The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-25
RAINY DAY GAME
WON BY RALEIGH.
The First Half Looked Like
WiImington's Game.
THE TIDE Then TURNED
Wilmington's Protest Of Wednesdays
Game Sustained.
THE SOFT SHELLS TAKE THE THIRD
A Close and Exciting Contest. Excursions From
Several Places Will be Run to New
bern Monday to See the Raj
eign-Wmington Game

egn-WiImington Game
fourth victory for Raeigh in the Pen
nant Series.
In mud and rain yesterday the Red
time by score of ST xagainst two.
For four and half innings the New
Hanoverians had things all their own way
and were chuckling with glee and fran
tic with delight.
But after taking look at the rain
drops and thinking that likely Whining
ton would want to quit after the fifth in
ing, the lads in red swatted the leather
a few. rustled around the bases in the
slush, and piled up four runs, just double
those that the Holsters had brought in
to the wharf.
The game ought really to have been
called in the fourth inning. as the rain
pelted down in good fashion, but the Lob
sters liked water, and were willing to
stand flood if they could reach the end
of the fifth inning with some runs to the
good. 1t looked all right for them to do
it until there was something doing for
Raleigh in the fifth. When this came and
ended the score was against the down
homers," who never got in sight of vic
tory again.
The game was not a sensational one,
but in view of the rain and the condition
of the grounds it was a great one. Nearly
five hundred people, and among these .
large number of ladies. were in attend
ance, and this in spite of lightning, rain
and mud.
There were two remarkable circum-
stances in the game. One was the num-
br of men struck out by Stocksdale, who
was handling wet ball. He sent nine
Holsters to the bench without swatting
the leather, while only one Red Bird suf-
fered this at Stewards hands The other
circumstance was Thackera's great luck
in raching first every time he was up on
base on balls and his bad luck in never
scoring
With Clayton tanning the game began.
Devlin put two Dagger in left and stole
third but Allen famed and Dommell
flew to Kelly. In Raleigh half an error
of Warren and of Stewart put Powers and
Hughes on the bases but the next three
were out, Kelly's bunt simply advancing
the men.
In the second Wilmington scored. Nc
Ginnis began with hit and advanced on
Warren'S sacrifice Frost singled to CEN
ter and McGinnis scored. Thackera
walked, Stewart famed and Clayton flew
to Hennegar. In Raleigh's half, with two
down, LeGrande made hit in right but
Stocksdale flew in the same territory
In the third, after Devlin had flied out
to Sorber and Allen had famed. DOM
nell reached first on PowelI's error, the
ball slipping through him. On McGin-
MIS- hit in right he went to third and
scored on Warren's hit in the same place.
though McGinnis got caught at third on
Currans quick throw to Cronin.
Raleigh did nothing in it's third, though
Hughes got hit, and neither team scored
in the fourth, though each had man
left on base. Wilmington failed to score
in its half of the fifth, but Raleigh took
four runs thus: Stocksdale, two Dagger
in right, Powers, two Dagger in left,
Stocksdale scores, Hughs bats to Stwart,
who threw to Warren to catch Stocks
dale, but Warren draps the ball Kelly
bats to Dommell and is out but Powers
scores and Hughes goes to third, Henne-
gar hits in left and Hughes scores. Gro
min hiss to Stewart, Curran hits in CEN
ter and Sorber scores With LeGrande
up Curran tempts a throw to second to
let Henuegar home, but Hennegar is
caught between third and home and nut
out
Wilmington scores no more but in the
sixth Raleigh gets run. LeGrande puts
three bager in right and scores on
Stoeksdale's single. Powrs fans and
Hughs walks, but Stocksdale is retired at
second when Kelly flies to center. In the
seventh Sorber leads with two bager
and scores on Henegar's hit in left Gro
min flies out, Curran hits and LeGrande
fouls out to Thackera. Curran once again
plays off second and Hennegar once again
is caught trying to make the trip home
The summary OF the game, in which no
more runs came. is as follows:
Raleigh. ABB. r. H. PO. A. E. |
Powers, S. s.,...... 2 2