New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
WITTNER FACTOR
IN VICTORY OF
COMMERCE Nine
Drives in Four of the Five
Runs Scored Against
Yonkers High.
MCCORMICK FAILS
COMMERCIAL TEAM
Sheridan Allows Poly Prep Only
One Hit, but Errors of Manual
Prove Costly.

Hal Wttner, the High School Of
Commerce outfelder, played a promi-
nent part in the victory of his team
over Yonkers High School in their an
nual baseball game on the latter's field
yesterday. The score was to 4.
Wittner secured a double and a
triple in his two times at bat, which
accounted for four of the five runs.
His three-base drive came in the sew
enth and started his team to victory.
Nat Holman was a puzzle to the
Yonkers batters. holding them to three
scattered hits, but five misplays gave
his opponents a chance to score sew
eral of their runs.
The score by innings follows:
Commerce GsHGs;. ,.. :..::.5s ffs: !
Battere'Homan and sceley; Kesne. MaIon
and Hainsslage.
Commercial had its record OF FIVE
straight victories broken when it fell
victim to the fine pitching of Bon
Sheay, of Bay Ridge, on the latter's
field at West End Oval. hTe score was
Q to /.
Jim Mccormick, the Commercial
pitcher, passed four Bay Ridge players
in the fourth, and before the inning
was ended five runs were scored.
Sheay let the Commercial heavy hit
ters down with five hits, two of which
came in the third for their only run.
He famed eleven.
The score by innings follows:
S saE Ei4fs ..::.5 1888 q e 3
Batteres-shesy and Driscon Mccormick and
Logue
Frank Sheridan, of Manual Training,
allowed Poly Prep. only one hit, but his
team was beaten in a five-inning game
at Suburban Oval, Brooklyn, by a score
of to 0.
Poly's only safety came in the third,
and when sandwiched in between some
loose playing, gave Poly its three runs.
Manuel made four hits off Koenig.
The score by innings follows:
E Hsyp. RI: 4R4..aia. .....:...s g =. /
Ba,teries-KOenis and Ferguson Sheridan and
Lind.
s.. Paul's School was defeated by the
Irving School nine on it's Garden City
field by score of 10 to 1.
Emery kept the St. Paul batters to
only four scattered safeties, while he
famed thirteen batters. Two passes, a
single by Daley and Burdick's sacrifice
fly gave st. Paul's its only run. Six
errors by the losers helped Irving to
pile Up its score.
The score by innings follows:
s.. Paur' % $500 81 : 8
Baftorles-Emey and Payne; wOOdbum and
Grimshaw.
Thirteen errors marred the game in
which Hamilton Institute defeated
Adelphi Academy on the latter's field
by score of 10 TO II.
number of t-e seven Adelphi mis-
plays were committed at critical times
during the last four innings, after it
had pied up a good lead. Taylor, the
all-around interscholas track cham
pion. was batted freely by Adelphi, but
frightened up in the sixth and seventh
innings.
The score by innings follows:
R HisH1hI A I45tits5e if5 - 81:
Bat,eries-Taylcr and Crovat; Hamlen and Dob
In
Horace Mann piled up an overwhelm-
ing score of II to in defeating the
Michigan School in five-inning game
on its field. Horn was unsteady in the
first inning, but Mohegan got only one
hit in the remaining Jour innings.
The fact that the Mohegan players
had to catch an early train for home
probably saved them from having their
opponents add to the score. One triple
and six singles aided in eleven Horace
boys ossing the plate in the second
inning.
The score by innings follows:
IT. y.
Horace Mann ...........o II I VI IL
Bstteries-Horn and Davis Waldo. Sec and
Blume.