The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
A. & M. Loses in Tenth
On Erratic Bounds.
SCORE WAS TWO-ONE
Heath Was Pitching a Record Game
and Struck Out Eleven Men When
His Leg Gave WaY--.Neither
Team Scored an Earned
Run---A Lame Finish.


AS keenly contested as has ever been
a game of ball in Raleigh. with all
the surroundings to spur on either side
to victory, the contest yesterday after
noon between the A. & M. and Trinity
College teams finally went in the tenth
inning to Trinity by a score of two to
one.
There was not an earned run for
either side, and Trinity's victory came
as the result of a series of accidents
in the final inning. The A. & M. team
played an up hill game from the start,
for Trinity worked in run on errors
in the first inning. and it was not until
the eighth that A. & NJ. made run,
this on errors. tying the score. Moth
ing was done in the ninth and no
score was made by a. & M. in its half
of the tenth.
Trinity was playing the last half of
it's ninth, with the first man down.
struck out by Heath, when "A. q M 8
"hoodoo' worked. Heath twisted his
left ankle, which is weak as the re-
suit of a foot ball scrimmage. In vain
he tried to get in shape. but nnally
with aides on either side hobbled of
the field. Temple, who has hereto
fore pitched one or two games went
in the box. He gave Flowers. first
up, a base on balls. but struck out
Barringer Wrenn, next up, was
caught out at first by Knox. who cap
tured a dangerous low fly by lively
stunt.
In the first of the tenth A. & M
failed to score. Chrietzber and rem
pie tanning. Harris putting pretty
single i'm left and stealing second.
Staples striking out Trinity was up
and Justice tapped hot fly to third
which Asbury captured. Hutchinson
batted towards Pitcher Temple. who
Jumped for the ball on high bound.
1t touched his fingers and went on
out of reach of second base In tinc -
catch Hutchinson. Roper, next up, mt
between first and second put as STAPLES
was in position to get the ball on It's
second bound it struck a pebble ana
shot over his head, Roper being SAFE
on FIRST. Hutchinson on second. smith.
next up batted towards Knox at hrst'
and again a pebble played the trick
as before, the ball shooting up out Oh
reach aof - Knox while hutchinson
scored the winning run.
The day. the surroundings, every
thing was as eft as a. fiddle for the
game. The bleachers and the slae
lines were crowded and there
was a "feel" Of ball in the
air. There broke into your con-
sciousness the Understandable roar OF d
wrought up baseball CROWD thaI
warns the cookies of ball player
heart. The call Of the rooters, the
college songs and yells. the deep
throated cheers of The men, the NIUE
screams of delight of the maids, the
culver of coIors on the bleachers. Out
on the diamond the Umpire, the Car
of the hour, stood with feet Wlde
apart. his eyes OH the home plate
AT it the batter nervously worked ms
bat. waiting for the psychical moment
to strike; back of, him half sduatted
the catcher. making mysterious mo-
tions at the pitcher, who is swlnglnS
his arms ready to send in the ball.
"Hit it. Line it out. He can't see
it! Kill it,'' are screaming voice
bullets that hustle about you.
SO it was yesterday afternoon ut
critical points in the game which be-
gan with A. and M. at the bat. -Four
balls were pitched. Eskridge dying,
pitcher to first, Asbury on a fly in
centre and HadIey. pitcher to first
In Trinity's half Roper dropped a
fly to Drake at short. Smith famed
but Hadlcy dropped the ball, tried to
outrun Smith and finally threw it
over the head of Knox at first
Bradsher batted to Drake who let it
go past and Smith, who had stolen
second, scored the first run. Arm
field famed and Flowers was out
second TO first.
Trinity scored no more till in the
tenth, while A. and MS run that tied
the score came in the eighth. There
were several chances to score before
this. but something always happened
to stop it. In A. and MS third Lat
timore led with a hit towards third.
T'arris next w. tried the sacrifice
hunt. but is safe as Armfield at first
let the ball get away. Harris going
10 second and baltimore to third.
Staples was up and as baltimore
started for home he hit a pop foul
to first. was out and baltimore was
throwngout at third. Eskridge lost
out, second TO first.
a. and NJ. had another good chance
in the fourth when with one down.
two men on bags, Knox tried to let
HaGiey in by playing between first
and second. He was put out and
Ha6ley was still at third. In Trim
ity's fourth with two down, Bar
ringer hit three Dagger, but Wrenn
was out on q fly in left.
So the chances came and went till
in a. and MS eighth. Temple reach
ed hrst on shorts error. Hadley
took his place TO run and stole sec
ond. Harris famed and so did
Staples. AS the ball was pitched in
to Eskridge, Hadley shot for third
and the catcher tried to get him at
that base. threw wild and Hadley
scored. Eskridge died. pitcher to
first.
Ninth, nothing for either and then
the fatal tenth for A. and NJ, which
gave Trinity the victory
The work of Heath in the box
was of the suDerlative order
as was that of Harris in centre
field Heath struck out eleven men
and Harris captured on dead runs to
right and left flies that seemed i'm
possible to reach. Bradsher. the star
pitcher for Trinity put ten men to
sleep at the plate and assisted in put
ting out many others. Counting the
two scratch hits in the tenth Trinity
only got four hits. two off Hadley and
the two scratch hits off Temple. A. &
NJ. made six hits off Bradsher.
Score: r. H. E,
Trinity ...1 0OO00O1-2
A. & NJ 20 o 90 o. 3
Batteries: Bradsher and Wrenn:
Heath, Temple and Hadley.
Summary: Struck out by Bradshel