New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
Mines of Thomas Jeffer-
son and Seward Parks
Carry OFF Laurels.
cARMANSVILLE WINS
A BRILLIANT GAME
prizes for Teams and Players
WIN Be Presented at City
Hall on Thursday

re- last week Of the series. in which
.hsmniops from the four sections
.f,bs CITY. north. east, south and wes',
-. 81 100. lis and $50 pouna
: - crossed bats with one smother
,bo final championships of the
.sarnament. brought out some eXeeI,
Ssa, exhibitions of Americas national
game. -. -. nd medals
.4ere6 As rrizes by The Tribune have
~, fbr incentive for bringing many
n.y. into Tie Fairgrounds 20 engage "a
( me healihful recreation that oase0ali
During ne last week the pick OF tn"
t.sms. all Of whom had Won laurcls by
, S.'nlrg the championship - tne'r re-
: t+.ctive sections, were 5pStcNed % pa!
,r,inst one another. The s.N best BAL
ss'4s in .he Department o, '2rNS acre
,taser for these contests.
! Two ucU raj Uwpr'. .H,tf 3ct"fS III
A. bepsl;wc0'. considered 10 sSIe 4
,;orougn knowledge ot.tfr game, were
.secte5 by SUPERVISOR lee 70 handle
I 80 entire trsl .cvics Of games. y"
s,ybf so,,e Of tho bows don't entirely
s~rse ri.h tno Supervisor that the
.-b;ters cncs,r know all about the
s,,e As Messrs. kcilcher and Fiayin
81 NO. "a close play 20 decide. But
,.ep INC h>e caCuers have their trou-
~ In Kencher and Mr. Flavln
a.,ee.ol protests. However, they al
- managed 10 send the boys home
!, co6d hnmor and feeling that they
sd received "a square deal.
~be four silver Guns and the forty
rbt cold and silver medals VIII be
IA. .serfod TO the BOYS that were tortu-
.,tc enough 60 vu them. from the
s,sps OF the City Hall next thursday
afternoon ~ = o cioc...
Mayor Mitchell, Commissioners WARD
md many other prominent city oflcialS
viIl no invited 20 attccd the presenta-
sstioa q the prizes
ire 600 bronze medals viii be sent
q :, tbe i1structors Of the various play
s,onnds whore the games were held
and Will be distributed by them to the
boyS. ,., VI -
hovs 10 receive their medals outside
10 Mayors Office. but he IS under the
;m,ression ina. the congestion would
- too GREAT should the boys appear
;sdividuallv for che 1896 medals ana
four silver cups that The Tribune mas
donated Tor prizes. So he has chosSa
~ formcr method for distributing tne
coveted trophies.
The ramcs or NonGav were held al
Tbomss Jefferson Ptrs Playground. an
Italian quarter OF the city. and the
Thor,sS Jefferson teams made clean
.sssraen on their acme field. defeating
Carmansville in the lC0-pound class oy
a score o. = 20 o, Jasper oval ~ 'he
1l5-pound ella by $ 70 Z and heseI
roir Oval IN the l30-POund class D!
10 8. However, the Reservoir team 90.
an even break by defeating Johh jay
With Is 30 score.
chelsea Park. tho Ifjsh-German see
ton. was the scene OF the second series
OF games. on Tucsday. The teams IRON
the Yves; Side we're pltted against the
teams from the lower East SIDE ana
The East Sfders wniteNasheJ their op-
peneuts mn.
Hamilton Fish shut out West o9th
n. in the S5-pOund class by score OF
10 0. Seward defeated Chelsea IN the
iDO-pound class by so Q, and De WIT
Clinton in the ll5-pound class by 10
leo
The West seth st. seniors in the
lSO-pound class saved the West SlderS
from a complete trouncing by defeat
inc Hamilton Fish > 20 ! IN hotiN
contested game.
The Ghetto was the place Of compe >
tition Wednesday Hamilton FisI
Park The home team started on ~
besting the Reservoir Oval S5-pou
team by score Of to 4. ReserV II
0gGls l20-pound team reversed nEIt
ten in the I30-pound class and or
ever Hamilton Fish by 10 to 3 "a lily
Seward and Carmapsyille IS5-poH nd
then played an eleven-inning E'lme
Zach team tailed only once. Tn q ll5-
pound game was yet to be playe d, anC
Mr. Ginnertv. Of the field staff, seeing
that the little fellows we're tired called
The game and started Jasper Oval anC
Seward Park going in the u. pOunC
class. This game had to be "a lied OF
account Of darkness in the s IL tn inn
lng, Seward being in the = d by
seore Of 10 ..
The East Meadow in Cerd raj Pari
vas the battle-ground On Thursday
4 The Thomas jefferson boys cleaned W
once more by beating Chel sea, to z
4 { b the l0O-pound class; De Witt Gin
ION, by TO 3, in the lisp ound class
and West 18th Street, by z to 3, u
The lS0-pound class. West. 59th Stree
Won from John Jay by score o
Stof.
The sheepfoId at Cen al Park wa
selected for Fridays cImes. Reser
loir took West seth Street into CAM
By score of to 3 in the S5-poun'
eass. GAINESVILLE beg. Chelsea BY
aeore Of TO in the 500-pound class
seward upset Thomas Jefferson IN tn
tb-pound class for ple first time. II
we series by score .s)f 5 TO A. Jeter
sen kept winning IA the l3O-poun'
sass, ehRlking up foLr runs to Hamii
ION Fish's one, and ycinched the cham
Ponship in the f30Apound class, whil'
seward was tuckirGS away the honor
n the ll5-pound class.
On Saturday on E of the Oldest base
~ fields in the City, Jasper Oval, wa
eketed for the asst of the series. Tn
'-slsndstand was packed to its capaclt.
ehd many Of the 9oOy "rooters" who &C
4 temp2ried their teams mad to stan'
along the base lines and out in tn
ssil TO see the game. About six thou
aAho "rootCrs" from the various play
grounds were on hand to cheer thel
tespeetWe te;Ins on to victory, ant
were was nof dull moment durini
ne entire afternoon.
ne s5-porMd teams opened up on tn
Isi diane hid, Hamilton Fish beini
s,..ed again Bt John Jay. Hamilton Fisl
Sned once in the second and agall
!" me thiiS inning, and John Jay pu
van Ov6H the pan IN the fourth IN
nRg HaHilton Fish followed this u
IN run in the fifth, which was tn
lally of the game. Hamilton Flsl
4mTanng ny score Of &c 1.
thomg' Jefferson against Seward II
wv gJound class was the game o.
Dig diamond in front Of the grand
This was hard fought contes
pm E.art 70 finish, but the Sewsr
4 yie,e essm managed to squeeze out