The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
Raleigh Administers An Over
Whelming Defeat
SCORE WAS II TO 3
Bc'anger's Hitting and Pitching Is
Outstanding Feature-Gets
Homer, 3-Bagger, dagger

Ugh II and Providence 3. That is |
the patti ing feast yesterday by the Raj
Ugh Capitals, and in the language OF
Wild" Bill Donovan it was a shame.
A. class A aggregation, under the cap
able direction Of old ex-big Lacquer,
outclassed by a class d bunch.
They could not help it and there
were no such sayings as I'VE just let
them beat u.s. Or the like, because the
Providence team tried their best to
check Raleigh's batting streak. But
they could not do it. Every man on
he team, even Sanderford, who play
I'd his f-st game. batted and ran
bases like veterans. Butts, as usual,
did the stealing act. Onslow's whip
ping failed to catch him.
Bclanger, for Raleigh. pitched a
magnificent game and for six innings
allowed his opponents only two hits.
But his hitting was undoubtedly the
d percentage Of .750 in the form OF a
homer, three-bagger and a two
bagger. His home-run came in the
sixth and was responsible for two
runs. a runner coming in ahead Of
him. Reianger's hardest swat found
It's landing place against the m
bankment Of the race track in right
field and was the longest drive seen
in these parts since the days of the old
Red Birds. when they played On the
game diamond. Other features Of the
game were Cruthers' beautiful pick
up Of a fast and difficult grOunder over
the second sack and retiring the run
Der with "A perfect throw to first
Butts' spectacular catch of a liner that
would probably have gotten by an or
binary iielder, and the all round good
work Of the Raleigh team.
The day was ideal for baseball and
he regular FANS were on the scene:
cecil Stone, Bud Hinton and Ernest
Martin. the never-miss-a-game trio
were familiar occupants Of the i'm
provised bleachers. The crowd num-
bered possibly ESQ and certainly
should have been larger. II Raleigh
people had only been to the othe1
games and seen Raleigh's team tn
thousand mark.
Raleigh started the excit eFnent II
the initial frame Of the contest. whe1
III. Mack led off with a pretty hit. HI
was sacrificed to second by Butts an
scored on Neiid's hit. Neild scored Of
II fielder's choice. The next assert
ment OF runs were added in tn
of Jensen's delivery. Three runs an
as many hits were mad in the sixth
one run in the seventh and two in tn
eighth.
That Raleigh has made wonderfl
improvements since the first gam
Tuesday with the Philadelphia Ma
~tionals, was evinced yesterday by tn
consistent hitting and fielding wor
of the Mackmen, not one OF them ge'
ting a strike-out registered again.
him. and 1t is safe to say that oil
Connie Mack will get q surprise whe
his team goes up against his son
players next Thursday Afternoon
Earle Mack Is certainly going to sho
the "Old man" a few stpnts.
Sanderford, the y~oungster fro1
loungsville. signed for a try-out. ".
given his first opport unity yesterd<
To show what he haS and did not di
appoint the fans. One Of the only tv
errors made by Raleigh was chalk
Mp against him and he contribute
once to the hit column.
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