The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-09
SENATORS AGAIN SECOND
The Giants Shut the Door on the
Shipbuilders.
THEN TIE EN- UP IN AN EBlB,TION GAME
Rather Tome Day on the American and Ma
tiOnaI League Diamonds, Nothing of
Senac ionaI Character
Reported.

Steaming hat ball, dished up on super
heated platters, was served out to the
wildly enthusiastic crowd that packed
grand stand, bleachers, overfowed up
into the press box and jammed itself up
against the fence
But the platter had on it seven nice
little runs for Raleigh and only six of
the same nice little dittos for Norfolk,
which somehow or other looked terribly
swunk and pitiful beside the big seven
that oyershadowed and looked down on
it,
1t was ball game with wings on it
from jump to finish and the finish was
amidst intense excitement for Norfolks s
nose was up against the wire while Rail
eigh's poke just one inch beyond
Talk about enthusiastic crowds cheer
ing bah players on to success; well, that
was the kind that hied itself away TO
the Fair grounds yesterday to see the
stnfdng knocked out of the leather sphere.
The enthusiasm 50 surcharged the air
that it crept in at the back of the press
box, perched en- the top of the grand
stand, and actually knocked off Col Olds S
new summer straw which was only saved
from Sight into the field by the com,
bincd efforts of the pencil men who were
rubbering the game
Umpire Upchurch and President Cum
ningham, director in the Norfolk ball
club furnished a sensation on the side
during the game. The league magnate
from Norfolk was on the visiting clubs
bench and his color rose at some of the
decisions that he called out in healthy,
bear-it- a-mile- away voice: Il never saw
such rotten umpiring." UpchurCh heard
it, and moving over to the line near home
he stretched out his hand and called out,
"Who said ii was rotten umpring? Did
you" The question eiGg fired at Mr.. Cum
ningham. The interrogated one, said he
was only talking to Kelly, which the
crowd yelled, Put him out" and Um-
pire Upchurch informed all in sound of
his voice that he would put out any
body that made such remark about
him
Home run" Stanley did not get his
eye on the ball yesterday. He hit at it,
with the force Of a 100 ton steam ham
mcr, bat when he hit the ball, oh the
ball was elsewhere or thereabouts. Once
Stanley walked, and the other three times
he was up he walked ALSO but it was
back to the bench with an s. O. marked
up against him.
LeGrande did fine piece of work with
his think tank in Norfolk's half of the
fith. Mullen struck out with a man on
first and Bill d" let the ball get away
from him, got it to second too late to
head off the runner while Mullen ran to
first. The crowd thought Bill ID" had
made a misplay, but it was soon seen
that the batsman was out on strikes
when a runner is On first, even if the
third strike is muffed.
Atz made a long hit clear over in centre
that was as long a hit as has ever been
made on the grounds 1t was well fielded
by Spratt, and JaIey only got to third.
"Reddy'' Gilligan was a barrell of fun
to the crowd, and whenever he showed up
there was a cry of Fire, fire, fire" that
made 'Reddy" feel to see if his cap was
in blaze as it sat on his brick top.
Bases on balls were an expensive lux
ury to the Raleigh team, as on these pre-
sented to Norfolk by Stanley. a number
OF runs were made
The Norfolk team did good work, but it
had a monstrous good team to deal with.
Seven hits and four errors shows great
ball Smith for the visitors pounded out
a sweet three bagger and Meade joined
Atz in doing the same for the Sena-
tors.
Both pitchers struck hatsmen in good
shape, Stanleys victims being ten, while
Dannehower had eight to his credit
The excitement al the beginning of the
last half of the ninth was intense The
score was and 6 and Raleigh went to
the rubber. Kelly had gavotted around
to third and cne man was out. Atz was
up and he drove stinger to centre,
while the king" scored the winning run.
THE TABJJLATED SCOPE.