The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-03-30
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According to the schedule anDounc-
ed by the Kingsley school of Essex
Fells, that school opens it's baseball
season with the Morristown school on
April II on the latter's diamond.
Richards, who played third base for
the Parksides the latter part of last
season will again cover that difficult
corner the coming season.
Eddie Barrett and Mike McLaugh-
lin, former Orange Valley players. are
having a try-out with the Macon, Ca,
team of the South Atlantic league.
They played against the New York
Americans last week.
Work on the new grounds on Speed
well avenue are progressing rapidly.
The diamond has been plowed and
narrowed and will be rolled this week.
Red Higgins has signed to play
left field for the Alerts.
The high school base bah team will
meet the freshman team of that school
Friday afternoon. On Saturday they
will try conclusions with the Jersey
f. G.
Bayley school eighth grade has or
ganized base ball team with Paul
Burke, captain and Raymond Clan
vile, manager. The battery will be
Paul Burke, catcher. John Marley,
pitcher.
Harrison DeMott has won a position
as pitcher on the Lafayette college
nine. William DeMott, his brother,
is also on the Lafayette squad. being
one of the catchers retained.
The Alert Social club of Madison
has organized baseball team for the
coming season. J. B. McGrath was
elected manager and Joseph V. Keat-
ing, assistant manager.
/ Billy Watts, the Parkside player,
pitched for the University of Pennsyl-
vania first team last Saturday against
the New York University and easily
won his game by the score of Ia to 2
Billy allowed only four hits.
Robert 'Hillock played left field fol
The Seton Hall college team last Sat
urday against the Valisburg A. G.
Bob" made good by securing a hit
and scoring one run.
Jacobus, who played left field for the
Parksides last season was 10 town
Saturday evening and accepted terms
with Manager Lyons to play the same
/ position again this season.
/ Manager Roache, of the Alerts, has
! booked three games each with the
Cleveland A. G. and the New Vernon
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With Laird Barkalow as captain and
Philip MacGall as manager the boys
of the eighth grade of the Maple ave-
nue. grammar school have organized a
base ball team.
4 Athletics In the high school are
looking brighter than ever before dur
ling the past few years. The candi-
dates for positions on the base ball
team are having trying out and a
great deal of unsupported good mater
ial has been discovered among the
boys Of the school.
i Manager Holland has arranged a
game with the high school freshmen,
who are organizing what promises to
be a fast team, for April 2, and is also
arranging games with other school
j teams.
/ BY the kindness of the manager OF
the Parkside team the boys are being
allowed to practice on the Budd street
field.
Captain and manager Veidt of the
track team is arranging the candi.
dates for that team and they will
/ probably be given trial soon.
]. B. Brine, representing A. g. Spauld
ing Bros. visited the Morris Academy
last eek and took the measurements Of
the boys for their base ball suits. The
suits will be of pearl gray, jerseys anc
stockings navy blue, and caps with
navy blue block MA on the fronts
piece. The managers of the Morris
town Field club have again given the
team the use Of their grounds and
some interesting games are ahtici
pated.
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