Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-14
BARR|NGER LOOKS
LIKE THE WINNER
Veteran Team Expected to Beat
South Side Tomorrow
Afternoon.
FIRST GAME IN II. S. LEAGUE

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FIRST GAME IN H. S. LEAGUE
Newark High Schools Athletic AS
sociation baseball team will receive
its first impetus for the season of
1914 tomorrow afternoon, when Bar
ringer and South Side engage in the
opening game at City Athletic Field.
The game will be South Sides first
venture into school league baseball.
Although the South Siders are mex
perienced, the Orange and Black has
an edge on the Barringerites, as the
Blue and White has not yet played
a scheduled game. South Side has
the advantage in this respect, as it
played the Irvington High School
ball tossers last week and defeated
them. 7 to 8.
outside of the matter of practise,
the Barringer squad looks a likely
winner, as it consists of a crew Of
veterans.
Academy Athletes Busy.
Newark Academy athletes are put
ting in the most strenuous ticks OF
practise in preparation for the open
ing of the track and baseball seasons
on Saturday. School reopens after
the Easter vacation tomorrow, and
the morning practises that have been
the rule for the past week will be
abandoned The Red and Black track
team is one of the favorites for the
New York University meet honors, as
some of the new candidates promise
to outriyal the stars lost by transfer
to Central and to business.
The baseball team will have a hard
task on its hands to dispose of the
Morrlstown School team Saturday, as
the school recently defeated Norris
town High School for the town cham
pionShip.
Drake Returns to Squad.
Ducky Drake, the veteran second
base candidate at Newark Academy,
has recovered from the attack of tom
silitis, with which he has been con-
fined to his home for the last fort
night, and has rejoined the squad.
Montclair at East Orange.
Montelair High School will play the
second game of its baseball season
Friday at Ashland Field, East Or
ange. The Navy and White is sched-
uled to clash with the East Orange
High School nine in a New Jersey
Interscholastic League championship
game on that day.
East Side OF for Ossining.
East Side High Schools baseball
team left this noon for Ossining,
where it is slated to start against the
Mt. Pleasant Military Academy team
this afternoon. White and Captain
Bauer will be the East Side battery.
Two Newark boys will be in the line
up of Mt. Pleasant. Jimmy Snee,
former Barringerite, and Ted Grimm,
an ex-Centralite, are playing inffeld
and catching positions, respectively.
Wiss Out of N. Y. q. Games.
Norman Wiss, the Star sprinter or
Barringer High School, will not start
in the century event of the New York
University games, which are sched-
uled for next Saturday afternoon at
Ohio Field, New York. 1t was ex-
pected that Wiss, Gardner, of Cen.
tral, and Goldberg, of Newark Acad-
envy. would face that barrier in the
N. Y. u. games. The academy sprint
er and the Central fiery topped flyer
are old rivals, while Wiss gave Card
ner the stiffest sort of competition in
the 75-yard race for the senior State
indoor sprint title this winter.
st. Benedicts Lose Good Catcher.
st. Benedict's Prep lost a good
catcher recently, when Jiggs Donahue,
the basketball star, left school. Dona-
hue is the second good athlete that
the Benedicts have lost since the first
of the year, his leave-taking coming
soon after that of Jim Cavanaugh,
the gymnast and basketball player.
First for st. Benedicts' Prep Today.
ST. Benedict's Pre- pwill begin its
1914 baseball season this afternoon
with South Orange High School as
the opponent at the Newark Ath-
letics' Field, South Orange avenue
and Boylan street. Veto George and
Frank Bladder will share the pitch
ing burden for the Benedict boys,
while Foley is slated to catch.
Good Position for Central.
Central High School will be next
to the pole in the one mile high
school championship event at the
Penn relays, April 20. Boston Com
mercial will have the inside track.