The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17

The Great Ball Games VIII be 1naug.
urated at Hilton THIS Afternoon. Ar
rival Of the Tarbor0 Boys-They are
a Clever Lot-The Line Up.

90 hAh~oh AMAs al.
rival of the Tarboro Boys-They are
a Clever Lot-The Line Up.
The game it starts
Promptly at five,
With a buzz from the people
Like a crowded bee hive.
There goes up a yell,
Ard hollering? o. galore
AS Taylor slides to the plate,
His daring > o
There's a ST n Of the bat!
Like lightI g II comes!
Then, the b, the ball.
Rises swifter than the sun.
Taylor quickly covers first.
Then second and then third.
While the crowd yells itself hoarse
AT the nom run that occurred.
Next. up to the plate
WaltZes gayly, Sweeney,
He pops at the first ball
And lands il serenely.
He reposes on first
As Slocumb goes to the pan
And nightly labels the ball.
Catch me, o! catch me-" if you can.
Sweeney now covers second,
And Slocumb's On first.
While Stevenson prepares
The horseskin TO nurse.
The crowd gets impatient
AS two strikes are called,
But changes quickly with pleasure.
As off like a rocket goes the ball.
There are three men on bases
When Hatch Yields the bat,
And with muscle supreme
Gives the sphere a swat
The ball takes it's fight
And scars high in the air.
While the quartette WaddIe home
The honors to share.
Oldham and Lambreth
Each now secure a base,
And Jones smiles broadly
At a similar place.
Then Zel1ers. like Sandow
On public exhibition,
"SWatS" sQuarely the ball
For d home run repetition.
On the game continues!
And the crowd excited grow!
Until at the very end
When Wilmington leads the score.
There's a scene of wild excitement,
A playing of the Band,
Effeminate crOes of Victory!
Echo DER the land.
De Kid, the inimitable Kid.
Gives vigorous vent to slang:
Say. what we giving US!
Manager Black, he's de man!
Play Ball, will be shouted in a stento-
rious voice by the umpire this afternoon
at 5 o'clock; that is if he possesses pow
erful lung power. and if not he will just
massacre the stentorian part and softly
murmur that it is time for the game to
commence. In either instance the result
will be the same, and it will start the
ball, the p~roverbiaI, imaginary ball, a
rolling in the long expected bates be-
tween Tarboro and Wilmington. Hilton
park is a "gWine to be the battle field
and we venture to assert that the fight
will be one of the hardest Of friendly
COmbatS.
The Tarboro boys arrived yesterday
afternoon with the all round sport and
Prince of Good Fellows, clever George
Holderness, in the lead. Soon On The Or
ton house register were inscribed the fol-
lowing names: Bryant, manager), Law
son, Withers, Petty, LeGrand, HOgshead,
lFenner, Meade, Philips, Mckee, Card,
pen.
The visitors eve don't mind in this con-
nectiOn starting any word off with a ',
except Victors), are all clever, jolly gen
tlemen, and, they say, ball players from
our heart.
The game will be called this afternoon
at 5 O'Clock sharp, and this doesn't NEAR
any other time. Today is Ladies Day,
which means that a large delegation OF
the fair %populace will be out, and they
will all be admitted free of cost.
Everybody should attend these series
of games and root for home and vic
tory although all good plays must bt
a~pplaUded. The o. A. N. boys have gone
to considerable expense in order to ge
the Tarboro team as opponents, and gu
people should appreciate this fact anC
turn out en- masse. The Seacoast train
will be held this evening until after thu
game. and Manager Shedding, of tbs
Street Railway Company. will see tina
you are landed at the depot ION time
HOW THE TEAMS WILL FACE EACH
OTHER.
Managers Bryant and Black furnishe,
us last night with the following playing
order for this afternoons game:
Wilmington. TarbOrO
Zellers,..,... catch........... LeGran(
pitch. Withers or PETIT.
Tavlor.. .......1s b.......... Femme
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