The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-13
SNATCH A VICTORY
IN TENTH INNING
For Eight Innings the Game
Was New Bern's
A SENSATIONAL FINISH
Home Run Hit Brings In Winning
Run From Third.
GREENSBORO ;PL0WS WITH The BULLS
The Bovine Fraternity Find Life Hard in Their
Contest With the F Farmers, Making
But One Run y Their 0p-
ponents SIX.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Raleigh, 6; New Bern, s.,
Greensboro, 6; Durham, 1.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Raleigh Dtfeats New Bern.

The people were leaving the grounds.
New Bern had FIVE runs and Raleigh
three and it was RaIeighs ninth.
Its all over but the shouting" said
the folks as they clambered from the
cushions on the sun kissed bleachers.
But it wasn't, my son, for Raleigh went
in and with two runs tied the score and
as Ferris smacked a home run hit in
the red gulch, White waItzed home from
third and the game was Raleighs.
Then there was shouting that would
put Choetaw or a Caaaanrhe in cold
storage from sheer envy. Everybody
yelled and there was a run as that seven
men had died of heart failure from the
Garrison finish when Raleigh won by a
score of six against five. An injunction
against such another will be taken out
against the Grey Eagles.
Gettig, New Berns star twirler. was
at the slab, and he pitched splendid ball.
The entire New Bern club played we'll
and swatted White for twelve hits, while
Raleigh got six, but mixed in with these
were six errors that came al hard luck
times for New Bern and did the trick for
Raleigh
The New Bern plays were gingery for
eight long innings and kept up a chorus
of ''whoop 'em up, boys" from the field
They hit the ball and for three innings
after scoring kept Raleigh from scoring
1t was pretty game they played and it
looked as if it was a dead sure thing
for them. Raleigh took run in the first
and New Bern took three in the third
one in the fifth and one in the seventh
Then Raleigh took one each in the
seventh and eighth, and with one down
in the ninth tied the score and with two
down scored the winning run.
The game opened with White striking
out the first three New Bernians. For
Raleigh with Ferris out. third to first
Pastor put a three bagger in the right
gulch and when Fillman let hot
grounder from Soffel slide by Pastor
scored. Soffel was caught at second
when Kain batted to the pitcher. and
Curran was robbed OF hit when Dew
lin pulled down a hot liner Just above
him.
New Bern did things in the third 4
Gettig hit in right and as Karns fell went
to second TemDlin hit in centre and
Gettig scored Wind famed Fillman
batted to second and Templin was
caught. Devlin singled in right and Fill
man went to third. Devlin to second.
McGinnis hit in centre and both runners
scored. Randolph went out, pitcher to
first
In the fifth for New Bern with two
down. McGinnis hit in left of centre and
scored on Randolph's three Dagger,
which Ferris should have made a two
bagger Foster went out, pitcher to first
In the seventh for New Bern, Wind walk
ed, and went to second on Filmans
sacrifice Devln few to Kaia. Nc
Ginnis hit to right and as he played from
first Wind scored, but McGinnis got
caught off his base.
Then Raleigh went to work. Kain went
out, second to first. and Curran planted
three bagger in the right gulch, scoring
on Rollins hit in left Karns bunted and
was out at first; White walked but as
he did so. Leonard, who was running for
Rollins, got caught trying for third In
the eighth, Leonard opened up with a
three Dagger in right of centre. Ferris
batted to Devlin. who tried to catch
Leonard and both were. safe. astor flew
out to centre on what looked like a hit
and Leonard scored Soffel famed and
Kain flew out in right.
In the ninth Raleigh on thusly: Cur
ran hit hot to Devlin and the ball got
aay Rollins as out, pitched to first. but
Curran reached second Kain hit in right
and on some wild throwing Curran
scored and Karns reached third. White
hit to Gettig, who tried to catch Karns
between bases. He eluded the New
Bernians as the ball was dropped twice, |
the second time at the plate, and scored, |
leaving White on third. Cildsh batted |
for Leonard but gave Thackara foul
fly Ferris was up, the score was tied |
and two were out. hit by him or an
error by a New Bernian meant victory |
for Raleigh.
Ferris soaked the ball way out into the
red guIch i'll right and White pranced