New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
SIushy Grounds No Bar TO
Teams Working Toward
the Semi-FinaIS.
LADS FAMILIAR WITH
TRICKS OF GAME
Little Fellows Prove Good Run
Getters-"JoneSey" a Power
on Midget Outfit.

there are managers and captains that
use cunning and generslship worthy of
McGraw or a MacGillicuddy.
In the words Of Frank Brennan,
playground inspector at Jasper Oval,
Those boys are out to win those
medals Every boy on the ninety or
so teams that are competing in the in
tcr-park series is doing his level best
20 put his team at the top Of the table,
so he can have a chance in the SEMI
final rounds Of games that come next
month. They're all playing fair, too,
but they don't scorn the breaks of the
game"
One Of the best little tricks Of the
diamond now is 60 put much smaller
= boy IN the lineup. For instance,
= 1l5-pound team will enroll a little
Z shaver from the S5-pound class that
has shown his worth in the elimination
series. The little fellow VIII come in
& somewhere midway in the batting
= order
As rule, the opposing pitcher Will
~ take pity on the little chap and give
q him q base on balls. Therein lies the
,aMachisvcllian strategy, for the next boy
tfs sure hitter, and in most cases will
& n dvance the runner. Then alongJcomes
'Fthc cleanup man. That means a run.
But there is the old adage that the
best laid plans of mice and men,"
etc. Sometimes the pitcher is wise
More often the little chap wants to
break into the batting averages. Sig
mails and coaching instruction go for
naught when the young batter feels
sure that he can "hit the ball mile"
lie swings a bat that is much too
\ heavy for him, and generally he just
stirs up the air or pops Up a foul tip.
The third week OF the inter-park
4 q !.
j. Lee. supervisor Of recreation, was
full Of action on the days that the
teams could get out and play. Rain
falls alike on the Polo Grounds and
the playground diamond. However
there will be plenty Of time to play off
the postponed games.
Still. IL takes pretty heavy rain to
dampeu the ardor of the playground
ball player who is fighting for gold
medal. Some Of the games last week
were played in a drizzle that would
have sent many other teams scurrying
for the clubhouse.
The teams. from Central Park were
particularly unfortunate last week, as
they have grass diamonds, and these
1 do not dry as quickly as the clay fields
4 in the other parks.
The teams from Thomas jefferson
Park are keeping up their usually good
4 game. They travelled to John Jay play
3 e-ound last week and won three of the
i four games played. and are now lead
I ing in the 100. 1l5 and $50 pound
y classes I'm the eastern section.
Il is anybody's lead in the north
II western section. Jasper Oval has re-
4 sounded with the din Of basehits and
A strident cheers Of the fans all week.
N On Thursday last the teams from
\ Camanville and Riverside96th st.
Il met. and they had battle royal. One
n gsme Of the day stood out from all the
9othcrs. the one that the 1l5-pound team
II Of Riyerside-96th st. won by score
n Of , TO 1.
n Nichol. tho pitcher Of the Riversides,
struck out thirteen Of the Carmans-
Vile batsmen, and let his opponents
down with four hits. The game was
4 nip and tuck all the way, for Messen-
4 GER of Carmansville, made up with
4 headv work what he lacked in pitch
8Sng prowess. At that he struck out
4 four, and allowed only seven hits. al
\ Carmansville, batting last IN the
3ninth. made spectacular rally, and
ievith one out filled the bases. But.
{kjth victory almost in their grasp, the
{uptown BOYS grew too daring, and two
u OF them were caught of base in quick
succession for the needed outs:
N r. Jones. or "Jonesey,' as the boys
II call him. plays on the S5-pound team
lof the Riverside-96th ST. nine. lnci-
"a dentally, he is a prototype of Johnny
81 Evers, sometimes known as the Human
IlCrab. "Jonesey" is a mild-mannered
|lad off the diamond, but the mere oe-
llcision of an umpire sets him going.
III There's never dispute on the neld
Awhile his team is on il but that Jones
Nav" is in the thick Of it. And he's
" ready 10 argue the point with the UNI
pire loud and long for everything TO
which he thinks his team IS ent''!ed.
81 The playground instructors at Jas
aper Oval have one choice ana prlzed
ffl,ossession. a real So mask that was
A1wned by Palmero, the Cuban, who was
A.yith the Giants early in the season.
kNVhen Palmero came up with the team
Nc bought an outfield for catcher
rrbo used to work with him. they
blsed TO practise at Jasper oval.
III When McGraw pronounced sentence
d on the Cuban and banished him TO the
Fminors, Palmero sold his mask, and II
.became the property Of Brennan and
.Sbiel. Now, before the bigger boys go
out on the field, there are cries OF
"Briny out the bird cage and they
bring out the perfectly good So mask.
Rivalry continues 10 be keen be-
s.ween The teams in the southern sec
ttion. Hamilton Fish still MAINTAINS
\ is lead i'm the S5-pOund class, having
kadded TO its string Of victories by de-
Mating Cherry and Market by score
8ofA 10 o. I'm the l0O-pound class Co
Il lumbus climbed to the top OF the table
/ by beating Tompkins Square by score
4 OF 5 TO 2. .-L;u ou,
The l5O-pound championship prom,
ises 10 be close fight between seward
| and Hamilton Fish parks, as both nave
Won an four Of their games played
hrbe same conditions exist IN the r lou
Aso.pd class. with Columbus and Ham
10 Fish tied for the honors.
Perhaps the most disappointed boy
-, snv of the teams that arc compel
80 in the Tribune baseball tourna-
m nc IS Lawrence Fuld, who plays on
,be Ss.pound team of the Jasper ovais.
When The photographer came TO take
1 nic,ure Of his team the other day
r. wasn't there, and now he's won
kdcr;ns II he can really prove that he
,gho stsndings for the week follow;
n NORTHERN SECTION
~ S. pound ciass' 1900
100 oval .........+s.s.' ~