New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30
Press a Tower of Strength
on Mound and at Bat
for the Victors.
SHUTS GUARDSMEN
OUT WITH EASE
Jersey Team Uncoyers HEAVY
Attack in Seventh Tor
Four Runs.

Englewood routed the 7th Regin.,,
a. Englewood yesterday. when the .xo
teams met for the last time this a..
son in the race Tor the Ans,.r.
Baseball League pennant. The vie,o,',
did not assure the flag % the Jersey,
men, but inasmuch as the ggardsrs,
defeated the Crescent a. C.. Er1le'
woods rival in the struggle. the bo-e
team felt more secure with is one.
game lead. The score was % O.
Charlie Press was the hero o. -.
day for the EnglewoOd forces. Hev,,
A tower OF strength, both on the mourd
and at the bat. He not only held tss
guardsmen runiess, but only once al
they get close enough 10 the plat "a
be even IN the way o. scoring.
He tore of four hits in az na,y
trips 20 the plate and scored two ry,.
Two Of his hits we're doubles, and ~.
Of these. away out in centre field h.
yond the tennis courts. would hsv.
gone for a home run with a faster ma,
on the paths.
The soldier boys we're completely
nonplussed by a heavy attack wsieb
the Jerseymen uncovered i1 the sir,s
inning, when In one fell onslaught d,
Benny Benson. who was doing u.
twirling for the gusrdsmen, they ga,,.
cred in four runs on four doubles
single and sacrifice hit. Benson ore,
had a tryout with the Red SoX. b.,
mis- arm went back on nm and jBl
+ Carrigan dropped him.
Until the sixth frame YESTERDAY n,
| Englewood batsmen were beginning "a
think that Carrigan had mace a grsv.
/ mistake, for Benson was working II
/ perfect form and was retiring the Jer.
seymen almost In order.
+ In the fourth an error had been in.
strumental in the scoring Of an q.
glewood run. and another tally filtered
through Benson's guard In the ff,h
b because Of an opportune base on balls.
I Aside from these slips, however, Be-.
son was giving Englewood a lot O.
trouble. and the sudden hitting .ar.
boree upon which 10 set out in ne
sixth was therefore doubly welcome !,
f its supporters.
Gran'pa Reinacher. the for,y.fvs.
/ year-old second baseman OF the III
who was playing ball when all othsr
players on the field, with the possible
exception Of Barney Barnweil and Md
Wiley. were in swaddiing clothes. o..
up a rafting good exhibition and mace
a fine though losing fight against s..
perior odds. Reinacher is archaic ol.T
in so far as his age is concerned. On
the ball field he is fast. and uncoyen
a hit when most dreaded b. the enemy
Barnweil fused around a lot in re
fourth inning before he got a ball .
his liking. and then he laced out a Sir.
+ gle. Knox was safe by virtue OF Nj.
ford's error. and Baruwe.i scored o.
Riddells drive 20 left. Eng.sToot
would have had another run If EnoL
who had reached third. had follovs.
the signal for squeeze play o.
Wiley's long hunt.
The Jerseymen made un FOR Knors
lapse in the next frame. however By
going after Benson a little harder
Dick Lewis walked. and went 20 ihiI!
on Press's long single. lie scored o.
BarnwelIs sacrifice on a squeeze Play.
+ Englewood's big doings came in the
sixth. Riddell and Vaughn Lewis
/ cracked out doubles on the first balls
/ pitched, Riddell scoring on Lewiss
drive. Wiley sacrificed Lewis 20 thirt
and then Reimund. who hits occasion.
ally for Englewood. smashed out SIN.
gle. scoring Lewis. Dick Lewis tired
10 emulate his elder brother. but hal
the misfortune 70 drive q liner into
Jiggs Donohue's mitt. Press doubled
and so did Hartmann. bringing the n.
glewood total for the inning up 70 fosi
+ Press scored again In the ninth. He
started the inning with a double. gn
sacrificed 70 third, and raced in Q,
knoX's single.
The score follows: