The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-08
KELLY'S RED BIRDS
SWELL THE CHORUS
The Shippers From Norfolk
Were ShipWrecked.
NO ERRORS FOR RALEIGH
Rain Prevented the Game Between
Giants and Shipbuilders.
AMERICAN, NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
A Hot Time on the Cincinnati Diamond For a
Short While Yesterday as the Result
of Decision by the
Umpire.
AMERICAN, NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
1t happened!

In fact it happened several times!
To be more explicit it happened seven
times for the Senators and but twice
for the Norfolk Shippers.
Though it happened thus, it was not
by chance, not bit of it. No, sir.
The score of seven for Raleigh and two
for Norfolk means that ball playing
was done, with the gilt edge still
brightly shining, and the seal unbrok-
en-.
What the Red Birds did to the ball
used yesterday was plenty. They
banged it in, the eye, they punched it
in the nose, they swatted in under the
chin, they slapped it on the other, they
tickled it under the chin, they twitch-
ed it by the ear and then they got their
hands in the whiskers of the frag-
ments and dragged the remnants of it
all over the earth. 1t was great BALL
though Norfolk may notsagree with the
statement.
The game started off With snap ard
a flourish that was equaI to morning
eye-opener Norfolk a EhaaAkfp the bases
ana it lool4ed ike Totlr runs was a
certainty, but the Red Birds ruffled
their plumage and did the work Of re-
firing the side without run and with
wings wide spread. Following this
Stanley did the three bag quick step
and two runs made the Raleigh fans
happy.
An amusing side remark of "Reddy
Gilligan of Norfolk when Kelly tried
for bunt brought a yell. "Reddy'
TOD IL hot
again and I'll throw you out five hun
dred yards
But the most amusing thing was the
sight of Norfolk the present leaders
of the bunch, playing against time and
hoping for rain before the fifth inning
when they saw they were TT at ball
playing. The pitcher and catcher would
confer, the man at the bat would stop
to tie his shoe strings and the pennaEI
chasers would lally-gag and do the
slow act while the bleachers guyed
them for their dilatory tactics.
But there was one unpleasant side
to the Norfolk tactics at winning the
game. Bill D." the silent one, got onto
it. He spied out of the tail of his eye
a Norfolk man with a fiat bat in his
hand and called him down. The player
him take a round stick. as this was
ball, not the old fashioned game of "cat"
where paddles were the prefer caper
Atz and Meade regained form yes
terday, and Kelly was as spry as all
sixteen year old with a dimple in her
chin. He stole bases without a blink
of the eye or the fear of arrest for
grand larceny and an interview with
In,
smacked the ball for a home run and
did the jig before the Skipper in full
sail after it, ever bished it out of the
mud over in the red cut. Stanley, did
you say? Why whenever that young
ster would get up to the rubber the
Shippers all fell back to the limit to
wait for the ball. He did star work in
the catching 1ine ALSO, and was!
crack jack in the game.
Both teams did much better work
yesterday as the tabulated score shows
Not an error for Raleigh and but four
for Norfolk. But for the lucky hit of
DannerhoWer into right field, barely
fair ball by a hairs breadth resulting
in a scratch home run, it would have
been a score of to o. and that's good
ball playing: that is, for the winners.
Norfolk batted well, but hard luck was
with it, as the hits were scattered and
Senator was always in the right spot.
But to the game. Norfolk took the
stick and Spratt walked while Smith
advanced him with a hit to left ii I'D.
Mullen sacrificed with a bunt and i'd
vanced both E. Gilligan was up but
bill D. caught Spratt too far away
from third and he and Atz assisted by
Kelly ran him down. Smith tried u
steal third, got caught at it and went
out
Then Raleigh started the war dance
with Stanley's three Dagger, which
would have been a home run but fo"
a log that stopped the ball. Hennager
hit for first and on wild throw reach
ed second going on to third on wild
pitch. Kelly hit into the left lagoon
70 IA bag and Hennager scored. Atz
sacrificed on a bunt and Kelly moved
on a passed ball taking him to third
Meade walked and stoled second. Per-
son hit for bag but Kelly died trying
to get home. The ball hit Sherman
and Person stole second. The
bags We're full, LIE Grande was up, but
Billy he struck out.
In the second Norfolk went out in /,
?. order while Raleigh did the same
In the third Norfolk also fell down,
with one man left on a base.
In the third Kelly walked, Atz sacri.