Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-10


baseball tossers failed to show up to
form in their contest with the Perth
Amboys on the Raritan Copper
works field, yesterday afternoon and
al d result, the latter team carried
off the bacon to the tune of a 90
score.
In the. first game of this series,
the Dublins with Mickey Stang, of
New Brunswick, on the mound and
Haverman in left field, batted freely
against Daugherty, johnson and
Flynn, and won 13-2. The outcome
/ of the initial tilt was surely a sur
prise.
Z OIdenboom Works
S%outhpaw Barney Oldenboom, of
Woodbridge, occupied the hill for
the Invading Dublin outfit, and his
offerings were touched for a total OF
twelve safeties. including three
doubles. The portsider famed nine
batters, hit two and issued three
passes.
Opposed to the woodbridge lad,
who recently returned after pitching
excellent ball for the T~iconderoga,
N. x. nine in the New York-New
England league, was Buddy" Will
son, of Staten Island. Wilson allow
ed seven hits, scattered over as many
innings. The Amboy twirler famed
ten batters. hit one and issued three
passes. A week ago, the former
Downey Shipyard hurler, pitched the
Amboys to a 10-8 victory over the
Freehold nine in the Three M league.
While the Amboys won a clean-cut
victory, they did not reserve Totally
nine runs. The winning team tailed
eight of their runs in the third,
fourth and fifth innings, and in two
Of these sessions the counters were
made after two were down and in
one ease where there had been a
chance to register a second out.
Flynn and Pfeiffer
Billy Flynn, right fielder of the
local nine, had a great day at the
bat yesterday, collecting four hits in
as many official trips to the plate.
His first time up, he singled to left
and in the third inning, the fleet
footed outer garden man, peat out a
pretty bunt. In the fourth session he
singled to center and two innings lat
er, laced a one timer over second.
His last time up, in the eighth, he
was hit by a pitched ball. McAuliffe
and Lidgate made two hits apiece for
the victors.
Charles 'Bunt" Pfeiffer. center
garden man and captain of the van
pushed outfit. made three of the
seven hits credited to his club. The
leadoff man singled to center in the
first, hit the top of the fence for a
double in the third and singled to
. right in the fifth.
After Pfeiffer singled to start the
game, the next three men went out
in order. Flynn. the second man UP
for the home club singled after one
was down in the locals half OF the
opener, and stole second. The next
two batters went out. A one hand
catch by Stretch" Burke of a throw
by Nesley, prevented the Amboys
from scoring in this inning.
The Dublins starred off strong in
the second, but failed to do any
damage. Gloff walked and Nesley
peat out an infield hit, which was
intended as a sacrifice. Wood bunt-
ed and Gloff was forced at third.
I'm the Amboy half McAuliffe singled,
Stinson walked and Loeser forced
the latter runner. Oldenboom then
famed the last two batters.
AmboyS Tally
Pfeiffer missed a homer over the
right center field fence, Just by a
couple of inches, in the third. The
ball hit near the top of the fence
and the rune made two bases.
There was one out at the time and
h captain was caught between sec
ond and third, shortly after. Jacobs
tanned, after T. Burke had reached
FIRST on an error
Gloff made a sensational one hand
stop on a bounder along the third
base line and retired Rudy, the
first man up in the third. Flynn
teat out a bunt, and stole ee,ond.
Nesley accepted McEnroe's bounder
and instead of throwing out the bat
ter, elected to play for Flynn who
was almost at the third station.
Flynn made the base and on the
next pitch McEnroe stole second.
The infle,a came IN for Smith, and
the first sacker dr,rped a one timer
IL short left, scoring two n
The next two battsr3 went o1e.
The visitors>got four men to first
in the fourth, but the telling punch
'Sas lacking. They obtaiLed n bit
walk and a MT b..t"er in this round
ana there we've thsee me1 on the
sacks wbr' the itr q ende5
Three More Runs
. Two were down in the fourth be-
fore ths Amboys scored their third
tally. Loeser started the inning with
q double and Iidgate was hit by a
pitched ball. The left fielder got to
third or a passed ball, but was
caught at home when Lidgate at
tempted a delayed steal of second
as the first half of a double steal.
Wilson drew a pass, but was forced
by Rudy. Flynn's third hit scored
Lidgate, and two more runrers came
in on McEnroe's single to right field.
The Dublin captain led off with
his third hit in the fifth and the
next three batters were easy outs
In the last half of the same session,
the Amboy scored three more runs
- after two were down. Three hits
md a pass were responsible for the
lallies.
Gloff led off with a triple, the
longest hit of the game, in the sixth
inning. The following three batters
went out easy, Smith making a sem
Ational one hand catch for the re-
tiFement of the last hitter.
IN the Amboy half of the sixth
Flynn made his fourth hit, but vas
caught off first by Oldenboom. A
run-up followed in which about
seven of the Dublin players partic-
mated, and the fleet footed right
: fielder was caught near the second
sack. The next two batters were
easy outs.
-Four men faced Wilson in the sew
enlh one batter reaching first on an
error and in the last half of h
sAfGe inning. Loeser forced Stinson
who had walked, after McAuliffe
flied out to center. The left fielder