Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-27
HOW ATHLETICS.
WON THE CAME
Inning by Inning Story of
South River Loss.

That the Athletics are as strong
as any of the contenders for county
championship honors cannot be
doubted after the game played in
South River Sunday. 1t was the
regular lineup of the South Amboy
aggregation that faced the regular
nine of South River, which has been
playing such splendid ball the last
few weeks. The result of the game
was a complete surprise to all and
fandom from one end of the county
to the other haven't stopped talking
about the game, what it will mean,
and how 1t was done. AS many fans
have already requested us to relate
how the game was won, we are pub
fishing the detailed account of the
fray.
First inning-Keating drew a pass
but was caught mapping off the in
itial sack. Borlund whitfield. STRAIT
ton singled. Campion received a
hand from the grandstand and an
swered with a singing double which
spelled a run. Atkinson was easy
for Beatner and Mullen. One run.
Grimes sl1ied to Delaney. Higgins
caught Mullen's high fly. Harvey
flied to Heating. No runs.
Second inning-F. Delaney struck
out. Mcdonald flied to Harvey.
Higgins walked. G.. Delaney was
out, Ortleib to Mullen. No runs.
B~eatner singled. Seery sacrificed
to Campion. Borlund nipped Beat
ner stealing third. Miller struck out.
No runs.
Third inning-Keatner was easy
for Beatner and Mullen. Borlund
whitfield again, Stratton out, Ortleib
to Mullen. No runs.
Heighberger fouled to Borlund.
Armstrong struck out. Ortleib
singled. Grimes out, Stratton to
Campion. No runs.
Fourth inning-Campion doubled
again. Atkinson singled to center,
sending Campion to third. Stratton
running for Atkinson pulled off a
delayed steal which got Campion out
at third. F. Delaney singled to cen
ter, scoring Stratton. Delaney got
all the way to third on poor throws.
Mcdonald grounded to Beatner, who
got Delaney at the plate. Higgins
flied to Beatner. One run.
Mullen reached first on Keating's
error. Harney's attempted sacrifice
went for a fly to Borlund, who quick
ly snapped the pellet to Campion,
doubling Mullen. Beatner again
singled. Seery flied out to Higgins.
No runs.
Fifth inning-G. Delaney famed.
Heating flied to Seery. Borlund
whitfield. No runs.
Heck batting for Miller flied out
to Mcdonald. Heighberger singled
to center. Atklnson's throw to get
Heighberger mapping got away from
Campion and the runner took second.
Armstrong famed. Ortleib flied to
G. Delaney. No runs.
Sixth ADMINISTRATION flied to
Heighberger. Campion out. Grimes
to Mullen. Atkinson flied to Arm
strong. No runs.
Grimes struck out. Mullen walk
ed. Harvey forced Joe at second,
Heating to Stratton. Beatner flied
out to Higgins. No runs.
Seventh inning-F. Delaney flied
to Heighberger. Mcdonald out, Ort-
leib to Mullen. Higgins got another
free ticket, G. Delaney, Harvey to
Mullen. No runs.
Seery flied to Higgins. STATIONS
good stop held Heck's wallop to a
single. Heighberger hit into a double
play. Heating to Campion. No runs.
Eighth Misunderstanding singled
short. Borlund sacrificed, Seery
to Mullen. In an attempt to double
Heating, a wild throw was made,
allowing Heating to score. Stratton
out, Ortleib to Mullen. Campion
beat out a slow one to Mullen for his
third safe bingle. Atkinson was out
to Grimes. One run.
Armstrong singled. Ortleib was
Atkinson's seventh strikeout victim.
Armstrong pilfered second. Atkin-
sons wild pitch gave the unner
third. Armstrong scored the lone
tally for his team on Grimes's sacri-
fee fly to Higgins. Mullen out, De-
laney to Campion. One run.
Ninth inning-F. Delaney out,
Harvey to Mullen. Mcdonald out,
Beatner to Mullen. Higgins hit safe
ly to right. Delaney fouled out to
Beatner. No runs.
Harvey out, Heating to Campion.
Beatner whitfield. Higgins ended the
fray with a fine catch off Seery's bat.
Curtains. No runs.