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CHAKLOTTE DAILY; OBSERVER, 1 APRIL 19, 1903. iltislltiil earoIiriaDavidspffGbhtest; low "By tar most thrilling game of baseball never played off tbo Charlotte diamond wai yesterday'o ached tiled contest between Carolina and Pavld aon. Not a runner on ielther aide croeaed the bom plate for a coveted core. Not a bataman of the eighteen bosky sluggers reached first . or ao much aa fouled a ball. Not an error waa recorded In the Korera fateful book. Not a pitcher tossed -;. a ball which' failed to cut the plate at home, Nobodr-walked,' nobody hit. nobody caught, - nobody rn.'Aynd the score, aa between the .teams, was nothing to nothing. Not 0 to 0. but nothing to nothing, plain simple and "unalloyed the nothingness of that which never had a chance for existence. ... - v. The weather must take the blame. No - knocking of the pitcher wilt suf fice. It was.not a first baseman's error, no yet a. short stop's fumble, or a. fielder's tardy throw .which did the work. Rain did it. A miserable, dris sllng, . steady, unceasing,' merciless, determined, malignant : rain, - it - was. Spite of the hopes of 4U-thirsty fans, spite of the anxiety' of plteoua sighs heaved from many ' score feminine bosoms, heedless of ten thousand sky ward glances from a thousand pairs of eyes. It came down, down, down, while hopes faded, dwindled, j died way..v,Y-t ,-s-.; ... .t.-.y , : It was a pity. Into the city on the noon -trains had come" the two teams, ".'" CAPTAIN JAMES "The Head" Leader of tba Carolina . Nine. r :' - .. hopeful, determined,, keyed up for a . sontest which meant eventful prestige or chagrin. The University team stop ped at the Selwyn and for hours the gplendld corridors , of that hostelry were thronged by enthusiastic Caro lina! supporters.. Alumni, former law - students, even pharmacists, and meds. mingled In a reunion which brought youth again to ageing spirits. At the fiuford a similar scene was being en acted, different only In that it was of more frequent enactment, owing to the proximity of the Institution and its team's more frequent visits here. - MANY VISITORS ON HAND. ' The streets were thronged with out- of-town people who had forsaken business to respond to the call of their respective alma matar. From) States vUle,. from- Salisbury, from Mount Holly, from Mooresville, they -had come trooping in some on trains. Others by private conveyance. They had' left home under -leaden akies to be sure, but never for a moment had they allowed themselves to harbor a suspicion .that the game would ' not be played. Aa the heavens grew dark er and darker they became more ap prehensive, out were sun noperuu "It hasn't rained In two or-three . days," they said. "If it lets up In a few. minutes the grounds will still be dry and we can sock It to them." . Others said, "I don't care much if it does rain. We'll only get beat If wa . play." -. , ' . . v "Pretty girls, too, were- among tha . Out-of-town visitorscomely damsels, Pvely, petite, vivacious, patriotic, with ribbons of -white and blue,, and -red and black streaming agitatedly in the stirring breesea. Banners, too, th - had in store, but no chance to display Out I nthe city here and .there a "lucky; member of a visiting team had been snatched up and borne off tri umphantly by Charlotte rooters of the 'feminine persuasion.: The drug stores wer rendevouaes for young people who had no thought save to be happy and. no other care. Hope ran high in a thousand breasts. ' , It ought to hav been a good game, ' The Carolina team was .one of un doubted strength, having broken even with practically every team It met this season perhaps with every team with -which It played two games. , j ; With Fullen wider in the box and .k catcheh nouns ; "The) Idol of Out pJ mTlinsr' "in . goo dform,"'the Carolina support ers believed that Davidson could not stand sgalnst him, nor could Barfs cuo- bar, them from making the circuit of the fees. .On the other hand, nothing is certain In baseball and white - far from confident the Presbyterians had not relinquished ' i v. , ::. : f t " I'"' 1 " i f 4 xa' v' , i" y . K S V hope, .though truth to tell." Carolina money at t to 1 met no very ready acceptance. The team from the (State s centre of learning, not relishing form er defeats In . baseball, i would - have put up the strongest gam that lay within its power, while , the bunch from upper Mecklenburg " would be "there." r. .-. .. ; - - No wonder there waa anxiety for a game. Everybody waa ready for it, keyed, up to it, desirous of It. Abd then, and - there, It began to rain. Here and There a fitful drop" or two pattered earthward, leaving ominous and tell-tale marks on city pavements. No use doubting, no use hoping, no us swearing down it caem and si lently sealed the doom of the gam. . OHOST. YIELDED UP. -. J The teams died hard,' the manag ers harder. " They had spent money freely advertising the game, they had stopped at swell hotels, they had paid out scores of dollars in railroad fare. They had written down mentally in their' notebooks a prospective - $500 each. ' For all concerned it waa a bit ter pill to speak the words that call ed off the- game. -The players had dressed , themselves. In their pic turesque and striking costumes and their handsome forma were here, there and everywhere in hotel corri dors. But there was nothing doing. All sorts of ongagementa had been made for the afternoon, only to be cancelled. Joung men with sporting proclivities, had engagements with best girls, ' carriages, landaus, auto mobiles had been hired. Small boys had worked tbo ancient gag of the death of an - accommodating and thoughtful grandmother to aoften the stony hearts of employers in whose veins no longer spurted the red blood of youth, , , , . -: There was little need to post a bul letin,. "Game called off." The weath er carried the- announcement with it, hurled It in the face of every pedes trian who ventured from beneath the protection of a sheltering umbrella or made a dash across the street in the face of a bllssard of raindrops. Low ering skies frowned it, clustered groups ' iq doorways proclaimed It, empty cars wending their way Dil worthward spoke eloquently and con vincingly, albelt.-sadly, of the game that was not to be. . The Carolina team left last night early for Greensboro. To-morrow, Eaater Monday, at Winston-Salem, the club plays St, John's. Tuesday Wash ington and Lee will be met at Lex ington and Wednesday the University of Virginia team will be made to do battle on its Charlottesville diamond for supremacy in this section of the South. , The team will then return to 1 . ."FIEW FULENWIDER. Carolina' Star Slab Artlxt. Chapel Hill, leaving about the first o( 4jay on its Northern trip. . : Davidson plays Guilford College to morrow In Greensboro. A game With Hoanokg Is stlieduleil fur Tuesday at Davidson, though this, may be moved to Salisbury or some other1 -- town. Thursday Wake Forest will be play ed at Davidson. " : , i Final scorer Italn, t; baseball P (forfeited). Umpire, Bennett, weath er observer. ON THE RACE TRACK AqueduotN. Y., April It. James R. ICeene's Restlgoufche. an added starter, and Quoted at to 1 In the betting, won the FreepOrt handicap ridden out at 7 runongs to-oay, de feating the Carter handicap winner, Jack Atkln, by three lengths. Thlstledale. at to i, . won the Wlnfield steeplechase by twenty-five lengths.' Summaries: . . . . . 1 - First race, for fillies,' two-year-olds, 4 furlongs: Indominatable, 11 to 6, won; Mystify, even place, second; My Mariutch, to t, show, third. Time 4 Z-5. . ' - ' . - Second race, the Wlnfield , steeplechase-handicap, 4-year-olds and upward,-about S miles: ' Thlstlodala, 3 to t, won; Motor, 8 to 5, place, sec ond ; Palm. out. show', .third. Time 4:f7. S-S. .. , - . :r. , - Third race, l-yeur-olda and 1 - up ward, selling, mil Jujrcler, - I to 2, won;' Molesey, 1 to l, place, sec ond; . Smoker, 3 to . how, . third. Tlme l:40 4-S. Fourth race. Teiiport ', handliap, S-year-oIds and inwar-i, 1 f u' u.ngs. Restigouche, to I, won;' Jack At kln, 2 to ,-place, seoond; Rlalto, 4 10 , snow, uira. nme i:zs Fifth race, maiden t-year-olds. selllng. 4 X-l furlongs: Chaperone, to 6, place, to 5, show, t-year-olds t to 1, won; Ramble, I second; 8tr Withhold, 4 third. Tim : J-4. " Sixth rare, handicap, and up. t 1-2 furlongs; Voorhees. to S, won; Halket, 1 to 2, place, sec ond; Pretension, out, show, third. Time 1:21. . ' " . . - Btotfiam-Triiiltr I1 Came Called . on Accoam or nun. . Special to Tb Observer. ; Mebane, April 18. The' gam this afternoon between . Trinity - Park School and Bingham was canceled at the beginning of th fourth Inning on account of rain. The gam- waa snap' py - from start to finish. the score being 1 to 2 "when the frame was called. The feature were Bingham's heavy and timely hitting and - th numerous errors. The visitor lack. 4 vim, but put np a very good exhi bition. - Latteries: Bingham. Sharp and Harris:, Trinity Park,, Rosa and Moore. Vmplr. Thomas. I I 1 : - : H l -.17 T.s- W; JUT .' ' t v -. '; THE UNI . Bunding fJocond Row Third Row STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. . ' Won. Lost. Pet. Chicago .. ......... S 1 .W7 Pittsburg .. .. ., .. I 0 1.000 New York .... .. ' g 1 .7 Brooklyn .. .. .. .. I S .600 Boston , .. 1 t .250 Philadelphia ...... S J Cincinnati , 0 2 J St. Louis .-. .. .. .. , 1 2 . AMERICAN LEAGUE, v Won. Lost. Pet. .760 .500 .MO .S3S .333 .500 .too .250 St Louis Boston Chicago . Cleveland Detroit .. ., NewvTork . Philadelphia Washington . .... h : SOUTHERN LEAGUE. ; Won, Lost. Pet. 1,000 1.000 .500 .600 Memphis ..... . .. 2 Mbhtgomery . .. .. 3- Atlant 'Y ..r-; Jt . Nashville .. .. 1 New Orleans ..' 1 Mobil I UtUe Rock ... 0, Birmingham' .;, .. :. . i 4 . .000 .000 BOUTK 'ATLANTIC LEAGUE Won. Lost. Pet. 4 1 .857 .. 4 ., .584 4 3 .671 "' ' t '.too 3 t .375 1 7 .12 Jacksonville ' Bavannah :.. . Columbia Augusta .v . Maoon .. .. Charleston .. STANDING STATE COLLEGES. Won. Lost. Pet. Guilford ... .. Trinity i. .. Wake Forest Carolina .. , Davidson .. . a. vm. .900 .m .727 .636 .m .462 11 BASEBALL YESTERDAY ' v Z.. National . League. - At Philadelphia: Philadelphia 3; Bos ton' 1 . ... . At Clnr.innail: CinelnnRmPlttshurg, raln . ' At Brooklyn: . Bvor.klyn 0: New York 4. -t. Loulsi St. Louis 8: Chicago 8. ' American Ijoagno. "At New York: New York 6: Washing ton f (11 inntnm. At Boston: Boston 2; Philadelphia 4. At Detroit Detroit-Cleveland gam postponed, rain. i At ClJcnwv . Chicago S. 8t. Louis 8. ; -r- Southern Lragnc. ' At " Atlanta: Atlanta-Nashville game postponed, wet grounds. At New Orleans: Mobile 2; New Or leans L " H At Memphis: Memphis 1: Little Rock 0. At Montgomery: Montgomery 4; Bir mingham 2. ' . , vi. : South Atlantic League.' At Columbia: Columbia 4; Savannah 1. Af Jacksonville: Jacksonville 1; Ma con 1. . . At Charleston: Augusta 7; Charleston 4. - . . . ... Virginia League. At Norfolk: - Norfolk 3; PorUmouth t (5 Innings, called on account of rain). - At Lynchburg; Lynchburg-uanviu Postponed, rain. At Slchtiond: KicnmonarKoanoas -tponed. ram.. . . . . - , i .'Other 3ame9.'r At Macon, Oa! Auburn 8) Mercer L - At Knoxvilte. Tenn.: First game, Ten- tiesse ; Georgia Tech 2. Second game. TennfeKvee : Tech 2. . - - " At Blacksbtrrg, Vti V. F. I. vs. Bt. Johns, rain. - " ' At Charlottesville, Va.j. university ot Virginia 4; Pennsylvania State . . i - At New Tork- yaie ; new xora a. u, At VHU Nova. Pa. Villa Nova w Gallaudet 1, . At Ckmbridge: Fordham lr Harvara 7. . At Amherst. Mass.: - Amherst fc. Mss- aachuaetts Asrleultural College 4. At Ithaca, N. Yvr- Cornell lit University Of New York t . , . - . ' , ; - AtAtlanUc Oty: rnlveralty of Penn sylvania 12; Carlisle Indians f. At Lfxliigtpn, Vs.: Waehlngton at Lee University 4: Lehigh University L At Prbvldenos: Williams. 4; Btowa t (13 Innings). , ' i ' . At Petersburg: Xi . M.-Rtehmond College, no game, rain.' At Wak Forest: Wake Forest 7; pela ware r. , -' . , , - NATIONAL LEAGITC Philadelphia. Aprllr is. T-days aatlon sK league game wss played during a drls-illng-i rain, th Phlladelphlss , dteatlng Boston I tl L' . " Score: -. " " R- H. E. Boston .'. ;. i..... 4fl l- 1W-J 4 S Philadelphia .. .'. 104 002 40x-4 I Batteries; Doner and kowerman; Mo- " .- . . - .- ---. f rrw v" VEltSIT Y OF NORTH CAROLINA BALL TEAM. Sto'kMlalP (coaoh), Stevens, Wadsworth, Gray. Hob hs, IiUen wider, James .((-apt.) Cole, Hamilton Stowart, Montgomery, Duls, Fountain, Graham. Qulllln Klera. end Deoln. Time, 1:30. Umpire, Brooklyn, N. T April lt.-The New York Nationals shut out the Brooklyn team to-day by a score of 4 to . Mathew son's pitching was the feature. Score: R. H. B. New York 300 000 2004 4 Brooklyn .. .. .. .. 000 000 000-4 Batteries: Mat hew son and Bresnahan; Pastorlua and Brgea. Tims. 1:33. Um pires, Rudderham and Emslle. St. Louis. April lg.-8t. Louis broke their losing streak to-day by winning from Chicago I to 1 Fromm pitched In line form, errors giving Chicago its two runs. Reulbach was wild. Score: R. H. E. St. Louis .. .. , '. 110 000 001-1 t Chicago ,. .. .. .... 000 000 tk-l 3 t Batteries: Frorame and Hostetter; Reulbach. Pfelster and K ling J Time, 1:44. I'mplre, O'Day. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston, Aprtl 11 Good pitching by Dy gert with men oa. bases, and the hlttliur lot Collins' and Coombs enabled Phlladel- I aumimt lo-aay -i le j. , , 1 Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia .. 001 300 OtA-4 10 I uoston .. .. .. ,v -.. 140 000 010-2 4 1 Batteries; Dygert snd bchreckenghnst; Winter snd Criger. Time. S hours. Um pire, Sheridan, ; . New Ybrkl " April 13. -The New York Americans defeated thj Washington team after an' H-lnntng struggle to-day, the score being 4 to t. Chase's battlna In the Hl.it. ...... aMt i , , , I ilium u4 uuati iiiniiiKs aa wen , as me hitting of Hemphill, Were factors In, the victory. ', I Hearer- . ; " " r. H. B. Washington .... 000,000 C30 02 t U 4 New Tork .. .. 000 101 Ml 03- U I Batteries: Burns, Keeley and Street; Newton and aMnow. Time, ;1T. Um pires, Connolly and Hurst. Chicago, April 41. Walsh shut out St Louis to-day, Chicago winning t to 0. Th visitors' infield went to pieces In th th Inning snd . missed several chances to shut out runs. Score: ' ' " ' ' , R.' tl. H. ChlCiVE . ..... 094 102 3 - I St. Louts .. ... .. .... '000 400 000--4 "t . Batteries: Walsh' and Sullivan r Gra ham an) Spencer. Time,' 1:28. Umpires, Egan and O'Luughtln. SOUTHEBN LEAGCTL Montgomery, Ala., April II. ' -. Score:- -.-..r.r- R, Montgomery ., .. .. : 100 804 00x 4 Birmingham .. .. ... 410 014 400-1 Batteries: Helm snd Shannon; Ragan. Turner and ' Raub. Time, J;48. Umpire, Brown., . . New Orleans, April It. " , "core: R, H. E. ilobile .. .. .. .. 110 000 000-2 4 4 New Orlesns .... .... 001000 000 1. 7 -2 Batteries: Torrey and Garvin; Quese, Burkett, Ryan and Matthews. Time. 1.45. Umpire,, Carpenter, Memphis, Tenn., April 18. Score: . R. It C. Little Rock .. .. .... Ono out 000-O 4 1 Memphis .. .. .. ,j omonoix-l t .4 Batteries: Walters snd Wood: Chap pell and Owens. Tim. 1:34. Umpire, O'Brien and Fltsalnunons. - - j COLUMBIA WINS 4 FROM SAVANNAH Columbia. B. C, - Aprtl 14. Columbia bunched hits in th seoond and fifth and easily defeated Savannah to-day. At a time did Savannah have a look in. Friend being master of the situation- at all times. His pitching wss ot th gilt vertety, while th locals bad little difficulty la finding Hlxaon wth men n bases,. SAVANNAH, i ,' AB , R BH PO A Shaw, 3b. . .. .. .4 , 1 1 - 4.3 Pelkey, rf..t. .. .. 4 .4 fr ..4 ' 4 Murphy, k. V 1- 4: Grsdy, lb. ,. .. 4 -4 - f II Mullin. ef. .. 4 1 t o. Morris, 2b. .. .. v.4-4.4 4 4 Sesnelll. sa .. .... t 4 4 11 Kahlkoff.'-e, .. ... lr I' i'r I Hrxaon. p.' ' 1 (x 4 t Totals M . 34 I ' ' 24 U COLUMBIA, " AB R BH PO A Lohr, of. ., .... 4 4 4 ' 1 4 , Blgbee, ss,..- . t '. ;t ' McMabon, 3h. .. 4 1 v. 3 -4 . . Clark, tb. .. L. ,. 3 4 1. 2. -Xlernan, If...'. ..,,.4 ..J. 1... t,4; Wagnon,' lb. .. . t . -. 4 T . S Wagner, rt '.t i. V t t . 4 Onla, Friend,:, ' Totals -.;. U t, 14 "tt l 4 : gjoro by Innisgs: - a . -t -. . Jt Savannah .. - .. -.. v. 4A4 404 4101 Columbia tf .. ...... 018 044 tx 4 Earned rasa. Columbia 4. Tws bass kit. Cole. Three-has hit. McMshen. Be on balls: .Off .Jxsoa 2: ft Friend 4. $e$K Struck out: By Hlsson t: by Friend t. Left on bases: Columbia I; Savannah 7. gaerlflee hits: Big bee, Wagnon. Passed balls: Cel. Kahlkeff. Wild pitches. Hlx son. Batter hit, ZaoeUl. Time, 1:46. Um pire. Lsnlgan. CHARLESTON LOSES HARD-HITTING GAME Charleston. 8. C, April 18. A long drawn-out heavy-hitting game was play ed between Charleston and Augusta la which each side used two pitchers, the locals losing after tlelng the score In the 7th 'Inning. The pitchers were poorly supported jtnd many errors and slow plays .were pulled off. Dexter relieved Richardson in the 7th Inning and O'Con nor went In for Routh in the 8th. I CHARLESTON. AB R BH PO A 0 0 4 2 3 1 Mullin, of. v,-.i 'r.- i Ball, If 4 Meaney, rf. t, ., ,. 4 Lewla. tb. .. .. .. 4 O'Haloran, Jb.-.. ... i Reislnger, .. .., 5 Wilkinson,, lb. l Hartaell, as. ,. .... 8 Routh, p .. .. ... 3 O'Connor, p. Totals ... .. .. , MACON. McLaurln, If. .. , Blermsn, ss Coles, cf. . Dexter, lb. snd p. Bander, rf Valdols, 3b Bosch, ,8b. .. .... Carson, c. .. Richardson, p. Totals'.. .. .i Soor by lan.ngs 84' 7 10 27 14 8 R. Charleston ........ Aurusta ... 000 000 600-4 112 300 0017 Gamed runs: Charleston 1; Augusta L Two-base hits: McLaurtn, Blerman. Wil kinson. First base n balls: Off Routh L Lett .on oases: .Charleston 9;. Augusta I. Struck out: By Routh I: by O'Connor l; by Dexter l- Hits: Off Richardson 8; off Routh .4; fit O'Connor 2; off Dexter t Sacrifice hits: Meaney, Buach (2), Wiltn son, Coles. Richardson. Blerman. Dexter. Stolen bases! Ball, Lewis, Dexter. Bat ter hit by ball: HaHsell. O'Connor, Ben der, Lewis. Time, t hours. Umplr. Goodhart andTlJuIgg., MACON OUTPLAYED BY JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville. April 18. Macon was but played by the locals to-day, the visitors never having a look In until the ninth, when three hits in succession scored one run snd a perfect peg to the plat from Ceatr by Taaffee cut off a runner, pre venting a tie up, Th locals earned both of their runs by opportune hitting. Th same waa fast and snappy tnrougnout. . . . . . n r. fttf Wttl A JAt'KHUnVUft- o our" Blerkott. 8b. .. t 1 I 0 A McMillan, ss t 4 TasfTee, cf. .. .. 2 . 4 Dwyer, Ibi - -tr . t 4 Chandler, rf. .. ... 4 4 Mullaney. lb. 4 1 Viela, 8,TnriB 4 4 Roth. . .. .. t 4 11 4 Ooetell, p. .. Totals .V .. MACON. -Murdoch, of. Dawkins. tb. .. .. It 34 t " 27 11 . 1 . AB a aa . r 4r 4 BH PO 13 .11 1 A 12 Btlnson. r. Rhoton. 2b. a' . 4 4 1 13 ... 4 r 1 4 1 24 Wohleben, lb, Waialv- if, 1 r R, Shea. a.. .. ... Whalen. aa. .. ,.. .. t Malarkey p. .. ... Totals .. .. .. - fet.rt by hplngs: Jacksonville .. .. .. . loo 001 oex-d 00 o 001 ii Macon ..... - wm an baQs: Off Ooetell 1; Maiemey 4." Struck. t by Ooetett 7; by Malarhey t Two-baa hits: Blerkott: Dwysr L Mullaney 1. Dawkins 1. Saerines hits: Blerkotte. McMillan. Taaffe. RoUCOoe- VIL Stolen basest McMUian. tmhm. Wohleben.' Left on Das:- jacasonvii ; Macon 3. Tim Ot game, ..wnrj plr, Truby...r: - Wilton Getting Ready For the Open tag. . . i : Special t'Th Obsartee. . ' Wilson. April 11. The Wilson Ath letic Association la. having th-ball nark anlarxed. " preparatory to th opening oT th season of th Eastern Carolina League. Th park Is coo- snd will further bar Improved. Among the Improvements now going on la the enlargement of th grandstand and th extension of th bleachers.' Aa automobils tin will carry passengers to the park, which is located on the outskirts af th city. - -- OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE 14. ,. 34 4 10 27 10 t AB R BH PO A E .41 10 0 1 .8 I 2 4 4 0 .44 1 1 0 1 .41 I 7 4 0 . 4 0 1 0 0 0 .4 1 3 4 3 0 . .1 0 0 1 1 4 4111 1 lb. t .1 4 4 3 4 Phil Hlntottt one of the lives! insects In the Hornets' ''nest, while ruminating the other day, fell onto the early days of his ball career. V, , -. "Back in the '90s." he began, "I was out in the wilds of Weet Virginia backstopplng for a small independent team. -Our bunch only had one finan cial backer and he divided time - be tween baseball and his machine shoo. i "Things ranalong smoothly'and I was dreaming of pay day my . first In baseball. When that great day roll ed around T hurried down to the shop to get my envelope. Imagine my sur prise when the boss told me he didn't pay off in money but instead used the augers he manufactured there in the shop." " "Augers?" shouted Lew Met. "Yes, Augers,". continued Phil. "They were legal tender in that set tlement." - "Whatcher: do, with It?" drawled Wiley Piatt. "Why, I took it down to the store with me. It was one of those big fel lows and when I had purchased a pair of shoes, some handkerchiefs, etc.. I laid it over on the counter. The clerk stuffed tt down in the- cash drawer and gave me three little augers and a rim Met in change." - . Plott pulled In his feet which had wandered outunder the table and Lew frowned his disapproval and unbe lief. STINGS "I'm glad to see that building go ing up." busied a Hornet yesterday. "When It is finished Plott will not be so sad, for then he will have a mate." Pays The Oreenvlile News: "Char lotte has a couple of Platts for this season. One Is old man Wiley Piatt, who began the season with the Sum ter team last year. The other Piatt Is named Harry and he Is a pitcher also. The two are cousins." There may he two Slttons in the lea sue this season. Vetter Sltton. now with Nashville, msv come back to Jacksonville. The Sltton who w bought by Augusta from Atlanta Is Phil, lately with the Sumter club. Roth are from Anderson county, this State. Columbia State. Victorious Trinity Team Passes Through City The Trinity College base-ball team, fourteen men strong, waa in the city a short time last evening, returning to Durham from Its ten days' trip South, tha. most siwcesaf vl tour, any , Trinity nln has yet made. Eight r games were scheduled 'to, be' played ' ffn ..this trip with the strongest teams Of Geor gia and South Carolina, but two of these were called off on aecount. of rain. . Of the six games played Trin ity took four, and the other two were lost by narrow margins to the Uni versity of Georgia, the scores being I to t and 1 to 0. Tha games won, and the scores, are: Trinity 3, Georgia Tech 0; Trinity 6. Georgia Tech 0; Trinity 6, Mercer University I;' Trin ity 4, Furman University , 0. The gama which were rained out were the second with Mercer and the on scheduled to be played yesterday with the Spartanburg team of the Carolina Leaf ut. . The Trinity aggregation has made, so far this season, a moat remarkable reeerd. Starting out -with three- or four of Its star players of last sea son gone out from college, and with an entirely new coach. It was a rath- her doubtful proposition in the minds of many as to the team which would be turned out. There wss even . a scarcity of raw material that pre fU!;Ift?.. nw wch, .' f " , ,v. fKU' ; . " ' , oft ivRrn la auf us- a jarv parv his wise anH. efrtclent training. Ha soon showed himself up to th recom mendations given him an It was early seen that his methods of training were to count for much, and did, a the playing of the MethOdist boys has shown. The leading papers of Geor gia ar nnanlmous that th Trinity bunch Is the strongest set of college players that ha. been seen In that State In yeara. In talking with an Observer man last evening Mr. J, M. Daniel, mtn- ager of the team, said that the strong est point about hi squad Is the abil ity of all the players to hit the ball. One or two men alone- do not stand out as the star In this respect, though Walter West and Emsley Armfleld. third and first -basemen, respectively, have. led; but every man is able to lace them out. The battery, too. la considerably above that of tha aver age college nine. Bud Lane la small, but In the box Is formidable. On this trip ha pitched for thirty-five Innings without being scored on. and in no: 1 , - game this season has he or Oanttj TILE MERRY WIDOW HAT. yielded more than six safe hlta. Lane! . . -.; ... .r : la eooi all th time and In a pinch, Toledo Blade. ." V la almost eoual to the famous Arthur .Oh. merry Is th girt who wears a Merry Bradsher, Trinity's twirler of somj, ' Widow bonnet. s years ago. The Atlanta dailies d- But sorry Is the fan who. lit,. behind her elared Lane to be the beat 1 amateur 1 ' . bat, ,doggone It. . .. . - pKcher In th south, after seeing him J' , -: .1 , . pitch against Helsman'S strong line-I'vi'hat chance has he to We th field or up. - - '-. v r -soy of tb playing r . Big Bob Oantt, Lane's eo-woraer or:"" n wr sion ouno or nv th slab, is almost his equal. Oantt has a full stock of mystifying curves and apeed that Is terrlCc, . With, bt arm working well h la hard to find, and In one gam this season not a single batter get even a scratch hit. . Coach 'Adklns' most remarkabl find of th season, any Manager Dan let, Is Claud Flowers, an 18 -year-Old catcher; .who- until this , yaar jtr bad a mask on in an lnter-coilegiat game; but yet h haa caught sixteen full games this-season And made but. on error, ni ssm wort i nn ana n can pu mem , 10 econq very with th stick " - -Third .Baseman waiter West Is al- , Ootn't wait the doctor's coming, so a new man on th team . who Just lay htm' in a widew bat to te d--playing has been phenomenal. H s . tor go s-mnnlng. - . vry qulek and with- a magnificent' "" . v " 1- ." -- arm shoots them to first Bke lightning. B if the tn deelret' tw s- l w : la very few games, to, haa he failed these fair nisids" graces to get a two or three-base hit. His He'll tolerate the tub-rst h', e ei brother, Oaade. who took Uttlo Billy though they kids the . -The Hon Tyrua has that $800 bon us cinched. His batting eye to clearer than it has ever been. ? Rube Waddell got his first trial Fri day and delivered the goods In fin Shape. The White Sox got only on measly little hit : mere is joy m me nraie camp. Hans Wagner has affiled .his signs-, ture to a contract. That 114.004 per . did some mighty, big talk. ', Jay Kanxler, last 'season With Co lumbia, is pleasing Richmond - bug with his' work at the Initial sack. Those Chicks are setting a fast J pace In the South Atlantic this apring. vonaer ir tney Keep it up. ail sum, mcr? - . v. Pembroke Finlayson. the Cheraw, 8. : Brooklyn team. Lynn claims him but . It Is believed that he will be able to show that he was a free agent when he signed with Brooklyn. ' The big leagues opened up- before packed grandstands Tuesday. The attendance by cities was: National ' League Brooklyn. 21.000; Philadel phia. 17.000: Cincinnati. 14,000: St. Louis, no game, rain.'" American League -Nw York,' 23.000; Chicago. 20,000; Cleveland. 15,000: Boston, 14.000. ... f Caldwell's Rook Kill bunch wal loped the Spartans Friday. Th pro- feasor has signed some mighty good -men for this season and is going to make some of the other clubs of th ' State league hump It. -..- Here's the Cubs' dope on th Na tional League race: Chicago .First New York Seoond Pittsburg or Philadelphia Third V Philadelphia or Pittsburg Fourth Boston Fifth - Brooklyn Slxch Cincinnati Seventh St. Louis Eighth ' Norfolk Ik dissatisfied with the play Ing schedule adopted by the Virginia League and threatens to join an out law association. Smith's place at short, has fined that position almost as well as th lament ed, hero-captain. .The whole Infield. In fact, with Captain Suiter on second and big Armfleld on first. Is hard to beau. Each of tha four men has strong wing ano 11 i a very glow ball taat .win anow the , runner to reach first In safety, 4.,lt. ' In th outfleia ar the old reliables. Chat Blvens and Fred Flowers, with Bnndy, a youngster,' playing the other garden. The trio attend te every thing that the pitchers let com their way, and each la a heavy slugger. Manager Daniel had a gam sched uled to. bo played In this city with the Clemson team, probably the strongest college bunch in South Carolina, on May 1st, but on account of a league game here on that date Charlotte fans will have to go to either Oastonla or Concord, to. see these crackerjack clubs contest with each other. It has not been definitely decided In which of these two towns the gam WIU b pulled off. ' ' Coach Adklns accompanied . th team South, but was called to Balti more Thursday night to pitch the opening fame for his team, ' tha Orioles, of the Eastern League. The players made a fine reputation not only on the diamond, but whll out of their uniforms .as welt, th hotel men Invariably saying that they behaved nerfectlv. thereby e-tvln reputation In th-Cracker and -al- : metto sutea, Th playera though , somewhat tired. were In fin spirits last evening and happy over their vic torious tour. Thir next gam is to morrow with th elaware Collega V. Bill. wiauuiv fi, .w .w V ' ed consists ot eight games . beside this one, and they - ar hopeful of keeping up their good playing. - Davidson Football Talk. Special to Th Observer, .... . c Davidson, April 18. From present Indlcattona Da1dson's prospects tor the coming football season ar very fine, it Is thought unusually aa.:, A large number of last year team will return and for every available vacan--ry there ar a number of contestants. Considerable Interest Is being shown in spring practice. It Is thought that the management la In eight, ot excel lent trainers for th team, Th name cannot as yet b called, bat former stars of th University of Virginal. Vanderbilt, Tal and Pennsylvania -are a tl being eonaldered. It to cer-' tain that a very competent coach will be secured bis offic staying, " On ladle' day why oan't th maids b seated In the bleachers? . N Parasols would be required to shield their dainty f eaturea - . - . , - Or why not take a. Merry Wld frere a " girl In that eutpeurirur And stick U, oa th rlcht-field tene and 00 ,tt, do tb scoring. -. . - . . v 1 But there ar times -these hat ar sat from eve words snd from . gtowerins;. dosentfons sad, en will ke dry f , When- J. Phiv start a-showsrtng, if elaver'S hurt or umplr tnebbet
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