The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-13
TWO V|CTORS IN
A DOUBLE HEADER
Red Birds Win First and Tar
Babies Second.
PLAYED IN THE DRIZZLE
Tarboro Contributes Flat Bats. Kicks
and Protest.
PLAYED IN THE DRlZZLE
THERE IS NO GAME AT vii MING TON
The lobsters and Hornets Wait For Sunny Skies.
A Notable Fourteen Inning Game by
the National Pittsburg and
Philadelphia Clubs.


vanquished were victorrs.
Yesterdays double header turned out
split. Raleigh won the first game by
score of against and Tarboro took
the second by a score of to also.
Both games were played in bad
weather. The wind was blowing Wig
crously and during the most of the
game there was a drizzle- drazzle OF
rain. that at one time stopped the game
for ten minutes. The crowd was not a
large one for double header, not over
500 people being present. The bad
weather, the increased charges for la
dies and the unseemly kicking in the
game of the day before all contributing
to the fall off in attendance.
Stocksdale and Wolf were the oppos-
ing pitchers in the first game and Cur
ran was the back stop for Raleigh.
bill D." Raleighs game catcher, held
down the first bag in both games, and
did tiptop work there He is a bali
player to be counted on. Both pitchers
had eleven hits made off them and
Stocksdale struck out five men while
Wolf served up seven Red Birds.
The first game was a slow one, two
hours being consumed in pudding it off
Some of this time was used up by the
Tar Babies in kicking and some of it
in making the same Tar Babies drop
the fat bats they We're ringing in on
the Red Bird pitcher.
Towards the Shank of the game q
written protest against it was handed
Umpire Fleming. This was because OF
decision by which he allowed Hem
nager to hold third base after running
from second when the ball struck the
umpire.
Hennager and Stocksdale put on their
batting clothes and lined out the spher-
old for home runs. Hennager did the
dale in the sixthh For the visitors
Pulsifer and Foster litter three bag
gers.
Raleigh took the stick first and Stan
ley led off by batting to the pitcher
The ball bounded from him to Hemple-
man, who got it to first ahead of Stan
ley. Sorber lifted a fly in left. but
Pulsifer mufted it and Scrber held
first, the next two men failing to get
there. In it's half Tarboro took two
runs. Gilligan walked and stole sec
ond while Puisifer cracked three
bagSer in centre on which lie scored.
Spratt ilew out to Soib and Pulsifer
scored. Weddige died from AtZ TO Le-
Grarde Foster hit in right for three
bags, Rrssel walked and tempted
Stocksdale by strolling towards Sec
ond while Foster sprinted for home.
retired :he side.
Therer was nothing doing for Raleigh
till the 5th, but three up and three
down each time In the fifth Heenegan
led off With q hot greunder which founo
its way into the race track in left. for
home run, but the next three went
out. Tarboro did nothing more for it.
self until the fifth likewise, though
Wolf made two -bagger in the sec
ond and Foster singled in the third. In
the fifth Wolf began with a hit in
centre, advanced on Gilligan's sacrifice
Pulsifer flew out to Atz, though Wed
dige, who was running for Wolf. danced
around under the ball as it was coming
uoNh' opi at SUI HIS HTSI on an error
and Wolf scored after which Weddige
famed and Kicked.
The sixth for Raleigh netted Stocks
dale's home run, the ball landing in the
right chasm. The Tar Babies kicked.
claiming that the runner had cut third
but he didn't. In it's half Tarboro did
nothing. Phil Meade alone reaching
first. In the seventh Hennegan ana
LeGrande. each singled, but were left
on bases as the next three men did
nothing. In Tarboros half Wolf flew
and Gilligan hit in left. Pulsifer
walked and advanced him. Spratt
famed and Gilligan scored on Wed
dige's hit in centre. Foster struck out.
leaving Pulsifer on third.
No runs were scored in the eigth.
though Sober walked after Stanley was
out from Wolf to Weddige. getting out
himself at second when Atz batted to
short. Kelly singled in left and Atz
was out trying to stretch it for two
bags.
In the ninth Raleigh plucked victory
from the jaws of defeat by piling UP
four runs. The score when it began
was four to two against the Red Birds.
Hennager led off with a hit in left and
on an error there, went to second
LeGrande hit hard and the ball hi,
Umpire Fleming and bounded off while
Hennager went to third. There was a