The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-18
HORNETS STING
THE RED BIRDS
Win the Last Game in an
Easy Walk.
AN OUT-OF-SlGHT CATCH
The Tar Babies Climb up With the
League Leaders.
AN OUT-GF-SIGHT CATCH
TINE LOBsTERs GOING DOWN THE HILL
Five to Three is The Score With Tarboro in
Possession Of the Larger Figure.
The Game Wen in the
Fphth
Charlotte turned the tables.

1idIlOtlc lulIeu TIC ldDlcS.
Yesterdays game was Won by the
Hornets by score of 6 against 2.
1t was reversal of the game of Tues
day, for like it three bases on balls,
a hit, a passed ball and ,wild pitch
let in the winning runs. Another sin
gular coincidence was that the DAM
age was done in the fourth inning.
What was not coincidence was that
Charlotte had the business end of the
mishap yesterday and landed four runs
in the inning in place of the three that
Raleigh got Tuesday.
1t was a gingery, exciting game, and
was fully enjoyed by the six hundred
people who We're out to give the Red
Birds a rousng send-off ere they start
cd down home" to do up the Lobsters.
The game was full of incident and
the bleachers were in good voice and
good humor, though Raleigh was the
loser. But for the bases on balls pre-
sented by Stanley in the bloody
fourth different story might be
written, but that's ancient history now.
Umpire Mace had a hard decision on
his hands in the seventh. Swander
lifted a fly in right field, guarded by
King I<el, who was on the edge of the
ch3em He got his eye on the ball and
Sct over the edge of the bank. AS the
ball dropped he was out of sight for one
brief moment but again apeared with
uplifted hands, holding the ball. 1t
was evidently caught on the fly but the
umpire had not seen it done. However,
after deliberating and taking a drink
of water on the subject he called
Swander out. Capt. Clark, of the Hor-
nets, declared he was going to protest
the game on account OF the decision,
but after it was won changed his mind.
LeGrande started in to catch, but on
account of a badly hurt finger. gave
way to Sherman in the fifth Sorber,
who was not well, was replaced by
Smith in the eighth inning. Knau, the
brilliant short stop of Charlotte, who
was hurt Tuesday was unable to play,
but Wyn Clark did rafting good work
in his place, and incidentally damned
the ball fer three Dagger that brought
home three men.
Neither side scored till the fourth, and
both Stanley and Bass were pitching
great ball. In Charlottes half OF the
inning, Murray led off by tanning, but
prauby, SWander and Hooker were
each allowed to prcambulate to first by
Stanley, who went to pieces for short
while. Drauby the first of the walkers,
had gone to second on a passed ball by
LeGrande when the others walked.
Then Bigbie struck out and Clark was
up. He lifted fly way out in left
that Sorber failed to reach and three
men danced across the rubber and
Clark was on third. On wild pitch
he scored. Bass ended the Waterloo
by going out to Hennager on fly
In the sixth Charlotte again scored.
Swander led with a single and went
to second on a passed ball, scorin gon
hit by Bigbie to Keily,w hich was
handled too slow to save THE run.
Hooker flew out to Hennager, while
Swander was on first, Bigbie hit.
Clark flew to Powers and Bass batted
hot to Stanley. who fumbled it but
caught Bigbie on a throw to third
The next inning brought another run.
With two men down Murray singled
and was on second when Drauby' 8
two bagger in left let him spin over
the plate. Swander closed the inning
with the out-of- sight fly to Kelly.
Raleigh only scored in the eighth.
Smith singled hot in left and went to
second on an error. Atz went out on
foul to third base, Kelly hit to Clark,
who put him out at first, but Smith
scored from second Hennager hit in
centre and stole second, Curran hit in
right and Hennager scored from sec
ond. Sherman batted to Clark, who
fell down and the runner was safe on
first. Stanley ended the run getting
by going out on foul to Gates.
In the fifth Raleigh had three men
on the bags with only one out Sherman
had gone out on fly in centre and
Stanley singled to right. Powers walk
ed and on Weaver's error Stocksdale
reached first Sad to relate Sorber and
Atz beat a roundelay in the air and
left the three Red Birds on the bags.
There was plenty of ball playing
throughout the game, but all the other
unnoted innings only produced goose
eggs. The story in figures reads as fol-
lows:
RALEIGH r. r. II pO a r.