New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-15
UNIVERSITY team 4
INCREASES I7SRD
Defeats Union Club Nh.
the Runners Up IN :
Winter League.
SECOND GAME GOES
TO KNICKERBOCKfps
Lively Batting Marks Ba,sA.s
Double-Header in Twelfth
Regiment Armory.

Holding the lead In true champ,o,...
style. tho University Club OF IN. w..
League drew still further away fro,, !.
rest Of the field in yesterdays bash,
game with the Union Club team i,s
est rival. piling up ~ runs 70 IL. /.
ter's II.
In the second inning the Universe.
players crossed the home pla,s 49,.
times, a blow from which the To-
team never recovered although aeh..-
grimly 70 the end
After tho deuge in the second i,,...
the University experts Just breez.d H.,
20 the finish The tendency "a 49,
things easy. however. almost had s,.,.
trcus results. as the Union PLAYERS o..
with a rush and squeezed out ely -
in the last two innings Of III. ..,..
innings struggle
In the second game OF In. Mr..
matinee at the 18th Regiment Anna,
the Knickerbockers got the Iump A, a.
Racquet and Tennis Club PLAYERS kv -
railing sixteen runs in the FRS, ,,,.
innings. against the modest half so,,,
tallies Of their opponents
Thereafter the X. and rs strov. "a,
fully to cut down the staggering ~,
getting seven more runs for a total :.
thirteen, while the Knickerbocksr A
horts added only one TO their scor. a.
fishing the game with seventeen Ian,
and juicy counts.
As IN all great battles. ,hos. fou,,,
yesterday had their heroes. wiIc.,
who played at short FOR the rniy.rr,,
aggregation. shone brilliantly ar III, X.
and proved TO be an amateur "Tys csN
his name being loudly acclaimed at,,,
each Of his four singles to the far su,.
ners of the building.
Then, too, there was Oakley ysnt.r.
poeI. who alternated his position r
catcher by sparkling base running N.
reclxlessness in this regard forced h-
70 quit in the fourth inning afe
sizzling dash for first base. In nak,f
his dive for the bag he pulled urt.s
and brought up llmping. being sacc,el,.
by c. J. Sullivan. former yasion
League potcntate.
Brokaw and Reid completed the EalrJ
Of those who starred for the victou
the first game. On the losing side Iohrn
lie Saulles, whose proves as focttsa
general brought many victories 10 Yik
In years gone by. showed he had 10, ioe
gotten his college days. On more thar |
one occasion the little ex-Ysle easrs,
back used his left ear as a skid and ok
along the floor to get his base kss
applause from the bleachers
Harold Wcekes. about whose narscp
lumbia sings of her former 6pf
might on the gridiroa. proved . s-r
with the bat and knocked the BAL tr
distances.
Throughout the afternoon, as thssr
Ing records show, hits we're plssifa
but ii had not been determined nth,
hour last night whether this was ssln,
to the liberslity Of the pitchers Or N
awful swatting powers OF the me q
bat.
The net result OF yesterdays bnV =
game was TO alter the relative post1i
of tho Nnickerbocker and Racquet ~
Tennis Club teams, bringing the h!r
down to even terms with their ri,alsrf
giving the University team q hein'
lead for the league hoIors.
The scores follow:
UNIVERSITY CLUB. UNION SLlf
Nanderpoel. catcher De saules, ptehs
Simmons. pitcher. Livingston. nfx ~
Reid. first base Washington, shrlkt
Brokaw. second base BENJAMIN. third ~
Wilcox. shortstOp. Weekss catcns.
Pell. third base. Gibbons. second -
rmpires-Worden and Captain AsnmSs
The score by innings follows:
REf
University Club.....2 ~
Union Club............2 ="
KNICKERBOCKER RACQUET AID ~
CLUB. Ms CLCh
Fish, pitcher Turnbull. catcmi
Potter catcher Kernochan. sesd ~
Douglass, first base. Gray, frst ten
Hinsdale. shortstop. cross. shortNr
Lowell. second base. De Rham. thhs -
Morris. third base Hoyt pitcher
Cmpires-Mellich and schultz
The score by innings follows;
Knickerbocker Clubs -