The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-25
RALEIGH AGAIN
DOES RICHMOND
The Virginians Score But
Twice in This Game
AN sFXGJTING CONTEST
AN .EXLITING CONTEST
Wilmington is Defeated in a Sixteen
Inning Game.
BROWNIES SCORE THREE IN THE LAST
A Tough Struggle Between Norfolk and New
port News Ends With Victory For The
Shipbuders The Score Be-
ing Four to Three.
Another rip snorting game.

ing Four to Three.
Another rip snorting game.
And once again does Richmond prove
to be hard problem.
But Raleigh solved it, and Sutch, Atz,
sorber. Weaver and all the other Red
Birds did the figuring with 5 against
the arswer
There were moments in the game when
the nerves of every rooter, rooterine and
rooterlet were in a shaky condition, mo-
ments when intense heart agony was at
work
But likewise there came time when
the sky was rosy when the exhilaration
of the moment paid for all previous agony
and when Raleigh stock had to have
weights tied to it to keep it in sight of
earth.
The crowd was there, all right, and
Mr.. William Boylan was in it with all
kinds of mascots. He had on straw
with a brilliant red and white band, and
he had a genuine red bird in tow. Like
wise he had corraled in the neighborhood
a negro with three razors and a carving
knife. Is it any wonder that Raleigh
won?
a.h rushed the game from the
jump and Richmond never caught up. In
the first inning two Red Birds flew
around and roasted for a moment on the
rubber, while the crowd cheered. In the
fifth "Bill d." the sphynx, drew the lucky
number and scored, as did Stanley in the
eighth and Weaver in the ninth.
The Gray aggregation from Richmond
made a squirt in the sixth and chalked
up two runs after a long string of zeros.
Time and again they got two men on the
bags, and at one time had them filled,
but they never got home.
1t was a got-my money y's-worth game
all through. Stanley's long foul, which
went over in the race track to the right,
Weaver's home run in which the ball fell
in the red chasm after a soaker in the
nose the snappy playing of Jakey Atz
at short, the fine article of hall put up
BY HennageE, Sorber, lie Grande and
Meade and the headwork of King Kelly,
who played it UP to the limit on Rich
mond, when he fooled Traeger out at
home ON the ball-lost-in- the grass busi-
ness. were all features, without thinging
of The good pitching of Sutch, who is
getting back to his old form in good
shape.
Richmonds men did good work too, and
Thomas record at the slab was a fine
one He pitched a good game Bigbie on
first took in a hot liner from Stanley and
doubled on Sutch like a thoroughbred.
The error column with but three of these
charged up against each team shows that
the game was the genuine article.
Stanley started the game, and got his
first on Rigbie's error, who droped the
bah. This ratified the Richmond slab
artist. who dead headed Hennager to
first. Kink Kel made bunt that was
beauty. and died at first. but Stanley and
Hennager moed on. Atz batted to short
and got to first, but Stanley was caught
at the home plate, and Atz stole second
and Hennager was on third. Meade
soaked the ball hot to centre and landed
on first, while Hennager and Atz came
home. Sorber flew out in left.
In it's half Aichmond used five men.
Darby walked and Fillman's bunt forced
him at second. Soffle flew out to Weaver.
Kain hit to third and was safe on first by
a close decision, but Garrett flew out to
Sorber.
In the second Weaver made clean hit
10 centre for a single. lie Grande sent
the ball to short and forced Weaver at
second. tumble by Darby landed Sutch
on first and Bill d on second, but stan
ley's hot fly to first put both him and
Sutch out In the third and likewise IN
the fourth the Senators never saw first
this also being Richmond's fate in the
second and third. In the fourth Soffle.
who went to first on a free ticket, got
as far as third, but the next three men
up never got to Kelly.
aaIn the fifth Raleigh scored. lie Grande
got to first on Darbys tumble, Sutch
sacrifices to put hi mon second, Stanley
batted to Soffle and was out at first with
lie Grande safe on third. Hennager walk
ed and weut to second on the first ball
pitched Kelly. Just here Thomas lost
control of the ball, it went wild, lie
Grande scored and the rooters went wild,
but Kelly died at first. In its half Rich
mond did nothing, though Manners in
sisted he was hit by the ball and wanted
first bad
In the sixth Ralefgh's Reds never saw
first, but Richmond's Grays took whirl
for two runs. Darby hit in left for
single. Fillman hunted to force Darby,
but got safe on first, as Kelly dropped
the ball. Soffle died on the road to first.
Kain was up and Sutch gave him a walk
to first. The bases were full Garrett
was up, but Sutch worked the fan on him.