The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-06
4ROTT'S TEAM TUMBLES,
And Doughty Newark Grum-
bles, Bill Da1ey's
Curves They Could
Not Bat.
WE SHOWED THEN HOW TO PLAY,
And Thus We Won the Day--Pat
Powers Pets Got sat-" How's
That -Other Sports and Pas
times. FL

Twas a battle for revenge that Manager
lowers pets waged against 1'rott's team
OF Newarkers ut Oakland Park yesterday
afternoon, ano how beautifully square
they got for the two trolncings given
them by the visitors during The week che
result will snow.
Although the game was keenly con
tested, the Pots won with bands down by
q scare of six to uEe. AT one stage of the
contest it looked like q shlltout for the
doughty hetsarke.s. As it YVES their de-
fant would hare been accompanied by q
copt0ris application OF w~hitewaSh, but for
DnseY'e oy~ercontidence in ais ability TO
st1ike oct 1lefltieider johnson in the
fourth ina.ng.
This o~yercontidence resulted In John
son securing first base On called balls.
Then he stole sGeond, and after Fields
futiiciy famed the ambient. thrice he
tailed on q single by Hayes.
Thus It was that The audacious New
arkers were saved from having their pride
thoroughly humblrd. Previously they
had only becu abs TO &c. che man safely
to second base. and afterwards they only
advanced Cne lna as far as second, aud
lie was neatiy trapped between sec0ad and
third
Thrice the clever elock-like fieldinc Of
the Jcrseyires and Daiey's effective pitch
ing retired the visitors IN one. two, three
order, and forr times they scored a cipher
with y man stranded on irat.
The Pets dill NOT begin the run-gaiher-
ing until the fourth inning.
In their first chance O'Blien and Friei
through singles and q steal successfully
reached thiid and secoad respectively,
but were left. Daley was stranded on
first Iii the secon,l, AID Knowles asd
@ Ericp, both OF when swatted the ball
icr SINGLES, were lef5 Gu second and first
i'll the tiird. In every other inning, save
the ninth, the local team had rlen left on
bases, the last mining BENG the only one
where the one, two, three order of retire
EIent was worked upon them.
Here is how the runs were scored. In
tile fourth heat Burke was sent TO first on
balls. He thieyed second, spirited to
third, when Hayes fuinDl-d L4ang's hit
after two men Wcra out and scored on IL
wild pitch. The same m;splay let Lang
get third. he having q moment before
stolen second. Duffy offset Doom's wild
pitch with L passed ball end Lang dashed
home.
The Pets laid off an inning, and then
they tailed twice again. Hofford gained
first on n muff of his fly By McI)ermott.
Daley advanced him with q single, Lang
Then Knowles raped out another single
and Chick scored. Daley followed,
stealing home on a play which retired
Lang at second.
In the eighth chance another pair of
runs were gathered. Hiland was given
first on balls. When O;Brien hustled the
ball for bis fifth successive single he went
to second Friel hit the ball on the nose
for another single and Hiland tailed,
O'R,1en going TO second. A sacrifice fly
bv Lyons let each man move up q base,
ana q passed ball by ]. Sullivan did like
wise, O'Erien getting home.
Duffy, the plneky. backstop Of the
visitors, was hit en his left knee by the
bail caromirg from Daley in the seventh
inning, aud the injury forced him to re-
tire from the game. The audience out
numbered that at Newark on Thursday
morning. Among the 1000 spectators was
q large contingent from Newark.
Many of the spectators found consider
able amusement in guying First Baseman
Fields, who was struck out thrice by
Daley. Our own "Chick'' did admirable
work behind The bat, accepting eighteen
chances. The fielding play of both teams
xyoc fair Hhp Spnrn.--