The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-03
And Wilmington won.


Comment on such an unheard of pro-
ceeding seems superfiuous.
The very idea of Wilmington thinking
of winning, much less winning.
After the game the players of the Sea
Gull covey were going about pirching
themselves to see if they were them
they.
And they were surely they.
While they were they, Raleigh was 1t.
1t took just ten minutes less than two
hours for Wilmington to gather in five
runs. while Raleigh was embracing four.
The game had some vim and go to it
at times, and a strong wave of enthus-
iasm would sweek through the audience.
Raleigh went into the game with the
idea that it was dead easy thing and
took it easy.
So easy in fact, that Roy, with a game
leg, was put in centre field. Two flies
that came his way could have been
reached if his underpinning had been
all right, Or if whoever was running the
Raleigh end of the game had put whole
bodied man there.
Incidentally the umpire added gayety
to the occasion and alternately presented
great swabs of gloom to the opposing
teams Umpire Mace having resigned
his position to captain and manage the
Wilmington team, and being North seek
ing players, President Busbee appointed
Mr.. Robert Little, of Raleigh, to um-
pire. Mr.. Little was conscientious, but
as viewed from the press box and from
spectators eyes, he fell down several
times at the bat on balls batted, and or
base runners. 1t is a toss up as to which
side got the worst of it and he kept tho
players guessing.
The game alternately belonged to one
team and then the other. Neither really
deserved it, and either ought to have
won. Not but what there was some gilt
edge ball. Smith. of Raleigh, was there
with four times up and four hits. one a
three bagger. Then there was three
double plays n which Pastor and Soffel
did star work.
Fisher. the catcher for Wilmington. is
a fine back stop and did rather good
work. Holland, who was up three times
is credited with four hits. DommelI cot
two, one of them two bagger
Sweeney pitched good ball. but weak
ened some when his short stop. Latin.
made two CHASTITY errors. He had the
best of Leonard, for he struck out nine
men to Leonard's five and gave only one
base on balls as against Leonard's five
yielding seven hits as against Leonard
nine.
Let us pause here to say that there
was joy in Wilmington last night.
The Wilmington team behaved itsel
most creditably yesterday. There was
no kicking and the boys from the sea
shore played ball The absence o
growing in the game was very notice
able.
In its first, which a double ended
Wilmington after Holland had reached
first on a hit. In Raleighs half, will
two down. Smith swatted a three bag
ger in left and scored when Latin de-
veloped brittle fingers and let an easy
one from Farrell get away.
In the second Wilmington tied the
score. Dommell led with a two bagger
Fisher famed. Hatton died from SECOND
to first. and Dommell, who had reached
second, scored on Hapdeboe's hit in left
Handeboe died at second when Lattir
batted to Soffel
In Raleigh's half there was nothing do
ing. In the third for Wilmington Sween
ey dled. second to first. MattbewsoI
SINGLED in centre and Holland in the
same place. Roy threw to third and the
ball passed Hook. Both he and Snlitl
rushed for it and Matthewson scored
Dommell hit in centre and HOLLAND
scored. Fisher died on fly to left. II
It's half Raleigh took one. I With two
down Smith singled in right, Farrell ad
Nanced him when he was hit by tn,
ball and he scored when Traeger hit il
left, though Traeger was caught guns