The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-12
TAR BABIES LOST
FIRST IN RALEIGH
Errors Contributed to the
Red Bird Victory.
GAME LACKED GINGER
lie Grande Was Injured and Retired
After Seventy Five Games.
GAME LACKED GINGER
THE HORNETS FAIL TO FIND STEWART 7
They Make Four Costly Errors, and the Game
is Lost to the Lobsters. Wilmington
Puts in Twelve Hits 10 Char
lotte's Seven.

1t was not gllt-edgeu Dall, put lne eeu
Birds won.
The score of 6 against for the Tar
Babies makes UP for somewhat listless
game that took one hour and forty min
utes out of the day.
There were some features of the game
that aided in stirring up things some
what These were the home runs of
Stanley and Sorber, the hot pickup of
AtZ. the beautiful running catch of Per-
son. the clean cut pitching by Stanley,
the chase of Spratt down in the chasm
in right field and the capture OF fly
from Stanley that had it escaped meant
another home run and the excellent work
of Sherman as back stop after the re-
doubtable "Bil D." had been hit over
the eve by a ball and retired from the
game.
One feature that did not interest or
amuse anybody was the kicking that was
INDUCED in by some of the Tarboro play
ers 1t is such a wearying performance,
and it's continuance keeps people from
the gabe. Umpire Fleming did much yes
terday in having this feature "cut out.
The Raleigh public had enough of it from
the Lobsters for a couple of years and
now Tarboro insists on presenting its view
on the kick business.
The game looked wabb1y for Raleigh
when Tarboro wound up it's half of the
fifth inning in which it made five hits
with a lead of four runs, but Raleigh
took two itself in this inning, one in the
sixth, one in the eighth and the winning
run in the ninth when Stocksdale flew
home as ely few out in left field The
victory however came not because of any
extra ball playing by Raleigh, but because
Tarboro contributed to it by doing the
error act at the wrong time.
There was much regret when "Bill D.
was hit over the eye by the ball in the
fifth inning. This makes the seventy fifth
game in which he has caught and it beats
the minor league record. LeGrande is
a magnificent catcher, and his work here
has amply demonstrated this.
Tarboro opened the game with Tar
BABY Gilligan, who famed most sweetly
and then Kicked. Pulsifer ambled to the
bench after having lifted a fly to Henna-
ger and Jack Spratt ended his wild dash
for first on the line as .Hennager put
it to Stocksdale before his arrival at the
first bag. For Raleigh Stocksdale flew to
Spratt, and Sorber singled. Kelly got to
first but at the expense of Sorber who
was forced out at second by Gilligan to
Hempleman. Atz batted hard to Meade,
who threw high to Weddige, but he got
it and Jakey was out
In Tarboros second there was some
thing doing. Weddige led og with a two
bdgger in centre, Russell went out on a
foul fly to Stocksdale, Meade was out on
long fly to Sorber but Weddiga who
had reached third, came home. Hemple-
man then struck out. Raleigh did noth
ing in its half though Curran walkel
when one man was down.
Tarboro's third was three up and three
down. Lehman prancing around and
kicking some on account of a strike be-
ing called on him. For Raleigh Stanley
lifted a home run in the right Chasm,
Stocksdale singled in right and the next
three Red Birds failed to connect with
first, Sorber sacrificing to advance Stocks
dale, Kelly tanning and Atz going out
from Gettig to Weddige. In the fourth
neither side scored, though Curran
reached first with one man down. He
got there because the ball he batted
struck Meade's shoe and bounded up and
away.
In the fifth the Tar Babies put tar on
their stocks and pounded Stanley for five
hits. Russell famed in great shape.
Meade hit in right Hempleman singled
in centre and advanced, Phil. Lehman int
in right and Meade scored with Hemple
man on third. Lehma stole second and
Gettig famed, after "Bill d. gave way
to Sherman. Gilligan hit in right on
which Hempleman and Lehman scored
and Gilligan moved on. Then Fulsifer hit
in right and Gilligan scored. Person
closed the fun for the Tar Babies who had
made four runs. by making a beautiful
capture of Spratt's fly in right field
In its half Raleigh took two runs. Stan
ley presented Lehman with foul. Stocks
dale got his first Then Sorbsr thumred
the ball into the race track on the right
for a home run, scoring Stocksdale Also
Then the Tar Babies kicked some more
after which Kelly went out from Meade |
to Weddige and Atz few out in left |
field.
In the sixth Tarboro made no runs but |
tried kick variation. Weddige and Rus |
sell blithely famed and Meade flew to |
Sorber. Hennager led off with a single |
in centre Curran sacrificed and advanced |
him. Sherman hit in centre for two bags |
and Hennager scored, Person went out |
from Hempleman to Weddige and Spratt |
captured Stanley's fly in the right chasm. |
In the seventh, eighth and ninth Tar
boro had three men up and three men