New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-13
EngIewood Captures
Amateur League Flag
Jerseymen Trounce Gre,
cent A. c. and CIinch
the Championship.
PRESS POWER IN
BOX FOR VICTOR,
Wild at Times, but Pitches &.
perb Ball WithaI, ALLOWING
Opponents Three Hits.

After six years Of trying the Ens,
wood Field Club captured the ehs.
pionship Of the Amateur Ba,,A,,
League by defeating the Crescent A :
nine at Englewood yesterday Nv
score of 5 to 3. Jerseymen have ~,
runners-up on half a dozen oes.si.,,
but never came through until this "a,
They have only one more game 10 ~.
and even should they be defeated -,
not be tied by the Crescents, Who !,
in second place.
Englewood crushed the Crescents
scoring four runs in the first fr,..
and thereby earning a lead which -,
never overcome. Charlie Press !,
though wild at times, held the c.,
cents to three hits. one Of which. h.,
ever, was q four-bagger, which sso,..
two runs. Press struck out tveE,
men, but tried 70 overdo himself -,
as a result passed seven. Murray L.
the old Columbia pitcher, frst ftlt a,
Englewood onslaught and retired !.
fore man had been pu. out IL 4,
first inning.
Englewood had it's biggest ana =,
noisiest crowd out for the game. h ~
dition a small army of Crescent "a,
ers was on hand and the din WA "a.
parable to a European battlefsA =
pecislly when either side had a n,
on the bases and score seeuK !,
the verge Of being made.
Press, who has pitched so briIliss,
for Englewood all season, and \.
stood out as the hero Of the Jebr.
mems triumph, had a host Of frai
and he needed them all az one tin, q
another. His chief difficulty seemed i
be lack of faith ia his felders and !,
overwhelming desire 20 strike out ever
one Of his opponents. Let il k al
that Wilson. the none too omhissis,
though omnipotent umpire, gave d,
little assistance, for he tailed SINAI,
to discriminate between balls ~
knitted the corners for strikes and Ia,
that were a mile vide of the plate.
As it was, however, Press pitched
splendid game, although he would A,-,
been harder pressed through the eaflr
innings at least if Don Maekay Nj
been the Crescent's first pitching =
lection.
Murray Lee does not seem 10 b,s
progressed much beyond his Colunsa
pitching days, when ne never settle
down until he had one bad inning. s
il was yesterday and luckily for q,
new moon men they yanked Lee o.
of the box in time. But il was not W,
enough, for Mackay's heritage wac thh
men on the bags and none out Fw
runs Streamed across the rubber
that first frame before Mackay got Il
bearings and one more came thruur
in the second. From then Until the q.
however, Mackay was we'll nigh
vincible. His low ball foiled the D.
glewood batters ridiculously and nsli.
er waiting out tactics nor .slammiag b,
first ball pitched helped a bit. Asehl
was the Mackay of old, not so sped
perhaps. but every whit as cunning a..
resourceful.
Lees fate was told off the mifss
Englewood got to the bat HsnRr
pierced the iniicld with a single, n
hit Arthur Barnwcll, of old Yale tsr,
and then proceeded 10 walk Gt0p
Knox. 1t was here that the Coluuh
man was withdrawn and Maekay b.
ried to the box. His speed in erossig
the diamond on a jog trot had appii
emily wesried the none too syiphla
Don and Riddell crashed into one Z
his first balls for a double on vta
Hartman and Barnwell scored. VaughE
Lewis struck out, nor could Wilbur =;
the range safely. Peter FalseS y.
was tried out by the Pirates cary
the summer and found wanting, f'ee
Mackay, for he singled neatly to "
and Knox and RiGdell scored.
PresS's wildness helped the Crssas
cause in the second A base on ~
put Mallory on first. and when ~
Butler, late OF Cornell, rammed
over the tennis court fence for Ast
run, two TALES were chalked up nh
din for the Bay Ridge crew. Pres y
his revenge By getting three yietisi
row on strike outs.
II was the Englewood pitcher, =
who started trouble for Msekay >
second. Press, first man at bat, ds1't
and waltsed home on BarnwelPs -
after Hartmann, too anxious as W
struck out.
The Brooklyn players had ~
guessing in the third. BALM, Hn,s
toms football star, walked, but 10
for Englewood. was caught nav
Wild Bill Dalton walked, too, and "
ford Throp uncorked a hit. Randy y.
smashed a grounder which Press -
cred in and threw to Knox for . ~
play on Dalton. Knox had piehH
time TO double up Sides at hrsl
threw wildly and Throp advances
third and Sides 10 the midway.
Tory, however. famed and broagn
lief TO Englewood.
Two passes in a row meant Z ~
the Crescents in the sixth. Ihrsl
Sides walked and Throp stole =
while the Englewood team was Ben.
the umpire. He scored the ner
ment when Butler SLICED a hit y
left. After that all the Cresesas
was hope and Press limited tneH
sure of that to a minimum.
In the sixth Englewood had n,a
second and third and couldn't geI - :,
across. In the seventh when Two )"
out Ceoroe Knoy noled a triple y y