The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-12
WORCESTER VORSfHD.
A Winning Gait That Tied
the Teams for Second
Place. ASA 1S
CLASH BETWEEN A. A. U. CLUBS.
The Scots and New Jerseys Dispute
a Date--Club Gossip and Miscel-
laneous Sporting News.

There was a vim and snap about the
game put up by the Jersey City Club
from the outset until the finish of yester-
days encounter at Oakland Park with
the Worcester Club that carried the
team to victory. Having struck such a
winning gait the Gladiators, did not re-
qu1re the miserable assistance rendered
Lnem by the abortive decisions of Umpire
Larry Corcoran, 4#J#W
That orcoran gave the visitors a dirty
deal he, if candid, will himself admit.
POSSIBLY he meant to act fair to both
clubs, but if he did, then he was too
badly ratified to even up matters a trifie
when the opportunity presented itself.
Such work as his of yesterday was does
not conduce to the credit of the winning
club, and honest ball tossers do not like
such a stigma put upon them, especially
when 1t detracts from the glory of a vic
tory due to good ball playing.
An instance of his inefficient work can
be CLEANED from the fact that some one
rang in upon him early in the game a
mushy ball totally unfit for practice, let
alone playing. A New York paper charges
this morning that 'the Worcesters are a
great team for having a ball in their
pocket" 1t accuses Campion, Annis and
Cudworth with having had extra balls
about their clothing, and asserts that the
trick is to change the new ball that has
been in play for au old one. The trick is
evidently a familiar one, and no live UNI
ptre would allow it to be worked upon
him as it was worked upon Corcoran yes
terday when Worcester went to the bat
in one of the early innings.
Corcoran's worst break of the day, how
ever, was made in Worcester's first in
ming. Bradley and Campion were out,
and Shelter had reached SECOND on his
own single and Campion's sacrifice. Then
Landmann made a ba1k and the Worces-
ter men claimed the advantage the action
gave Shelter. Corcoran called either
"balk" or "ball,' but few of his hearers
could distinguish which term he used.
The Worcesters argued that as Landmann
was guilty of the balk, Corcoran had so
called, and they told Shelter to go to
third. Shelter trotted to third, and
knowles met him with the ball on a
throw down by Hofford.
Then Corcoran said out, and Worcester
kicked. Corcoran received the kick in
silence. Corcoran was also off on balls
and strikes, and some of his base decisions
were not without a yellow tinge.
The Pets won the anne virtually in
their first two innings. In the firstchance
Knowles was thrown out by Bradley to
Campion. Hiland sent a lawn mower lust
to the right of second. O'Brien got first
on balls and Hiland moved to second.
Each advanced a base on Friel's sacri-
fee to Campion. Bradley fumbled Lyons
hit, and Hiland tailed. Lyons stole sec
oud, Gerhardt raised a safe hit, and
O'Brien and Lyons scored. Hofford was
given first o. balls, forcing Gerhardt to
second. Both were stranded, Landmann
going out at first. Knowles got around
the circuit in the second heat. He made
a single, reached second on Hiland's sac
rifice, acquired third on a wild throw, and
walked home ON O'Brien's three-bagger
to right centre.
The other seven innings yielded the
Pets nothing save ciphers. Twice they
had a man left on third, once one on third
and once n O. second. The visitors
gathered goose-eggs, some of which Cor
coran added, until their last essay. Until
then the local club had played an error
less fielding game, with the exception of
a dropped throw by Gerhardt in the
eighth inning. Captain Cudworth got a
lawn mower safely 0 centre, and reached
second when Landmann fumbled Jones's
sacrifice. Both he and Jones scored on
Wilson'S safe hit to the left. Burkett put
Wilson ON third with another single, and
got out while trying to reach second.
Bradley hustled the ball to centre, but
Hiland caught it and ended the game.
Tho ooOro.-