Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-21
VARSITY NINE
IS BEATEN BY
KEYP0RT BOYS


Good coaching is responsible for
the winning of ball games, nine times
out of en-. Yesterday afternoon on
the Raritan Copper Works field the
Perth Amboy High School varsity
baseball team suffered its third
straight defeat. The Keyport High
School team was victorious in this
game by a score of 2 to 1. Poor
directing from h bench was mainly
responsible for the downfall of the
nome team. Eight men were thrown
out on the bases. three between third
and home, one at third and four on
.@cond base.
Persons who have been connected
with the great diamond game for a
great many years, and who
ed yesterdays contest. declared that
there were more mistakes made in
this game, than in any other diamond
contest they yer witnessed. The cor
rect score of the game should have
been at least 4 to l in favor of AM
boy, for one of the Keyport runs
was scored as a result of a dumb
mistake.
Harry white" Widerstrom pitch
ed a brand of ball that usually re-
suits in a victory. He allowed ten
widely scattered hits, struck out thir-
teen batters and walked two men.
His mound work and strength in the
pinches a be laid to a great ex-
tent to the heady work of his battery
mate, Jimmie Silver, who made his
first appearance in a high school
uniform this year, although he has
been the catching mainstay of the
team for the last three years.
Tho Knvnnrt tnSSprS nl1cCd two
men on the bags in the first inning
after two were down, two clean hits
being made, but the fifth batter flied
out to Stocked. Amboy got a man
on the paths in the opening session,
due to Silver's ability to wait out
Carhart. but Sofeld who ran for him
died on first. Widerstrom walked
the first batter in the second, but
famed the next three men to face
him.
DeAndrea walked after one was
down in the second inning and stole
second. He was caught dead in an
attempted steal of the third bag,
Carhart to Michaelson. (This was
the first of Amboy's eight mistakes
on the bases.) After two were down
in the third inning, Carhart walked,
and went to third on the hit and rum.
when II. Dane singled. DeAndrea
received the return throw from the
field and Dane started for second,
with the intention of being played
on so that Carhart could score. De-
Andrea raced Dane back to first and
in the meantime Carhart scored. h
Amboy second baseman tagging out
Dane after the u had scored. Gam
other big mistake.)
Silver singled to left to start AM
boys half of the third. and Sotield
was placed on first to run for him,
lue to the fact that the Amboy back
stop has an injured knee. Sofield
stole second after. Kochek fieu out,
and only went to third OF StockePs
single to right.
A squeeze play was called for with
DeAndres at Dat but it seems the
batter did not know of the play,
and Sofield was an easy out, ii.
Dane to Michaelson. (Amboy's Sec
ond mistake on the baSes.)
Stocked had gone to second base,
while Sofield was being run down.
Stocked took a big lead off second.
and Carhart wheeled around and
caught him fiatfooted, J. Dane tag
cling the runner. (Base-running, mis-
take No. 80 The Keyport team Sc
cured one hit off Widerstrom in
cdCH 1lllllliS CASSPI Z ~ = hSSoAfN
seventh and ninth. In the first in
ming the Keyport batters secured two
hits. in the second no hits, in the
seventh, three hits and their second
run. and in the ninth inning, no hits.
The Amboy pitchers steady work in
the pinches and egood headwork or
Silver prevented further scoring.
Amboy missed another chance to
score in the fifth inning through a
b~ase-running mistake. two mistakes
were made by the nner in n sew
enth, another in the eighth and an
other in the ninth inning. Three
squeeze plays were attempted but
everyone failed. seemingly because
it appeared the batter did not know
the play was m.
In the ninth inning, Sofield singled,
Silver went out when H. Dane made
a running catch of his foul fly, Koc-
HEX beat VI an infield hit and Stoc-
kei singled. Scfield scored and koc-
hex went to third on Stockeps hit,
bur Kocuek was tagged out by II.
Dane, when Amboy's third attempted
squeeze play failed, and theiI
eighth base-running mistake was
made. Desmond flied out to the
catcher for the final out. leaving two
a men on tbs~paths.
AmDOy mao SIX runners ielC Oh Tic
sacks. but at the rate the runners
were being caught during the game
it did not appear as if n runner
would be left. Keyport's nine run
ners left on the sacks. was due to the
work of Widerstrom and Silver
Stocked led with the stick for the
Amboy team with two hits, Silver
being a close second with a hit and
a walk, and also was robbed of a
home run by the Keyport left fielder
Carhart's pitching was good, Am
boy ba~se-running materially aided
him. H. Dane. Michalson and Rob
erts led the Keyport batters, and the
all around play of the former two
featured the contest. kocneK played
a good game at first for Amooy.
The box score:
keypOrt
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