The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-07
WINGS Of KELLYS
BIRDS IN TIE DUST
Norfolk Wins by a Score of
Is to 10.
ERRORS TELL The STORY
At Wilmington the Giants Hammer
the Shipbuilders.
THE SCORE THERE IS SIX TO THREE
In The National League Games New York De-
feats Philadelphia by Malthewson's Pitch
ing. St. Louis and Cincinnati Play
Miserable Game.
ERRORS TELL The STORY
At Wilmington the Giants Hammer
the Shipbuilders.
THE SCORE THERE IS SIX TO THREE


The two strong teams in the Virginia
Carolina league met yesterday and Nor
folk took the first of the series from Raj
eigh in the presence of the largest crowd
yet assembled at the Fair grounds
Thirteen was the hoodoo number with
which the Shippers took the game and
caused the wings of Kelly's Birds to
droop. Their ten good runs counted for
naught as against the thirteen.
The hard part of the sad story of how
Raleigh didn't win is that in the fifth
inning, one full of snap and the sensation
Of the day, with two men out, two men on
bases and Raleigh one ahead, the rain
stopped the game for eight minutes and
then ceased. When the game lwas re-
suned it looked rosy for Raleigh but Kel-
ly's batted ball struck Hennager between
second and third retiring the side. In
the sixth inning it was a neck and neck
game, each side having nine runs, but
in the seventh Norfolk took lead of
two, which Raleigh in the eighth re-
duced to one, but which the Shippers
ran up to three in the ninth blanking
Raleigh.
The game was lost not through the
fault of Weeks, nor beeansel of the heavy
hitting or fine playing of the men from
Norfolk but because of costly errors by
the Senator's. 1t was an off day for Atz
Meade and Hauptman, who failed to take
the chances given them.
Norfolk wound up it's first inning with
three runs to it's credit and the grand
stand was silent, and nervous But when
Stanley, the first man. up for Raleigh, hit
way out in right for a home run pande-
monium broke loose, and applause was
Stanley's whenever he showed up. BILL
D." Raleigh's superb catcher, was right
in it, toe, with stick work and behind the
bat.
Spratt Norfolk's heavy hitter, did
crack "a jack work with the stick, and
McDade's home run, scoring Morrissey
ahead of him was fine. At one period of
the game Norfolk was evidently playing
ball against time hoping for rain or
darkness, but they needed neither in the
wind up.
The base running of both teams was
fine, great many risks being taken In
this Raleigh had the best end of it and
Norfolk's men got chased down several
times.
Tie game was clean, well-fought and
Upchurch made some close decisions,
there was but one that went against the
bleachers and grand stand. This was his
decision that fly from Mullen, over to
the right, was in fair ground Spratt
and Smith scored on this and Mullen
made third, with credit for three bag
ger.
With Weeks and LeGrand as Raleigh's
battery Norfolk opened with Spratt up. A
snappy hit to right field took him to first
and he stole second. Smith got his base
on balls Mullen bunted and got to first
Weeks trying to head Spratt off at third
e. Gilligan gets to first, r. Gilligan goes
. out on foul to LeGrande. Morrisey gets
to hrst safe but E. Gilligan loses at sec
ond while Smith scores. McDade gets
first on Meades' error, Mullen scoring.
Logan fans and retires the side.
For Raleigh Stanley opens with home
run batted into the right garden. Hen
nager fans, Kelly hits to centre for one
bag. Atz hits to short and gets first,
but Kelly is forced out at second. Atz
steals second but Hauptman fans the air.
For Norfolk in the second Wolf gets his
base on balls. Spratt rambles to first
on hit to right field, Hauptman's error
giving him second. Smith gives Haupt-
man fly, but .Hauptman muffs it while
Wolf and Spratt score, Smith going to
third. Mulens strikes out. e. Gilllgan
bats to Atz, but Kelly at first drops the
ball and Smith scores r. Gilligan flies
over in right, but Hauptman is too SLOW
to get it and he goes TO first, E. Gilligan
going to third. Morrisey is up but E. Gil
ligan gets caught between third and
home, LeGrande giving him the coup dc
grace, while R. Gilligan few moments
later is caught trying to steal third
For Raleigh Meade flies out to left field
Sherman puts ball to third but fails to
get first on close decision LeGrande
makes hit to left field and Weeks ad-
vances him by hit to centre. Stanley
socks the hall in the right veldt and on
errors goes to third, while LeGrande and
Weeks trek home Stanley scores on a
passed ball and Hennager goes out, pitch
er TO first base
In the third, fourth and fifth innings
Norfolk was blanked by pretty work from
Weeks and clever base protection Raj
eigh goose-e -egged in the third and fourth
with two men left on bases in the fourth
In the fifth comes the sensation. At7
gets to first safe. Hauptman makes a
hit. goes first steals second and Atz is
at third. Meade hits for a bag while
Atz and Hauptman score, the sun shininG
out as the rain, which has been gettinf
heavier. almost ceases. Sherman hits t,
centre for two bags. Meade goes to third