Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
CRY FIELD GATES
LOCKED; NO GAME
Barringer and Orange Unable
to Start Baseball Season
Yesterday Afternoon.
CENTRAL BOYS ANXIOUS

Barringer ana orange l1l5h ''NA
baseball teams failed to get in actloh
,,ost erdav at the City Athletic Field.
The high wind and sun had dried the
marshy diamond at the field out
somewhat. but the big gates We're
locked and access to the ground eoulo
no Gained only by climbing the fence.
Consequently the game was calisu
off. no one offering to produce lhS
key. c,,,.otio,,
Inquiry 1T the Board Of Educatioh
Yesterday gathered the lnIofiha1loh
that the playtield will not be open Ioi
another fortnight. MeahWihle seN ,S
high school baseball games are scheu-
MED. while the school track teams
gro eagerly awaiting the start OF
outdoor practise at the field.
CeutraFs track team is particular
Nv anxious To get in q workout on
the Bloomfield avenue cinder pain.
with the New York University meet
slated for April Is, the Centralltes
have still TO get in their tirst outdoor
practise The Branch Brook pay
ground Of the Essex Park comnls-
son will open next Saturday' put
+his will allow about only two real
outdoor workouts before the saile s
II is very likely that several wall
eoslinur parties will sortie on the field
nexr week. although the problem OK
where to dress may deter them.
kenneth Babcock Joins \. Y. \. {.
Kenneth Babcock. who graduated
from Orange High School in III, mas
ioined the New York A. c. Under
Tie tutelage of Bernie Wefers the
Winged Foot brisade's track coach,
Babcock, who lias\ already leapeo
five feet six inches, is expected To
become q nigh jumper of junior
championship calibre.
Curtis Favored in Penn Pole Vault.
Chick Curtis the old Barringer
High School athlete, is considered
likely winner Of the pole vault event
OF the Penn relays April % at Frank
lin Field, Philadelphia. Curtis vault
al twelve feet siXinches in a recent
indoor meet, and is stated To assam
the intercollegiate record outdoors
this spring Curtis defeated the pick
of the college vaulters and was re-
turned winner at the Penn games
last year.
EN-Barringerites Home.
Ray Ward, the football guard;
Chubby Smith, the swimming
C1DISlll ana by 'tfRteNf
man and George Williamson, two
other members of the swimming
team, are all home from Brown Uni
versty for the Easter vacation All
four were formerly students at Bar
ringer High School.
Basketball Awards at south Side.
The following basketball players
were awarded their letters yesterday
at the South Side High School:
Milton Fucker, Eddie Lyman,
Roland King. Graham Hunting
ton. Phillip FaVa, Sol Lewandorf and
Manager Henry isenbers. me sec
ond team emblems We're awarded to
Louis Seidman, Louis Bronstein, Max
klappholz, Walter Rheinhard Fred
Kautz, Charles Schleckser, John Alex
ander Sydney Kline, Jacob Goelier
and Assistant Manager William Her.
mann.
Irvington VS.. south side.
Irvington High School will play
South Side High School in the Orange
and Blacks first interschool baseball
game next Friday at Parkview oval
Easter Vacation On.
The high schools closed for the
Easter vacation yesterday. Athletics
will continue throughout the week.
However most of the local baseball
and track teams have been ordered to
report and several games are sched-
uled in the suburbs.
Trials for Central Relay.
Trials for the Central High School
relay candidates were held yester-
day in the armory. Kim Atha, Rudy
Kruger, Jake Schaeffer and Winfield
Angus were clicked in the fastest
times.
South Side Regs Beat Scrubs.
The first school baseball game was
staged yesterday afternoon, when the
regulars of South Side High School
defeated the scrubs on Park View
Oval by a score of 6 to 0.
East Side-P. Il. Il. Game ON Today.
East Side High School and the
Pennsylvania Railroad shop team Of
Long Island City will pry off the lid
on the baseball season at Cooper Oval
this afternoon.
Rutherford to Start Friday.
Rutherford High School will open
its baseball season next Friday, when
the Stevens Prep nine will be it's OPP
ponent on the Ruther1ieid field.
Kingsley to Open with Pingry.
Kingsley School first baseball game
will take place two weeks from today,
when Pingry School will take the
field on the Essex Fells diamond.
Jay Gould to Defend Title
in Court Tennis Tournament
NEW YORK, April 4.--With the
professional match between George
Convey, of England, and Jack White,
of New York. today, court tennis will
hold sway for eight days at the New
York Racquet and Tennis Club. The
professional match will serve as
curtain raiser for the amateur cham
pionship in singles, which starts
next Monday and continues through
out the week.
Eleven entries have been received
for the championship. which will be
defended by Jay Gould, the titlehold-
er. These include the best amateur
court tennis players in America.
BIG AMATEUR