The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-22

ENDS SIX TO FOUR
Rain Threatened TO End Game Four 10
One Against A. G NJ. in Sixth H.
nina But Holds Up and Amidst
Wild Enthusiasm The Cadets
Bal to Success.
Bal to Success.

Out of the very jaws OF defeat the
A. &, NJ College ball team snatched
victory from the Syracuse team in the
ninth inning yesterday, the score being
six to three, a. & M. making the
three in the ninth inning, with the
batter who brought three runs in get
ting put out between second and third
base.
1t is certain that the crowd ut the
game. and it was u big one, was COM
posed of healthy people If not heart
failure must have come to many as
three last innings of the game were
SO fat, so hot. SO enthusiastic, so full
OF roofing that the nerves of every
roOter and roote"eSs kept bobbing up
and down like jumping jacks. 1t was
\ delightful sensation for the blasc
OH locker at ball games.
The trouble with the a. & M. boys
was that they did not get "onto'b the
pitching OF Wattsey, the Syracuse
tWirlcr, till late in the day, while the
SyrGcurc visitors kept smashing Loval.
A mishap to Wattsey who fell down
and let n batted ball & cape MIN start
ed the run getting Of the a. g. M
the ednd of the sixth inning. At this
time rain stopped the gam awhile and
the skies looked as if the contest was
over with defeat for a. & NJ, but the
rain stopped, the A. & Nj. boys went
at it with gritted teeth and smashed
the BAH here and there cinched the
game.
The day was windy and sandy till
the rain came in the sixth inning. In
tho first three innings neither team
scored. In the fourth y. & NJ. made
one run. HadleY laying a two baggei
in right, going from third on Knox's
sacrifice, the Syracuse catcher play
ing dummy" game in throwing to
first. In the half for Syracuse two
runs We're landed Wilbur made Il
scratch but as Drake ana Bowen fail
ed to get the ball one waiting on the
other. Burrell made a clean hit and
Wilbur went to third ON Ryans fly
iii right. Martin batted TO Ashbury
at third who threw home to catch
Wilbur, the bah but the runner Will
bur scored and also BurTell.
In the fifth and sixth y. & NJ. fail
ed to land. Syracuse did nothing
in the fifth. but in the sixth, partly
in the rain, scored two runs. Ryan
and Martin made singles, Morrisey
flew to Bowen at second, Lumbeck
singled, Ryan and Martin scoring. Dol
lard was hit by the ball, hut Wat
iins famed and Rutherford flew to
first.
Then the rain stopped the game
while the crowd scampered for tbs
race track grand stand and other
shelter in down pour. After a wait
Of ten minutes a. & M. went back
and with two down baltimore riskeC
everything and scored. He hit past
second for single, stole second 2nG
the bali being thrown wild, went to
third, risked another wild throw, call
ed the twin and raced home while
oht crowd yelled. Harris went out
third to first.
Then Syracuse tried but got nothing.
WILDER led with Il three Dagger in
right. Burrell put II low fly to Harris
in center, VINO got it, shot it homo on
o line throw and caught Burrel ai
the plate Ryan got to first on brakes
error, but Martin few to baltimore
in left. a. and NJ. took the shouting
was now something fierce as a. 2nc
M. forces saw victory. baltimore wen
up, hit the ball, but it was Il fly that
was caught in left. Temple was pu.
in TO bat in place OF Harris, but he
famed This was two down with two
men on bases and the last hope was
in the next batter. Bowen it was an
he was given free paS, filling the
bases.
Everything was in an agony of
suspense as Asbury faced the batter.
The eighth inning with one run. The
yelling and roofing was terrific and
everything was nerves and noise. Bow
CT hit in right and advanced on As
Dury's sacrifice bunt Hadley was out
on foul fly to the catcher, but Bow
Ell deliberately stole third under the
nose Of pitcher WallIey. Knox landed
u bail in the race track, good for
home run, but it was foul by a little
space He smashed it again and put
the ball nearly in the same place, but
fan and made two bags. while Bowen
scored o run. Eskridge ended it by
tanning. Trhee up for Syracuse,
fly to left, q foul to Hadley and a fly
to Bowen ended it's half of the eighth.
This was greeted with yells.