Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-19
$4,000 Attend THE
BELVIDERE PICNIC
Farmers Come In from Miles
Around to the Annual
Grangers' Day.
special to the Evening Star.

ENerlAi TO inc Evening Etnha
BELVIpERE, Aug. 19.-Twelve
thousand people from Warren, Sussex,
Morris and Passaic counties and east
ern Pennsylvania flocked to Belvi-
Gere yesterday to attend at annual
fair of the Warren County Changers
Association. Tho center of attraction
was the public park, transformed in
TO a midway, where the farmers pat
ronized the various amusements
and heard speeches by men promi-
nent in New Jerseys political life
Well Known Speakers.
Judge Joseph NJ Roseberry, a
former practical farmer. welcomed
the agriculturists. Thomas +. Mar
tin, secretary of state; William N.
Runyon, majority leader of the As
sembly; William J.. Dill, commits
sioner OF motor vehicles; Charles A
Philhower, the new superintendent of
the Warren county schools, and Wal
ter II. Haven, overseer of the New
Jersey Grange, were the principal
speakers. Mrs. Minnie ]. Reynolds
spoke for suffrage and Miss Marjorie
Dolman against it.
"Rockhead Reilly" on Deck.
Hackettstown's Tri-County League
team, aided by the performances ex-
traordinary of the famous Rockhead
Reilly, defeated the Belvidere stars,
to 1, here yesterday afternoon be-
fore q crowd numbering close to 5000
fans. Rockhead was really the star
of the encounter, though he failed to
make a single hit. But, according to
his manager, he came back well
enough to retain his job for another
week at least.
Rocky, as the boys call him, was on
the bases thrice through errors, and
he startled the vast assemblage by
his daring base pllfering. On his last
trip to the plate, in an effort to OBJ
tain safety, Rockhead batted cross
handed, and almost came through,
but the leather bounced evenly to the
opposing shortstop, who tossed the
ball wildly to first.
Rocky was on first, and on the first
pitched bali 70 the next batter he
darted for second But alas! again
an error enabled the famous bone
head of the Tri-County to reach his
destination, and he continued on to
third. Here was where he pulled the
bone feature of the struggle.
The catcher had received the ball
from Pitcher Okey Woods, and Rocky
was on third. The catcher turned
toward the umpire to dispute bail,
looking, started for home plate. The
backstop, however, was alert and
turned, catching Rocky by fully ten
yards, though Rocky tried his IA
nous hook slide, hooking the bas
Nith his heel.
Just lake Lightning.
Dave Driscoll, the Hackettstown |
manager, was on third at the time, |
coaching, and was unaware of Rock |
heads performance until someone |
had told him. He performed the feat |
so quickly.
Someone yelled els there carpen-
ter In the stand2'
Outside of Rocky's antics on the
diamond the game developed into an
interesting one Jimmy Clinton toed
the rubber for Hackettstown and he
%as in rare form. He yielded but
six hits and forced twelve batsmen
10 strike out. Clinton was also
factor In his teams victory, in COM
ing through with four timely hits.
Joe Harter, a Newark boy, contrib
uted two timely wallops for the visi-
tors. Fred Rudolph, brother OF Dick
Rudolph, the Boston Braves pitcher,
and Hank Mathewson. brother Of the
famous Matty, of the New York
Giants, were in the lineup OF the
RA1Vtdera team