into LETT.
A. Rhett then swished erounder to
third, who put the batter out at first,
while Alexander came home on wild
throw from first to third. Young hit
the ball all right, but the second base
man was on duty and Young made the
third out. In the Reds half Crawley
got base on an error at third. He
advanced as McClung batted and came
home on the latter's single. Conners
batted ball way out to Dick Weaver,
who fell and dropped the golden apple.
Perry, the rafting good deaf mute
player, put the ball into Bam-
berg's hands on bounce, he threw it to
Clarke and Clarke passed it to A. Rhett
just to make things lively and McClung
and Conners died. lobe missed the ball
thrice and took his side to the field.
In the third six men batted and these
six went ont. Fleming and Weaver
knocked flies, and L. Rhett's life was lost
by good stop at second. For the
IN, a,N,. 4 ~
lowed in his retirement by Leahy who
couldn't get to first before Clarke made
one OF his good throws for which he has
made reputation. Flournoy was to
bat and when three balls were sung out
the crowd feared he would get base.
But Banberg was not present for that
purpose, and made the batter fan the
wind three straight. 1t was a sight and
the crowd yelled, of course.
Four balls gave Fletcher base in the
fourth, but it did no good for he sue
cumbed at second. Clarke took an out
ing on third baseman's pretty catch.
Alexander tobogganed to first on the
ball that stopped Fletcher, the visitors
evidently hoping to get i'll a double play.
A. Rhett knocked ball to third, and it
ran UP his body and over his head, third
made wild throw to first, who dupli-
Gated the act in throwing home in an en-
dcavor to put Alexander out. But Alex
andcr's run was the only one made this
inning, and he barely got in before Bam-
berg made the last out. MoIett and
Crawley scored in knoxvillc's halt, max
ing tie in the score. McClung whacked
a high long fly to Dick Weaver, who fell
again at the critical moment and
missed the ball. But McClung did no
harm, going out by good throw from
Fleming to Clarke. Couners was vic
tim for Alexander and L. Rhett, and
Perry didn't happen to locate the ball.
The score was now a tie, and the Ashe-
vile boys were vigorously admonished
by their friends to pull out" This they
proceeded to do, just to please the crowd,
you know. Young grabbed the willow
and sent good ball out to center, and
by terrific sprint made second. Nc
Clung kicked on the decision, came in
and sat down but in a minute went back