Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-30
SOSNOW'S HITTING IS
FEATURE IN AMbOYS'
SECOND BIC VICTORY

Perth Amboy's second semi-pro
contest of the 1923 season played at
he Haritan Copper Works field yes
s.rday afternoon IA replete with
unusual doings. The crack local
.ni-pro representative team DOWN
i the coiors of the strong Jamaica
nine of Long Island to the tune of
4 SIS score although Ed Poulsen's
tatters were held hitless up to the
Itth inning and only gathered six
afeties in the entire contest.
n total of fifteen passes were is
sued by the two visiting twirlers and
7 one batter was hit by a pitched ball,
but during this wholesale basegiving
Pitcher Joe Williams and Jack
Woods, who succeeded him, were
successful in using up their stuff in
the pinches. AS a result the Amboys
had thirteen men left on the bases.
Joe .Gingrass again occupied the
mound for the locals and was not
forced to work until after the JAM
aicas had been presented with two
runs in the third inning. In all he
allowed five hits, one each in the
first, third, sixth, seventh and ninth
innings. Gingrass struck out four
men, issued five bases on balls and
hit one batter.
WILLIAMS started on the hill for
fJamaica and was replaced in the
Fourth inning after two balls had
tbeen- called on Bobby Baxter, the
locals new third baseman. Up to
this stage Williams had held the Am
boys hitless but issued ten passes.
He famed two batters. Woods was
touched for six hits, a homer and a
double, allowed five passes, hit one
batter and struck out five.
Sosnow Batting Star
lack Sosnow, former local boy,
played his first game at shortstop
yesterday. While he was not given
a chance to show his speed in the
shortield, his batting was entirely
responsible for the local victory. In
the sixth inning his home run clout
10 left center scored Pete Burnett
, and Roy Miller, and in the following
inning he doubled to center. sending
Nick Nance and Baxter across the
rubber. Dave Trimble, third sacker
or the visitors, was the only other
maj to get two safe blows in this
contest, the Jamaica lad knocking
out a triple and a double. The Am
boys made four errors in this contest
as against three for the visitors, and
each outfit put across a double kill
Ing.
In the opening inning the visitors
got two men on, one as a result of a
single to center and the second
through a pass, but there was no
scoring. Nance, who walked five
times in as many trips to the plate,
started the Amboy half of the first
by receiving a free ticket. He died
on the first, the next three men being
q n Af1fo To vNafaa vA- Ae t.
order in the second, Nance making
two putouts. Williams issued three
passes in the second, poor base run
ming preventing a score.
Loeser Fields Well
The first runs of-the game were
scored in the Jamaica half of the
third as a result of a hit, a bone play
md two errors. Mickey Loeser play
ing his first game for the locals had
a busy day in left, gathering in seven
flies, one of the sensational class.
Nance in center had six putouts in
this game. In the first of the third
Loeser was credited with two of the
putouts.
Score Is Tied
Three more passes were issued by
Williams in he third, a double play
#reventing a score. A double play
started by Pete Burnett prevented
he Jamaicas from scoring again in
The fourth after Gingrass had hit the
drst batter and walked the second.
Two run ',ere forced over in the
fourth, tieing the score, Williams hit
4 batter and walked three and Woods
walked Baxter who had been given
Two balls by Williams.
Jamaica went out in order in the
fifth, Loeser again accepting two
chances and in the last of this ses-
sion the focal left fielder walked
after two were down, went to third
on lorenzo hit to left and scored
on an error. The Long Island club