Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
CUBANS OPEN WITH
AN EASY VICTORY
Asbury Parks No Match for the
Newark Atlantic
Leaguers.
MAYOR HAUSSLlNG IN TRIM

Newark got It's first taste Of At
lantlc League baseball yesterday
when the Cubans, representing the
"cityA that knows how" defeated the
| Asbury Park team by a score of 1873.
| The lid was gently loosed from Its
moorings at Wiedenmayers Park for
| the second time this season and
Mayor Jacob Haussllng, who pitched
the first ball, worked overtime, twirl-
ing an extra one because his first
offering went wild. The second one
was not close enough to be called q
strike either. His honor said
\ he felt no Ill effects from the extra
work OF two openings this season be-
sides the amateur events he has
taken part in and his wing" Is in
fine condition-for next spring.
just for joke following the
Mayors little stunt Of delivering the
pill, the band struck up, I'VE Won't
Get Home Until Morning." and the
guess was quite close. The exhibit
ton of baseball given by the two
teams dragged out over two hours
and there were enough runs scored
to win eight pools and last nine clubs
| for whole season. The Asburys
who have not been plastered with q
nickname just yet, but have had
various suggestions such as "Ozones,'
"Coacks," and other pet monichers,
started off like a wild cat engine on
q down-grade and wound up the
| same way--only going In the other
| direction-straight up In the air
Coaokley looked around In vain for
an anchor In the fourth round when
| seven Cubans wendell their weary
way around the paths. On this occa-
| sion q youngster named McBain, who
| pegged for the Asburys went skying.
he had been wild In previous rounds,
but the Cubans were hitting at bad
balls In their anxiety to make good.
In the fourth, however, they waited
him out and he could not have gone
higher in a balloon. After he had
SHE'D out four passes in row McBain
got the hook. Ritter, southpaw,
came In and hit Arogan, forcing in
another tally. Then Viola doubled,
cleaning up. Padrone singled and
advanced to third on infield outs,
Ritter let him in with balk.
All Kinds Of Baseball.
1t was an elaborate connection of
all sorts of basebalEboth wierd and
Notwithstanding like local fans
have not seen in a long while Seven
men reached first base in that inning
for Newark and every one of the
seven counted.
The Asburys got three runs during
the nine rounds. two of them coming
In the first session. Hits by Brandt,
| Melvin and Flanagan, q double steal,
a rev assorted errors due to stage
fright and q pass were thrown into
the scoring machine and two big runs
| were turned out.
The biggest hero to the local fans
who So the game was Viola, the
| hard- hitting left fielder of the Gu
! bans. Viola stands UP to the plate
with solid foundation of some 17s
| pounds, more or less, and he put:
| every ounce of 1t behind hts drives
| If he were as fast on the paths as q
Bert Tooley or Bill Collins, he
| would be a sensation. Twice the
swafthy son of the Antilles clouted al
| the pill, and the sphere--a white
! streak--went screaming to the outer.
| most posts-resting quietly in the turf
in deep left, when the painting out.
fielder arrived on the scene. Stlll, or
these long larrups, Viola cashed\ only
two doubles. His single in the sixth
likewise figured In run. II was q
nasty hopper that the third base pro.
tector OF the enemy could not very
well field.
Viola and Padrone, the latter being
| cleaner-up on the locals, are natural
hitters. Romanach, short stop for the
| Cubans, did not have many chances
| but he made one fiashy stop that
| showed he Is an expert around the
| territory between second and third.
Abe Raohlin, Of this city, twisted
the pill over the plate in the last two
| rounds, while Munoz rested. Muno2
started the contest and outside OF the
Rachlin did not allow o run in the
| two innings he pitched and on his first
visit to the plate slammed out q
first round was never In danger
| single. Abe made one mistake in the
eighth, for he forgot to touch third
on his way home. Viola had doubled
with the sacks congested. The run
however, was not missed. The Gu
bans will play here today with the
| Asburys. The score:
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