Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-11
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PLAY
COLON|A TO-DAY
Weather Permitting, Game on
Hospital Grounds VIII Be Fast

VIII the forecast guy be kind
enough 10 chase this fog and damp
weather away today SO that the Rar-
itan Copper Works car meet the Co
louia Hospital crack nine this after
noon al the Colonia field7
That 10 the question that Is being
asked by quite a few fans, but 1t ap-
pears that the "Limey" q Judge he
must be an Englishman to vote for
stuff like this as that little Island Is
noted for Its fog), who has charge Of
the wires controlling rains, showers,
clouds, sunshine, ETC., Is heSitating
with the same kind of hesitation that
you and I have about shelving that old
sun-burned straw lid of ours, for he
at first allows the bright orb to peep
through then dashes all our hopes to
pieces when he jerks the wire for the
cloud and dampness to come on the
stage. Up to about ten o'clock it
was not certain. by either the Cop
per Works or the CoIonia mines,
whether the struggle would be staged
or not.
On the assumption that the day
will be clear the contest should be q
durn good game. The Colonia outfit.
though hailing from the burg where
they store ether, the saws, the for
cops and all those obnoxious things
and-the army nurses-are by no
moduS u punch OIL luVdiluSs
This gang of sand lot Jugglers are
rated as the second best of the entire
Atlantic Division, a league formed OF
all the army hospitals along the coast
They were made to bite the dust by a
New York hospital. in the maj strug-
gle for championship of the league,
by a core of 4-3. Possibly 1t will
enlighten the public hereabouts a
trifie more when teams of known
seranu wbo bava aehaLan n Iao<I on
the local fields are mentioned. The
Standard Oil of Elizabeth. the Niche
Inns of Midtown, the Waclark Wire
of Elizabeth and the Tidewater OIL
Company of Bayonne have all been
made to take their caps off to this
hustling bunch of glove trotters. Sew
eral of the teams above have been ar
raigned against the Ingots. who have
come out on top in most of the cases.
The hospital organization will have
either Heffner or Gowans on the
mound for them. Settle. as usual, will
be found under the bat. holding up his
twirling partner.
The question as to who will climb
into the box for the Ingots is open to
speculation.
It is thought that Mike 500, the
port slider, will bear the burden. Harry
Chunk Apologize, in all likelihood,
Will pe saved LOT the game Win the
Midtown boys. Chunk" las pitched
against the Miche1ins on the two other
occasions and his offerings have been
such that the s~palding was never
knocked further than the infeld. 1t
is believed that Harry Is more ef-
fective against this gang and then
again he has q steadier head and
more baseball generalism stored in
the back rooms of hat dome of his.
And from all Indications it win take
"a chap of real nerve and GOODNESS to
keep the T1remen from getting the
bacon.
The rest of the Ingot cast will be the
same, with Van Glider, Hornsby,
.Egan, Stinson and Christopherson
prancing in the inield and Mickey
Looser, Halbert, Foster. Warner. and
Ritter In the outer gardens.
II A delegation from the local plant
has made known their intentions of
going along to root for their boys, The
crowd will leave the Copper Works at
3 O'Clock and drive to Railway in au-
'tomobi1es.S
The imp will call play" at $3.50
o'clock.