Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-21
HARV VICTORY SHOWS
ENGLISH STROKE A FAILURE
SCHOOLS
TO PLAY FOR TITLE
But Junior League Middle May
Make 1t Impossible TO De-
eide HOnOrs.
SAME sITUATIONLAsT YEAR

The Boys Industrial School team,
champions OF. the Northern Public
School Senior League. and the Miller
Street School nine, winners of the
Southern Senior League title, will
clash at the new Public School Ath-
letie Field, in Bloomfield avenue. Mon
day afternoon. In the second game of
the series, to decide the city cham
pionship. The Industrial lads cap
tured the first contest, played early
in the week, and, judging from their
showing, they should land city honors.
Matters in the junior leagues are
pretty muddled at present. and unless
the complications in the standings Of
the different teams in the three junior
leagues, the Southern. Northern and
Western, are hurriedly Strengthened
out the final game for the city junior
title may not be played off this sea-
son at all, as was the case last sea-
son, when the junior championship
series had to be played fully three
months after the completion of the
public school baseball season.
The only league at the present time
that has produced a champion is the
Western League. of which Principal
Balcoms youngsters from the Frank
lin School are the winners. All went
along smoothly with the Morton Street
team. which won the Southern junior
title, and had it not been for the
discovery of a Morton Street player
being over age the Morton team would
have met the Franklin School team
yesterday afternoon in the first of the
series of games for the junior title.
At noon yesterday, however. Coach
Mackerey, of the Morton Street
School, upon investigating the stand
ings and ages of the youngsters who
represented the school. suspected that
George Noll, pitcher on his team, did
not legally belong there. The young
ster, according to Principal Otto
Schultz, knew nothing concerning his
exact age; neither did the lads
father To make certain, however,
that there was no mistake as to the
lads eligibility to play, Principal
Schultz sent 10 the church where Noll
had been christened. and there IL was
made known that the lad was over
age Immediate notification was then
given by Principal Schultz to Prin-
cipal Balloon, who is president of the
Newark Public School Athletic Assoc
citation, that mis- team was not eligible
to play in the junior championship
series. and the game which was to
have taken place on the public school
grounds had to be called off. 1t re-
mains now to produce another South
ern League champion. The Bergen
Street and South Market Street
juniors are tied in the Southern Junior
League, and a playoff between these
two teams will have to take place.
The decision as to which team is to
be champion in the Northern League
has not been decided. The Seventh
Avenue. Central Avenue and Four
teenth Junior teams are tied. and,
though an attempt has been made
for the elimination. a protest win re-
quire another start in bringing out a
champion. Seventh Avenue and Cen
trail Avenue met in the first elimina-
ton contest Thursday. The score in
the second inning was tied, 4 to 4. In
the third inning Central got three
men on the bases. and with none out
batter hit a fly to the infield which
was dropped and a run was scored
by Central Avenue. An argument as
to whether or not the batter was out
came up and the game was finished
undetr protest. The executive COM
mittee decided that the contest
should be played over. and the game
has now been arranged to take place
at Branch Brook Park Monday af-
ternoon. The winner of this contest
will meet the Fourteenth Avenue
School to decide as to who are to be
champions in the Northern League.