The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-26
NO HAPPY SONG
OF RED BIRDS
A Chance For Triumph Lost
in the Wind Up.
LOBSTERS PUNCHED HITS
Bases Full Of Red Birds But None of
Them Flew Home.
TARBoRo FALLS BEFORE THE HORNETS
SIagle Pitches Well But Receives Rather Rag
ged Support at Times. Several Of Tar
boro's Players Hurt in Ruua-
way at Wilmington.

1t was a listless game yesterday that
four hundred and fifty people braved the
heat to see. 1t was not the kind of ball
that brings the wild pandemonium of a
hurrahng bleachery
Raleigh lost, but it was not because of
the fine game of Wilmington. Neither
side had ginger. What the clubs started
in with soaked out as the shank of the
game approached
The score of three for the Lobsters
and two for the Red Birds looks like
snappy ball, but it wasn't that kind.
What the public wants is the real article
of ball and if the players want to see
the attendance dwindling they are on the
right track to do it.
new twirler for the Lobsters ap-
peared in the person by Ragan, an impor-
tation from the Marion, S. c., team. He
would wind himself all around himself
uncoil and then rush in the ball. This
Waterbury movement lasted for four in
nings when the spring weakened and the
Waterbury business was over. 1t looked
easy 10 lit him. but the Red Birds
didn't do it.
Stocksdale pitched good game for
Raleigh and only let up in the fatal
seventh when double, three singles and
a fly in quick succession let three Lob
sters cross the plate, while Red Birds
two had only succeeded in getting there.
Before this catastrophe struck the pre-
cincts of the Fair Grounds the Red Birds
had an opportunity to land two or three
more runs. This was in the sixth inning
after Powers had struck out. Then it
was that Waterbury Ragan went to
pieces. He presented Atz with his base.
Stanley after two strikes tried right
handed batting placed a single in left
and advanced Atz. Sorber was dead head
to first and the bases were full. Kelly
was up and reached that climax of in
terest with three balls and two strikes,
when something had to happen. Ragan
was throwing wild and in came the ball
almost Ddck ol hclly Hedu, WHO, lOI
reasons unknown to baseballdom, tried to
his it and failed. 1t was poor ball play
ing and the bleachers and grand stand
groaned Hennager closed the incident by
going out from short to first
Raleigh scored in two innings-one run
in each. In the fourth Powers made the
first hit for the Birds and on a wild
pitch went to second. Atz went out from
short to first but Powers reached third
scoring or Stanley's hit in centre. SOrber
flew out to Frost and Stanley was called
out at second by Umpire Meade, though
he seemed to be safe.
In the fifth the next run was scored.
Kelly flew to Warren, but Hennager
reached first on clean hit in right. Phil
lips famed and Hennager scored on Le-
Grandes single in right Bill "D.' going
to second on the throw home. Stocksdale
was shut off from first by Clayton to Dev-
lin.
Wilmington woke up in the seventh and
the Lobsters got their peppers on the ball
after Frost had gone out from Stocks
dale to Phillips. The next man up was
Allen and he swatted a two Dagger in
left. This was followed by a hit from
.Ragan in right ON which Allen scored.
Then Clayton singled in right and Ragan
reached second. DevIin took his share
of the hits by a single in centre on which
Ragan scored. Sebrng was out on a sky
rocket fly in left, but Clayton scored.
Warren kindly stopped the procession by
flying to Phillips.
Not a Red Bird saw first for three in
nirgS, and after the runs of the fourth
and fifth and tho lost opportunity of the
sixth, Phillips reached first in the seventh
only to be caught at the second In
the eighth Powers hit put him on first
but double ended him and in the ninth
1t was Kelly on first when the third man
went out.
The Lobsters got men on bases in the
first. second, third, sixth and ninth, bat
Stocksdale did glt-edged work and kept
them there. In the fourth, fifth and
eighth it was three up and three down.
In the events of the day let it be re-
corded that Bill 3D. was always there,
and did his work up to the notch despite
the tale of defeat for the Birds told in
these figures.
Hatteries Raleigh, Stocksdale and Le-