Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-14
LOCALS LOSE
A CLOSE GAME
Amsterdam Nine Won by Score
Of 5 TO 4-SeveraI Acct
dents Interfere.

After a game full of errors and
some bad judgment on the part of the
umpire, the Amsterdam baseball team
of New York succeeded in defeating
the crack team of the Perth Amboy
Amusement Company at Amusement
Park yesterday afternoon to the tune
of 4 to s.. Chilcott, of the local team
was not in the game, as he broke his
arm, just before the game Started.
1t was thought that Cox would have
to get out of the game also, as he re-
ceived a hard whack on the top of his
head from a spent ball, out he stuck
it out. Piel, short stop of the visit
ors, was slightly injured by being
run down by another player of the
same team.
While the local team was at prac
tice in the field, just before the game
| started, a ball was thrown in the air.
Chilcott, the short stop, ran for 1t
and caught 1t. He was running back
wards when he stumbled and fell. He
did moi get up and the players began
to taunt him for fooling. They then
discovered that he was injured. He
was assisted to a car and taken to
the office of DR.. Frank Henry, of
| State street. The doctor told a
NEWS reporter that the arm was
broken at the elbow. 1t is not ex-
pected that he will be able to enter
the game this season.
The game started at $3.50 o'clock.
In the first two innings neither side
scored, but in the third inning Muir
ply of the visitors, made a hit and
a man came in, In the fourth in
ming things were slow. In the fifth
inning they warmed up considerably
and Murphy again brought in a man.
In this inning Bennett, of the local
team, hit the ball and sent 1t flying
with the result that two men were
brought home. Almost every time
the ball went down the diamond to-
ward the fence the umpire would
call a foul. This. with a number of
lother decisions. asgot the visitors
/ wrought up to a Nigh pitch and for
"a time 1t looked as If something
would happen to the umpire, but the
cool judgment of the managers pre-
vented trouble. I'D Il
Because of the Injury to Chilcott,
Cox, who was playing short stop, was
changed from first base. He was hit
on the head in the second inning and
.nearly put out Of the game. He was
lat the bat ready TO receive a ball
from the pitcher when the man on
second base threw a ball. 1t caught
Cox on the top of the head. A num-
Der of players ran to his assistance
and after some rubbing he was able
to play again.
q In the sixth inning Amboy got in a
run and the score was 8 to 2 in favor
of the local team. In the seventh
and eighth innings the visitors scor-
ed two hits while Amboy failed to get
any. The score was then changed TO
4-3 in favor of the visitors. In the
last inning each side brought in q
man and the score was changed to
Sd in favor of the Amsterdams.
When the visitors arrived here
they were short Piel, who plays short
stop and a sub was put in. After a
time Piel arrived. He did some neat
work. While trying to catch a fly he
ran foul of another player and was
down and out for a short time, but
was able to resume the game.
The score by innings was as fol-
lows:
Visitors 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1-5
P. A. .....O 0 0 0 2 l 0 0 IA
The umpire was Denny Cleary.
The lineup was as follows:
Amsterdam-Murphy, 3D.; Nc
Cabe, c.; Wallace, 2b.; D%onohue, 1b.;
Stapleton, CT; Devins, If; Wagner,
r.f.; Piel, SIS; Keefe, C.
Perth Amboy-Justice, h.; Bennett,
3b.; Cox, SIS; O'Neill. L.; brennan.
CT; Matthews, r.f.; McCune, C.; Do
vey, p; Woolston, 2b.