Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-22
BATTLE OF THE llEROES
Terrific Conflict with frighlMI Carn-
age Attends the Struggle Be-
tween the Married Men
Of Roanoke Rapids
and Weldon
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of them cavorted around to DR..
Wyche's office and inveigled the
Mutual Life Insurance Company
out of about 100000 of life in
surance.
Having secured the insurance,
the stage was set for the en-
trance of the heroes. Tier on tier,
the beauty and the wit of both
towns strained the creaking tim
bers of the grandstand. All the
colors of the rainbow were there,
birds of plumage and the latest
Panama creations. The stream of
automobiles knew no end, the
pastured horses and colts quietly
took themselves away, and with
the march to the field of Herr
Won Bounds the warriors, doughty
in borrowed togs and legal clo-
thes, grimly took their places,
1t was Roanoke first at the bat.
ling went Cooper with a Bender
curve, and bing went Mullen
about a yard from the ball, like
Home run Baker after one of
Matty S fadeaWays. Catcher. Dan
iel let loose a horse laugh, and
Mullen ground his teeth. Sa-a-ah
sighed the air as it rushed in to
fill the void made by Mullen S
vicious swipe at the second ball
pitched. The third was a strike
out.
Poor Ilorner got first on four
balls wilder than Bill Jones COW,
but got out trying to take a
header into third.
When jackson came mp, all
Roanoke broke loose. Jackson re-
sponded nobly, and hit a hot
grounder through second. Then
Dickens began a little amusement
of his own, and shot all the
good ones out of bounds. Jackson
got tired of waiting for one Of
them to change its mind and stay
within limits, and was put outtrot-
ting down to third. Just before
Dickens came up, Adkins had
made the first hit, a Texas
Lacquer over second. But what
avail?
For Weldon Gregory went to
first, hit by pitched ball, while
Dobbins was trying to locate the
plate. Henry House hit safely to
center, and Gregory sprinted to
third. Daniel flied out. DR..
Pierce then came up and whacked
one over second scoring the first
run of the game. House got out
trying to make it two. You should
never do that, Henry.
Cooper showed the stuff in him
by smashing the first ball pitched
into left field, and scoring two.
Drake famed.
Dickens came back again for
another try, and got to second on
one of the few errors made.
Robertson tried to fry the ball,
and unfortunately struck out.
Had he hit it, it is thought it would
be travelling yet.
The Chief of Police was the
next man up. Now if the Chief
of Police can't hit a ball, who
can? Just before the game,
friend Squire Brown whispered
4 in the Chiefs ear that he would
give him a real live simoleon
from Wyche's bank if he would
hit safely just once. This looked
easy, and the Chief "got set"
The wind from the whistling of
his bat blew a train off the via
duct of the A.C.Lin Weldon, and
the train crew is still busy pick
ing up the pieces. Never mind,
Chief, you got one later in the
day, and the Squire says he will
make good on the dollar. Why
should you worry?
Tillery hit a nasty one to the
pitcher, and it was "some sight"
to see him sprint to first. 1t was
no 90, however. That was about
all this inning.
For Weldon Williams wished
himself out on the first three
balls thrown. John House got out
at first too. Gregory bumped a
grounder to second. Daniels fly
to deen center was fumbled and