The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-23
Base Ball.

The Continental Field Club will play at
Lumberton next Saturday.
Mount Holly is going to Delanco on
Saturday to play return game.
Medford and Vincentown will meet at
the former place on Saturday. This will
be game worth driving six miles to see.
Having recovered from their streak of
poor playing, the Continental Field Club
went to Pemberton, on Saturday and de-
feated their opponents by the score of 8
to A. Cain made quite record by strik-
ing out seventeen men. There were ex-
citing plays all through the game.
Harry K. Hand. of Mount Holly. men,
Der at the Ware Brothers Base Ball Club,
stands first in the batting average of the
printers" base ball league, of Philadel-
phia. His club, by winning on Saturday,
stands first in the list. The Ware Brothers
team will play with the Mount Holly Field
Club later In the season
There were two very exciting game of
base ball in this county Saturday after
noon. In very long game 1t required
seventeen innings for Bordentown to de
feat Bristol, the score being to 2. 1t re-
quired twelve innings for Delanco to de-
feat Psulsboro, the contest ended 6 to z.
The results of other county games follow:
Burlington 8, Florence 2; Annville 3, Pal
myra 2; Medford 8, West End 0; Moores-
Y. NJ. G. A, 7, Gloucester 4; Palmyra
Field Club A, Delair Q; Fellowship 5, Bev-
erly 2; West End A. A. 6, Vincentown 8.
Mount Holly won another game of base
ball on Saturday, when it had for its
opponents the strong Stratford team from
Philadelphia. The latter was the strong
est aggregation that has appeared here
this season and it looked for awhile as if
the home players would haye some trouble,
but they won easily by the score of to 8.
The Stratford team made six errors. while
Mount Holly had but one. Linton UNI
pired and gave but one decision that there
was any exception to. He called Mount
Holly player safe on first base, when the
runner was out by a foot. The decision did
not make any difference, however, as the
runner did not reach home. The visitors
say that Linton was. with this exception,
the fairest umpire they have been against
this season.
Edward R. Williams, of Riverton, who
is pitching ball for Tacoma club, writes
the following letter to THE News, under
date of June 10:
Knowing that you were at one time
connected quite prominently in base ball
circles, and thinking that you have not
relaxed your interest in the sport, and
that there are two Burlington county and
former Mount Holly players out here, l
beg to inform you of their success. l
came here early In April, being sent here
by the st. Louis Nationals, and so far
have been doing good work. l have
pitched in IL games, winning eight, which
shows that the Eastern man has some
chance in the West. We are leading the
league and have very fast team. We
were somewhat weak in the outfield, so l
recommended "Si' Perkins, your old star.
convincing the manager here that Perkins
was good man. He soon sent for him.
Since his arrival here Isl" has been quite
hero. The first game he played in he
displayed his ability by smashing out
home run, a double and a single, which
practically won the game His awkward
position at the bat pleases the fans, and it
looks as If ''Si" had big league style in
him yet.
''The clubs have been unable to play
for several days on account of heavy
snow storms, which is a frequent occur
renee out here, and both Perkins and my
self are suffering with sore arms as we
are not yet acclimated. Bob Black, your
old twirler, is umpiring in this league and
is considered the best umpire out here.
Black and Perkins wish to be remembered
to those who used to see them make the
circuit of the bases on the Mount Holly
diamond in the pennant winning days"