The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
The Deep-Water Men Can Beat
Them Playing Ball.
WAKE FOREST AND TRINITY
The SCORE WAS EIGHT 10 FIVE
SOME SPLEDID WORK By bo1 IL
OF THE TEAMS.
The Shouting Methodis's liza 'he
Shouting But the Oeep-"ateT
eaptists Made the
Runs.

There SHOULD bt Sh'H' 'N-
hack of second base. Then the crowd OF
boodlnms and small boys will possibly
+oko saats. and not crowd around the
,.tterS, hox and actually on the base
l;nas There was absolutely no manage
mont las usual ut college gamesl ana
tho ladies in the carriages and those III
tho Grand stand and on the bleachers
onuld only see the outfield and high lies.
The nitcher. the batter and the basemen
were lost to view. aud though the park
is wholly in the city limits and there were
four regularly paid policemen present.
Tttle or nothing was done to keep ofuer.
The crowd frequently backed the players,
and once Webb was knocked down anu
injured by the useless interference Oh lhe
crowd. People who pay their money LOT
a seat i'm the grand stand should certainly
be given an opportunity to Sc the game
without having to occupy the dangerous
territory within a few feet OF Datters
box.
Rut the game was played, nevertheless.
II was perfect baseball weather. just
enough of white cloud to make low
skv and no wind. The Wake Foresters.
with outre football hair and tiger
stripeh stockings. were first on the fleld.
Shortly after Trinity appeared. close
cropped as convictS, and as events SNOW
were ike Samson after Delilah had got
through with him. There were rooters
plenty. who shouted hallelujahs for their
own and da1nnation for the enemy. Along
the left field foul line were many carr
ages and an additional sprinkling or HI
dies filled the north end or fhe srahu
stand. -
pln n
church called play. with Trinity in the
6ala and Honeycutt at the bat. Facing
him was Trinity.s new acquisition IN
athleties. Mr.. Chambers. Of Buncombe
county. He is good deal over SIX feet
lank and lean, and shows the curves
mot the queer" even though they re not
straight). with his paw. Honey sent
ar easy grounder TO Johnston. VINO Is
hy far the best second basenan IN the
State. and strange to say the ball rolled
between his legs out in centre neld.
Gwaitney got his base on balls. forcing
Honey to second. and the Wake Forest
contingent made things ring. Then Mr.
Chambers, who looks very similar to lale
Carter. steadied down. aud the next three
men went out on strikes-one. two. three,
you' re out. 1t was Trinity's time to YELL
They did.
Johnston came TO the bat amid deaf
ening wells. and went out on an easy
srounder to first. Daily got hit over
second, but was caught trying to sieai.
An easy grounder 70 second, ana cara
was out.
In the second inning Wake Forest went
out in one. two and three order. Irln-
ity was a little more fortunate, EdWafds
hitting two men and giving one a base on
balls. but the necessary hit was not
forthcoming. and the runners died on the
bags.
In the third, Wake Forest broke the ice
and got two runs. Sans led off with a
base hit to centre. and Honeycutt fol-
lowed with a two-bagger. 1t should have
haen an easy out. but the sun got III the
right fileder's eyes and he missed the
ball ten feet. Gwaltney then cracked
ont a long fly to centre. and Sans
scored on the throw-in, Honeycutt going
To third. Then Mills cracked out another
single over short, scoring Honey. Mills
was. however. caught playing off first
and Edwards struck out.
Johnston got a two-bagger i'll the third,
and rough deal by the umpire. who call
ed him out second. Daily and Card were
out on easy grOunders to first.
Wake Forest got a couple of base hits
i'm the fourth. after one hand was out,
but the snappy playing Of Jack Johnston
retired the side without any scoring.
In their half Trinity got one run by
some very stupid playing on the part OF
Wake Forest Chambers hit to right and
Rowland forced him to second, being
hit by pitcher Then Gwaltney muffed
Parker's third strike and thinking the
runners ON first and second. forced them
To third. who merely touched the base
with his foot and snapped the ball over
to first. The ball went through Webb
and Chambers trotted home. A rank
muff by Lewis Of Curtiss grounder to
first. made Trinity's prospects look bright.
but the next two men went out on easy
grounders.
Wake Forest added one to her score
in the next inning on Honeycutts hit to
left field. which rolled through crack
in tho fence and gave him home run.
Tn the same inning an error by Lewis,
= two-bagger apiece by Card and How
land. Sans rank error on third gave
Trinity three runs, putting the boys III
blue one run to the good.
The Trinity rOOters were wild and
crowded the field 50 as To delay the
game for some minutes.
Wake Forest Immediately tied the
score. ON Parker's slow playing which al
lowed Norfeet base hit. Howlands
wild throw to second and muff OF dlf-
ticult fly by Curtis.
Trinity's sixth inning produced no runs,
although runner was left on second.
In the seventh, after IA circus eaten by
Johnston of Sans liner, Honeycutt
singled to right, but on the next pitched
ball was caught trying to steal second.
Then Gwaltney lined the ball out to
center and took second on Daily's tumble
of Mills grOunder. Edwards followed
with a single, filling the bases. Then
Norfleet lined out three Dagger to right,
clearing the bases and came home him
self on Flowers wild throw 10 third.
In the eight Johnston got the hit Of
tho game. 1t was a stiff foul down the
first base line, which hit an old negro on
tho Uranium. bounced thirty feet in the