The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-05
HOLSTERS" PICKED
BY THE FRED BIRDS"
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! garded that meanst at least three bags
| if it had passed.
| The game began with an error by
Smith. The HOLSTERS were up and Clay
ton lifted a sky-scraper to centre and
Smith dropped it like hot potato, and
! Clayton reached second Devlin went
| out from Venable to the King, while
! Clayton reached third. Crockett walk
ed and stole second, but Person threw
three balls to Thackera who famed
three times. and the side was out.
Then came what we will call the
/ Stocksdae Bridal March, for Stocksdale
started the procession. Venabie had
passed in his checks on fly to
| Clayton just beyond the line in left
| field when the Bridegroom took the
! stick He drove the ball to Clayton who
threw high over Devlin at first and
Stocksdale went to second. Then King
Kelly hit over the pitcher and While
the HOLSTERS about the second base
were fumbling the ball he got to that
bag. while Stocksdale scored. Atz lined
g not one out in left field and on dumb
ball throwing Kelly scored; while Jakey
went to second and on to third. Hen
nager batted to first and was out, but
Atz came home. The heavy batting
Smith came next. He lifted three
Bigger over in left field and while Sc.
bring jabbed himself against the fence
Smith landed on third. Sorber contrib
uted to the gayety by whacking two
Dagger over in the central pasture
while Smith scored Bill D. was next
and he swatted another two-bagger
over in left field on which Smith walk
ed home. The ninth Red Bird to the
bat was Person, who tapped high
fly over in left that Sebring got his
claws or retiring the side.
In the second, third and fourth innings
neither side scored and in each of these
innings it was three men at the bat
and three men out, not hit being
! made. Just before the second inning
began a large party from Durham
reached the grounds and began cheer
ing for Wilmington, but when they saw
the score of to in favor of Raleigh
| they became a Durham Deaf and Dumb
Institute.
In the fifth Wilmington got it's first
run. McGinnis singled to right. War
rem flew to Smith and Cranston famed.
| Then Allen laid a wo-bagger in centre,
while McGinnis scored. Clayton went
| out from Venable to Kelly
| In it's half Raleigh added three runs
! to its five. Nenable singled in right.
| Stocksdae made a four Dagger by hit.
| ting way out in the race track in left
| field on which Venable and he scored.
| Atz drove a three Dagger over in the
track and scored on a passed ball. Hen.
mayer walked and stole second. Smith
hit to short and was out at first, while
Hennager went to third. Sorber ended
the inning by flying out to Sebring.
In the sixth, after one man was down,
Sebring and Crockett singled, but the
next two were out. Raleigh did moth
| ing. In the seventh it was three up
and three down for the HOLSTERS While
Stocksdale's single for the Red Birds
did no good,> as the next three men
| failed to reach first.
! In the eighth for Wilmington Clayton
famed Devlin lifted a wo-bagger into
| left. Sebring got to first as Kelly had
! left his base to stop his hot grounder.
| Devlin went on to third and on an at
] tempt by Venabe and Hennager to
| catch Sebring at second, scored. Crock
EFT walked. Thackera batted to Atz,
and on a tumble, went to first. This
filled the bags and but one man was
out. McGinnis lifted a fly to Henna-
| ger which was gobbled up and the men
| kept on bases, while Warren retired
| the side by flying out to Stocksdale.
Raleigh did nothing it's half of the
eighth and in the ninth for the Lob
sters, Cranston went from Venable to
Kelly and the game ended in a blaze
of glory by the two beautifully handled
flies from Allen and Clayton handled
by Smith and Sorber.
For other information study the fol-
lowing figures:
MORNING GAME.
1 TILE II I'LL rrr,r, 4.o.o-.4.