The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-22
RICHMOND IS BEATEN
The A. & M. Boys Too Much
For the Virginians.
The Ball Game Was Very Close One the
Score Being Four 10 Three in Nine
Innings.

Score victory for the A. and M.
cadets.
The Virginia colors were lowered
Yesterday and left the Carolina pen
nant at the masthead,
The victory was 'by the skin of the
teeth" but it was victory though the
team from Richmond College came so
close to IL at one time that it looked as
if the game was going over the line
There was large attendance at the
Fair Grounds when Umpire Jack Sher-
man called "Play BALI and the college
boys went at it.
The game was fairly good one, as
the score of against 3 shows, as well
as the time one hour and forty-five min
utes. The players got move on them
and the crowd enjoyed some snappy
playing at times.
4 AT the end of the fourth inning the
Virginias led by run. but the Cadets
ciEcheG three runs in their half of the
fifth, giving them lead that was never
overtaken, though the visitors added
another run in the sixth. In the seventh
it looked as if cyclone was about to
break over the A. and M. ball players,
as Richmond had man on second and
third, with none out, but the next three
up failed to get to the initial sack.
Cox pitched for the visitors until the
sixth, when White took his place at the
slab. The Cadets had bumped Mr.. Cox
for three runs in the fifth hence the
fxvi cli
not another run did the A. and NJ. boys
score. If he had gone to the slab in the
fifth inning the story might, perhaps,
have been otherwise. but in baseball
perhaps" don't count. It's runs that
do the business.
For three innings the A. and M. team
failed to score, but in the last half of
the third one lonesome run was credited
to the Richmond team. Stples led with
a three Dagger in centre. Then kerfoot
was up. He batted to Pitcher Shuford,
who played to keep Staples from scoring
and had him between third and home,
but Miller dropped the ball and Staples
scored. The next three men did moth
ing.
In the fourth the A. and M. landed
Brockwell advanced him by bunt and
was out. Shuford stole third. Isler
famed Miller batted to Staples, who
threw clean to first but Collier muffed
and Shuford scored. WEIGH flew to
Brcadhurst at third. Then Richmond
came in with a second run. Broadhurst
flew out to centre but Moffit reached
first on q tumble at third. Dunaway
went out from short to first. but on a
wild throw of Catcher BrockWell to third
to head off Moffitt. that runner scored.
Cox went to first on error of third and
Staples singled in left, the two runners
staying on the bags, as Kerfoot went
out on foul.
Hadley for A. and NJ. ebgan the fifth
by fooling out to third. Cochran made
a dinky hit and ran it out. Asbury
singled in left. Gulley singled in right,
the ball got to the "gulch' and in the
general mix up of throwing to head off
the runners all three scored. Shuford
singled, Brockweli went out second to
first and Isler flew out to Dunaway in
the left paddock.
Richmond did nothing in it's fifth
and the A. and M. team failed to score
another run in the game. In the sixth
Richmond squeezed out it's third and
last run. Broadhurst singled in eight.
Moffitt toofr first on Shuford's error.
Dunaway batted to the pitcher and
Brcadhurst was forced at third. Cox
batted to third and Moffitt was forced
Staples singled in centre and Dunaway
scored. Kerfoot batted to first and
ended the inning.
No more runs We're scored, though in
the eighth noffitt and Dunaway with
hits reached third and second with none
out. Then Cox famed, Staples flew to
short and Kerfoot to left field. This in
ming was the most exciting of the game,
as it looked as if the Richmond team
was about to pull out of the quagmire,
bat all the desperate lunges at the ball
did no good.
The A. and M. line up was Ha6ley, RI;
Cochran, If; Asbury, IS: Guiley Oh;
Shuford, p; Brockweil, C; Jsler, CT;
Miller, 3b; WEIGH. 1b
For the Richmond team the line up
was Staples SIS; Kerfoot, C; Collier. 1b
Broadhurst, j., IF; Phillips, 2b: BROAD
hurst. p, 3b; Moffitt, CT: Dunaway. If;
Cox p.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
A. and M............0 o 0 1 8 0 0 D o.
Richmond ........0 c 0-3