The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-15
PUGNACI0US FURITAUS
Another Lively Row in
Greenvi11e's Leading
Athletic Club.
N. J. a. c. ATHLETES AT CHICAGO.
Two More Bicycle Records Broken
at Springfeld-Base.
ball Notes.

The Puritan Athletic Club OF Green
vile have had another row. This time
the nine is disrupted. About all thers
was to the Puritan Club was its baseball
nine, only three of the team are Left Ia
the club: the others sent in their resigns-
tions. Among these 10 William Miller.
the second baseman or the club, VINO ID
as fine au amateur as ever covered that
bag. Horatio Nelson has also left them.
So has Robert jackson. the coloreu
pitcher.
The trouble grew ont of a question OF
where the afternoon game on Laoo Day
should be played.
The Morristown Athletic Club team
had arranged to play the Puritans on
the ~latter's grounds in the morning.
Thew arrived a little late aud lost the
game. They thought the hasty arrange
ments for play had something TO do with
their Door showing, and asked the Puri-
tans to play an afternoon game with
them. The Puritaus had already ar
ranged for an afternoon game with the
Niillamsburgh A. A. at Wlliiamsourgn.
however, and three OF the team, ITS
manager and some of the hackers wished
10 Hi lulS OdLEs 4hO OhAoA "a A0a $3.50
their friends were against this. aud
wished to play the Morristown team at
home.
The Williamsburgh team oncs dissp-
pointed the Puritans in the matter OF
playing a game, and these meu thought
it only fit treatment TO give them u taste
of their own medicine. They. therefore,
refused point blank TO go to Williams
burgh. When the remaining three
determined to fill their original date NJ
WiIliamsourgh. the striking six Journey
ed to Bergen Point aud watched the n.
J. A. Z. carnival OF sport.
There is no sign of the new breach
being patched up and some of the play
ers have applied for positions on other
teams. AS the baseball season Is now to
all practical purposes closed, there will
be few TURNER developments until next
spring.
It is probable that q new nine will grow
out of the affair next season. Ii IL does
the niue will most likely be stronger
than the Puritaus as the met who left
were the best players the Puritans had.
The single exception was the pitcher
Leonard Erhardt who still! remains with
the club. IL is doubtful. however. If
Erhardt will remain ii the breach is not
patched MP. Among those who LETT the
team are some of ErhardTs best friends
and ir will not be u hard matter TO induce
him to leave.
The matter has caused an unusual stir
among the club members, aud when the
situation is discussed ut the next meet
ing there will be war. Without u base
bali team the club cannot live, aud at
present it looks very much as though the
clup will be d~isbanded.
One prominent member. who does not
wish TO have his named mentioned, when
interviewed by a reporter Of The JERSEY
CITY NEWS last evening, said:-
1T looks very much as though our
crack baseball team will never be re-
organized. The players who left us de
clare that they Will never again don i
Puritan uniform and | believe they will
keep their word. What the club will d.
in tbs matter remains to be seen. l au
satisfied however. that no inducemen'
could be made that would bring the dis
satisfied players back to the tsam.'
the athletic club has q membership oil
over eighty n up to the time of til,
trouble was in q very prosperous con
dltion.