The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21
SH AMPHD SENATORS
The Jersey Athletes Base
ball Team Won the
Championship.
eLaREaoET GUN CLUBS MEET.
The Forsythe Won Commodore Alb
belts Pennant---Other
Sports.

Five hundred jubilant Jerseyites, the
majority OF whom hailed from Bayonne,
and about as many more friendly New
y Workers sat in the grand stand OF the
E Polo grounds, in New York City, yester-
day afternoon. and howled themselves
hoarse with delight while the team OF the
New Jersey Athletic Club walloped in
Magnificent style the nine of the Column
bia Athletic Club. of Washington, D. c..
Ia the third aud decisive game OF the
series between the organizations for the
EASTERN championship pennant of the
4 natear Athletic Unions Baseball
s 1lengue.
At the same time contingent or one
hundred Washingtonians and several
Hundred OF their metropolitan partisans
snw the encounter with feelings OF deIee-
( ton and disgust that were reflected III
their GUM faces. Only once curing tne
game did they cherish the belief that the
Columhias were in II for keeps, and that
WAS Id the fourth inning, when the boys
1rom Analos1an Island IN the Potomac
paired the siHgle run gathered bY The Jer-
6eymen IN theiy third inning and went
them one better
When the Jcrseymen again came In TO
: the bat this prestige was equallzedx by the
XaiIying or secoad run. Neltherb team
Scored IN the fifth inning, and the WASH
1uRtonlans failed thereafter to get any OF
then men entirely around the circait. In
fReir sixth heat the Jerseyites remen-
bcled how the Colum bias had beaten
them by scoring five runs Ill the sixth IN
ming OF the game at Washington last
saturday and they resolved upon re-
yenge.
.sCome. hoysl,' cried Chauneey,, 1--WE
must have five runs this time Now IS
our chance 70 win, and we will beat them
Ht their own gane.n The team responded
with vim that rattied the Columbias
and secured The quln5ette OF runs.
Catcher Currie led Uif, and gained frs
on wild throw BY Bolway. He took
second on a passed bali. smith reaching
FIRST on called balls. MacBurney, the
Jersey City member Of the team, then biz
II swift rolling lawn mower between
THE first pair OF bases anu before Walsh,
who chased the ball, could get it was sale
on first Currie tailed in the meantime
and Smith spirited to third MacBurneY
going to second when the bali was fieideu
home Joe Currie followed MaeBurney,s
example by lining the ball to centre field,
and Smith scored second. MacBurney
taking thifd.
a Iwo- Dagger batted by Mabie to the
lett centre permitted AIacB urney and Joe
Gurrie TO score. Fistler raped sacri-
lice 20 Sprigman, VINO threw the ball wild
TO first, and Mabie concluded his circuit
Walter Currie. Carey and Chauncey each
put up q pop-up fly. and the inning
closed
The Columbias tailed their two runs
with the assistance of costly mi5plays.
Splendid fielding work was done by
Carey. Fistler, Toe Currie and Mabie OF
tie Jerseymen and Bolway Of the
visitors.
The victorious Jerseyites will now
meet the Detroit Athletic Clubs team.
the winner OF the Western championship,
in a series of three games for the national
championship. In all likelihood the
games will be played in New York city.
The score follows