The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
DUPONT Dyestuff DOings
Engineers Take First 2 Games
Big Field Meet To Be Held
Wednesday, October LIST
Final Standing in Baseball League


Won Lost Cd
Mechanical ...........12 500
Engineering ..........11 $40
Operating ............. 5 1857
Chemical II PA
The Dye Works Baseball League sea-
son closed last Friday afternoon when
Engineering tool a final slam at the
Operating Club and almost annihiliated
them in one of the poorest played with
the exception of one of the big games.
on the day before Dreamer, pitching
for Chemical. drove the Mechanics into
extra innings to snatch their farewell
game away. The game ended when
Morgan slid onto the plate, knocking the
ball from M~aekenzie's hands.
Engineers Take Opener to 1
The Engineers, with the help of
Johnny ogden, blanked the Mechanics
in the opening game of the Dye Works
championship series 2 to 0. The game
was exciting from start to finish and
had the Mechanics given Goslin a little
better support and been in the game
with. a little more fighting spirit they
might ave made a better showing.
Goslin pitched excellent ball and con-
tributed a two base blow on his first
trip to the plate, but died on third
base. The Engineers played fast ball
in the field and gave Ogden errorless
support. Many of the Mechanics died
by way of the Ogden to Kearney route.
Some Mechanics claimed they could not
hit what they could not see. There
was something to their excuse. In the
first place the weather was exactly
right for Ogden's fast ball. While the
same was true in Goslin's case, there
is always the possibility of someone
swinging his bat in the right place
and connecting. The main difference
was that the Engineers felded the ball
when the Mechanics connected.
Allie Cornog whaied out a clean sin
gle in his first trip to the plate and
reached second when Goslin threw wild
to catch him off first, but died at the
plate on a fast play by Hunter and
Pop" Smith who saved the day for
the Mechanics for one inning. On his
next trip Allie whaled out his second
straight hit, was sacrificed to second
and scored when Hunter, the hero of
the inning before. tagged the A~lphonse-
CASTOR act with Naylor over Yim's
short fly to left field.
The Engineers were the favorites to
take the first game. No one was sur
prised over the outcome of the game.
The big surprise came when Manager
owens trotted Jimmy Taylor out to left
field in Kay's place. Jimmy might be
a good ball player and have some fair
ability with the stick, but we cannot
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player in the league who can cover left
field in the same style that Kay can
Rays bat was responsible for the win
ming of a number of games in the first
half of the season, and the winning of
the Engineers right to play in the big
fuss. He slipped for a couple of games
in his batting but came right back and
started whaling the ball to all corners
as the season closed. Kay is one of
the few men on the Engineering Club
who has been in the lineup all season
and has not missed any of the games.
1t seems a shame to us that he should
sit on the bench with a batting average
beyond the 900 mark for a cushion.
However, we picked the Mechanics to
win the series. They are two games in
the arrear. Perhaps Manager Owens
knows more about it than we do after
all.
Mechanics Didn't Have a Chance
"Curley' Ogden on Wednesday after
noon showed the fans that he comes
from a baseball family. keeping up the
record made by his big" brother in
Mondays battle by shutting out the
Mechanics s to 0. 1t can hardly be said
that Curley's control was perfect. 1t
was more than noticeable that his stuff
was elusive when he did succeed in
getting it over the plate. Curley was in
danger several times but always had
enough in reserve to pull out I'M
scathed.
Big Ed Smith, the Mechanical ace,
started the game but was toe wild to
last very long. Smith was working
with a broken thumb which has not
regained its normal strength. Much
credit must be given him for attempt
ing to pitch. When he did succeed in
getting the ball over the plate in the
early innings of the game it was lard
TO connect with. In the later innings
he was forced to give up through the
pain he was suffering for a hopeless
cause. GOOSSlI6t HIiSlltQ lHc SdiIC -
the Mechanics and was touched up for
four runs in the last three innings.
The Mechanics played sloppy ball in
the field and seemed to take their turn
at bat in a ~listless manner that gave
one the impression that they did 10
care whether the world went around
or not. SO far as they knew the only
thing going around was the Engineers.
Allie Cornog kept up his brilliant work
both in the field and at the bat. Lai
opened another notch. The rest of the
Engineering team played their usual
steady game beyond any criticism.
For thesMechanics. Clauser and Naylor
starred in the field, but as far as the
bat was concerned they We're helpless
before Ogden's slants. Manager Webb
could win tina old championship in a
walk if he had min men like Johnny
Naylor. Johnny is always fighting for
he ball game and letting the crowd
and the other players take care OF
themselve. He plays the game to win
regardless of whether his team is in
the lead or behind. He covered third
base IN a way that made the fans