Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-16
Amboys Beat RidgeWood
Team Fast Game BY
4.3. Score Before Crowd

/ Joe Mullen's Perth Amboy base
ball tossers added their fourth sue
cesstve victory to their string. in the
game yesterday afternoon with the
Ridgewood nine from Brooklyn on
the Raritan Copper Works field. The
score at the conclusion of the game
found the home combination on the
long end of a 4 to 3 score
Harry Applegate's effective Twill
ing In the pinches and during the
last four innings of the game. vas
He allowed eight hits. Six of the
and nary a one received a free trip
to the first station. Jim Romer's
fielding and batting also featured.
The visiting twirler O'Malley, held
the Amboy batters down with five
hits. Misplays were directly respons-
BILE for three of the Amboy runs.
OMalley struck out three men and
did not walk a man. The Amboy
batters secured two hits in the third.
the same number in the sixth and
one in the eighth.
The first man to face Applegate
In the opening frame singled to left,
and was sacrificed to second. The
next two battery went out, Kane to
Burke. ~Amboy went out one, two.
three in the first. Again in the Sec
ond inning the first Ridgewood bat
ter got a hit. this time a double to
left. The second batter. however.
forUed the unner on a grounder to
Apologize who threw to Christopher
son.. Applegate retired the third
batter for the second out. and the
third out was made on a fly to Ro-
mer.
Romer was given a life in the last
of the second. when the third base
man fumbled his bounder. The Am
boy center fielder stole second, went
to third on a passed ball and stole
home with Kane at bat. In this SEES
sion after Romer had been given a
life. Burke grounded out, and Rich
mond famed, before the runner had
The visitors scored their first
run, and tied the score in the first
OF the third. The first batter ground
out to Applesate, the second man
lined the pill at Applegate. the ball
glancing off the pitchers leg and
in the direction of Christopherson.
The Amboy third sacker threw wild
to first. the runner going to second
The successive hits brought over the
counter.
iiito w iSdIsOi anu A~ppleSdIe with
a stolen base s~andwiched in, was
responsible for Amboy's second run,
but the visitors again tied it up in
fourth. The first batter famed,
the second batter singled, the third
tanned. and the next two singled.
Amboy failed to score in the fourth
and the visitors were unable to gain
the lead in their half of the fifth.
After two were down in Amboy's
time at bat in the fifth session. APP
plegate grounded to the visitors
third baseman, who threw wild to
first. Apply going to second. A passed
ball sent the Amboy pitcher to third
from where he scored on an error
by the shortstop. The local final
counter was sent across in the sixth. ,
singled to right, and went
third on Romer's double to CEN
ter. Burke made the first out of
the inning when the right fielder
a line drive. but O'Malley's
of Richmond's grounder fill
the paths. Fullerton scored when
Eiseman, the visitors shortstop left
infield fly get away from him. |
Umpire Mullen declared the ball an
fly. and motioned the batter
out. Larson went out on a grounder
TO the pitcher for the third down.
Neither side scored in the seventh
or eighth, but three successive. mis-
plays by Kane in the ninth round
gave the Brooklyn team their first
The box score:
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