Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-14
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CONTROVERSY

Following r given the last state
ments from the s. Scheuer & Sons
and Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
store baseball teams relative to that
seyen-inning game they played last
Sunday morning.S@As these are the
third statements from each Of the
teams published, the NEWS must
cease to, continue to publish further
letters, for an almost endless chain
of communications would be likely.
We advise the teams to settle their
differences between themselves.
The Scheuer team contributes the
following:
Augustine, manager of the S.
Scheuer baseball team, is very sorry
that the A. &,P.1nine are so broken
hearted over their second defeat
that they received of s. Scheuer &
Sons Sunday morning, but it is too
bad that they have to take 1t as it is,
for there are but three or four there
who know how to play ball, while
the rest of them could not tell the
difference between a baseball game
and a football game; this being the
case with Mr.. Jorgensen, as he says
about Sundays game. 1t is true
that Augustine did not pitch a good
game. as he was wild, but that was
only to give the A. & P. nine a little
nerve or they would have quit long
before the seventh inning. That Is
why they tok such a big head at the,
start of the game, but after the third
Augustine got settled down and
there was no more scoring done un-
til they took the lead in the seventh
inning; then they put up H. Apple
gate, Of the Franklin B. B. Club, to
bat for one of their players. / ap-
pealedNto their manager and he said
1t was the last inning and he could
put up whoever he felt like, but as
l said to get m of their own play
ers they seqpld not, see into 1t so
finally we let him bat. He made
good with a hit and then got all the
way home by a wild throw. Then all
of the A. e P. players and clerks
yelled for another merry-go-round,
but l steadied down and struck out
the next two b~atters, while the third
hit slow ~rollerEto Mr.. Kidd and
that was the end, of the game. Their
star catcher and shortstop started
for home. Our players, proud of
their victory and in a hurry they
went to get the 1880 car for an
out-of-town game in the afternoon
nearer home, thus passing the sad
players of the "A. & P. Here an
other argument started when all the
players took Off their coats and call
ed back their players when they
were a good ways from the ball
grounds and wanted to play the
other two innings In the meantime
our players had already reached
Market street and I was the only
one Left wifo afterwards went right
home with the umpire that was sent
in by C. Holmes and G. Petersen.
and not by the Scheuer nine; so Mr..
J~orgensen didn't see the umpire at
all, who, he says, gave them the
game. Now, 80 far as that strike
out record for Augustine is concern
ed, we must excuse Mr.. Jorgensen,
who works late Saturday night and
is not used to getting up early Sun
day morning and could not see
without a pair of glasses. These he
did not have and his eyesight was
bad, for they put in four outsiders
and had five strikeouts on them,
while the five OF the A. & P. nine
each hit the air twice. and If nine of
their men are In THE next game we
will put up another SIS that he can
strike out fifteen of their men. So
it is all up to them. Let them put
up any amount from $40 to $50 and
the next game is on. Thanking you,
~' Viva -~@N J.. AUGUSTINE,
Mgr. S. Scheuer & Sons B. B. Team.
A. & p. Letter.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific team
has this to say.
Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS:
We wish tor thank you very much
for printing the truth for us In last
nights paper. BY the way, Scheuer
seems to be very anxious for an
other game. or perhaps, 1t Is the
ten" they would rather have. Well,
they need not fear for first, we are
not a gambling set; second, we don't
want their money; third, we know
that when a square deal is impossi-
BILE in a game for %sociability and
sport, it Is beyond ell comprehen-
sion in a game where money is con-
cerned. They stated in yesterdays
paper hal Manager Augustine and
Captain S, M. Jacobsen held out for
fifteen -strikeouts for Augustine.
Well, that IS Augustine's own story,
as Captain, Jacobsen, was not present
at the game. We have the proofs
in black and white concerning strike
outs and any time they want them
published we will willingly do so
with your aid.
Thankipg. you for past and future
favors, we remain,
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACI-
FIG TEA co. p. B. TEAM.