The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-01
hes a gold watch.

Ashenback has a gold watch
1t was presented to him by Charlotte
because of his winning club.
1t recorded, one hour and thirty-fve
minutes of defeat yesterday
The Raleigh Pennant of 1901, won by
the Red Birds, 1uttered valiantly from
the ag staff back of centre field.
The Raleigh team of 1902, the Gray
Eagles scared onward and upward to
r,clsory, bearing in their talons nine hot,
ars+Lr kicking, squimming, squealing
IforneEs, whose stings had been turned
in and braided.
II was not a defeat. it was rout.
Pisbon che mighty, was welted. and
ewatted Snd whacked until he fell down
on himself and went to pieces.
Ana occas .onally Ash would look at
his watch aad whisper softly, "Kiski-
deer"
NSaeIes and Iue proved a puzzler. In
X. innings the Hornets only got a
! Tle of hits off him, and these were
not much as hits go.
Charlotte's lonesome run was not
on balls, followed by hit and that by a
ball thrown wild to first on which the
runner scored
Sherman umpired. He has resigned,
but the official umpire failed to show up
yesterday and Sherman kindly consented
to get out in the sun. do the best he
could, and stand the abusing which is
"blown in the bottle" as the trade mark
of an umpire.
When Ashenback fled from the field
with his watch when the game was over
the score was seven for Raleigh and one
for Charlotte.
For six and five sixths innings the
game was stubbornly fought Raleigh
had scored one run each in the first and
third innings, while Charlotte, aided by
a ball thrown wild to first scored in the
fifth
Then came the seventh for Raleigh
and two men were quickly down. Pastor
took the stick Nobody expected any
scoring that inning, but away went a
two Dagger followed by one, two, three,
four, five singles. aided by a number OF
errors, and before Philbin, the ninth man
up, went out on a fly to right field five
Grey Eagles had fluttered across the
home plate.
Bishop was sight. So was Ash, and
his heart and his gold watch were run
ming neck and neck race in their beats.
Bishop was being pounded and the
Hornets were not backing him up. He
got cross at Lehman. and looked things
He had been scoIded by Ashenback for
failing to try to beat ball to first and
he had to even up on somebody. "Artie''
BroutherS was mad at the umpire. who
had lectured him on the ethics of being
a good little boy and he was mad over
at third. Ashenback felt in his pocket
to see if his watch was safe. and the
cremating of the Hornets went on.
There was large and enthusiastic
crowd present. 1t was a revival of base
bail hip, hip hurrah," and everybody
Except those who didn't felt happy, as
the following thing happened.
The game opened with Childs in the
box and eayef facing him. Zip sound
cd the ball as Rollins caught it. lone
strike, softly crooned Umpire Sherman,
and then Weaver went out on a fly to
Pastor, while Graham dropped one in
front of the plate that Rollins shot to
first and Armstrong went out, pitcher
to FIRST
In Raleigh's half the first time Bishop
sent in the sphere it was ball, but
Tony famed the air, while a wild throw
from third to first let Soffel reach the
initial sack safe and scamDer on to
third, whore Brouthers made a second
error by dropping the ball Kahn hit in
left and SoffeI scored after which both
Rollins and Smith few out in right.