The news & observer., 1901-04-23
NORFOLK YET IN THE LEAD
The Shipbuilders Shut Out in the
Game Yesterday.
RICHMOND A WINNER AT WILMINGTON
On Account Of Wet Grounds Most Of the Ma
tioraI League Games We're Postponed
The Quakers Manage TO Put
BROOKLYN TO SIeep.
BROOKLYN TO SIeep.

With one inning yet due it Raleigh
won from Portsmouth on the fair grounds
here yesterday afternoon by a score of
II against H. The team returned from
it's Virginia trip with two games to it's
credit out of six, and by today's game
jumped from 333 per cent to 429.
The day was cold and damp, in fact it
drizzled rain almost up to the minute the
game began. Despite this nearly 400
people went out to see the contest,
among them many ladies'. In the grand
stand sat Governor Aycock. the Chief
Executive of the State; Mayor Powell
head of Raleighs city government, a
number of the State officers. besides 9TH
err prominent citizens.
During the preliminary warming up
OF the two teams the crowd sized up the
players. On every side could be heard
the expression about the Portsmouth
team. What lot of big fellows" :"
They were heavy weights, indeed, despite,
their name of Brownies. 7 which is
tackled on to them because of their uni
form and not because of their size. The
Senators looked but mouthful to the
big boys from Virginia, but the mouthfnl
was too much for the Brownies" to
'chaw," much lest digest.
At 4:30 Umpire Davis called the game.
announcing the batteries for Portsmouth
as Martin and Westlake; for Raleigh,
Weeks and LIE Grande. Just here Mayor
Powell was escorted from the grand
stand, and amidst the applause of the
spectators went into the box to ptch the
first ball for the Raleigh team. He shot
in a high ball that was out of reach of
the batsman and which lie Grand failed
TO reach even after a record breaking
jump in the atmosphere.
Then the game began. 1t was not a
pitchers game, nor a batters, nor was it a
game won by sprinting, but it was a
combination of all of these. with the
added feature of a wet ball, cold fingers
and luck that smiled first on Portsmouth
in the second inning, when the Brown
les" piled up five runs, four of these
brought IN on a screamer sent out in
deep left by Clark, bringing in three
men besides himself, and then bestowed
the same glance on Raleigh for four runs
i'm the same inning.
The Senators appeared in their hand
some new white and maroon uniforms.
while the Portsmouth ball players were
in seal brown.
Before the close Of the second inning
Weeks whose pitching for Raleigh was
rather wild, gave it up and Bowden was
put in the box, Kelley going on first,
even though his hand, spiked in the New
port News game on Saturday was very
badly swollen. In Raleigh's half of the
second inning, Clark, who held the sec
ond bag for Portsmouth got in the way
of Sherman who stole second and his
right ankle was so severely sprained in
the mix up that he gave way to Lipp
Bowden did tip top work for Raleigh,
striking out five men, while Martin only
put the hoodoo on one Of Raleigh's play
ers. The home runs of Westlake and
Clark for the visitors, and that of STAN
ley for the home team were features, as
was also magnificent running catch by
Stanley in centre in the fifth inning.
The game was exciting at all times.
Portsmouth kept ahead Of Raleigh until
half the game was over. and in the first
half OF the ninth was within one of tying
the score, with three men on the bags,
when Martin, spinning a fly into right
field, retired the side and the game was
Raleigh's.
THE TABULATED SCORE.