The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-07
TUESDAY. AUGUST Z, 1917
Base Ball.

Delanco tried hard to beat Mount
Holly on Saturday, but it was not able
to do the trick, despite the efforts of |
the team, the two umpires, and the |
great crowd of Delanco rooters who al !
ways turn out in force at that place. |
"Jakey'' Ellis, well known here, is the
manager of the Delanco team, and he
was loud in his denunciation of the
way in which the Mount Holly papers
had roasted Jack Devlin, the star um-
pire for Florence, and then "Jakey'
put couple of nmpires on the field in
comparison with whom Deylin is a
king. One of the men was named
Boyce and the other was Ships, who
has umpired against Mount Holly be-
fore.
The game started by Mount Holly
scoring the first run. Shemelia got a
two base hit and stole third. Lawrie
Gillian hunted. Shemelia started for
home and Delanco's pitcher thought
he could make play at the plate, so
he threw there. but not quick enough
to catch the runner. Nothing was
doing until the sixth inning, when
Ryan, of Delanco, made a three base
hit. Horn hit to Beaudry, who made
Q beautiful throw home and caught
Ryan. Ritter walked and this placed
Horn on second and Ritter on first.
Polls was the next batter and he made
q pass at the ball which the umpire
declared foul. The two men on bases
advanced and then there was a dispute,
the Mount Holly men claiming that
the ball was strike. All the players
surrounded the umpire, and then there
was beautiful exhibition of ignorance
or deliberate intention to give Delanco
an advantage as was ever seen on a
ball field. The umpire should have
declared "time," but instead of that
he allowed the players to wrangIe with
him, and while the dispute was going
on the man on third base ran home.
After this run had been scored amid
the wild howls of the Delanco crowd,
the umpire reversed his decision, de-
clared the ball q strike, and said the
batter was out, but a run had been
made and that was pretty good, for it
tied the score. That was all there was
just then, for the next man went out
on fly.
In the seventh inning Jimmy
Greenwald led off with fly ball that
Lawrie Gillian dropped. Haywood
struck out and Bacon was passed.
Stickel struck out and Ryan got a
two base hit which sent Greenwald and
Bacon home and the Delanco crowd
was nearly crazy with joy for their side
was two runs to the good.
Many Mount Holly people thought
the game was practically over and left
the ground, but that was where they
made a mistake for in Mount Holly's
half one OF the prettiest rallies Vas
made that our boys have ever accom-
plissd and which beat the Delanco
team, and the umpirss, and sent shiv
ers down the backs of the spectators.
The first man up was Forbes who went
out on fly and then there were the
usual cries of We've got the big man;
who's got the next ? But the next"
fooled them. Lawrie Gillian, who had
struck out twice and been thrown out
at first, got hit, Morgan followed with
another, and Beaudry repeated the
play, Lawrie Gillian scoring. McCue
stole second and Beaudry went to the
rescue with hit which sent in two
more runs. Shemelia got hit and
Beaudry tried to get home but was
caught at the plate. Jack Gillian
struck out and the inning ended with
Mount Holly one run to the good.
Delanco's half of the inning was soon
ended, each man being retired at first
base.
The Delanco crowd felt pretty
gloomy but it was no use talking about
it. The game had been fairly won.
At the close Of the game, Jack Gillian,
VINO mad caught the last man out, held
on to the ball and then ''Jakey" Ellis
showed his craftsmanship. He went
to Gillian and demanded the ball.
Jack said he would not give it up be-
cause Ellis was not entitled to it, but
thatif Jake" was such cheap sport,
he would present the ball to him which
he did. Rule IA Of the official guide
says I'm every game the balls played
with shall be furnished by the home
club and the last in play shall become
the property of the winning club"
But what do rules count when a
cheap manager cannot afford to let
one ball go out of his possession
The score follows: