New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-13
TITLE TO SOUTH ORANGE
For Fifth Time Team Leads
Amateur Baseball League.
,rNGLEWOOD PLAYS POORLY
Accident Narrowly Averted
When Ball Goes Through
Glass Wind Shield.

e. the ffth consecutive time the
s.,,b Orange Field Club won the cham
.,onsbip of the Amateur Baseball League
!. dsfeating the Engiewood Field Club
nine in the final and decisive game of the
..son Yesterday by a score of to l.
ca,,,b Orange rolled up five-run lead in
49, first two innings. and although Engle-
- made several desperate rallies in
49, closing frames, it could not get more
nan one run across the plate.
On Englewood's part at least, the game
..os slipshod affair, and at no time did
.ho North Jersey team play ball that was
- championship calibre. Errors were
.,.do on easy chances. Benson. who did
,hs tutrling for Englewood, was hit hard
q tine opening frame, three runs being
ocored on four hits, one a three-bagger
-, Howe In the second Benson Gained
do,yn hut his mates had caught the fever,
ona two more runs were added TO the
Sopth Orange total OF errors.
To the South Orange fans the contest
had almost, if not quite, as much signih-
Ia,ce as the worlds series. for the great
est crowd Of the year turned out. The
two tiny grandstands were jammed long
,efore the umpire cried, Play BALI and
before the game was half over there was
: .ol,d front of automobiles extending far
down the rigat field foul line. Tenseness
was added 10 the situation by the an
,opncemert between innings Of the
Nnh m
score was given there was a groan, for 1t
seemed that every one on the field was a
Giant rooter.
What might have been a serious acct
Asnt was narrowly averted in the seventh
inning when Throp drove up a high foul
Az inst hack of first base. The ball came
,r,nuing down and struck squarely in the
middle of a large wind shield on a touring
raf The ball crashed through the plate
glass as if il had been of paper, ana II
was only by the best of good luck that
the occupants of the car were not injured
Wilkinson who pitched for South Or
ange. was wild, but for all that allowed
only three hits and struck out nan
dozen Of the Englewood oatsmen. he
passed eight, but most Of the passes came
when two were out, and he was aole 10
keep the score down.
Howe. the first man TO face Benson
slammed the ball TO left for three bases
and scored on Throp's single, after Shons
lad struck out. Mecabe tore oil MT 10
centre and Harris followed with one to
left scoring both Throp and Mecaoe. In
the second frame Howarth walked ana
was safe at second when Wiley dropped
Bensons throw Of Wilknson's attempted
saeriice. When Wilbur hit Howe on the
hack trying to get his bunt down to Aur-
pby both Howartn and Wilkinson scored
and Howe reached third on the error
Lnglewood scored its lone run III the
third. after TWO were out Barh"ei
walked ana stole second, scoring Wnen
saors dropped Wilburs ny after nard
run. In the fourth Wilkinson mt Warder
on The ankle. Wiley put MIN on secohd
nv grounding cut TO the box, ana ne
reached third on a wild pitch. On bien
drive to wilkinson, Warder tried to score
and was caught out at the plate
Aecabes triple put South Orange In the
way Of another run in the sixth, ana
Howarths double in the seventh was re-
syonsiDie for the final run of the game
The score follows.