The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-28
Sporting.

The Mount Holly base ball club went
to Indian Mills, on Thursday, only to
be defeated. Score II to 4.
! smithville and picked nine from
Mount Holly crossed bats at the Fair
Ground on Saturday morning. The home
team went down-16 to 8.
Bofnger, the Riverside wheelman, who
created sensation at Riverton by his
fast riding, has entered several races at
that place on Saturday and he win make
the contests extremely lively.
The Philadelphia and Reading Athletic
Association came to Mount Holly on Sat
urday to play base ball, and gave the
home team a sharp tussle, beating our
boys to the tune of u to II.
When the Medford base ball club came
to Mount Holly a few weeks since, the
home team sent the visitors home badly
beaten. On Friday, the Mount Holly
boyslwent to Medford full of confidence in
their ability to repeat the dose, but the
tables were turned and they came home
whipped, the score being IA to 2.
Merton Summer and Moorestown crick-
ct clubs played at the Merton grounds at
Haverford Saturday. The home team
won handily by a score Of 1913 to 81. C.
Rhodes and W. Morice, of Merton, each
succeeded in making half a century,
while c. Smith, S. Yarnall and A. S.
Richie were the orly visitors to secure
double figures.
The Riverton Athletic Association has
secured special train for the Labor Day
races on September LIST, to leave Market
Street Ferry at two O'Clock. There will
be special accommodations for cyclers and
their wheels. The train will remain at
the grounds until after the races. Fare
Csc. round trip. The events will be: A
l mile novice; / mile lap race mile, $50
class +; l mile, 240 class l mile handicap
mile handicap; mile handicap. The
FIVE mile handicaps are separate races and
separate prizes will be given for each race.
Bofnger the New York flyer, will be
there. Prompt and good racing is char
acteiistic Of the Riverton Athletic Asso
ciation The electric lights will be tested
this week and night racing will be an
nounced later on. The Board Of Govern
ors is having plans made for $4,000 Club
House at the tape. The second floor will
have all conveniences for the ladies. The
first floor, for contestants, will also be
model OF convenience.
The Riverton challenge plate for live
pigeon shooting was again won on Thurs
day by Robert S. WEIGH, his opponent
this time being Leonard Finletter. WEIGH
won by one bird, the score BEND 80 to 81.
The match was won on the Riverton Gun
Club grounds and proved to be. the most
exciting of all the contests for the famous
prize. Welch won, but it was not within
the lead, after having trsiled along be-
hind for nearly nine-tenths of the time.
Finletter shot well from the start, and
when WEIGH encountered ugly birds and
he took the lead. He killed straight for
/ ty-six, but after that his work was much
more uncertain, and as WEIGH settled
down and did grand work, he gradually
overhauled his youthful antagonist. 1t
was grand contest of skill, and the ex-
perience of WEIGH turned the tide in his
favor.
At the eighty-third bird he tied the
score and this seemed to dishearten Fin
letter, who missed again at So and SO,
giving Welch a lead of two at ninety
The latter lost couple in the last ten
but Finletter let an easy one get away
and was hopelessly lost.
This was the eighth contest for the
plate and WEIGH now has FIVE victories to
his credit against two for George Work
and one for Fred Hoey. 1t was the sixth
time also that the prize was won by a
single bird.