The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-03
BROOKLYN VICTOR
In NAVY YARD GAME
Win First Of Series of BASE.
ball Contests From Bos.
ton Shipbuilders.
NEXT CONTEST IN HUB
Twelve Thousand Applaud
Winners, Who Excel in All
Around Play.
NEXT CONTEST IN HUB
By CHARLES r. MATHIsoy.

Tho Brooklyn Navy Yard bsseh.n
team yesterday afternoon at Ebbet,
Field defeated the Boston Navy Yara
team by q SCORE of 4 to 8, and In "a
doing laid the keel of a craft that NAV
next autumn fly a flag bearing this IN.
scription: Navy Yard Champions a,
the Atlantic Coast"
The. game, which was witnessed nv
10000 enthusiastic partisans, was snan.
PLY played from start to finish, the
victory of the Brooklyns being due 10
superior pitching by Southpaw Lenny OF
Brooklyn, timely hitting by the vctors
and admirable team work instlled into
the Brooklyn players by Manager John
T. McGlone, in his day a clever profess
sional player, but for many years past
connected with the Brooklyn Navy Yard
The game was the first Of a series OF
three to determine the championship OF
the navy yards OF the Atlantic seaboard
and judging from the success OF the ven
ture. the league will expand In the fu.
ture into a very important baseball or.
ganiEation. The next game Is scheduled
for Boston, August 16.
Players All Employees.
Considering the fact that the players
are engaged daily in the different
bona flde mechanic, they exhibited re.
markable skill, and the fact that each
team played intact from the first inning
to the last Is evidence that there are no
experimental players in the lists
The first ball was pitched by Capt
George H. Rock. Naval Constructor The
umpires were c. J. Swenson. who Is the
official umpire of the Crescent A. c., and
Lieut. r. r Adams, naval constructor,
and there was but one dispute over a
decision. 1t was in the third inning.
when Harry Fennell. captain of the
Brooklyns, stole second. and was de.
clared safe by Lieut.. Adams. Casey, the
elongated first baseman of the Boston
team, rushed over to the Lieutenant, and
despite the fact that the umpire was in
his naval uniform, entered heated pro-
test The Lieutenant did not order the
obpector to the brig. but merely
waved him away. The crowd took ex.
ception to Casey,s tactics and "booed"
him every time he went to bat there
after.
Scare in Ninth.
Although the Brooklyns wen the game
they had a scare in the ninth frame
when an inexcusable muff by Clausen,
who had an off day and seemed unable
two base rap by the combative Casey,
gave a rim But for the remarkable
team play of Bier and Lenny, who
squelched half a dozen ugly grounders
the Bostons might have sent the game
into extra innings.
Bier was very active In fielding wicked
gTounders, and tossed out runners to
Lenny. who covered first. 1t was noted
by the fans that Bier was a suggestive
name for a first baseman. A round
dozen of the Bostons persisted before
they reached the Bier and were laid to
rest at his station.
It was Otto Catenaccis big bat
welded by big Otto. that brought in the
winning runs in the fifth inning. Fer
nell opened this frame with q single, and
was neatly sacrificed 10 second by Mo-
ran. Becker got a pass, and then came
Catenacci with a superswipe 10 left
centre for three bases on which Fennel
and Becker romped home. Clausen
famed. but Testet drew pass, and
when Peabody threw to second to head
off Testet in a steal there was no one
to cover the bag and Catenacci raced
home. White ended the inning with a
fan out
Fennell had scored Brooklyn's first
run in the third on a double. a steal
or third and a wild pitch. The Pos.
tons started the game in a very h'ss
manner. scoring a run on Pea body's
triple and Murphy's double, They got
the second run in the sixth on Murphys
homer, and the tally In tho ninth has
been accounted for. The score: