New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
ORGY of Batting Ends
! Winter League Series
Union and Calumet Club
men Revel in Hits and
Runs in Double-Header.
VICTORIES CAUSE TWO
TIES IN STANDING
Tilt a Factor in Trouncing OF the
Knickerbocker Nine. Both IN
Box and at Bat.

Hard hitting and high scores marked
the double-headcr that brought TO a close
the series Of the Winter Baseball League
I'm the 18th Regiment Armory yesterday,
The Calumet Club oatters rose mp and
trounced the Knickerbocker Club IN the
opening game by score OF 10 TO l. whhe
the Union Club defeated the officers OF
the eth Regiment team by the score OIL
50 TO 10.
The victories created two ties In the
anal standing Of the teams, Calumet ana
Knickerbocker dlsputing the cellar cham-
nionship. with games won and IL lost,
while the Racquet and Tennis team shared
honors with the national guard repre-
sentatives for third place, with victories
and s defeats. The University Club won
the title. with Il games won and lost
with the Union Club close behind with
only defeats in IS contests.
In the first game, between the Caiuinet
and Knlckerbocker teams, the fine pitch
ing for the Calumet nine Of William A.
Tilt. who az one time twirled for Column
bis University. was a feature. He al
lowed the opposing batsmen hitting only
three singles and a double and issued
three bases on balls. He established
record for the organization with hNe
strike-outs TO his credit
Tits batting and that Of Don Mckay
the old Yale pitcher, who played his hrs'
game at first base. were important rae
tors in the downing OF the rival team.
Each went TO bat seven times and Sc
cured six hits. Aten, shortstop' ana
Bigelow, the catcher, also did some timely
hitting.
Rae started in the box for the 'kn'cks
hut he was taken out with one out in the
third inning. The Calumet men found nm
for ten hits during his stay. and Sldeil'
who exchanged places with him at first
base. was no more effective. Slidell's Of
ferings were found for easy picking. Cal
umet sending out thirteen hits for total
OF ten runs.
The Union Club and the 18th Regiment
engaged in batting orgy in the second
contest, the first named getting thirty-hve
hits 10 their opponents twenty. Union
secured a commanding lead in the first
three innings. when they drove Harry
Asnnnore off the mound in the second
inning after I'VE men had crossed the
plate and no one had been retired. Harry
Hildreth, who relieved Ashmore, also
came in for n drubbing, Union pounding
out twenty-one hits off his delivery.
Eddie Delaheld was effective against
the 18th Regiment batters for three
innings, but tired in the fourth frame.
He was hit hard in the remaining three
Innings. with the national guards score
rapidly increasing.
Johnny De Saulles. third baseman OF
the Union Club, and Delafeld shared the
batting honors. The last named hit safely
eight out Of nine chances, While De
Saulles made seven hits in eight efforts
which included a long triple. Delafeld.
however. stole four bases, and De Saulles
two. Gibbons. Benjamin and George Wat
son also did some heavy stick work for
the victors.
Hildreth, Mccoy and Holt carried of
the batting honors for their team. but
they were poorly supported. Ashmore
made two singles and a double, but ne
had the Union players throwing wildly
around the floor in an effort to stop him
on the bases, and as a result he scored
six runs.