The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-24
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wild throw means lost game. Back
swings his arm and out shoots the ball as
from a catapault on it's way to Kelly. The
King leans forward to catch it. His eyes
are set and his mouth is clenched tight.
Will it never get there. Soffie is but three
feet away and is coming on with frantic
speed. Farther forward leans Kelly with
outstretched hands, and-smack, he has
the ball, Sofhe is out, the side is out,
the game is over Raleigh has won and
q wild ''Hurrah' embosoms itself on the
palpitating air in which flutters wildly
the red and white of the victorious Red
Birds
Person pitched an excellent game of
ball and kept his head In every inning
but the eighth and tenth there were men
on the bags, but the team gave him
gingery support and kept the Grays back.
The work of Sorber and of Atz was of the
gilt edge order, these two deserving bou-
quets, as the score shows. Stanley could
not locate the ball well in the earlier
part of the game, but he started the run
getting streak in the eighth and tied the
score.
The Senators were lined up in new
shape yesterday. Atz played short and
Hennager went to the third, while Wea-
YER, of Wake Forest, who was with the
team, played second we'll Stanley was
in centre, and Phil Meade did tip-top
work in right field, with Sorber taking
care of left field to perfection. He is a
fast one on his feet and gets about with
his running clothes on.
In the first inning Stanley, Hennager
] and Meade each batted to Thomas at
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and Atz made a hit, but the score was
blank. For Richmond Darby got to first
on Hennager's wild throw to Kelly, but
the next three men fell by the wayside.
In the second LeGrande singled to left
after Sorber and Weaver had flied but
Person never reached first For Rich
mond, with one man down Thomas sin
gled, but the next two fluked.
In the third it was one, two, three out
for Raleigh, Thomas making pretty pick
up of Kelly's grounder to first. In this
inning, with two men down, the bags were
| full, Bigbie having singled while Soffie
and Kahn had walked. Garrett, however,
| flew up in the air to Stanley, and that
| agony was over. In the fourth Atz
! Walked, Meade sacrificed and Atz went
| to second Sorber also had a dead head
| ticket to first, but Weaver flew out TO
| Traeger and LeGrande hit at something
| III the air that was not the ball. Rich
| mond scored in this inning as has been
/ told while Raleigh in the fifth did not
| get man to first, Stanley being the sec
! ond victim and tanning the atmosphere.
| In Richmond half Fillman touched the air
and not the ball. Softie with 3x2 against
| him was out Atz to Kelly. Kain singled
l X,
up the shop by drawing the ball to At2
and forcing Garrett at second. In the
| sixth Kelly, Atz and Meade did nothing
but bat the ball with no result. Rich
mond had Traeger on first on a hit, but
Hooker, Bigbie and Darby were N. G.
their combined efforts only putting Trae-
ger on second.
In the seventh Sorber famed for Raj
eigh. Weaver got the first on Soffe's err
| ror much to the delight of the Raleigh
| shouters but LeGrande and Person beat
in the air a three step duette. In Rich
mond's half FiIlman had formed a hole
in his bat through which the ball slipped
| Soffle walked KAN flew out to Sorber
Garrett singled and Thomas died, Person
TO Kelly, with a Soffle on third and Gar.
rett at first.
Raleigh's first run was in the eight
while Richmond did nothing, Bigbie, the
third man down being caught by Atz as
he was stealing second, after getting tt
first on Weaver's error In the nintl
Sorber and LeGrande got to the cushion!
on hits but never got home, and in the
tenth Stanley and Hennager flew while
King Kelly died on an easy one via Hook
er to Thomas In Richmond's ninth Dar
by singled to right. Fillman bunted nice
little fly handled beautifully by Henna
| ger. Soffe punched the air and Kair
| flew to Atz who made a magnificent run
ming catch. retiring the Grays. In tn,
tenth it was three up and three down fol
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