Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-14
MEAD 9WBR( ks AIDED
BY LOCAL ATHLETES
IN WINNING CONTEST


Despite the fact that Eddie Elm
horn made two circuit elouts, each
time with a man on base, and
run with a man aboard, the Perth
Amboys were beaten by the Mea-
dowbrooks of Newark on the local
held yesterday evening. The fina,
score was Sc. Amboy practically
handed the contest to their oppoh-
ents on a silver platter.
Daugherty did the twirling for the
locals, and was far from being in
form. He allowed twelve hits, in
cluding a home run, triple and two
Adoubles and also a sacrifice fly. Six
passes were dished out by the for
mer Scranton hurler, two Newark
ers famed the breeze and the local
pitcher tossed in. balk to help
along. Mickey Loeser made two SEN
satioral catches in left field, robbing
Marty Cavanaugh of two home runs.
while Pete Burnett made a gloved
hand catch in short field and Ray
Handerhan made pretty catch in
short left field.
Heavy Hitting
The Amboys scored all six runs
as result of three home runs as
mentioned above and the Meadow
brooks also Tailed a majority of
their runs due to heavy clouting The
NeWarkers runs were scored, how
ever, after the locals were given a
real chance to retire the side.
Marty Cavanaugh made triple
and double for the visitors, Krune-
maker Clipped In three singles in as
many times up, and Bentley made
single and homer. the latter
with the bases loaded. Schiltze
contributed two one timecs for II e
Newarkers. Einhorn led the locals
with two homers and double, Loe-
ser made a homer and a single, and
Smith made two singles. Aside from
the feature plays mentioned above,
two catches by Morback featured.
He robbed Stinson of a double by
bare hand catch in the second.
and McEnroe of single in the
sixth.
Huntley Twirls
Huntley occupied the mound for
the Meadowbrooks, and his offer
ings were touched for ten safeties,
including three homers and a
double. The Amboys failed to hit
when hits meant runs, except in the
three stanzas whe1 circuit clouts
were made. The Newark pitcher is
sued two passes and famed five.
Schlitze walked in the first inning
and went to second as Brown was
being thrown out. The leadoff man
was sent to third when Daughertv
baked. AS the pitcher wound up
with Morback at bat, Schlitze start
ed in and Tailed when Morback laid
down the ball. The batter was
thrown out at first. Cavanaugh fol-
lowed with a triple to left center
Abut was eft when Nance noisted a
oul to Lidgate.
Locals Take Lead
II Amboys half, Handerhan walk
ed, went to second on McEnroe's IS
sacrifice and scored on Einhorn $
first homer. a clout over the right
center field fence, after Bucnett had
been thrown cut.
The first two batters in the Mea-
dowbro oks half of the second made
safeties, but Bentley was thrown
out trying to make two bases on a
hit to left and Krunemaker was
caught in an attempted steal of sec
onds The next two batters walked,
but Schlitze grounded out, ending
the inning. Stinson was robbed of a
hit by Morback to start the Amboys
second and Lidgate singled after
Loeser had been retired. The back
stop was forced at second by Daugh-
erty.
MeadowbrooSs Rally
After Brown grounded out in the
third, Morback made two bases on a
hit to right center which it is be-
lieved Stinson would have caught but
for the muddy conditions. Cavanaugh
followed with a hit to center which
Just fell out of the reach of Einhorn,
also in muddy territory. Nance
walked, filling the bases and Bent
ley came through with his homer
over the right field fence, scoring the
three runners ahead of him. Krune-
maker followed with hit, stole Sec
ond and after Crelin had walked and
Bentley famed. was thrown out at
the plate following a single to right
by Schlitze. Stinson made the throw
to Iidgate, and Krunemaker was in
jured, sliding into the local back
stop.
Two were down in the Amboy
third, when Burnett walked and
scored on Einhorn's second clout
over the same section. This made
the score 5-4. The Meadcwbrooks
were easy in the fourth, and al
though the locals made a hit and
were given a life on an error in the
same period, they failed to tally.
d Burnett's error started Newark
bff in the third and after one man
was retired, Krunemaker singled tc
right far from where Stinson was
laying. Crelin grounded out but
Huntiey lined a blow past Smith
scoring Nance, SchlitZe followed
with a hit scoring Rettg who ran
for Krunemaker, and McEnroe's
error saved Huntley from being
erased at third. Amboy was easy in
their half of the fifth.
A walk, a single and sacrifice
fly gave the Visitors their final rur
in the sixth, and they went out In
order In the seventh. Smiths single
and Loeser's home run over the right
field fence, completed the Amboy
scoring in the sixth. Two hits fol.
lowed in the same session, but Nor
backs one hand catch at first re.
tired the side. Einhorn doubled an6
Smith singled in the seventh, th'
latter being thrown out at second
trying to make two bases on his hit
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