Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-21
BASEBALL LEAGUE
WILL MEET FRIDAY
At Mansion House, New Bruns-
wick, Where Six Teams Will
Talk Over Plans for a
Circuit.

Final arrangements for the success
full conducting of the Middlesex Coun-
ty Amateur Baseball League will bs
made at a meeting of the league clubs
which will be held at the Mansion
House, New Brunswick, Friday night
of this week. The teams which will
participate in the tournament will be
the Amboys and Puritans of Perth AM
boy; the Nixon Nitration Works, IN
ion Powder Works, Knights of St. Pet
ers, and the Roosevelt A. c., six teams
in all.
Temporary president Billy Pfau of
the Middlesex League has arranged a
schedule of ten games to be played by
each team and at the conclusion of the
season the winning team of the Mid
dlesex League will compete agains
the winning team of similar league
at Johnstown, Pa, also a member OF
the National Baseball Federation. Ac-
cording to the Middlesex League sched-
ule arranged by Pfau, the first league
game here will be on Sunday, April 20,
when the Roosevelt team will play
here. The shortness of the league
schedule will bring the termination Of
the county league season about July
%, after which time the teams win be
allowed to play off any postponed
games. The winning Middlesex
! League team will have to be ready to
| face the Johnstown, Pa. team at
J Johnstown on Saturday, Sept. l.
Previous to the opening of the
Middlesex League Pfau plans to give
his Amboy aggregation one try out
game, which will open the season here
on Sunday. April %. Pfau has M
choice of one of three teams foY the
| opening date: Bright's Originalr Cub
an Giants; the Passaie club, which
.auGpsaea here re isse season, ~ d- the Ner
London club. the only out of town tray
cling club, which defeated the Am
boys last year.
An effort will be made by Pfau K
sandwich in games with Railway an(
Atlantic Highlands during the season
SO that the fans will be treated to ;
high class schedule. Pfau has writ
ten to Railway for date here TO
Sunday, May 81 and has offered to pla,
at Railway May 80 and July If Rah
fway will come back here for two fina
Igames in September. Pfau also viii
have Atlantic Highlands here durin;
the summer and will also bring hi
, team to the Highlands for game.
In regards to the team which Pfai
will put on the field, he believes he will
. have team equally as strong as las
seasons outfit, but there will be sew
eral new faces on the squad. Pfa'
: has signed up pitcher who he ex
poets to prove a sensation. His nam
is Aicer Jensen and he lives on lowe
Madison avenue. Close followers o
local baseball will remember Jensel
as last years pitcher for the Globes.
Jensen is a left handler and If ap
pearance and past performances coun
for anything the fans will witness sew
eral sensational strikeout games thl
D summer. Jensen averaged twelve out
D to a game last season and often got a
D high as eighteen in a game. Ono
D against the Ell Cids of Railway h
famed twenty-three. Bader caugh
him that day. Jensen is a fine bull
chap and lives a good clean life. J
certain baseball manager has vision
of developing him so that he will b
a candidate for a big league bert
within two seasons.
Frank Bader will start off as tn
Amboys catcher and in due time VII
be succeeded by Frank Hand. 1t
believed that when Hand is in shape t
resume work behind the bat that Bad
er will be developed into pitcher Ol
, account of his speed Bader seems to b
/ a typical pitching prospect and wit
good control should develop Into
. high class boxman.
Johnny Hunt will play first bas
! for Pfau's club: second base is unde
/, cided: Johnny OLeary who was sta
,, last year will be back here to pla
short and Willie Christopherson wi
guard third base. The outfield wi
be patrolIed by Charley Loeser in lef
Jimmy Stevens in right and eithe
"Red" Grimes of '''Larney' Hartsel
,, centre. Eartsel will be remembers
/, as the lad who banged out two lin
drives at the final game against Tot
, tenville at the Cobb Movie game las
fall.
; Pfau isn't sure yet where his tear
is going to play but II a more conven
lent ground cannot be secured, the oh
flag will again fly from the grounds o.
the hilltop.