The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-28
LAFAYETTE AGAIN
Takes Second Game From
A. & M. by s to z.
The Contest is Lively and a Great
Crowd Witnessed Game That
Was Played With Great
EarneStneSS.

! shine, a balmy breeze, a great crowd,
and vast cheering, was the environ
ment of the defeat of the A. & M. ball
team Yesterday afternoon at the Fair
Grounds by ;the Lafayette College
team. of Pennsylvania, by score of
to 2.
The score shows it to have been q
good game. and yet it does not reveal
how close the contest really was, as an
unfortunate muff of a fly in right by
Asbury. with two men down, gave the
visitors two runs. and fly scooped up
close to the ground by a Lafayette
man kept down the A. & NJ. score. In
two innings the A. & M. boys came
near pulling up, but luck was not
with them.
first. third, sixth and seventh innings,
the sum total being six runs, with only
three hits, while the A. & M. boys
orly secured two runs, one each IN the
seventh and eighth innings, though SIX
hits are their share. Six errors are
charged against a. q NJ. ana only TWO
against Lafayette.
The visitors are a big lot of fellows,
and have the reputation of being nerVy
ball PLAYERS. In the contest with them
the A. & NJ. boys showed up in excel
lent form and demonstrated that they
are an excellent lot of ball players
Laval. the A. & M. pitcher is an eX'
ceptionally able one, and in the two
games with Lafayette the visitors
have only secured five hits of or nm
In A. & Ms. first half, Bowen was
ont second to first, Asbury on a fly in
right Hadley made a single to CEN
tire, but Knox died on a fly to first.
For Lafayette Shook went to first,
hit by ball; Hubley hunted and made
first on a bad catch; Irwin was out
from short to first, Drake neglectng
to stop Shook, who scored. McAVoy
landed a two-bagger in left and Hub
ley scored; Reeder was out, second to
first and McAvoy was caught by the
catcher trying to steal home.
It was Eskridge and Laval struck
out, Drake a hit in left, but caught
trying to steal second that made A. q
MS second, while for Lafayette, PEI
ters fanend, Folkerson was out, pitch
TO first. and Hawk on q high fly to
centre In the third A. & M. did moth
ing, while for Lafayette, Kinsey
famed, Shook got first on ball to
third which bounded sideways on
striking a pebble. Hubley hit past
second, and Shook having stolen sec
ond, went to third. Irwin was out,
short to first, but Shook scored on
close decision, after which McAYoy
famed.
For A. & M. in the fourth, Asbury
flew to right field and Hadley put a
two Dagger near the right gulch; Knox
put a warm fly in centre and the cen-
tire fielder. after a long run, got his
hand between the ball and the ground,
throwing Hadley out at second.
There was some kicking at this on the
umpire's decision, some declaring that
Folkerson, in centre, had made q
pick up" from the ground. In La
Fayette's half, a fly and two men lost
at first gave no score. The fifth for A.
& NJ was, Eskridge safe on first be-
cause of a tumble by short, and caught
trying to steal second; Laval famed
and Drake out on a foul fly to first.
For Lafayette, Hawk died, second to
first; Kinsey flew out in centre, and
Shook famed.
In the sixth A. & M. did nothing,
while Lafayette added one. With one
man down, Irwin got TO first on
bunt, the thrown ball going off as it
struck his back, went to third on q
two Dagger from McAvoy and scored
on a ball in right by Reeder, who was
out Peters losing out at first also. In
the seventh Asbury did not reach
first, Hadley walked Knox reached
first, Hadley second on a badly
handled ball by second, Hadley scor-
ing on a two-bagger by Eskridge.
With two men on bases Laval struck
out and Drake went out from second
to first In LaFayette's half, Folker-
son was out on another suggested
pick up fly and Hawk died, second
to first. With two down, Kinsey bait
ed to third and a tumble put him safe
at first Shook walked, hit by the
ball. HubIey put fly in right, Asbury
getting too far under and muffed it,
two men scoring; Irwin flew out to
Knox.
In the eighth A. & M. scored again.
Harris walked, Staples struck out,
Bowen lost out at first Asbury
reached first on a fly muffed by sec
ond back of first and Harris scored,
but Hadley failed to reach first La
Fayette in it's half did nothing and A,
& Ms. ninth Knox, after a hit in cen
tire, reached third, while I1skridge flew
out and Laval died third to first. In
place of Harris the A. & Ms. put up
Temple to save the day, but he was out
on a pop fly to the pitcher and the day
s. Score: R.-H E.
A. & M. ..OooOOO11O-2 G 6 |
Lafayette -. 2 010 01 20 *-6 81
Struck out: BY Laval, A by Kin
sey, 6. Umpire, Mr.. Sherwood Up
church.
The lineup was:
A. & Nj. Bowen. 2b.; Asbury, r. f. ;
Hadley c.; Knox. 3D.. Esl1ridge, |. f..
Laval, p.; Drake, s. s.; Harris, c. f..
Staples, 1b
Lafayette. Shook, 2b.; HUXLEY, 3D.;
Irwin G.; McAvov +. fl Reeder, l. f.. /;
Peters. h.; Folkerson, c. f.; Hawk, s.
s.; Kinsey, p.
The Lafayette team goes next to
Chapel Hill. where it plays two games
with the University ball team.