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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Vol. II. UNIVERSITY OF KORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, 1894. No. 25.
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BASE-BALL.
U. N. C. vs. U. Va.
The Universities of North Carolina and Vir
,. ginia share the championship of the South
until another game is played.
The base-ball teams of the Uni
versities of North Carolina and
Virginia met in Lynchburg, Va.,
at Riverside Park on Friday, May
the 4th, and treated the spectators
to one of the li nest games of ball
ever seen in Virginia. Both teams
were in fine form and played at
their best during the whole game.
The fielding by both teams was
excellent, but the North Carolina
boys out hit the Virginians. By
bunching four hits in the second
inning North Carolina won the
game.
The features of the game were
Captain Robertson's phenomenal
catch in center field; and the
beautiful running catches of Kenan
in right field for North Carolina,
and Harper in center for Virginia.
, The teams were fortunate in
securing Mr. Betts, of Washington,
as umpire. Not one of his decis
ions was questioned. '
The score by innings is as fol
lows :
Parker flies to Robertson and
out; Worthington base on balls;
Coomb strikes out ; Worthington
thrown out on attempting to steal
second.
N. C. Robertson reaches first
on Parker's error; Oldham base
on balls; Lanier base hit and
scores Robertson. Gregory strikes
out; Iloneycutt hits to pitch, and
is out at first; Oldham goes to
second. Kenan makes a hit and
Oldham scores. Stanley hits safely
advancing Kenan to third ; Stanley
steals second, and Graham strikes
out. Score7 V a. 0 ; N. C. 3.
Second Inning. Smith flies out
to Kenan ; Watts base hit, caught
off first by pitcher and is out.
Harper follows with a three base
hit. Marshall flies out to Robert
son, W.
N. C. Stephens out on fly first
base. Robertson out on grounder
to second. Oldham out on ground
er to Smith. Score, Va. 0 ; N. C. 3.
Third Inning. Johnston strikes
out. Nelson gets a hit. Parker
fouls to Oldham, and is . out.
Worthington out on fly to Lanier.
N. 0. Lanier gets a hit. Greg
ory hits to Parker, who puts Lanier
out, but fails to catch Gregory at
first. Iloneycutt follows with two
bagger. Gregory scores on Ke
nan's sacrifice. Stanley flies out
to Harper. Score, Va. 0 ; N. C. 4,
Fourth Inning. Coomb flies
out to Gregory. Smith reaches
first on a bunt, goes to second on
wild pitch, is advanced to third by
Oldham's passed ball, scores on
Watts's sacrifice. Harper strikes
out.
N. C. Robertson, W., strikes
out. Graham gets , base on balls,
and is advanced to second by
Stephens's hit. Oldham strikes
out. Lanier is thrown out at first
by Parker. Score, Va. 1 ; N. C. 4.
Fifth Inning. Marshall is
thrown out on slow grounder to
Stephens. Johnson's fly to right
is pulled down by Kenan in one
of. the prettiest plays of the game.
Nelson reaches first on Gregory's
error. Parker gets base on balls.
Worthington flies out to- Robert
son, W.
N. C Gregory reaches first on
Johnston's error. Iloneycutt flies
out to Harper. Gregory attempts
to steal, runs out of line and is out.
Kenan reaches first on error.
Stanley gets a Int. Graham strikes
out. Score, Va. 1 ; N. C. 4.
Sixth Inning. Coomb leads off
with a two base hit to center, and
reaches third on Robertson's error.
Smith hits grounder to Stephens,
and is out at first. Coomb scores
on Watts's foul fly to Iloneycutt.
Harper hits grounder to Stephens,
and is thrown out at first.
N. C. Stephens is hit by pitched
ball, and gets his base. Robertson,
AV., sacrifices to second. Oldham
sacrifices Stephens to third. Lanier
retires side on fly to Harper.
Harper makes a difficult catch.
Score, Va. 2; N. C. 4.
Seventh Inning. Marshall
strikes out. Johnson hits safely,
but is caught off the base by
Stephens. Nelson hits to Stephens,
and is thrown out at first.
N. C. Gregory gets base on
balls. Iloneycutt goes out on foul
fly to Smith. Kenan gets base hit,
and advances Gregory to third.
Stanley and Graham strike out.
Score, Va. 2 ; N. C. 4.
Eighth Inning. Parker thrown
out on ground ball to Stephens.
Worthington out on ground ball
to Gregory. Coomb flies out to
Robertson, W.
N. C. Stephens flies out to
Watts. Robertson out on foul fly
to Worthington. Oldham out on
fly to Johnston. Score, Va. 2;
N. 0. 4.
Ninth Inning. Smith reaches
first on base- hit. Watts hits to
Gregory, and Smith and Watts
both out on double play. Harper
reaches first on Stanley's error.
Marshall's grounder is fielded by
Lanier to first, thus ending the
"ranie. N
The following is a tabulated
score of the game.
j N. C. . AB R lBSHPO A E
Robertson, W.f c f, 4 10 1 4 0 1
Oldham, "c. ....... 3 1 0 1 5 10
Lanier, 3 b 4 12 0 12 0
Gregory, 2 b 3 1 0 0 3 2 2
Honeycutt, 1 b ... 4 0 1 0 12 0 0
Kenan, r f:. ...... 3 0 2 1 2 0 0
Stanjey, ss 4 02 0 0 0 1
Graham, If 3 0 0 0,0 0 0
Stephens, p - 3 0 1 0 8 0 0
;-... - .
Total ' - 31 4 8 3 27 13 4
I U. Va. ab r Ibsiipo A E
Parker, 3b ....... 3 0 0 0 2 3 2
Wofthington, 2 b.. 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cooinb, c 4 1 1 0 7 0 0
Smith, 1 b.. 4. 1 2 0 6 2.0
Waits, rf... 3 0 11 1 00
Harper, cf 4.0 1 0 3 0 0
Marshall, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, s s.. 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
Nelson, p 3 0 1 0 3 1 0
Total ... .... 31 2 7 "l 24 6 3
Struck out, by Stephens, 4.
Struck out, by Nelson, 7.
Bases on balls, by Stephens, 2.
Bases on balls, by Nelson, 3.
BASE-BALL.
NORTH CAROLINA vs. VIRGINIA.
North Carolina Loses the Game.
The second days' game with Vir
ginia was played in Charlottesville
on Virginia's home grounds. The
Carolina boys failed "to get to
gether" in the field, and at the bat
their Avork was worse than their
fielding. They didn't hit Nelson's
drops at all. The Carolina boys
surely put up the poorest game
they have played this season. The
N, C. Scrubs would have shut them
out with such playing. Virginia
was first at the bat. Parker hits
to short and is thrown out at first,
Worthington goes out on fly to
center ; Coomb strikes out. Rob
ertson, W.J leads off for N. C; hits
to second, the ball is fumbled and
Robertson reaches first; goes to
third On passed ball. Oldham hits
to second, on error reaches first
and Robertson, W., scores. Lanier
hits to short,and the Virginians get
in double play, putting out Oldham
at second and Lanier at first.
Gregory hits to second and is
thrown out at first. Score: N. C,
1; Va., 0.
Second Inning. Smith hits to
Honeycutt, but he fails to pick up
the ball, and Smith is safe at first.
Watts surprises the assembled mul
titudes just at this point by hitting
a home run over left field fence.
Harper gets a base hit to right;
Marshall hits to second, and on
error Harper goes to second and
Marshall gets safely on first. John
son flys to left, hits the ground as
there is nothing else for it to hit,
and Harper scores. Nelson hits
to pitcher, and is thrown out at
first. Parker hits to pitch, who
throws Marshall out at home while
Parker is going to second. ' Worth
ington hits to right, and on error
gets to first and Johnston and
Parker both score. Worthington
crosses the peak on a passed ball ;
Coomb' fles out to pitch. N. C. :
Iloneycutt hits to pitch, and is
out at first. Itenan strikes out;
Stanley flys out to left. Score :
Va., 0; N. C, 1.
Third Inning. Smith goes out
on fly to Stephens; Watts hits to .,
pitch, and reaches first ; Harper
hits to second, and in a double play
Watts is out at second and Harper
at first. N. C: Robertson, R.,
hits to right and gets to first on
error; Stephens strikes out, but
third strike is muffed, and while
Stephens attempts to go to first
Robertson, R., reaches second.
Robertson, W., hits to short and
is thrown out at first. Oldham'
fails to touch Wilson's drops, and
is out on three strikes. Score:
Va, 0; N. C, 1.
Fourth Inning. Marshall hits
to second, and is thrown out at
first. Johnson hits to short-stop
and is -out at first. Nelson hits to
pitch, and is thrown out at first.
N. C: Lanier grounder to second
and is out at first. Gregory is
hit by pitcher and gets his base.
Honeycutt flys put to first, and
Gregory is out at first by Smith
unassisted. Score: Va., 6; N. C,
1.
Fifth Inning. Parker hits to
Stephens, and on error gets to first
and steals second. Worthington
strikes out ; Coomb hits to pitch,
the ball is thrown wTild and he gets
to first. Smith flys out to left;
Parker leaves third before flv is
caught and is out. N. C: Kenan
grounder to second, and is out at
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