Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-21
Special to the EVENING NEWS,

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Tottenville, Oct. 21-Just because
one Luther Paugh, of this burg, who
Is ordinarily a brilliant athlete,
adored the cognomen Of "Snodgrass,"
there is much gloom in the camp of
the T. A. c. baseball warriors these
days. Paugh has now been given
the distinct honor of bearing Snod-
grass's nom de plume, for In the
first inning Of the big battle between
the T. A. c. and the Athletics, he
dropped a high ny, an easy one to
gobble. and allowed two runs to be
scored-the only one which the
South Amboy nine tailed and which
doomed UP large enough to entice
and finally persuade victory to an
swer the roll call in the Atkinson
crews home Saturday afternoon.
The battle was waged on Tottenville
Oval and while the weather was
ideal for baseball, there was a small,
but enthusiastic crowd. About half
of those who attended the fray were
from Perth Amboy and South Am
boy, the fans from the former burg
being nearly all for the Athletics in
their cheering.
The work of the twirlers was the
distinct feature of the fray, both
statesmen performing in wonderful
style. Dame Fortune seemed to dis
like Robedee, for had 1t not been for
Paugh's terrible muff of Atkinson's
fly in the first stanza, which allowed
Borlund and Stratton to score, the
teams might have been playing yet.
Atkinson should be given the shade
in the argument, for he allowed but
three safe bingles and was "Gibral-
tar" In the pinches. His teammates
gave him splendid support through
out and with two runs to the good
the T. A. C. lever looked dangerous.
With three men on the paths they
couldn't even score, although there
was but one out at the time. They
were helpless before the mighty de-
livery Of Atkinson, as were the South
A~mboyites before Rube's offerings,
but those two runs did the trick.
Andy Borlund showed a reversal
in form, playing a great game be-
hind the bat, working In fine fashion
every moment of the tussle. STRAIT
ton was the star sticker with two
singing drives which went for
singles. Captain PLUCK" Higgins,
Of the v~ictors, brought the crowd to
their feet with two circus catches
which saved Atkie and practically
landed him a shutout.
Here are the consecutive happen
ings of Saturdays battle:
First inning-Smith struck out
but Borlund waited for four wide
ones. Stratton moved Borlund up a
peg when he was hit by a pitched
ball. Coley's sacrifice, Robedee to
Art Palmer advanced the two base
runners a base. Atkinson then sent
a long fly to Luther Paugh, who was
stationed to receive the sky-grazer.
1t looked like Ire death for Atkie,
but Paugh "Snodgrassed" the ball
by a terrible muff, allowing the two
runs to be tailed. Higgins was hit
by a pitched ball. Frank Delaney
sent a liner to Robedee, who threw
to third base, getting Atkinson.
Atkinson showed great class in
the opener, retiring the side on
Palmer, Luther Paugh and Pagnod.
Second inning-George Delaney
whitfield. Murray Borlund flied to
the first baseman and Tommy Smith,
the Franklin slugger, struck out
again.
Art Palmer walked but died when
Fisher hit to F. Delaney, who threw
to second. Fisher also was forced
out by Cline, Delaney to Stratton.
Cline pilfered second but was left
stranded when Woglom flied to Hig-
gins.
Third inning-Borlund struck out.
Stratton was safe on Robedee's error
and got to second on STATIONS mis-
cue. Stratton had the runner by
about a foot and dropped a good
throw. Coley struck out, as did At