The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-12

In only one OF the above was MedfOrd
successful, the first game with Mount
Holly. Better stick to the city clubs.
For long time the teams composed
of white and colored boys at Moorestown
have been indulging in wordy war as to
their respective strength. On Saturday
they got together and it was battle royal
of ten innings. The white team was sac
cessful. but the game ended disastrously
to one of its players. McCluskey, who
played third base for that team, took q
desperate chance in the tenth inning to
make the winning run. He succeeded,
but as he reached the home plate he col
lided with the catcher of the colored team
and broke his leg just below the knee.
In announcing the game between Mount
Holly and Medford the Marlton Record
said : 1t will be a great game, as each
team has been defeated by the other, and
this contest will decide who will be 1T"
And Mount Holly was 'IT" by large
majority, getting seven runs. while Med
ford was shut out, the second time in one
week and the second time by Mount Holly
Parker pitched for Mount Holly, and re
ago, when the Medford team was unable
to do anything with his speedy delivery
ESix hits were secured, but they did not
come at time when they would be of any
good On the other hand, Mount Holly
touched up Foster for II hits. Sunny"
jenkins was again on third base for Med
ford, but his sunny" expression became
somewhat shadowy as he failed to do any
thing of great moment for his team, and
before the game ended he looked as if he
wished he were playing on the winning
side. In addition to getting but one hit
he made one of the two errors charged to
Medford. Kettler, formerly of Riverside.
covered second base for the home team,
and made three hits.
Base ball has stirred things up in Penn
berton for sure. One of the most enthusi-
astic hackers of the Pemberton club was
Thomas Budd, Philadelphia banker,
better known to the sporting fraternity as
Tom" He has always taken a great in
terest in the club and its games and has
always been in evidence at every contest
When the last game with New Egypt was
played on the Pemberton grounds, re-
sulting disastrously to the home club,
Tom said he would have the next game
regardless of expense. The story goes
that Dan Bussom. of New Egypt, heard
the remark and thought there might be
some doubt as to who would be the victor,
and so firm was he in that idea that he was
ready to back it with cash. Tom offered
to bet 800 that Pemberton would win,
Ruc lal
men deposited checks for $50 as forfeits
The time for the game drew near and
New Egypt refused to play because Penn
berton had securedt he colored Giants as
their team. Budd claimed the forfeit,
but the stakeholder declared the bet a
draw and returned to Bussom his check
This did not suit Budd, however, and he
entered objections so strenuously that the
stakeholder went to the post office and
withdrew his letter containing the check
He now holds the money and says the
courts will have to decide the point
| transporting fraternity say the bet is of,
but even if 1t is not they say Budd has no
| claim to the forfeit, as he made the bet
which was that Pemberton should win
No game took place, consequently the
team did not win.
But that does not end it. Budd has
been on the committee to engage players,
and while there have been two other men,
bers he seems to have been allowed to run
things. There was some sort of an erup-
ton with Ayres, the catcher, who was not
allowed to catch in the Philadelphia Giant
game, and the result was dispute within
the lines, and Budd rendered his resig-
nation as member of the committee. The
club decided not to accept, but whether
this decision was final is not known. One
thing is certain, the club did not go to the
bow-wows, for it has game scheduled
with Mount lilly on Thursday afternoon.