New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04
AMATEURS HARD H|TTERS
Plenty of Them Above the 300
Mark as Season NearS End.
AYRES LEADS IN BATTING
Mellen, of Englewood, Has
Clean Pitching Record, with
Five Straight Victories.

The fourth season of the Amateur
League. excepting two postponed games
yet to be decided has practically come ri
an end and the batting OF the ive COM
petlng teams stands out as the feature
Of the season. Interest in the league has
grown, particularly through the duel
waged between the South Orange Field
Club, three time champions, and the
Englevood Field Club for the coveted
honors. Both teams are deadlocked I'M
the lead with six victories out of eight
games, and the tie will be broken early
in September when II will be possible to
muster the full playing strength OF the
respective teams after the vacation pc
Rod. South Orange and Englewood play
ers took most of the honors in the team
and individual batting and pitching rec
ords
The present champions carried off the
team honors by the meagre advantage OF
two points over the Englewood Field
Club South Orange IN eight contests Sc
cured IS hits out Of $50 times at bat and
scored IS runs for an average Of 27s. The
upper New Jersey team was close be
hind With 70 safeties in 26 trips 70 the
plate and tailed 50 runs for grand aver
age Of .27S. The Crescent Athletic Club
although only victorious in one Of Us
seven contests. ranks third. with ~
The Commonwealth club. OF Nontc!air
Is fourth, with an average Of .2+s for six
contests. with the Montclair Athletic Club
nth. with $50
t0+t
their names In the list OF over 800 M
tiers Percy Ayres, the outfe!der OF IRE
Commonwealth club Is the rightful leader
In the batting average column, although
four men who took part in only one con
test precede him. Ayres IN ave games
and fifteen times az bat polsd out eight
hits. including Two doubles, for an ev-
erage Of $50. Worth. OF the South Or
ange club. is second, with ten hits out oil
eighteen efforts for percentage OF 20
while Butts Underhill. the forner
Princeton player. Of the Montclair Ath
letic Club, is third. with Al Sinister. Of
Commonwealth. Williams. Of Montclair
and Voodrough, of the Crescent Athlete
Club. who trail I'm order. are also above
the 100 mark
The South Orange Field Club hitter
furnished the largest number Of extra
base hits. with nine doubles. six tr!pets
and six home runs. Englevood takes sec.
ond place with nine two-bsgzers. -
three baggers and three full circuit. hits
two Of which were made b. Murphy. the
former Yale all around star. The Half
Moon club. Of Bay Ridge, carries CT third
aonory With eight doubles. one triple oud
pair OF four-baSe hits which verc a"-
counted for by Ted Brown it, captain
and catcher. Wilbur Of Englevood.
proved the fe-test Of base steolers win
i've 10 his credit. with "Rangy' Sides 81
the Crescent club, secoud. with one les
Four others are credited with three stolo0
bases, they being Throp, OF South or.
angc; Warder, OF Enslevood and Jaco-
bus and Cnderhnl. OF Montclair
The position attained In the race by III
Englewood Field Club IS directly r.
sponsible 70 the efforts o Mellon. g.
youthful pitcher. In his nyc starts y
has always returned victor, permittin-
cluster Of forty-eght hits and haVirr
thirty-onc strike-outs. the best record il
tUS ltcSu Ailllolu ~ re- ~ il't !. .
Williams College. and McCate. both of
South Orange. were successful IN II
attempts. The latter tUirlcd 'he first "a ~
victories credited TO his club, aFovin
only eleven hits and striking out .ixtcer
batters. Hogarty. another member Of Il
South Orange pitching squad, was win
ner in his only full game, while Never
OF the Montc;sir Athletic club follow
with three wins and one defeat Tn"
following tables are compiled minus the
two postponed games yet 10 be playe'
namely Commonwealth ~. Crescent and
Commonwealth vs.. Montclair Athleti /
Club.
The tables follow.