New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Calumet Defeats Union
Club on Windswept
Diamond.
FUR COATS AND
FLANNELS MINGLE
Summer Garb Makes Queer
Picture Mid Ice and
Snow.
BY FRANK O'NEUlI..

In that desolatc land and lone when
Is bounded on the north by Ninety
sixth Street. on the south by Ninety
nfth Street. on the vest BY West End
Avenue and on the east bv the brick
wall OF an apartment house there gath
cred band Of men clad in fur ove--
coats and white hannels. in football
sweaters and lawn tennis shoes to play
game o. baseball yesterday after
noon.
Ming Winter sent blast Of icy wind
weeping out Of the northwest. He
Cr pped the ground IN his frozen hanj
making II rs nard as the asphalt blocks
which pave the avenues His effort
were vain. for the Winter League sea
son Is on. and the game went on De
wing the elements. the Calumet Cluh
turned 10 and defeated the Union CluD
oy the rollicking score Of Is 70 II.
There was 10 have been a doublo
header. The University Club and the
18th Regiment were 10 have PLAYED.
but two of the soldier boys were taken
down with grip. and only four of the
team were on hand. Under the rule.
Of the league the game was forfeited
TO the University Club.
II was thrilling finish. too. Ira
ing long IN the rear and hopelesslv
out Of 81. the Union Club rallied with
vim IN the last ming. and. larrupirg
the curves Of Billy Tilt. former Co
lumbla pitcher. all over the lot. pushed
I'VE men across the plate and score
i've runs. The frost crept INTO Tilt
arm. and he lost the knack Of impair
ng that puzzling twist TO the ball tina;
made him master of the situation >
the beginning. But even the thrill OF
approaching victory, which lowered
mirage-like over the Calumet bench.
could not serve as a steam radiator.
and at last the side was retired
The crowd. or what was left Of the
crowd. filed out. On nearby rink the
small boys were skatn joyously. The
fash of the steel runners seemed more
In keeping with the weather than the
flash of the polished ash.
Johnny De Saulles was a quarter
back at Yale some years ago. He was
great quarterback. Since then he
has been IN the diplomatic service
Yesterday he tried to be pitcher He
occupied the centre of the diamond
FOR one inning He started the second,
and his curves were knocked high a
the fence. and higher, in some in
stances, until he went over 20 short
stop, where he did well Eleven hits
cracked through the arctic air. and
almost as many runs resulted, when
II. +. Benjami took his place.
Benjamin was the might-have-
OF The game. After pulling out Of the
second inning he twirled three score
less frames and was in mid-season
form. so TO speak. But even his mus
cles felt the grip OF Jack Frost in the
sixth inning and lost their effective
and these put the game on ice, II ice
we're really needed.
Tilt was not exactly Stingy with his
hits. He is Of the Christy Mathewsou
school. He was nit safely nineteen
times. including a two-bagger by Fred
Watson, but he saw to il that Che runs
did not score in clusters. one run
was scored in each Of the first four
innings. In the fifth he pitched shut
out ball. but Union maintained the
one-run- to-an-inning average by get
ting two in the sixth Then, as told
before. he weakened in the seventh
and five runs were put over. George
Washington hit the right field fence
in this seventh frame, with Benjamin
and De Saulles on bases. lie scored
both.
Kendall. who covered third for the
Calumet Club, played 5000 game. ne
made a couple OF rafting stops OF
hits that might have been called slz.
zlers on warmer day, and knocked
down several other drives which he
could not field. Washington was
busv worker for the Union club.
An iron cross should 80 TO A. INT,
second baseman Of the Calumet Club.
lie stole second base and went in over
the hard. rough ground with a nifty
fall-awav slide. He got up rubbing
his trousers, and it wasn't TO brush
az tho dust. either. Smith, the Union
catcher Ca sprang a distinct innovation
Inv wearing trick mask, and sam
Hinckley. Harvard man, wore his
letter sweater. football pants, tennis
shoes and catcher's mitt. In spite
Of this he made two errors.
.,t,u- UNION