Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-03
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CUBAN STARS.
A nusement Company Prepared
10 Open the Baseball Season
With a Biz Attendance.

Manager Hughes, OIL the I. NJ. y.
A. baseball team, of Trenton, which
as told in the NEWS, is to play heAs
this season under the colors of the
Perth Amboy Amusement Company.
has about completed plans for the
opening game with the Cuban Stars,
which will take place Sunday after
noon at the Amusement Company
grounds, and the fans can rest as
sured that they will be treated to a
game well worth seeing.
The, Cuban Stars, with a few ex-
ceptions, is the Fee club that has
inst won the championship of the
Cuban National League. They will
play the second game in this country
on the Perth Amboy Field Sunday.
This team has been sought after by
nearly every manager in the business
for games in America. Manager
Hughes was the first to secure them.
They are now booked for the entire
season of 1906.
The Perth Amboy team has become
l. member of the Interstate Baseball
Managers Association and the man
agement a therefore promise the
local fans the best baseball that Perth
: Amboy has ever had as this organ
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clubs and only allow their clubs to
play with members of the association.
Mr.. Hughes has a complete schedule
arranged with the best teams in the
country,
The Perth Amboy team will be
made up as follows: McCune, whom
Manager Connie Mack tried to sign
this season, catcher; Dovey, last sea-
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League and later with Mt Carmel,
pitcher; Justice and Cox, of last sea-
sons home team, have been retained
cover the initial sack with Cox on
second. Bennett, the clever little
south paw third baseman, who has
played this position on the Trenton
Y. M. C. A. for a number of years,
will take care of this position. Short
stop will be taken care of by Chill
colt, of Philadelphia. Last season
he was with Mt. Carmel and he will
summer. O'Neill, who was with
Dovey and Chilcott in Mt. Carmel
last season, will take care of left
freely when anything goes on his di-
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sure hitter. Drennen, who will play
center field, is probably the hardest
hitter on the team. Right field will
be covered by Matthews, who won a
sDecial prize last season for extra
base hits in the Delaware Valley
league, and by Ray Egner, the boy
wonder of Trenton. Egner is known
as a pitcher wherever a baseball is
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by nearly all major and minor league
but has a good position in
Trenton and prefers to stay there,
where he pitches for the Roebling
team Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Egner will be on hand to relieve
Dewey, if necessary. Eddie Wool
ston, who played last season on an
Ohio team, has been secured as a
utility man.
The Cuban Stars batting order is
as follows: Marzans, left field; Hid.
alog, center field; Almeyda, third
base; Cabrera, short stop; Prats, frs
base; Hernandez, second base; Mac
inera, catcher; Borges, right field
Medina, pitcher; Rodriguez, pitcher;
Gonzales, pitcher.
The Perth Amboy batting order
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third base; Cox, second base; O'Neill
left field; Chilcott, short stop; Dren'
nan, centre field; Egner or Matthews
right field; McCune, catcher; Dewey
pitcher; Woolston, extra.
Denny Cleary, an official umpire
OF the Delaware Valley League, will
handle the indicator.
The local field has been gone over
and is in good condition. Everything
IS ready for the opening Sunday and
If the clerk of the weather ~dispensary
can find it in his heart to be pleasant
for one afternoon, Manager Hughes
and the followers of the team will be
deeply grateful. Considerable inter
est is conferred In the appearance OF
the Trenton team in Amboy and they
will be given a hearty ovation. They
will be uniformed in pretty white
suits with black letters and white
double breasted coats with pearl but
tons and red trimmings. Every
thing points to grand success on the
opening day.