The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-07-15
.REEHOLDERS
KICK HARD
AND WIN
Trouble for Umpires When
City and County Fathers
Lock Horns on Diamond.

BY score of 10 to II the county gran
dads walloped the 'city dads Saturday
afternoon at Morris Park, where the Free
at playing ball for fun and charity. And
there was lashins of fun for the fifty
cent grandstunders. not only in the grass
rolling acts of the flelders when n high ball
or a liner came their way, but also in the
kicking of the hayseed victors. They be-
gan kicking In the first inning at the de-
cisions of Dolp Holzner who umpired for
the Aldermen, and kept II up TO the end
of the game Dolp, who tips the scales at
less than 400 pounds avoirdupois, had his
Falstafian bosom wrapped in blue jeans.
Charley Watson, who umpired for the
Freehoders, is not as heavy as Dolph. He
wore dainty suit OF white duck
County Supervisor John Otterbein and
three score Of the Court House bunch
gathered near third base and rooted for
the county nine. When the players of the
latter kicked and came in from their posts
to argue they all vent to Gran-par Otter
bein, who was arrayed In dishabile. Fred
Steck, who was in the box for the coun-
ties, was the first to kick because he
thought Dolph Holzner failed to call
strike on a batter. Gran'par Otterbein
for the city team, induced the haymakers
to return to their places. When, In the
sixth inning the counties scored eight runs
and had the game won, 1t was expected the
kicking would stop But 1t started again
with the opening of the seventh and last
Inning, when the clever work of little
Joe Wright, who twired the sphere for
the city nine, gave the county nine
goose egg. julie Meyer kicked and kicked
hard for the city side, and Little Joe
gave him n lift, especially in the second
half of the fifth inning.
"All this kicking Is a grandstand play
to give the f1fty-centers a run for their
money" said Fire Commissioner Eddie
Burke at the close Of the fifth inning,
"and to get little Joe Wright ratified"
And the hayseeds will kick in their
sleep tonight, for they've got the game
now,' said a veteran who played ball In
the days of the Eureka Irvington and
Atlantic clubs.
Up in the grandstand behind steel screens
were the wives. daughters, sisters, aunts
and mothers-in-law Of the players, with
other city bellies and sun-bronzed dairy
maids from the farm sections of the coun-
ty And there were city and county Of
ficials galore. County Counsel Elvin w.
Crane stood up behind the top row Of
| seats and swept the diamond with his
eagle eye. Director Michael Barry kept
tabs on the game in n, grandstand seat.
County Physician Dan Elliott ventured
on the edge OF the field but he didn't
butt into the line of county rooters. Al
derman william p. Martin came down
from his perch in the grandstand to the
field when he saw his colleagues going to
the wall in the sixth inning.
| Little Joe Wright wanted to lick all cre-
alton at the close OF the fifth inning, but
| the "city dads got Mike MCGOWAN and
big and jolly Corish, first baseman fol
the Aldermen, at work on him, and he
cooled down. But he lost his grip on tht
ball in the next inning. the sixth. wher
the haymakers rolled up score of egh
runs. You're off yer feet. joe" came
from the grandstand. 1t settled Joe, fol
he goose-egged the Otterbein nine In the
seventh inning. He then went to the bat
singled out, made the first bag, stole TO
! the second, where he danced TO and fro
| like a marionnette, worrying Pitcher
Steck, and the instant the latter threw
the ball Joe stole to third base. While
| Corsh was trying to go to second, Joe
ran like ferret from third over the home
plate after the ball passed Raunach.
Then the county nine put up re grande
kick" of the game.
They came in from their places and
united that the run didn't count because
the man at second was out. While the
wrangle was at its highest, Carish shout
ed. "Oh. but you Freeholders die hard.
AS the Freeholders were far ahead the
sally Of Corish restored good feeling. Joe
went back to second base. went to third on
]. A. Meyers hit, and came home when
VIII Reilly lined a ball to centre field
Joe was cheercd even by the opposing
nine and their rooters.
For the Aldermen Wright scored four
runs j. A. Meyer and Reilly one each,
ID. C. Meyer three, Laughlln one and John
Mann three. a total of H..
For the Freeholders Emmett Quinn
made three runs, Baunach two, Althen
three Joe Kenny two both Of them
homers: Steck. George Anthem and John
King one each. total Of 10 runs.
But the men on both sides who didn't
score did clever plays. Though they were
left on bases their timely hits sent others
over the plate.
The lineup of the teams was as follows:
FREEHOLDERS. ALDERMEN
Quinn, 1b. Wright %.
Baunach, c. Corish. 1b.
Kenny, 2b. Reilly. 2b.
King .. MCGOWAN, C.
Mcbride, 3b. Il. G. Meyer. 3b.
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