New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06
CRESCENT A. c. BEATS
COMMONWEALTH CLUB
Fight Hard for Victory That
Strengthens Their Lead in
Amateur League Race.
SHARP FIELDING WINS GAME
Krowan, Montclair Shortstop,
the Individual Star of the
Day-Result Uncertain
Till the End.


The Crescent Athletic Club strengthened
its hold on the lead of the Amateur
Baseball League by defeating the Com
monweallh Club, Of Montcla!r. at Bay
Ridge yesterday by a score OF to 2.
1t was the best game that has been
played on the Bay Ridge field this sea-
son. and the Crescents were lucky TO get
away with the victory.
Sharp fielding by the New Moon play
ers and a rafting throw from deep cen
ire by Eddie Butler, former captain Of
the Cornell team, in particular. kept the
Montclair men away from the scoring
zone when they were on the verge of
breaking through.
Though the afternoon was cloudy and
dismal. a good crowd turned out for the
game, and was we'll repaid. After the
first two Innings. when they seemed to
have lost their ginger, the Common
wealth nine woke up and kept the Cres-
cents on the move until the last man
was out in the ninth
Korwan. the Montclair shortstop. was
honor man for the day, with couple OF
stops that would have done credit 10
big Lacquer One play by the Jerseyman
was particularly brilliant. 1t came in
the third inning, after the Ctescents had
scored two runs and seemed in a fair
way TO add TO their total.
Eddie Butler was on third and there
were two out. when Sam Reid. the old
Princeton captain. drove a wicked smash
just 10 the left OF second base. Like
fash korwan was after it and dove
headlong just after II ploughed into the
dirt. With one hand he grabbed the ball
on the bounce and, lying prone. heaved
II TO Speat. on first base, for the final out.
II was a play that had all the elements
Of the spectacular. and 1t was carried
through with absolute perfection.
Later Korwan had a couple of almost
equally good stops. He made one error
when he threw the ball into the stands
10 catch Ebeling at third and allowed him
to score.
Don Mckay twirled for the Crescents,
and though he was hit safely only six
times he was wild. and almost lost his
game a couple OF times. Alderman op-
posed him. and he held the Crescents to
seven hits. which, however, came at op-
portune times. and, punched with errors,
gave the New Moon nine brace OF TALES
I'm the second and again in the third.
Mckay got himself into difficulties in
the opening frame, when. after striking
out Korwan. he passed Spear Russell
Ayres. the first baseman Of this years
Harvard nine, who covered the second
sack for Commonwealth. poled oeauu-
full single to centre, and Spear perched on
third Randy sides was overanNlous
when Woods bounced a grounder to him.
and he made a poor play on the pail en-
abllnC Spear 10 score. There was ony
one down. and there were two men on the
bags. but the best Gardner and Percy
Ayres could do was to lift weak lnheld
flies.
Clever work by the men behind him
saved Alderman when the Crescents came
10 bat for the first time. The first TWO
men walked. but Dalton. who led on was
caught stealing A good play by Rose
the Commonwealth third baseman, VINO
WAS steady all through the game, retire"
Doc White at second when Mallory MI
the ball sides rolled on easy grounaer
20 Alderman. and the side was through.
Loose work in the field gave the home
team two runs in the second. brown
opened with a hit 10 left, ana when the
tall fell safe between Korwan and CARD
rer he raced on 10 second Russell Ayres
LET Gardner's throw go through him. ana
the ball rolled to right field allowing
Brown TO cross the plate
Eddie Butler was an easy out Out
Ebeling singled. He stole second ana
after Reid had flied TO Gardner korwah
threw the ball into the stands as Ebellns
raced for third. and he scored easily.
Solid hitting gave the Crescents their
runs In the third. Mallory drove hit
over second base and Sides poled dr'
"a. centre that was too hot for Woods TO
handle. The error put Mallory on thiru
and let sides reach second. Brown sent
sacrifice fly to Gardner and Mallory
scored. Buffers hit scored Sides.
Ebeling sacrificed Butler to third. and
then came Korwan's wonderful stop ana
throw of Reds smash for the third out.
After this inning the Crescents got only
one man as far as third, and only two
reached first.
With two out in the sixth the Common
wealth nine made things interesting Tor
the New Moon players. Mckay passed
Gardner Percy Ayres scratched a hit ana
base on balls TO De Leaf filled the bags
Pose poled out a hit and Gardner scored
Alderman ended the inning by flying our
to Mallory.
The score follows
.-nncrENr q COMMONWEALTH.