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them over;
You had the Burr Boys up in the air.
Your ''ins" and ssouts" and drop balls
put ''phe News team in clover;
AS a pitcher you're 'peacher,e Willie
Fitzsimmons.
With the nerve of Roman gladiators
''The News baseball team, under Cap
tain Charles McDevitt, wendedl its way
to far-off Ridgewood on Saturday last
and with much greater ease than the
score indicates took the measure of the
Burr Printing Company team in the
second game of the series for the print
ing house championship Of Greater New
York and vicinity, making the series
even at one game each, the Burr boys,
with the assistance Of Umpire McGregor
and Manager Hurley, taking the first
game by the score of 10 to 10. Satur-
days exhibition was far superior to the.
previous game from every point, and it
would necessitate ones presence at the
game in order to appreciate with what
ease the Jerseymen came out victors.
Captain MeDevitt made change in his
lineup, which proved most beneficial,
by sending Clarke to right field, cover
ing the initial station in fawless fashion
himself, and putting "Willie" FHtzsim-
| mons, the versatile little manager of
''rhe News circulation department, in
the box, Jimmie Anderson, of the me
chanical department of 'gThe News"
taking care of the short pasture.
The Burr team was also materially
changed by the addition Of few ring
! ers.T but nothing short of tbe New York
Giants could head OF the McDs'ittites
in their game. Fitzsimmons was the
bright particular star Of the game, hold
| ing the Burr team down to six hits, strik
ing out six men and passing but one.
There was but one bad inning--the
| fourth-when with three hits, a base on
| balls and two errors gave the opposing
team FIVE runs. The Burrs' first tally
| came in the third ON q rank decision of
Dick Brady, the umpire selected by
| the Jerseymen, the runner being caught
about two feet from the plate. Mr.. Nc
Gregor incurred the displeasure of the
crowd in the fifth inning by calling Clark
| out at FIRST on q hit to centre, which
was returned to first far too late to catch
| the batsman, and he was warned that
| repetition might result fatally. He was
| also trife off on balls and strikes, but
the improvement over his previous per-
formance was so marked that he was al
| lowed to get away with q few bard
names and hard looks.
| The al-around playing of ''1she News
representatives was almost perfect. the
three errors charged against them being
excusable owing to the condition of the
grounds, which resembled 'sBumping the
Bumps at Coney Island.
The fielding of the Burr Heuse team
was also deserving of comment. with
/ the exception of Hoffman, the third-base-
man, who managed to let everything
/ good and bad-get through him. and his
playing in the field was only excelled by
4 his performance at the bat. where he
/ distinguished himself with strike-out
| each time up. flaming who played633b
| each time up. Sander, who played CEN
tre field, brought the crowd to its feet
in the fourth inning when. with the
/ stations occupied, he caught McDevitt's
drive after q long, hard run. 1t was a
most remarkable play and saved four
runs, as the hit was intended as q four
timer. Clarke, for the News team,
equalled this performance in the sixth,
when he took long hit to right after a
hard run. The bases IN this case. now
ever, were unoccupied.
| Play was called in the seventh, owing
to the loss Of two balls BY Jack Saib.
He was the first man up in the seventh
and he hit long foul that sailed over
the fence Of the Ridgewood ball grounds,
and he caught the next ball and sent it
on tor, Of row Of houses in deep right
field. This, too. was declared foul By
Umpire McGregor, although the general
impression was that the ball had struck
At least tive fsetJnsida the foul line.
After the game both teams visited Ehe
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