The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-05
S|TTON'S SP|TS
DID THE TEARING
Carolina Lads Lambast
the virginians.
SCORE SIX TO ONE
And the University of Virginia Ball
Team Only Got The One in the
Ninth Inning BY Four Errors
of the University of North
Carolina.
BY EDWARD e. BRITTON.

teasing" was the recurring strain oI
music of the band this afternoon
whenever Sitton, the Spit Ball artist
smiled as the Virginians basted the
air. and as they famed seventeen
times there was plenty of teasing.
A great crowd something night to
a thossand people saw the game that
resulted IN a victory for the Carolina
lads over the Virglnians by a score Of
six to one, though it looked as ii it
would be SIX to nothing, as only in the
ninth inning. with two down, did the
visitors score their lonely run, and this
on luck and errors.
All Chapel Hill. or a large part of
it saw the game, and with these there
were some two hundred people from
Raleigh and hundred more from
Durham. 1t was a gala day crowd
and the feaSting was for the University
of North Carolina hackers, the dish
of crow between for those who staked
their hopes on the team from the Uni
versity of Virginia.
The grand stand and the bleachers
were a blaze of color, for the ladies
were persent in large numbers. Gov
ernor Glenn who was in the grand
stand received many I "Isah Rah!
Rah!" and bowed his thanks. The
board lines and outskirts of the dia-
mond all had their crowds. On top
of the surrounding fencing there
studies in black and white, seeing the
game without cost. while III the forest
of trees about the athletic park were
perched solitaires and clusters in more
black and white. who swayed their
airy percheS in time to the music of
the day.
The game was Il game oe features,
but oVershadowing all of those Wee
the marvellous spit balls Of Sitt0n TIL:
magician who pitched for Carolina.
and before whom seventeen NlrglnlanS
fell by the wayside, only one hit being
made off him, while Adams and Coles,
two pitchers put up by Virginia
Welded eight hits. gave five bases on
balls and hit one man full i'll the
mouth. other features were the con-
stantly increasing size of the Wad OF
gum chewed by Umpire bill d. LIE
Grande. three baogers by Hal Worth
and, Thompson for Carolina, the nail
ing of two Carolina runners at second
by Chandler the catcher for Virginia
who has wonderful wing, the bare
faced stealing of bases by Pollard for
Virginia in the ninth being the only
run for the Virginians, the 'gamey'
going back into the game of Gudger
of Carolina. after being hit in the
mouth by a pitched ball. and the
music of "Only Teasing" said to have
been inspired and instigated by Prof.
NJ. G. S. Noble.
Carolina made its runs in this order
one in the first one in the fourth
three in the fifth and one in the
eighth, while Virginia's was in the
ninth The game opened with Caro-
lima at the bat. Emerson famed,
Winston walked. Cheshire put a clean
single left, Winston going to sect nd.
Gudger lost out third to first, but the
runners advanced. Worth walked and
filled the bases. Then ker-sm ash,
Thompson was hit by the ball from the
pitcher and Winston was forced home.
stem ended it by tanning. In Vir-
Einia's half two strike outs and out
pitcher to first was the record
In the second Carolina had three
men up and out. The Virgin1ans got q
hit. the only one in the game, this
being Daniels in centre field, but he
was caught at second, making two
down. Stuckey walked but Cracratf
flew out to third Cheshire. for Caro-
lima, got a single in centre in the third
but there was no scoring for either
team, only three Virginians facing Sit
ton.
In the fourth for Carolina Thomp-
son led with a clean single in right
and Stem followed with one in left.
This was thrown high to third and the
runners advanced. Winborne made a
clever sacrifice and Thompson scored.
Sitton famed and Stem was caught
at third on a throw by the catcher
In this inning three Virginians up ali
famed, Sitton smiled child-like and
bland, and the band did the Teasing
music. White. who was up first. tried
TO ring in a fiat bat. but Dicey VIM
ston was 'onto" it and he was called
down.
Carolina won three runs in the fifth
Emerson was out on a hot grounder
handled second to first. Winston
went to first on a high fly way out in
left Cheshire walked and Gudgec
was up. The hard pitched ball hit
him plump in the mouth. knocking
him to the ground. He tried to rise
but his comrades forced him down
and poured water over his bleeding
mouth. runner went to first for
him and then Worth was up. He
smashed a three bagger high and clear
away in centre, Cheshire and Gudger
scoring. Thompson, next up, put a
three bagger to the left of centre and
Worth scored. Stem walked but Win
borne died on fly in right. For Vir-
ginia Daniels batted to first and was
out, Stuckey and Cracroft famed and
there was more Teasing
In the sixth there was nothing do
ing. except that Adams. the Virginia
pitcher was taken out of the box be-
ing pounded foo heavily. and Coles
went in. Neither team scored. two
Virginiaps stricking out. the third GO
ing out Sitton to first. In the seventh