The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-05-21
Base Ball.

The opening game of base ball was
played at Mount Holly, on Saturday, and
it was about as poor an exhibition as has
ever been seen here and it is to be hoped
it will not be duplicated this season. The
visitors were announced as the ''strong
amateur team, the Taylor, from Camden. :"
They were amateurs, all right They
went to pieces in the first inning and made
error after error until Mount Holly scored
six runs and should have been retired
with one. The second inning was a repe-
tition of the first and five runs resulted
After that, with the game practically set
| tied, the efforts of the home team were not
| exerted towards securing runs. The Tay-
Tors got two runs and the score
was 10 to g. There was a fair sized au-
dience present and there was general dis
appointment at the exhibition given. The
admission price was fixed at 25 cents.
Nobody Will object to handing out quar-
ter when good returns are made, but to
pay that sum to see poor contest, in ad
dition to being compelled to sit on the
grass, is not what it ought to be. Medford.
Burlington and other places, give a cover
ed seat for IS cents
The Mount Holly team had several old
faces on it. Dobbins covered first base in
his old time style and gave evidence of
not having forgotten how to hit. Logan
was on second base. He was heartily ap-
plauded when he went to bat. and landed a
two base hit in return. Billy Smith, Jack
Gillian and Amos Loveland were in the
field and captured whatever came their
way but did not have much work. Ran
dali, who was to have pitched, sent word
on Thursday that he had signed with Ger
mantown. Whitaker, the catcher, has
wide acquaintance in base ball circles, and
he brought Cahill with him. This man
is left-handed pitcher, and is said will
be able to hold out against any of the
heavy hitters who may appear against
him. Saturdays game was hardly tes
of what he will be able to do as he prac
tically had nothing opposing him.
, Randall pitched for Germantown, OF
Saturday, against the strong semi-profes
sional Athletics He held them down Il
, 8 hits, and the game lasted for ten innings
/ being won by the Athletics by the scor
of to l. In the tenth the visitors go
d three hits off Randall, which gave then
a the game.
o Fred Perkins did not play with Camden
on Saturday, owing to the death of hi
father.
The Grub team, of Beverly, had har
luck on Saturday, when it was shut on
by Carey, of Philadelphia, 2 to 0.
The Auburn team, of Philadelphia
: went to Riverton. on Saturday, and Wa
: beaten by the strong Athletics, of tbs
place, by the score of to 3.
Medford will open the season on Dect
= ration day with the strong Hermon clul
\ This team has been the visitor on Decori
~ ton day for the past three years and is
- drawing card.
d Burlington had sharp game with Sout
,e Philadelphia, on Saturday. Joe Foste
IN formerly of Medford. pitched for Burlinl
.g ton, and had II strike outs and held Il
BE opposing team down to three hits. tt
n score was to 0 in favor of Burlington.
as Moorestown High School and Friend
as High School, of the same place, played
of good game on Saturday, and the form
10 was successful-16 to H. This gives ea
lie team game and the third will soon
'plsYed.