The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-03
Rochester BY Gilt Edged All
Around Playing Won
Yesterday 5 Game.
PROVIDENCE BEAT MONTREAL
Rain Barred the Jerssy City
Toronto and N wark- Buf-
falo Matches.

| The Jersey City Toronto and the New
ark Buffalo games We're postponed yes
terday on account Of rain. Fans in both
the Jersey cities We're sorely disappoint-
ed. The weather all day up to the time
to start for the grounds was almost
ideal for baseball, but a sudden s1uall
come. out of the West and was followed
by heavy shower, accompanied BY
thunder and lightning. The disappoint-
ment was all the more keen on account
Of fhe present status Of affairs of both
Jersey clubs. The Skeeters had on
Thursday added another game to good
string Of successive victories, which re-
minded the local fans of the big streak
that won for them the pennant season
before last. The Newark fans are on
the anxious seat and in terrible state
of mind. The Sailors started off in the
early stage of the seasons contest in a
manner that ranked them at least as
high notchers. The old adage that
pride goeth before fall' has proved
especially true in their case.
They hooked with disdain upon the
patchesl-up team Of skeeters, whose IL
luck at tie start was tough, to say The
least. suddenly the Sailors were dumped
almost to the bottom Of che tobogsan
slide while the Skeeters are now batting
royalty with the champions for frat
place. The Sailors are beset. They've
/ got to fight and fight hard. to keep from
being relegated to the extreme rear Of the
last division They are at present up
against the strong Bisonss swAona,in des-
perate struggle, they succeeded Thurs
day in downing. But every thump in
the ribs they giEe the Bisons in the pres
ent series can only help 10 boost their
best hated rivals, the SkeAters, into first
place. They are certainly between "the
devil and the deep blue sea- and the
Newark fans are worried.
THE proud gold and black feathers of
the Orioles, too, are somewhat bedrag
gled Several coats Of whitewash re-
ceiyed in recent contests have added
weight and instead Of hoyering around
the top perch Of the first division they
yesterday dropped to the second division.
Ii was the Colts who kicked them out
and took their roosting place.
The tailenders of last year will have
to do some clever stunts to hold their
own, they've been playing good hall ever
since the season opened, and must be
reckoned with this season. They won
yesterdays game with the Birds BY
gilt-edged all-around playing. Leary
bested Mason IN the box. The Birds
scored their only run in the opening IN
ming. 1t was not until the sixth that
the Colts scored. hut the followed it up
with another in the seventh.
The scors by innings:
r. II. II.
Rochester -. 000001I 0O-2 Z 5
Baltimore -. 100000000-1 8 3
Batteries Leary and Steellnan; Mason
and Byers.
Rain threatened to stop the game be-
/ tween Montreal and Providence but it
/ only drizzled through six Of the nine
innings. The weather seemed TO favor
the Clamdiggers, bat Royalty conldn't
stand it. Ncps held The Royals down to
FIVE hits and LEROY struck out nine men.
The score BY innings:
R.H. f.
Providence -. 2200 x7 II 1
Montreal 80. 00G 5000 0--3 8 Z
Batteries Nops and Jaelslitseh; Lee
roy and Gibson.
! RESULTS YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Providence, Z; Montreal, 3.
Rochester, 2; Baltimore. y.
The Jersey city-Toronto and Newark
Buffalo games were postponed on ae-
count of rain.
STANDING or THE CLUBS.
Clubs. W. H. PC.
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