The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-12
WILMINGTON WON
IN A HARD FIGHT
The Senators Lacked Only
One Good Hit.
The LAST GAME TODAY
The shipbuilders Badly Beaten by
the Brownies.
AND WILMINGTON TAKES FIRST PLACE
Norfolk Turns The Tables on Richmond, Beat
ing Her by Six 10 Two. High, The
Shipbuilders' Pitcher, Wanted
on All Sides.
on All Sides.
IT was a close contest.

IT was a close contest
Wilmington won in the struggle by a
score of two to one.
AT times it seemed certain that victory
would come to Raleigh as a single hit
would have done the work, but
The hit failed to arrive.
Raleigh scored it's only run in the sec
ond inning and until the fifth kept Will
mington guessing. In that inning the
Holsters got in run and added one more
to it in the sixth inning That's the score
that won and lost the game
1t was contest marked by brilliant
playing and by few. errors. For Raleigh
Jordan is the only man charged with one
and it cost nothing. 1t was in the eighth
when Sebring batted the ball to first and
Jordan let it pass. Sebring, however, got
put out trying to steal second.
Wilmington's score shows three errors.
Two of these were on fumbles by Crockett,
the able second baseman, and one was a
fly to infield which "Tacks" Allen muffed
like nine-ear old.
If there was ever an exciting inning
in baseball history in Raleigh it was the
Senator's half of the ninth yesterday. The
score was against the Red Birds, and
Sherman was up. He hit a hard one in
left field and was cn first, Venable was
due at the bat, but Kelly substituted Per-
son, fearing Venable could not do the
trick of bunting to advance Sherman. The
intensity of the situation increased and
the bleachcrs and grand stand were a
CULVER with hopes, but Person never
touched the ball. Stanley, Home Rum
Stanley was at the rubber. The crowd
appealed for the run, but Allen, gave him
a dead head ticket to first and on a
needless throw TO second Sherman made
third base. One man was down and hit
meant a tied score, while q double meant
victory and the glad 'hooray' Atz
grasped the stick, but he sky-rocketed
and was out TO Warren at third. Then
came King Kel. Could he do it? Every
body brcathcd hard. Kelly hit savagely
at the ball. but missed it. Once again
Allen shoots it in and Kelly swats it,.
Alas, it is headed for "Davy" Crockett.
He nails it as it comes, and, sock-it IS
in Bob Stafford's hands and the day is
lost to Raleigh.
Both Allen and Stanley pitched great
ball and received fine support. In the
opening of the first inning Thackara hurt
his back and retired, Cranston taking his
place as catcher for Wilmington, he and
LeGrande doing fine back stop work.
There was a sensational put out in the
third inning that brought cheers. Allen
was on second when Clayton batted hard
to Hennager the ball bounding off from
him. Allen thought ii was gone and tried
for third, but Venable had caught the
ball as it bounded off and shot it to
third, catching Allen neatly.
In the same inning Stanley had tight
squeeze. Two men were down when Al
len got out, but Clayton got to third and
Crockett to second on a slowly handled
hit in centre Stafford, the big fellow
from Wilmington was up and he knows
how to line en- out. Stanley got down
to his knitting. He leased the big fellow
with swift balls and slow ones. and once,
twice, t'fsrd, did $4LarSk(on Ie
twice, thrice did Stafford pound the air in
vain. He famed and not rum came