The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-16
Win From the Hornets in
FauItless Game.
THEY SOAR AT The TOP
The Raven Of Defeat Croaks For the
LObsters.
SHUT OU,! SHUT OUT! HIS DISMAL PLANT
In Raleigh the Most Brilliant and Most Danger
GUS Catch Of a Foul Ball Ever Seen
Was Made by Le Grande

Was Made by lie 6rande
Yesterday.
Raleigh three and Charlotte one.
That was the result of one Of the
smoothest and cleanest games ever seen
here.
Not kick to mar the pleasure of the
game; not an unpleasant incident to
detract from the magnificent playing.
In the entire game there is not an err
ror charged against either club. The
Mecklenburgers put up an excellent ar
ticle Of ball and played to the limit.
Their defeat was due to the fact that
they could not touch up Person. who
twirled for Raleigh.
On the part of Raleigh, the game was
more than remarkable. Playing four
pitchers and two catchers in order to
present nine, and these playing in un-
usual positions, not an error came in
the game, but victory did.
he feature of the game that dwarfed
all others was the magnificent catch of
foul fly by LeGrande in the seventh
inning. he ball rose high and twisted
towards the white bleachers. 'Bill d"
sprinted for it and watched the fence
ahead of him. The crowd shouted and
told him he could not get it, but on he
came. He smashed into the fence as
the ball dropped, and half over, with
feet dangling in the air and balanced on
his new chest protector, the gamest
catcher in this or any other league,
scooped in the ball amid wild and en-
thusiastic applause.
Raleigh scored in two innings-one in
the first and two in the fourth. Char
lOtte gathered in one lonesome run in
the eighth, all the other innings being
a blank. The game was a snappy one
being pulled Off in one hour and ten
minutes, with about four hundred peo-
pie present.
Charlotte was first up and Weaver
lead with a hit but was forced at
second by Bigbie's ball. Swander hit to
Atz and beat the ball to first, but Big
bic was caught trying for third MUIR
ray hit clean to centre and Drauby hit
hot one to Hennager, who threw him
out at first In Raleigh's half, Stocks
dale famed and Stanley hit in centre.
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bagger in left by Sorber, on which
Stanley scored, and the next two men
did nothing.
In the second inning both teams
played alike. With two men down, the
third got a single, but the fourth did
nothing. The third was a similar case
of ditto work, for each had three up
and three out. The Hornets repeated
this in the fourth, but the Red Birds
did not.
In this inning Atz led off by retiring
from shortstop to first, Hennager was
dead-headed to first, Curran cracked
one in right and Hennager moved on.
Smith batted to first and was out, but
the runners were on third and second.
LeGrande was up and he hit the ball
plump and fair to the right of centre,
bringing in Hennager and Curran. Per-
son went out from Lipp to Drauby,
and the Red Birds retired with two runs
added to their tally sheet.
There was nothing doing in the fifth
for Charlotte, and Raleigs bright hopes
We're put to flight by brilliant double
by Knau, Clark and Drauby, when with
one man down, two men were on bases.
In the sixth for the Harnets, Weaver
led with a hit, but one, two, three out
followed. The sixth saw each team up
four men with one hit, but nobody
scored
sCharlottes seventh was quickly over.
The magnificent foul fly catch of Le-
Grande off Drauby, Knau's fly to Hen.
nager and Clark's fly to LeGrande on
line of home to first is the story. In
it's half Raleigh got nothing, though
two men were on the bags when Atz
flew to Knau.
Charlotte's run came in the eighth.
Gates hit in left, Lipp batted to Stocks
dale off first and Gates was caught at
second by quick work. Weaver died
from Person to Stocksdale, but Lipp
moved to second. Bigbie was up and
with two men down and two strikes on
him hit left, scoring Lipp. Swander
closed the spasm by foul fly to Cur
ran off third. In it's half Raleigh did
not score, and it was in this inning
that bill d. who was at the bat, was
struck solidly in the nose by the ball
and had to retire from the game, Sher-
man taking his place. 1t was fearful
blow that LeGrande received, but in a
short time he was the same impertur-
able individual again.
The Hornets made a furious squirt in
the ninth. After Murray had batted a
stinger to Atz, who handled it like a
Drauby hit clean in hight and advanced
on Knau's rafting hit in centre Clark
was up and the hit was needed that