The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-11
4 COMEDY OF ERRORS.
jerseys Mnffing Day
Payonia's Y~achtsme1l---
Gun Club Sports.

Two amateur clubs played ball at Oak
ahd Park several days age. and one OF
the spectators remarked that he had seen
worse games played by the professional
team. This was absurd, of course--that
is, at that time. 1t was a little previous
only. It would have been not tar from
the truth If uttered at the conclusion OF
the game yesterday.
It was the poorest effort at baseball
made by the local team. Almost every
man on the team seemed anxious to cut
down his fielding record. Errors were
almost as numerous as The put outs.
They rolled up twelve. The bail was
dropped as if it was made Of hot lead.
At the bat our hard hitters distin-
cuished themselves by making a line hit
in the first eight innings. They were
evidently afraid of the Star pitcher of
the Atlantic Association. They were
more discreet than valiant, There was
occasion for being tifnorous. Doran is
very like Daily who twirled for the Jer-
big league. He IS d fine pitcher, but is
Wild, and made several Of the Jersey
BOYS play the role of contortionists to
avoid the twisting ball which moved
with the velocity Of a bullet sent from a
rifle. Doran has remarkable speed. IL
WOulQ uOb Lluft ObtA oQIpIiSluE Ii pAC
ball had passed through the anatomy OF
sChick' Hoffard who was his backstop-
1t is wonderful how the little catcher sue
Geeded in stopping the ball. He earns his
salary. If he has to- face Doran often
his compensation should be a million dol
lars q month.
1t looked like a freeze out for the Jersey
boys, but fortunately Dooley went to the
plate in the last inning determined to
keep up his batting average, and he
caught a beauty and landed it in far left
field. He reached second easily on The
hit and was on the bag before the left
fielder had securedthe ball. The hit ave
the Jerseys the first run, as McDermott
had been given first base on called balls,
went yer the plate. -Dooley, too, reached
nome, making the second n last run
for the Jersey boys. 1t was an earned
run, for Dooley scored on a safe
grounder .to left from Roussey's
teur order and q double play was made
through bad Judgment and miserable
coaching. Fitzgerald and McDermOtt
were the victims. The lRtter should not
nave been trapped. The attendance was
better than it has been at the games re-
Gently, and this fact may have had the
unhappy effect, as the boys were over
anxiou to do well and naturally APP
peared at their very worst.
Chick Ho1rord was remembered by his
Lafayette friends, who presented him
with an elegant watch charm. Lally was
the recipient OF a gold headed cane, the
gift of friends. Perhaps it was the disap-
pointment sof the Jersey team at not re-
ceiving gifts that aroused their Jealousy
and Indifference or they too may have
caught the gift fever n completed the
happiness of the New Havens by present
ing them with the game.
McGucken, the reliable left fielder,
started the error column by dropping the
first bail hit, and Mckee reached second.
Lynch made q sacrifice. Schoneck sent a
grounder to Roussey, who failed to corral
the sphere, and Mckee glided home.
Dickerson made u single and darted for
second. In the effort to catch him il
failed. Schoneck went home. Lally hit
q safe one and Dickerson scored.
Mckee scored in the second inning on
Brady's tumble, Roussey's muff and Muir
phys wild throw. In the seventh the
New Ravens secured two runs, n of
them earned, the only earned run they
made. Lang as5oHissea himself and the
audience by driving the ball to the far
left field for two bases. Mckee was again
IN luck and for the fourth Time reached
his base on an error. He put a fly into
right field and Dowd dropped
1t. Lang wen home on the muff. Lynch
uncorked a two-bagger over Dowd's head
aud Mckee completed his third circuit OF
the bases. Fitzgerald pitched a fine
game. Only six hits were made off his
delivery and two of these were scratch
hits. The score, which should have been
a tie atone each, was as follows