The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-02
THE FARMERS WIN.
Defeated the Danville Cadets by Score Of
l7to8.

~ 10 o.
Some one hundred and fifty people
were present yesterday afternoon at
the Fair grounds to see the ball game
announced TO take place between team
from the Danville Military Institute
and the A. and NJ. team. The cadet
band of the A. and M College was
present and before the game rendered
a number of selections most creditably,
and gave bright little bits at the close
Of each half inning. The game was
won by the A. and NJ team, the score
being IL against g.
The game, as a whole. was dull and
uninteresting because of the lack of the
ginger in it. This was not the fault
of the A. and NJ ball players, who found
that the boys from Danville were such
an easy mark that it was hardly neces-
sary tC exert themselves, while the
D. Nj. ]. visitors seing it was no use to
fight vigorously took their defeat as
matter of course. their short stop en-
jcying a cigarette in the leisure time
he managed to corral from the neces-
sary moments given to chasing the bali.
The hardest worked person present
was the umpire. Mr.. Perrin Busbee.
There We're so many flies knocked or,
bases and attempts to steal bases that
he had to do a great deal of stirring
around to keep up with the strenuous
end OF the game.
Miller, who pitched for the A. ami
Ms did good work in the box, as dio
WEIGH who wore the muzzle. The work
of Bonitz with the stick Nas excellent
his home runs and three baggers being
hailed with wild enthusiasm by the
| cadets present, as was also Welch's
home run in the first inning For the
visitors Shelter made a fine running
catch from third over foul lines, play
| duplicated by Asbury of the A. and M.
| in fine style.
| For the visitors Cole started in t.
pitch, but gave it up after he haG
thrown one ball, Lea being changed
| from the first base to the box.
| In the first inning the A. and NJ. piled
| up six runs, the first four men scoring
on hits and one passed ball. Then
| Pate went out at first, after which Ross
! hit to right field and came in when
| Welch damned the ball into right field
for a home run. Heath flew out, Miller
got safe to fist on a hit to centre and
/ Cochran went out, short to first.
The ID. NJ rs had a good start.
] Archer got b. b. mark. Shelter hit
to centre field as did Penn. F,itzged
made his first all right but Archer died
ct home when there was a passed ball,
and wild throwing resulting in three
men scoring. Lea got to first safe,
| Anderson did the same but Lea was
forced out at second and Crumpton got
lost at first A and NJ s second inning
produced one more run. Allen getting
in from third en- wild throw TO shut
him off, when Pate hit safe into left
! The Danville boys made three runs in
/ their second inning and the score was
close, for Raleigh, for Danville. In
the third Raleigh was BANKED by
pretty work, but in the fourth scored
three runs before a man was out. but
then it was l, 2. g. gone with Pate lelt
en- Q base. In the fifth it was three
lup and thre down, the fourth and fifth
Innings being the best ball playing
given the crowd. The cadets from Vir-
Ginia We're BANKED in the l, 2, g. style
in the third, fourth and fifth innings
In the sixth Archer got home. but in
the seventh and eighth more goose eggs
arrived.
Raleigh in the sixth scored three
runs WEIGH making a clean two-bagger
end Bonit= doing the home run streak
In the seventh there were three more
1 runs, BoniZt being content with three
Dagger. In the eighth Ross flew cut to
left field, WEIGH hit for bag, Heath
foul flied out to Asbury. Miller hit tc
centre field for a bag, WEIGH who had
stolen third, coming home, but Miller
got caught at second, putting the side
cut. The ninth was blank for Raj
Cigh Cochran and Allen failing to get
to first and Asbury flying out to second.
In the ninth Danville got one man
over the rubber Shelter going out az
first, Penn getting around to third ON
hit to field and passed ball. Fitzged
was out on a foul fly which Asbuly
gathered in. Lea got his first on a hit
ever third base, stole second and third.
and died there. as Anderson went out
short to first and wound up the game.
which had toiled and labored along 70"
one hours and fifty minutes.
The line up was as follows:
A. and M.-Cochran, S. s.. Asbury 3b
Bonitz, c. f.; Allen, h. Pate, 2b; Ross,
!. f.; WEIGH, c; Heath, +. f.. Miller, ps
d. NJ ARCHER, S. s.; Shelter, 3b;
Penn, c. f.; Fitzgerald, h. Lea, p; Ande
son, |. f.. Crumpton, c.; Rheinhardt, r. l. !,
Cole 1b.
The score by innings was:
A. and NJ ...........6 0 8 0 8 8 Oil
D. NJ. l. .............3 5 0 90 / 0 o l.