New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
RAIN SENDS WINTER
LEAGUE TO ARMORY
Union Club and 18th Regi-
ment Defeat Their Rivals
in DoubIe-Header.
UNIVERSITY CLUBS
HEAD THREATENED
Soldiers Bombsrd CaIumets with
Rain of Hits, Which Sends
Score Soaring.

Rain. and plenty Of II, drove the Winter
League ball players to the confines Of the
18TH Regiment armory yesterday after
noon. where a double-header that fairly
brlstled with action in every inning was
played.
In the first game the Union Club dop ned
the Racquet, and Tennis Club by a score
Of IS to 3, while in the closing battle toe
18th Regiment, hammering the ball 20 al
corners OF the building. swept the Calu-
met Club before II. The score was .
70 r.
The Union Club crept up to within one
game OF the University Club, which Is
leading the league with nine games won
and two lost, while the Calumets clinched
a hold on last place that is already too
secure. The 18th Regiment gained =
mitch also. and now Is tied for third
Mace with the Racquet and Tennis play
ers having won FIVE games and lost siN
The game between the 18th Regiment
and the Calunets was one Wild batting
oreie. and the hits doomed out with a.
most the same frequency that the rebel
guns are pouring shot and shell into the
defences at Torreon-
w A. Tilt Of the Calumet Club, one Of
the bravest men known TO baseball again
tried his luck I'm the box, although sui
fering from a sore leg. His stay 0as
short but wildly exciting. he remained
in the box two innings, during which
time his choicest curves, drops, fadea"dys
Of al. we're sent wnizzing TO the outer bat
Elements for round dozen runs. When
he retired c. r. Schultz entered upon tne
scene. but even he was unable 70 check
the advances of the militia men, o~nt on
establishing a high score record.
The hits happened along in clusters ana
punches. The sight Of a teammate on the
lines apparently inspired the men behind
him 10 greater deeds, and they saw TO
that few runners were stranded. The
slugfest continued until all hands became
fatigued. one from running the bases, the
other from running In mad pursuit Of Toe
ball.
II must not be imagined. however. that
the soldiers did all the free hitting and
loose scoring. The Calumet men ndp
their eyes or the ball and stuns II time
and again for clean hits. They ouncnea
the bingles. moreover, and ran the bases
we'll. but with the delivery OF Tilt and his
successor an open book before the Keen
eyed opposition their most heroic enorn
10 turn the tide were unavailng.
Realizing that a victory would place
them within striking distance of the Cni-
versity Club. the Union Club men settled
70 the task in hand in a business-iiAs
manner. Strong on the attack tney III
the ball when hits meant runs ana 'ooA
advantage of every opening that prov
ess with the hickory forced to preseh'
itself. Delaheld, especially, was po"'''
and FIVE times he sent the ball "hi]@"'s
into safe territory, generally AT JIM
when il did the most good. MS
mate Gibbons. was also prominent IN u'e
attack and showed how it is done IN ma
Tor league circles by driving out nome
RIM IN the second inning with man Oh
base sheffield and G. L. Nrenn were tns
men who labored on the ruooer lot '"s
Racquet and Tennis Club, and oe'"es"
tbam they allowed twenty-one nlts-
Delaheld was a star performer for na
team Not only did he pick on MS ",t
hits but he pitched a clever game
boot. True enough, his delivery Was ."
safely eleven times, but he kept uhe"
we'll scattered along the route ana T"
the tiabt places was another Matty.
He was supported by a team thA
nIayed big league ball in back OF nm
Not q single error married the perfect
card of the Union men. De Saulles Gov
cred third in fine style. He had Two pus
outs and seven assists to his credit A."
NOT all were easN incidentally, ne pO'a
ont four hits and stole three bases
round out the days work. Bob Nrena
of lawn tennis fame, was also IN
thick of the defensive battle. satnsnns
q brace of put-outs and five rat1er o.'
cult assists for himself. The siussine
Gibbons not only picked up four Mus "
Guiding q home run and double oo'
stood in with a put-out and Tour ssS"
The game was wslk-a"ay Holh ~
start. The Union men began -,
with only one run in the first frame w
collected seven in the second and cihsss
the game then and there. Inc la
counts that followed in the third inn'"s
as we'll as another In the fourth ana ~.
more in the fifth. were highly unn.''
sary, and might have been saved w.
more pressing moment 80.
The 18th Regiment had no eonso~
ton whatever. The boys got elsh'
in the first inning. FIVE more IN tnS
ond and then kept up the oomoAiu's
until tired. The Calumets started a.,
" and scored seven times IN tne 10.
two innings, but lost their battins
thereafter. They rallied feeoE ~
last two innings and tailed two runs
each.
The scores follow: