The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-07
GAMES OF BASEBALL
Many Encounters on the
Diamond Decided
Yesterday.
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ATHLETES
A Successful Meeting at Baldwin
Park-0pening of the Cricket
season-Trotting at West
Side Track.
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ATHLETES

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yesterday. Games We're plentiful every
where inc they had their pick from in
teresting struggles between amateurs and
professionals. OF the latter the attrac-
tons were excellent in this county. At
Hoboken over 1000 people visited St.
George Cricket grounds to witness the
match between the Hobokens and crack
B-ridgeports of the Connecticut State
League. 1t was a red hot contest and
ended in a victory for the Connecticut
team. Both teams played good ball, but
the Bridgeports excelled in hitting and
fielding and won out after the home team
had gained the lead. The visitors made
three run in the second inning and until
the sixth no other scoring was done. The
Hobokens fell upon Streck's curves in
his inning and batted out four runs
which put them one ahead. The visitors
tied the Score in the seventh and won out
with a single in the eighth. The Hobo
kens were able to score in the one
inning only. In batting the B~ridgaports
made eleven hits to seven for Hoboken,
and in errors the record was five to three
in favor of Hoboken. The score:-
Hoboken. $500. 80 0 0 0 GA
Br%idgeports.. 20 0 o 0 0 1..S
Batteries-Magee and Burke; Steck and
O'Rourke.
At C~ommunipaw yesterday St. Peters
College won an interesting game from
the New Jersey A. c. by timely batting
in the seventh inning, which placed them
in the a for the first time during. the
contest The fielding was about alike,
both CLUBS making several bad errors,
third inning for three runs, but after that
their batting was more limited and they
failed to count more than a single in one
& + Peters &. c .:.S 8 / I 9 -
Batteries-Grifin and McCareher; Dunn
and Daily. Hits, ST. Peters,, g.; errors, 6.
Hits, New Jersey A. c., 6; errors, Z.
At W~eehawken yesterday the Oak Ath-
letic Club was badly beaten by. the st.
the winning team did some heavy bat
ting. In every inning but two they piled
up the runs: The Oaks had poor success
with the stick. The score
s. Anthony a: Gi;: 4. al ! : : 3 : 9 8 8 81. rs
Batteries-Rieke. Rogers and McGlory;
Foley and Blood. Hits,-Oaks, 6; st. An
thony, 20. Errors-Oaks, Z; ST. An
thony, 3.
A hard game was played by the Brigh-
caucus, which ended in a victory for the
Ironsides. Deegon pitched good ball and
the Brightons had trouble to locate the
bail. The score:-
Brighton A c.-..e 9 o9aSo 9 2-s
Batteries-Linzey and Jackets; Deegan
ond O'Neil. Hits-Brighton, A: Ironside,
10. Errors, Brighton, Z; Ironside, 8.
The West New York Field Ii was
defeated yesterday by the Cuban Giants
after an interesting game which attracted
over 1920 spectators. The Cubans had no
difficulty III hitting Kid Casey and made
IA hits off his delivery. The West New
Yorks failed to score until the seventh,
when their only run was made. Score
West n. Y. F. CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 o.
Cuban Giants......0 0 100 1 1T
Batteries-Carsey and Lamar; Robinson
and Jordan. Hots-West New York, 8;
Cubars, IA. Errors-West New York, 8;
Cubans, l.
The Americas Athletic Club was de-
feated yesteday at Americas Park, West
Hoboken. by the Riverside Field Club, of
New York, by heavy batting and sharp
fielding. Score
Riverside f. C....1 1 o 1-15
Americus A. Al / Iii
Bateries-Fijus and Freedberg; Hill and
Frank. Hits-Riverside, IS; Americas. Z.
Errors-Riverside, Q; Americas, A.