Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
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BY SEMI.pRo.

The baseball fans among the motor
men and conductors employed OF the
Public Service Railway lines have or
ganized a Public Service League, con
sisting of sixteen teams, representing
as many car houses in Essex, Hudson.
Passaic and Union countless
There is plenty of playing material
among the knights OF the bell-rope
and controller and ono of the most
stringent rules of the organization is
hat no player Will be permitted to
take part in a league game unless he is
an actual employee OF the ,tr~ansporta-
tion department Of the company. In
other words, there III to be no ring
ersp but bell-ringers In the contests.
The car-houses represented in the
league are the Broad. Roseville, Cen
trail, Bergen, Hilton, Sixteenth Avenue,
South Orange, Miller. Montclair and
Orange n Passaic Valley, in Essex;
the Montgomery. Hoboken, West Ho-
boken and Greenville, in Hudson; the
Paterson and the Elizabeth.
William TT. Shepherd, OF the time
table department, is president and
general manager of the league, and
each team will have its own manager.
- %AA~NAA S%dP 0COAt 0dOpLOA WIllCA
calls for each team to play fifteen
games. Games win be played on Thurs-
day. The Essex contests win be
played at Public Service oval, FTifton:
the Hudson men Will have the use of
the Jersey City international League
Clubs grounds; tho Paterson games
will be decided at Wizards Park, that
city, and the stamping ground of the
Elizabeth team will be Elizabeth oval.
The opening game will be between the
Hilton and Greenvi1le mines at Public
Service wal ON May 9.
With the championship of the league
VIII go the possession of the silver low
ing cup, donated by superintendent of
transportation N. ". Boien, and Mr..
Shepherd has offered a prize for the
best batting average.
According to a report received at
the Manufacturers League headouar-
tiers, Jack Kelly, of the Newark Inter
national League team, will donate a
silver loving cup to the man having
the best batting average in the shop
organization this season.
Manager H. Miller, of the Cygnet u.
Is. e., would like to hear from a good
battery and a fielder, He would also
like to arrange a practise game for
next Sunday afternoon with a team
having grounds. Miller's address is 29S
Sixteenth avenue; phone, 475-J Way
erly.
The contest committee of the knights
of Columbus invites all the semi-pro
baseball managers to meet at tho
knights headquarters. $50 Broad
street, tomorrow night, to talk over
details of the contest for the set Of
uniforms.
Ortlieb, the Elizabeth sems-pro. who
was signed by the Lawrence, Mass.
Club, may have to return. FITS arm
has gone bad, 1t is said.
Walter Henry win probably be signed
TO play with tn asst Orange Athletics
this season. IS, att is an all around
player n can hit.
Joe Cobb is pitching great ball for the
Majestics just now. In the game
against the Windsors. two weeks ago,
he held them to four hits.
Buck Cooper, the sensational Week
Hudson football player, will play left
field for the Royal A. A. this season.
The Manufacturers League win meet
IN the Colosseum tonight. Umpires will
be selected, the drawing of q complete
schedule will take place while the con
~stitution and bylaws win be adopted.