Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-28
CHAMPIONS WILL
PLAY IN MADISON
Hackettstown Nine of Tri-
County League to Face
Team Saturday.
REGULARS TO PERFORM

The biggest baseball game Of the
season in Madison is scheduled to take
place Saturday afternoon when the
Madison B. B. G. will oppose the
Hackettstown club, winners of the
Tri-County League championship.
The Madison management has spared
no expense in booking the big
Leaguers'' of semi-pro baseball and
will present a strengthened team for
the occasion. The regular members
of the Hackettstown team will ap-
pear in Madison and arrangements
are being made for a record crowd.
The game will be a sort of test"
affair, and If the crowd turns out IL
is likely that the proposed Lacka-
wanna Baseball League will go
through. All of the regular Hack
ettstown members will appear, in
Guiding Jimmy Clinton, Joe Harter,
Gus Schwartz, Bill Stallings, Billy
Swanson, Jimmy Irving, Joe Lennon,
Wally Cosgrove and Manager Dave
Driscoll.
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Prospects Had Successful Season.
The Prospects, of Forest Hill, or
ganized five years ago. have closed
a most successful season. In thirty
two games played the team won
twenty-six, losing the remainder. The
team was composed of the following
players: bod, second base; Harper,
first base; Eben, third base; Dono-
van, shortstop; Graef, left field; Gros-
jean, center field; Barrett, right field; (;
McKieth, catcher, and Walker and
Ogden, pitchers.
Haas Continues Fine Work.
Ernie Haas, the local southpaw
pitcher, has been doing brilliant work
this season. Pitching for the Cald-
we'll club against Watsessing Satur-
day he held his opponents to three
hits, famed fourteen and won his
game, to g. He also registered three
hits from the delivery of Springman,
a New Yorker, who was on the
mound for Watsessing. Haas has
won his last fourteen games and has
a batting average of .34S.
s.
Winners Use Three Twirlers.
That was some heavy hitting con-
test in which the Westinghouse and
Splitdorf Shop Leaguers battled on
Saturday. The Westinghouse boys,
who won, used three pitchers. while
Splitdorf was content with one.
saunier Hit Hard.
Cliff Saunier, who has been pitch
ing fine ball for Splitdorf in the local
Shop League, found the task of beat
ing the Westinghouse nine about too
much on Saturday. Cliff was batted
for thirteen hits, including seven
doubles
Banquet for New Providence Players.
New Providence closed its season
Saturday with a victory over the
American A. A., / to O. The New
Providence team thus won the series
from the Americans, three to one.
Members of the New Providence nine
will be banqueted next Saturday eve
ming in New Providence.
s.
Hughes in Hard Luck.
Although George Hughes held New
Providence to a single hit on Satur-
day, he was beaten. His teammates
found Charley Mueller, of the win
ners, for nine bingles, but failed to
make q run.
Rubber Game of Series.
The American A. A. will end It's
season Saturday opposing the Wat
sessing B. b. c., at Watsessing. These
teams have met on four occasions,
and each nine has two victories to Its
credit.
Wilson and Roehm the Stars.
Lefty Wilson pitched a great game
for the Watsessing Tigers against
the Bloomfield Catholic Lyceum nine
Saturday. Left held the Bloomfield
team to three hits. Roehn, of the IT,
gers, fielded remarkably, accepting
thirteen chances without an error.
Two Straight for Pru Nine.
The Prudential Insurance Company
A. A. team seems to have 1t all over
the Metropolitan Insurance Company
A. A. nine in baseball. That victory
on Saturday was the second straight
for the "Prus' over the "Met5."
s.
Reitz Mighty Hitter.
Fred Reitz, OF the Newark Arrows,
drove the ball over the center field
fence Oh Speedway Oval in the game
Sunday against the Speedways. Reitz
has collected ten hits in the last four