The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-21
THE SCORE STOOD 8 TO 6
The Elements Seemed to Just Suit the
Baptist Boys.
METHODIST WANTED THE GAME CALLED
The Features Of the Game We're All on Wake
Forests Side. Viewers Three Long
Hits and Hubgood's Work in
the Box.


Forest and Trinity baseball mines was
played yesterday at the Fair Grounds in
drizzling rain, before a mere handful
of spectators. 1t is hardly possible to
believe that base ball could be played at
all in such weather. 1t was the very
worst article that DR.. Won Hermann
could have selected from the Black Bay
section of Boston, that Devoe or Hicks
could have done better. Cold rain pene-
trating, it came, with the east wind
blowing it through the very marrow of
your soul. But it didn't phaze the col
lege youths, and the game went merrily
along in pastry and mud until the latter
part of the sixth inning, when Umpire
Upchurch put a grateful end to the dis
comforture of the players and spectators.
The weather seemed to suit the AM
phibii Collegiansis of Wake Forest. They
started off at a brisk pace in the first
inning by scoring five runs. Rogers led
off with a base hit over short. Null hit
a soft one to Bradsher, which should
have resulted in an easy double play, but
the Trinity pitcher threw double Arab
over Anderson's head and both men were
safe. Weaver followed with long drive
down in the gulches of right field, scor-
ing Rogers and Null and came home a
little later on Horizons single over third.
Powers and Caddell struck out, but Har-
ris was given life by Lassiter's error, and
Hobgood brought both in with pretty
two Dagger to centre. Rogers, up for
the second time that inning retired the
side on a fly to third.
For Trinity, Turner drew a base on
balls, took second on a pass ball and
CAME home on Gffes hit to right field.
Wake Forest failed to score in the sec
ond, while Trinity nearly pulled UP even
on a base on balls, a rank error by
Weaver, a. passed ball, a wild pitch, Las
siters base hit, and F>utreis poor throw
home scoring them three runs. The
score now stood to 4 in favor of Wake
Forest.
In the third Wake Forest went out in
one, two. three, order, while Trinity ad-
ded two runs to her score on a couple of
bases on balls, a wild pitch, Smiths base
hit to right, which was poorly and slow
ly fielded by Null, and Towards sacri-
Gee hit to short, putting the Shouters one
run to the good.
In the fourth the Deep-water boys
again jumped on Bradsher's cigarette
pitcher curves and pounded out three
runs on hits by Rogers and F'utrel, Hor
toms two Dagger and Weaver's second
three Dagger to the gulches in right,
making the score to +.
Trinity got a base hits in the fourth
but no runs materialized. which was
uyoIxo in haY~
Trinity got a base hit in the fourth
at this juncture, but the umpire refused
to enter intoa any negotiations. So the
game went on notwithstanding the
steady down pour of ice-water. 1t seem
cd to have warming effect on Hobgood,
however, who steamed UP and struck out
Giles, Short and Anderson in succession.
Five innings which constituted a game,
had now been played, and as the score
stood to 6 in favor of Wake Forest,
the Amphibians now kicked for time to
be called. But Trinity put up protest
and the Umpire ordered the sixth inning.
Futrel went out on a ground ball to
Anderson, but Weaver put his third base
hit over into his private preserve on the
far side of right field, Null got a hit be-
tween short and third, and Horton put
cut a screaming two Dagger to left, bring
ing in two runs, making the score Wake
Forest 10, Trinity s.
The game was then called and the score
went back to the fifth inning, being Wake
Forest s, Trinity g.
The feature-well, everybody's were be-
draggled with the wet cit was very wet)
and frozen by the cold Gas it was cold)
But it is proper to mentions Weaver's
three long hits to right and Hobgood's
work in the box Outside of this there
was nothing above the ordinary.
TIL, rARIrI .ArE,n SCOPE