The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-27

Burlington and J. P Seward played
sharp game on Saturday in which the for
mer was victorious by the score of to
Gilkeson, Mount HolIy's right fielder
| got three of the five hits on Saturday
This young man is valuable ACQUISITION
to the team.
The Florence base ball club has dis
banded, and closes the season with $50 il
the treasury The members are about tt
form an athletic association
The Bordentown team will come by tn,
cars next Saturday, and the game will be
gin at three o'clock Ladies will be ad
mitted to the grounds free.
Bruce and Steelman will be Mount
Hollys battery on Saturday. Borden
town will have Cook for pitcher, with
either Warner or Phillips as catcher.
Next Saturday there will be battle
royal at the fair grounds, when Borden
town will again meet Mount Holly. Bor-
dentown will come strengthened for vic
tory. Gregory, who made such a splendid
catch in centre field, is teaching school in
Boston, but will come home for the game.
Mount Holly will play the same team it
had on Saturday, with possibly one ex-
ception
On Friday morning the manager of the
Mount Holly team received letter from
| Gleason, in which the latter said he had
an offer from Richmond and could not
play here unless his salary was increased.
He was at once notified that he might go
with Richmond but the scores of Satur-
days games do not show that he PLAYED
anywhere. Gleason overreached himself
that time
Mr.. Holzbaur, manager of the Borden
town team, is loud in his praise of the re-
ception given him here Never treated
better anywhere, he says, "and the UNI
piring was excellent" Mr.. Holzbaur was
offered the privilege of the double UNI
pire system for next Saturday. Il do not
want it, he answered; Mr.. Troth is
good enough for us. This testimonial is
respectfully referred to the sporting edi-
tor of the Philadelphia Times and the
'kickers'' on the Pennsylvania Bicycle
Club.
Those who went to the Fair Grounds on
Saturday to witness the game of base ball
between Bordentown and Mount Holly
were well repaid for their trouble The
contest was the most exciting ever seen
here. The game did not begin until after
o'clock, owing to the Bordentown club
being late. They drove down and met
with an accident on the road Bruce was
in the pitchers box for Mount Holly and
repeated his wonderful action of the pre-
vious Saturday. Fourteen of Borden
towns hitters fell victims to the Indians
curves and were struck out and he
caught one on fly ball after sharp run.
and threw two out-a total of II. Cook,
the Bordentown pitcher, struck out four
men, but he had admirable support, 10 of
Mount Holly's men dying at first base.
Bordentown made the first run in the
fourth inning. Frank Gregory lined
ball at Hall which hit the latter on the leg
and he was unable to handle it, Gregory
stole second on a close decision, and came
home on a hit by E. Gregory. In the
sixth swift ball was hit by Verga, who
fell down from the force of the hit. He
jumped up in dazed condition and did
not start. to run at once Bordentown's
shortstop made wild throw to first and
Verga reached second The Bordentown
club claimed that Verga was out for not
running, but the umpire declared other
wise. Verga was brought in by Gilke-
sons hit This ended the run getting.
The game was called at the end of the
eighth inning owing to darkness. The
score was as follows: