The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-21
"BR0WNIES" IN BAD FORM
The Score Was to 8 in Good But
Not Snappy Game.
RALEIGH AND WILMINGTON STILL TIED
McGinnis' Safe Hit to Left Wins the Day For
Wilmington and Weddige's Great Drive
Over the Fence Gives Newport
News Victory.

Despite wretched error by Stanley at
a most critical point in yesterdays game,
Raleigh came off victor over Portsmouth
enabled to do by virtue of the high
school club tinge that Portsmouth gave to
its work in the early part of the contest
and which tinge the brilliant bits of play
ing later failed to eradicate.
The reason Raleigh won was that Ports
mouth failed to gather in the runs even
after she had filled her bases. In other
words, the Brownies" were unable to hit
at opportune times. Always at the criti-
cal moment the wind-fanner appeared at
the bat, and the men were glued to their
cushions until the side was called out.
This happened three times, and at anyone
of them sharp safe hit would at least
have tied the score and probably have
snatched victory from the Red Birds.
Altogether, the game was pretty good
one---not so good, however, as the score
would seem to indicate. 1t lacked snap,
but one could hardly blame the players
for that: their playing was in keeping
.sita Tie gray, cold day and the htmor
q taose WHO witnessed the contest. Even
the fact that it was Raleigh's first vic
tory on Monday failed to arouse the ac-
customed enthusiasm in the grand-stand
and bleachers.
In the opening innihg both sides filled
their bases. Raleigh scored one of her
men. Stanley; Portsmouth failed to bring
in any of her men. This made the score
/ to in favor of the Red Birds" and
thus it logged along till the fourth when
Clark crossed the plate for the
Brownies" This tied the score.
Such a condition of affairs was most
uncomfortable for Raleigh and the local
rooters who had been yelling with note
Of anticipated. victory in their voices now
began to demand that something be done.
Kelly rallied his men and here the game
was won to Raleigh and lost to Ports
mouth. 1t was all on a wild throw by
Westlake, and this is how it happened:
sherman came to the bat. He took his
usual three spears at the ball, and also
as usual missed it, and was retired to
the bench LeGrand, thanks to wretched
pitching trotted to first on balls. Person
got TO first on a good hit and LeGrand
took his station at second. Stanley came
to the rescue with q two bagger to right
field which Murray failed to reach despite
a hard chase for it. On this LeGrand
scored and Person went to third. Now
Hennager drove long fly down centre
field Weaver promptly swallowed it up,
after which Person crossed the home plate
and Stanley pranced to third, and darted
home when Westlalle trying to stop him,
threw wild of the third baseman. Kelly
followed this run of luck up with a fly
which nobody was able to reach and on
which he managed to get to the second
bag oniv to die few minutes later try
ing to steal to third.
The game was now won, as future
events proved.
Portsmouth scored one in the sixth
on run by Clark, and the prospects
were bright for others, Westlake going
to III I'D and O'Rapp to second on wild
throw by Stanley; but tanning out h''
Weaver saved the situation, and the score
stood Raleigh, 4; Portsmouth, 2.
No further change was recorded in it
till the ninth. In that inning Raleigh did
nothing, but Portsmouth added one to her
score on a run by Swander.
Here is the score: