The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
SPORTS and
SPORTsMEN
Some Good Things Are Pre-
scented on the Local
Baseball Field.
BERGEN POINT GAMES
Strong Riders Will Compete
in the 25-Mile Race on the
Boulevard-Othe
Events.
BERGEN POINT GAMES

On the~ Johnston avenue ground, tomor-
row the All Cubans will make their frse
appearance in this city, and will play ehs
Jerseys. III,
This will be a novelty here, ana VIII
M aol,bt be amusing to the crowd at
LAFAYETTE. The Cubans whenever they
gat . r,inne on the bases, almost turn
themselves inside out in an effort to get
him around. The whole min becomes M
terested, and the umpire has ms troupie
in trying to restrain the coaching 70 lne
required number. Arlie Latham, When
in his prime, was not in it with the Frals
or Rodriguez of the Cuban a~ggregatloh,
who can make more noise on the coacn-
ing line than a half dozen Americans
The victory tomorrow is almost assured
for the Cubans, with Rodriguez ana gum
Zero. the famous battery, in working Or
der. Rodriguez has remarkable speed
and has led the Cuban National League
pitchers for four years. Quintero neid
the same honor among the catchers. lie
Is an accurate thrower to bases, ana
makes it almost impossible for a runner
to steal. The Jerseys were SO badly
beaten last week, they will try to guard
against another defeat tomorrow Roch-
ellie. who was hit so hard by the Fleisch7
man team, has been released, and Nc
Partland of the Newark Atlantic League
team win be in his place tomorrow. me
usual preliminary contest will also be
given.
The fourth game in the series between
the Hoboken and P~oughkeepsie Clubs will
ne played tomorrow afternoon on the st.
George Cricket Ground. Last Sunday the
West New York Field Gu were taken
into camp by the Poughkeepsies- which
gives an Indication of the game that the
Hobokens will have to adopt to win. The
team has lots of confidence, however, and
as they hit Norton. the e~x-league pitcher.
pretty hard at his last visit in Hoboken.
he will have to hand in some new curves
10 keep the Hobokens' batting average
baHow the limit. The Poughkeepsie play
ers are always accompanied by a band of
several hundred rooters to help along
when it comes to a close corner. They
always make it lively and ado greatly to
the principal features in the game. The
Hobokens have Maher and MeGaey on
the team now. They formerly played
with Poughkeepsie when the team played
6IOA@AACs dllu IL VIII ne Lit
first time tomorrow that they have OPP
posed their former associates. They can
be expected to work just as hard TO de-
feat the team as they heretofore have to
help along the victory. The Hudson A. c.
-MIlRlay the preliminary game.
Rockford has been engaged BIZ the
Gable Athletic Club to do the pitching
for them in the game next Monday
afternoon with the Jersey Citys at West
Enc Field and is ambitious to repeat the
trick he accomplished on Aug. 10. Terry,
who played for the locals, has been dis
pensed with, owing to his Door work in
the past couple of games, and the Jersey
Sltys Will have a man in the box who will
make things mighty warm for the Horse
shoe players. The latter will have its
strongest team on the field and will en-
deavor to even matters for the defeat by
the Jersey Citys early in the season. Sew
eral players from the noted Marions Of
Perth Amboy will be seen in the uniform
of the Gables. The Jersey Citys will also
have a few new players and the game
promises to furnish an abundance of ex-
citing amusement. Game VIII be called
promptly at 345 o'clock. The grounds are
easily reached from the Boulevard and
the Summit avenue. Court House and
Turnpike trolley cars.
At the Niles Avenue grounds tomorrow
the West New York Field Club will play
the Port Jervis Club. The New York
State team is a fast one and has never
played in this vicinity. Foster will pitch
for the West New Yorks and Tierney,
formerly of the famous Fordham College
team for Port Jervis. Tim Hurst will
umpire the game.