New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
Team at st. Gabriel'S Park
Has Byword That Is
Spelling Success.
SEND THOS. JEFFERSON
PLAYERS TO DEFEAT
Race for Prizes Close, Several
Mines Having Yet TO
Suffer ReverSeS.

Indians luck" is a ybword of ST
Cabrieps Park playground. The phrase
grew with the Tribune baseball tour
nament.
Fsriv i'm May. when the teams we're
forming for the tournament b. 4:
Nurtha, the playground instructor toid
Johnny McArdle, known to ms mates
ON the playground rs The Runt, 10
cot up 4 team and try TO win one Of
those cups and medals.
~Aw." said "The Runt,' "the klds
that 80 with can't play baseball
why don't YOU try! SAID Murtha'
The rest rs more or less playground
baseball history. The Indians, they
,eTe3 themselves that, got out for the
e,cniug game in the elimintion tour
,amenf And they won. Murtha for
Gets the details OF that game, buV ne
Knows that the Indians won.
sTben they won their next Twelve
games. 1.5;o,s
sid not know deal Of baseball. Now
mon, represent st. GabriePs Park m
.ta' eicbtv-tve pound class IN the IT'D
mo Baseball Tournament They nave
-.rtod up a lot Of the finer points OF
tbo came. They have held their own
&, +bc irterpark series that IS now III
r-ocress. They may not reach the IN
+ersectional series that comes IN
Jew weeks, but if they do one thing
ID. certain. Indians luck IS sure 10
.tand by them in the pinehes.
Last Wednesday the Indians won inc
..,i,- came i'm the series with the Thomas
rsfersop Park teams. The tnal score
III that game was 3 20 1, but II mlght
49, bcen more If Peewee Delarmy had
LOT nipped q rally in the final inning
,V;tl, t,jo ON bases he figured consplcu,
..sl,. in a double play that would
I've done credit 20 d big Lacquer ..
Peewee has been called pocket col
..+, Tv Cobh. AVID not without reason.
rfcre is not one Of the playground
,-.t~uctors who mas seen him play VINO
has not praised him for MS qulcAhess
,r Tho field and his baseball sense;
Incidentally, the Indians WouIu %
-,es 10 get Peewee on their team II
tri,rs could be managed so tha ~ nc
.orl5 lump. His only rival is III
P,r. $" The pitchers all say thaI IheS
Isve TO get down on their Knees "
pitch 20 him. c,-.-... Gould
Also the Indians have Chns'y Go o. u
some weeks ago Christy earned ~
Is-tle fame for himself by ms plIo'. ne
There are those carping critics &c
.--,i5 detract from his lame oE 80!
W. hat the playground ball that is
.-s - g Gabriers Park helps MN
iittle. Certain it is that the
f..,ber light ball develops strange ana
wonderful "hops" on the way from ''''
pitcber's box 20 the plate .-.,s
Mere is no doubt that the teams
,..e the harder ball in practice ana IN
,L.sr Games are at a disadvantage J"
ne where the tape bound peL
The converse also is true. now
ever on a small park a nara pa pa.
(or15 not be used, as II can De nv
49, far. and at most OF the sIlSIIeI
,ievQ~ounds ground rules are III lO-O'
most Of the time. Ito, last
,-,.t on the twentv-three dlahoHue
,rbsvs the ninety or more teams ar ar
,.-,-o,s-c While the race is close az
~ Nav. not a few Of the teams nav
H. ~. vortbern section the keser-
yr,rs are leading IN the 80 loO anu To-, TO-
mound classes. The nrst az oert
named teams have a i.VOo per we
retinr nv winning the seven sate
,Ie,ed m date The JASPER oval 10 20
,onrd team is the other CONTENDER 4Oi
\ Inc honors iu this section; -. IN
\ Thomas Jefferson Park seems ~, 10
have a good grip on the lead IN nm. tnS
eesfern Section. Its 115 and l5O pounu
tsams are leading. with six games W."
ard none lost -, car
This also Is true in the southern perL
lion. where the Hamilton fIsn
s. I15 and 100 pound mines nave
r.eor5 Of seven straight victories anu
rot = defeat In this section the W
iTrbns Ps~k 10O-pound team has won
ils six starts. -. u,ast-
en- section. but nevertheless the Mest
5sth 81. playground is leading IN three
classes The Chelsea 1O0-pound teaih'
however. has 2 perfect score so iar' ,ho
The standing Of the teams IN '"e
four sections up TO FRIDAY follows