The news & observer., 1903-05-05
II WAS SLAUGHTER
AND NOT 4 CONTEST
A. & M. GaIIops Off From
Wake Forest.
BY TWENTY-FIVE TO ONE
The Farm4rs Move Along on Easy Street and
Knock the Ball About in
All Directions at
Will,

The Farmers slaughtered the Preachers
yesterday at the Fair Grounds by a score
of % to l. the home runs being the prin-
cipal feature of a one-sfded contest that
ended In a walloping for the Wake For
est team.
A. and NJ started in the game in the
first inning by knocking Dunn out of
the box and netting three runs. All of
the farmers had on their batting clothes
with Holt in the lead at the end. He got
one home run, one three bagger, two two
baggers and one single. Asbury and
Nichols also bagged a home run.
The whole team played a good game and
there were only two errors against them
which were not costly Holt pitched his
usual good game, allowing only four scat
tered hits, and shut out game would
be- to his credit except for little hard
luck in the ninth, when the bases had
been filled by an error and a hit. He hit
King with a pitched ball and Wake For
est College was allowed to walk in their
only run.
Dunn started in to pitch for Wake For
est College but he could not last any lon
ger than the first inning, for the Farmers
punched five pretty hits off of his deliv-
cry, netting three runs. Edwards reliev-
ed Dunn at the first and he too was hit
pretty literally all though the game and
the Farmers had twenty-three hits when
the game ended.
The game in detail was as follows:
A. and NJ. leads off with Knox who got
a pretty hit in left and Asbury followed
with another hit in the same territory,
scoring Knox Hadley hit to left and
Asbury went to third, Holt went out
third to first, Nichols followed with a fly
to second, Welch hits to center, scoring
Asbury, Brockwell followed with another
hit scoring Hadleyy Miller cited on a
fly to Sans. For Wake Forest nothing
was done. Null famed, Pace out, hot ball
to Asbury and Sans flied to Nichols
Score-A. and NJ. 3, Wake Forest O.
At the beginning of the second inning
Edwards went in the box to relieve Dunn,
who was batted at will. Dunn took
PAGES position on first and Pace went to
left putting Goodwin on the bench Isler
the first up, got single to right, Knox
famed, but Asbury does the act for Ed
wards by touching him for 6. home run in
deep right. scoring Isler. Hadley fouls
to first. Holt drovj out a three bagger
in left Nichols was out on a fly to second
For Wake Forest, Hobgood hit a three
bagger in left, Dunn walked, but was
caught trying. for second. Dowd got first
but Hobgood was caught at the home
plate, Dowd being caught trying for
second. Score-A and M. 5, Wake For
est 0.
Welch started off thethird by tanning
but Brockwen hit beauty over third
Miller went out on a fly to centrefield
Isler got first but Brockwell was caught
at the home plate In Wake Forests half
King got a free pass. Harris went out on
fly to Knox, Edwards famed and Null
went out en- t long fly to Isler
Knox, first up in the fourth, walked
Asbury got first by error, Hadley singled
to centrefield, Holt hit a two bagger,
scoring Knox, Asbury and Hadley Mich
OILS then famed, Welch got a free pass to
first, Brockwell famed, but Holt scored
on pass ball and Welch went to second
Miller got base on balls but Isler ends
it by flying out to Harris Pace, for Wake
Forest, went out third to first, Sans went
in same manner. Hobgood got first by er-
70. Dunn then famed, leaving the score
8 to in favor of A. and M.
Knox started the fifth by hitting one
too hot for Hobgood, then Asbury out
ran a slow one and was safe on first
Hadley got a single in left field, Holt
followed with a single in left field, scoring
Knox. Nichos hit for another single and
Asbury came in home and on wild throw
Hadley scored. Welch went out, second
to first and Brockwell, pitch to first.
Miller went out by a fly to Sans The
Walks Forest Colleges half, Dowd and
King went via short stop to first and
Harris died on a long fly to Nichols.
Score-A. and M. u. Wake Forest 0.
Isler went out first in the six from
second to first, Knox third to first AS
bury ct first on pitchers error, but Had
ley went out shortstop to first Edwards,
for Wake Forest, famed, Null died from
third to first. Pace hit to left field and
Sans hot first, but Pace was caught at
second.
Holt started the seventh for A. and
N. by getting a two-bagger, but was
caught trying 10 sCretch II 10 lhTee
bager Nichols got first on an error,
We.ch Walked, Brockwell outran a slow
one and was safe on first. Miller was
safe on first but Nichols was caught at
home plate. Isler hit to right field scor-
ing Welch and Brockwell Knox got first
but Miller we scaught at home plate.
Hobgood for Wake Forest, got first by
error, Dunn walked Dowd got first but
Hobgood was caught off at third. King
also got first, but Dunn went out at third.
Harris followed and he too got safe on