The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-24

In a spectacular sense. it was live
game of ball.
As an evidence of professional, the per-
formance between Raleigh and New
NeTn yesterday was ragged"
The error column of the Truckers
climbed up, and botn teams did some
batting. The score was to in Raj
eighs favor,
Interest was kept up as the game see
sawed awhile and III the last inning
New Bern pulled up within one of the
winners. When the second half was over
New Bern had two runs and Raleigh had
none. In The third Raleigh took one and
in its half of the fourth New Bern cid
likewise, but Raleigh corralled three
runs each in the fourth and fifth. while
New Bern only added single runs in the
fifth, sixth and ninth.
Again yesterday the spectators were
annoyed by kicking and 'soff color" ball
playing by some of the visitors. DeVlin
played back to first so as to knock the
ball from Farrell in the fourth In the
fifth, Crawley at first disagreed violent
ly with the umpire about a decision and
was put out of the game. Crossing the
field he was ugly again and was fined
81 90. Over on the bench he again made
himself annonying.
Childs did the twirlin@ for Raleigh
and was very wild at times Four times
he hit b2tters and let them walk. Fill
man being his target twice. In the last
7
yielded two hits and one run. Turner,
Raleigh's backstop, had 2 day off also,
and some passed balls and wild throws
aided the visitors
Soffe was a leader in the hitting bus
mess yesterday. Five times up, two
singles, a three bagger, one sacrifice and
out short to first was his record.
Trs,eger and Hook were the only men
on the team who failed to get hit.
Gettig, who pitched for New Bern,
did rather good work. He is of the
wind -myself-up style of a pitcher and
whirls his right lex like a dancing Der
wish. Randolph Of the visitors, smash
ed out a two b2gger in the fourth that
netted run.
Fillman led for the visitors with a
Raleig'h's half Pastor reached first be-
cause Gettig, on first. dropped the ball
CraWley threw him.
In the second fer New Bern, CrawIcy
hit, Devlin was hit, Foster died on a
foul, Dunn gave Childs a hot fly which
was dropped and on a throw to Turner.
toe high, Crawley scored. Gettig famed
and when the ball was thrown to Childs
thinking three men were out ne drouped
the ball at the plate and walked away,
Whereupon DeVlin scored, but Turner
to Hook caught Dunn at third. In Raj
elghs half, with one down. Meyers
reached first because "Reddv" muffed q
fly and raeSer walked, but the next two
dice on fly in right and a foul.
In the third double, Hook, Soffe and
Farrel and a fly to Pastor did the work
while for Raleigh, with one down, Sof-
flo hit a three bagger in right and scored
OF urners single. In New Bern's fourth
Randolph pasted a two bagger and after
Crawley flew out to Soffie, scored when
DeViin's single was badly handled by
Myers. In RaleiSh's half came three
runs, hits by Myers, Soff1e and urner,
and errors by Gettig and Fillman doing
the business.
In New Berns fifth, Filman, hit by
the ball reached first and scored On
Laughlin's two bagger IN Raleishs
half every man took a Whack at the ball
and three runs came from five hits and
Warrer's error. he retiring of CraWley
came in this inning. and there was
much interest aroused az the bags were
full twice and the playing grew sharp.
In the sixth New Bern had seven men
up, only Wind, first up scoring. He led