Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-06-01
ONLY NINETEEN TO FIVE
WHAT A TALE THESE FIGURES
TELL!
the D1speBsRrians Come To
Town, Give Our HO1s a Hard
KNOCK Down, Doing The Thing
Up Nsa, and Brown.

| Up Nfai ana Brown.
1t matters not how sincere the regret.
OF patriotic Asheyillians, the naked fact
remains, and the truth must be told
Ashevillc was not in it to great extent
III yesterdays game with the BOYS from
the South. The game was sort OF
walk 'rouad for he visitors, and it can't
be helped now. Hahus delivery was
one thing all the way through and Capt.
Lewis players pcrsistently insisted that
the pitchers work was made up consil-
erablv of balks, and so it looked to .lany.
but Umpire Champlain couldn't see it
that way, shook his head and his decisions
had to be swallowed. The Greenyillcs
spread ont over the field like a big fan
and little else than clean hit got by
them. Asheville was weak on some Of
the points and several of the players ap-
parcntly lost their heads at critical mo.
ments. ana Grcenville took advantage of
1t. There was good crowd out and
considerable enthusiasm until the score
got too tall to allow hopes of an over
taking. There was. also, good free
seat crowd on the rise outside the fence,
The new desk for scorer Bouis and his
associates in keeping game was on trial
Tor the first time and proved acccpta.
Bile. ''"
1t was little past 4:30 when game
was called, Ashevilc going to bat
Young hit the first ball iiahn threw, but
was put out at second from Gibson to
Little Brecches' Williams. Lewis flew
out to left and Williams failed to reach
lrst because of a throw from short
G!rccnville got Williams to first on vii
llams' error, and he and Gibson scored.
Craig striking out, Turner fyiny out to
Lewis and Green being forced out at
third.
In the second Lanicr, Darby and Clarke
were the three batters, and they were
unable to reach second. Greenvilc came
n TOR two more runs, Morgan and
tarris being the lucky ones. Ashevillc,
through White. got herfirst tally in the |
third and shut the visitors away from
sight OF first base. Darby made a
good catch of Su'livans foul nv.
Williams, in the fourth, started round |
On an error at short and managed to
'core before Lanier went out at first and
-larke, j., and Reed struck out. Green.
ME trotted in and swiped three runs,
hen gave way to the home team. White
ook four balls but died with Clarke,
y, on double play between Viii
iams and Morgan. The visitors fail d
o visit first in their half, Fartis going
nut from Lanier to White and Williams
md Craig dying because of Darby's
hrowing to first
The sixth was another wllitcwash for
Ishevlle. while Grccnvillc was able to
,et one. In the seventh Baird took the
,lacc OF Reed, who injured his arm, and
llree men out of four to bat went .lown.
'reenvllle's halt was a slaughter, seven
nen trottlng over the plate in way
hat delighted the champions of the men
rom Tillmana. Green got three bag
er to center. Hahn made small hit
ut died at home, and Morgan and Far
is made three out by double play be
ween Darby, Williams and White. J
Lewis, Lanicr and Darby scored for
shevillc in the eighth, in which Darby
no.ked ball way over right field fence ,
ght in the teeth Of the blast that every
linute cast dust in the players eyes. OIL
purse that meant score. But in their
alt Greenvllle went this one better, Glib
On and Sullivan knocking one each over
nc lett fence: They rolledup four in this
ait. Asheville made nothing in her
NTH and the game was over and Ashe.
lille had her first defeat this year to gulp
own, 1t was distastetul medicine, but
is hoped that it NAV bc the last. The
lbulatcd score speaks thus