The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-11
Sporting Notes.

The Mount Holly base ball club Will
play in Camden on Thursday.
That base ball is the national game
was clearly demonstrated last Tuesday,
when there were two games in nearly
every county town.
The Rustlers, of Mount Holly, went to
Smithville on Tuesday to play game of
base ball, but some dispute over the UNI
pire stopped the sport.
At Delanco on Tuesday the base ball
games were between Delanco and Lowell.
The latter was victorious, morning, 4 to l,
and in the afternoon, Is to IL.
At Palmyra on Tuesday the Palmyra
was twice defeated by the Central Young
Mems Union, of Philadelphia. The morn
ing score was to 4. afternoon, IL to 8.
The game of base ball at Medford on
the Fourth resulted badly for the home
team, which was beaten by the May
flower, of Burlington, by the score of IL
to 1.
Saturdays games of base ball were as
follows: Delanco 2, Harrowgate A Riv-
erside 4, Olympic 4 Moorestown 10,
Pensauken 8; Riverton 9, Montgomery
A. A. /.
The Birchville base ball club defeated
the Moorestown team in well played
game of base ball at the Burlington ball
park last Saturday afternoon. The score
was IL to 8.
Andrew Boswell pitched for Cape May
in game of base ball on Saturday, in
which that club defeated Wynnewood.
Boswell struck out six men, made one
run, and did not make an error. He
only sent one man to base on balls.
The Riverton yacht club now has about
100 members. 1t is the seventh Oldest
yacht club in the United States. It's
beautiful flags show the spirit of patri-
otism which was so universally ascendant
at its organization nearly thirty years ago
The Mount Holly base bail club played
fine game of base ball at the fair grounds
on Saturday. They beat the Unique, Of
Camden, by the score of to l. Cross,
of the home team, played great game,
and made the finest catch ever seen on
the grounds, making double play.
At the fair ground on Tuesday morning
the Mount Holly base ball club played
the Ringgold, of Philadelphia. 1t took
eleven innings to settle the contest
Mount Holly winning, IL to TO- In
the afternoon the same clubs played.
when the Ringgolds were victorious, 6
to s.
The Roanoke, Va, cricket team sus
tanned another defeat on Tuesday, Riv.
erton winning from them by % runs
The Southerners batted and made 20
not man securing double figures The
home team did not do much better, j. w
Earnshaw, J. r. c. Boyer being respon
sible for 3s runs out of total of 81.
The Burlington base ball club went tc
Bristol on Tuesday, and met with quit,
an accident In the morning, winning {
game, which certainly was quite acciden
tai. The score was to 2. In the after
noon things settled down to the usua
routine, and Bristol wiped the earth will
the visitors to the tune of 10 tot.
At Palmyra on the Fourth there were
various field sports. The 100 yards dasl
was won by Ed Finnegan, F. Westne,
second putting 16 pound shot, won b.
4 ~
jump, won by 7. Mckinley, 4 feet 5 inches
F. Westney second 440 yards run, wol
by R. Avies, Ed Finnegan second hoI
step and jump, won by F. Westney, 8
feet, Lincoln Rodan second; sack race
won by G. Rohrer, E. Morgan second
three legged race, won by Kerswell an
G. Thompson. Morgan and Toy seconc