The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
Base Ball. a,


The base ball season is on in earnest
and the Burlington county teams are
getting into good shape. The chances
for league in which Mount Holly will
figure appear to be slim but there
will be good team in this town this
season and the games that will be
presented will be all that admirers of
the sport may desire. The Mount
Holly nine had a practice game Sat
urday and there was every indication
that there will not be any fault to be
found in the lineup.
Forbes, who pitched against Mount
Holly last Labor day and led his
team to victory, will be in the box for
Mount Holly in the first game which
will occur next Saturday. McCue
will be back of the bat, and Laurie
Gillian will be in right field. The
balance of the team will be as pub
lished few weeks ago.
The first game in Mount Holly will
be between the home team and Sham
rock, of Burlington. The game will
begin at $50, next Saturday, on the
High street grounds.
Shamrock played Beverly on Satur-
day and won the game in the first
three innings, scoring two runs in the
first and two in the third inning. In
the sixth another run was added but
it was not needed. Beverly got two
in the first and one in the fourth, leav-
ing the score at the finish, five to
three in favor of Shamrock.
Mitchell, of Burlington, had a game
in the latter city, Saturday, when it
played Public Service. The contest
was too one-sided to be interesting as
the score was 10 to 2 in favor of
Mitchell
A very good game at Burlington
was that between Burlington and St.
PauPs the latter winning by the score
of four to two. Dellece, pitcher for
the winning team, made quite rec
ord by striking out twenty men.
O'Neill of the same team, made three
good hits, leading the batting for his
side.
Go to the High street grounds, Sat
urday, and give the boys hearty re-
ception. Let them see that you APP
preciate what is being done to give
Mount Holly good sport during the
summer. Manager Perinchief is do
ing his best to have winning ball play
ed but he cannot succeed unless the
public aids him. There are people
enough in Mount Holly to ensure ex-
penses being paid, yet nearly every
season shows that the manager has
to meet deficiency.
Delanco opened the season with a
game between the home team and
Farmer, of Burlington. The Delanco
boys scored shutout, getting eight
runs to nothing for Farmer.
In the Delaware River league, Sat
urday, Florence and Bordentown play.
ed game that was not settled unit
the twelfth inning, when Florence
with two men out, won by the score Of
three to two. Sweeney, for Florence
allowed his opponents but four hits.
Lumberton scored victory, Satur
day, by defeating the strong Frank
ford team by the score of seven t,
two. In the first inning Lumbertoi
made one run, and then the opposing
pitcher seemed to have the home team
at his mercy, until the sixth inning
when Lumberton found out where t
hit the ball and in the remaining tire
! innings secured six runs. Frankfor
. made one in the first and one in tn
seventh inning. Vaughn, Lumberton'
pitcher, was in fine shape and held hi
/ opponents down to five hits, whic
were so scattered as to lose their ef
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