The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-25
Saturday. None of the clubs that will

Saturday. None of the clubs that will
play then have met before this season.
Sine did about as well in right field OF
Wednesday as could be expected, owing
to the roughness of the ground there.
Carfrey played at Burlington, on satur-
day, under the name Of Chapman. What
was the reason Was he ashamed of him
self?
The cranks were pleased to see Denness
back on the team. He covered first bag
in good style on Saturday, and raped out
double and single
Bordentown is the only town in the
League where the spectators are permitted
to go on the field and argue with the UNI
pire. 1t is bad practice.
Hall played third base temporarily on
Saturday. Kunkle, Philadelphia anna
teur, of considerable ability, is expected
to cover the bag hereafter
Merchantville defeated Moorestown on
Saturday 81 to 5. Clements, formerly of
the Philadelphia league club, did the
catching for Merchantville
Willis worked hard in the ninth inning
to stop the hitting, but it was unavailing.
He used SO much speed that he made three
wild pitches, which were costly.
Thackara and Carfrey tried to create
dissension among the Mount Holly play
ers on Saturday, but it wouldn't work.
The boys are getting familiar with their
tactics.
The Burlington Gazette thinks mount
Holly will now have its photograph taken
again" Sure, if for nothing else than to
have the picture without the faces of
Thackara and Carfrey.
White Hills chance of winning the
pennant will depend largely upon the out
come of its series of three games with
Mount Holly, the first of which takes
place at the fair ground next Saturday.
The Philadelphia club is crippled owing
to several players being injured They
are in need of second baseman and are
negotiating with Harry Gleason, of the
Mount Holly team, to fill that position.
The Cuban X Giants won an easy vic
tory from the Pennsylvania Railroad club
on Saturday, the score being 16 to 3. Ker
vim and Magee occupied the box for P. R.
R. and were touched for 10 hits while 10
were made off Nelson
White Hill, which is considered by some
to be the strongest club in the league,
will play Mount Holly at the fair ground
on Saturday next at $3.50. It will be the
first time the clubs ever faced each other.
That it will be close and exciting game
goes without saying.
The Cuban x Giants defeated Mount
Holly at the fair ground on Wednesday in
an exciting game. A number of fast
plays were made by both teams. The
pitching of Robinson and Wilson was ex-
cellent, three hits being made of the for
mer and seven off Wilson.
We all bow in meek humility to the
wisdom, foresight and experience of the
Times base ball editor. There is no use
in denying that he has superior knowl-
edge of the game, and his utterances, even
if occasionally founded on misinformation,
must be admired for their profound depth
of meaning. Caspar Whitney isn't in it
any more.
While the base ball game was in progress
on the grounds of the Merchantville Field
Club on Saturday some one entered the
club house and rified the pockets of all
the clothing that was not locked in the
closets. The total sum lost by the players
was $72. The game was an exciting one,
and all interest was centered upon the
field. The theft was not discovered until
the players began to dress.
Some of the statements published re-
Gently about ball players have not only
been untrue, but were unfair and iniu- |
dicious. The most serious of these was
the one which stated that Wilson did not |
pitch in good form recently because he
had 'caroused all Friday night" 1t is
difficult to ascertain where the story orig
mated, but. of course, it was untrue, be-
cause Wilson is not one of the carousing
kind. On the contrary his conduct has
been exemplary, a fact which can easily
be ascertained by little inquiry in the
in which he resides in Phil
adelphia Very few of the rumors about
ball games and players are true. and writ
ers should exercise some common sense
before rushing every idle gossip into print.