The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-22
RALEIGH DROPS
To SECOND PLACE
Wilmington Now Stands at
the Head.
birds" IN BAD FEATHER
The Brownies" Snatch Victory in
Their Last Hour.
THE SCORE WAS CLOSE ALL ALONG
The Giants Hearts Tkump in the Ninth Bu
They Win. Norfolk Having Dropped
Into 0bscurity Seems Bent
on Remaining There.


Raleigh dropped her potato yesterday
and settled with dull thud into second
place.
Wilmington won over Richmond and this
morning she proudly flies her name at
the masthead in the standing of the clubs
column.
Raleigh lost by score of to A. Close,
both of them, but so far as general re-
suits are concerned either one might have
been a thousand.
Notwithstanding the fact that Raleigh
met defeat, her team put up rattling
good article of ball. The only trouble
was that the other fellow served up just
a slightly better article And down went
McGinty.
1t took the whole nine innings, though
to do it, for the Red Birds are game and
die hard. But they were up against about
the best team in the league, and a team,
too, that was smarting under the pre-
vious days defeat. On the fifth inning
the two teams tied and from then on till
the last play of the last inning by Ports
mouth it was anybody's game.
Though the number of runs made was
greater than in Mondays contest, the
sport was better, the game being snappy
and the score eXcitingly close. Both pitch
ers delivered fine ball, the catchers
worked like galley slaves and at every
point they found splendid support on filed
and around the disk.
Raleigh became busy right off the reel.
On the first ball pitched Stanley knocked
home run. Hennager, hit by pitched
ball went to first base, travelled to sec
ond on an error by Rapp and to third on
a bunt by Sorber and scored on hit by
Atz. The rest of the inning was fruit
less of results and the Red Birds re-
tired with two chalk marks to their
credit
Portsmouth's introduction to the game
was brief and barren; Weaver, struck
out; Swander died before reaching first
and Kemmer flied to Sherman.
The record of the second inning is a
goose-egg on either side, though both the
birds" and the Brownies" came peril
ously near to chalking few runs. Each
side filled it's bases and only superb work
aster.
In the third Portsmouth won her first
score, on a run by Weaver, who had been
given a base on balls But for phenom-
enal pickup of dandelion cutter by Atz
and the bad judgment of Kemmer trying
to make second, Portsmouth might have
at least tied the score in this inning.
but that was reserved for the fourth,
fOr 4 4l,n
Brownies" and the score card an
nounced to 2.
Kelly rallied his men and they went at
their work in a manner that bade fair to
settle the matter once and for all Le-
Grand took the stick first and got base
on balls Bowden flied to Rapp, Stanley
was hit by pitched ball. Hennager
sent the sphere flying to centre field and
on an error by Knau, LeGrand scored
and Stanley stood on the third cushion.
Kelly sent a double to right field, scoring
place on third. At this prosperous point
Sorber flied to Knau and Atz failed to
reach pillow /. The score: Raleigh, A;
Portsmouth, 2.
If now the "Red Birds laid the fiat
tering JUNCTION to their souls that the
game was won they were destined to
speedy disenchantment for the
Brownies evened up with an equal num-
ber. Rapp started it off blue enough with
a fly to Meade, but Martin more than
made good the loss with a three bagger
while Weaver followed with base hit,
scoring Martin. Swander flied to Sorber,
after which Weaver scored. Kemmer
came to the bat and Murray got caught
trying to steal the second cushion. Score:
Raleigh, 4 Portsmouth f.
The sixth, seventh and eighth innings
were devoid of results on both sides. Then
came the night and all wondered whether
in this the tie could be broken. Raleigh
failed to do it, but Portsmouth had bet
ter luck and a great howl went up from
the rooters as thye hurried away in the,
drizzling rain just beginning
The run that settled the matter was
made by Weaver who began his career
around the bases by being hit by a
pitched ball. Swander made hit down
centre and put Weaver on second. Then
Kemmer was hit by ball, for Bowden
was now wild and ratified. Murray
knocked a long fly to Sorber and after it
was caught Weaver pranced in to home,
and the game was at an end.
The score was as follows
PORTSMOUTH. ABB, r. H. PO. A. e.
Wnavar n r 2 2 q q