The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-16
THE RED BIRDS WIN
A BRILLIANT GAME
A Battle Royal Between Smith
and Stewart.
NOT A SINGLE KICK MADE
A Snappy Contest Of One Hour and
a Quarter.
NOT A SINGLE KICK MADE
HORNETS FORFEIT TpF GAME TO TARBoRo
Leave the Grounds at the End Of the Eighth In
ingClaiming That the Umpire is Too
Partia'. Mr.. RusseI's

A brilliant game came the Red Birds
way yesterday by a score of to 1.
1t was battle royal between the
pitchers. Both Smith and Stewart We're
in excellent form and hit was rare
thing.
the game was the presence of General
Harmony. Mr. Kick was not in tho
game at all.
The Raleigh people, of whom about
45O were present, watched closely the
new men on the team. They wondered
if Stanley and Atz would be needed to
win out, and they were greatly pleased
with the work of both Hughes ana
Cronin. Hughes played centre and COW
cred the ground as it he had wings.
Cronin held down third base in good
shape.
Kelly was back on first, and he cover
ed that position with real ability and
Domwell the new man who played that
position for Wilmington likewise did
tip top work.
The game had ginger in it and was
pulled off in one hour and fifteen min
utes 1t began with Lobster beating
in the air for ball and ended with a
ditto doing ditto while during the nine
spasrns seven Lobsters gave the same
atmospheric jabbing exhibition liz all
but twonty-seven HOLSTERS got in the
box While thirty three Red Birds faced
Stewart.
OF the four hits credited to the Red
Birds three were two baggerS, Whacked
out by lie Grande, Smith and Sorber.
while Cronin got the single. of the
three hits credited to the HOLSTERS onl.'
one was anything like a clean hit.
The only run that Wilmington made
was in the sixth inning. This was began
with Thackara tanning Raglan, who
took Turner's place at this time got in
a squeeze hit in right, this being follow
cd by Stewards hit past third which
awaited Stewart not as he was soon
caught off first by lie Grande to Kelly,
with Raglan on third Clayton was up
and he swatted the ball to right field.
Quick work by Curran sent the ball to
lie Grande in time to catch Raglan at
the plate, but the 100 pound Lobster ran
into LIE Grande and knocked the ball out
of his hand. Devlin ended the inning
by fierce attack on the air.
RaleGhs first run was in the third
inning. Curran had given Warren an
easy foul en- third when lie Grande
swatted a two Dagger over in centre.
Smith followed with two Dagger in
left, which was really the longest hit
ball on the grounds here. 1t fell and
stuck, saving home run, though LIE
Grande scored. Powers, the next man
up, batted to second and Frost chose to
cut Smith off at third, allowing Powers
to go to first. He was soon caught be-
tween the bags and put out.
With a tied score of one and one Raj
eigh began the eighth with Hughes up.
He ives given charity ticket to first
and Kelly went out on a foul fly to
Dommell With Sorber up Hughes
stole second. Sorher batted to Clayton,
who threw wild over first putting Sor-
Der safe and allowing Hughes to score
what proved the winning run. lIenne-
gar went cut from Stewart to Domnell
and Cronin dropped a fly into left field
which was scooped in by Devlin. There
were other innings of course, and good
ball playing in them, but the contest
was really pitchers battle and the
run getting was the smallest part
of the exciting contest.
For five innings for Wilmington it
was three men up and three men OUT
III the sixth inning one run and one
man left on base, while the seventh,
eighth and ninth was a repetition Oh
three men up and three men down.
Raleigh only sent six men to the bat
in the first two innings. Hughes, who
walked in the first was retired on a
double when Kelly batted to Clayton.
In the third there was one run scored
and one man left en- base. In the fourth
after Hughes famed Kelly reached first
because Turner muffed his fly and
Sorber sent him to third on a two bag
ger in left. There was feeling that
something was going to happen when
Umpire Mace went behind the bat, but
Hennegar flew to Dommell and CrOnin
went out from second to first.
The fifth was three up and three
down, Curran and lie Grande going out
on flies and Smith tanning. In the sixth
Powers reached first on Clayton's wild
throw advancing on Hughes sacrifice.