Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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THE ORACLE. 7 PRLEsSeeo oe DENTR: FALL .O, On May to our team played their hardest game of the season with the Blair Hall team from Princeton. The game was interesting, but we came out second hest by the score of 2 to6. Our boys put up a good, stiff game, but they were simply outclassed by older, and more experienced players. Smith played well, as usual, striking out eleven men and making three of our six hits. Jt was due to his hitting that we secured our second run. The first score for our side was made by Thompson through a home run in the first inning. Lewis pitched a star game for Blair Hall, keeping our hits well scattered, except in the eighth inning, when two hits and a stolen base netted our second and last run. Our coaching was very poor in this game, for men were put out on base when with proper coaching they would doubtless have scored. The score by innings: DH Fete Le 2° Sahm, Fe ROR eos ceria Pers ce ble ARAL cu ues ie 10002200 I—6 Oe Stet ket en Rei heise Ears A ae en ee IOOQ0O0O0OOI O—2 Peel go 2 RUTGERS PREDE. 3: On May 132 our team had another walk-over at New Brunswick against the team from Rutger’s Preparatory School. Burt pitched the entire game and allowed only 3 hits. Our boys found Applegate easy and made 16 hits, one of them being a home run by Conway. Our opponents also helped us along by making eleven errors. The game was quite interesting from start to finish, for our men started the scoring in the first inning and did not stop until the ninth. The score by innings follows: eae RP Brey oes ns SL et he Sed RO ite 3% 2074020 2 4-21 1 re ae ae ane STR A ca vem ca, Mohs eae Gh OO0O000III10 —3 Rees, (ASN EW ARK Mil Sa: Our tenth victory of the season was procured at the expense of the Newark High School team, at Newark on May 17. The field was wet and muddy, and the ball was in the same condition, so that errors were un- avoidable. In spite of the slippery condition of the ball, Smith struck out eight men, and allowed only two safe hits. Our players secured seven hits from Watts. Newark started out well by making two runs in the second inning but these proved to be their only ones. Our team tied the score in the third and fourth innings, and then in the fourth, Conway knocked in the win- ning runs with a long drive over centre field, with two men on bases. He himself, however, was called out for cutting the bases. Both sides put men

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8 THE ORACLE: on bases atter this, but there was no scoring after the fourth inning. Score by innings: Pic S eee raaie atest coe tome ee at nome 00130000 0—4 is ate Hae Mp a te ia arent Franks vit Sine Mee pA 02000000 0—2 Pail. S.c10s RUTGERS PREP: “1: On May 19 we played all around the Rutger’s Prep. team for the second time, and although they played better than in the previous game, we defeated them by a score of 10 to 1. Our boys did not find the opposing pitcher as easy as in the first game, for we secured only 7 hits, but our opponents’ 10 errors helped to increase our score. Smith was in good form, striking out sixteen men and allowing six scattered hits. The score by innings was: Rebs S pttea oh cs ccctaaaece en obnepted eo N Ne er ete Pree eenion O00001000—I1 PEL IOS teas crce ae eect oa tok Oo rabes tees t hae we eee ASME ech GO! @F0) 370 4,2. 4-10 Por S81 r CRANFORD Aa: Our second game with Cranford, on May 23, also resulted in an easy victory for our team. Burt pitched most of the game and did fine work, striking out eleven men and allowing Cranford to score in only one inning. Cranford on the whole played a poorer game than the last, and our runs came in ma‘nly becatise of their errors, but Bargus pitched better than before. The game was slow from the start, and at no time was there the least doubt as to the result. The score by innings: Cine 6 ne SAREE a: bane e area se Saber MN ys SN g TL eaten hy RSIS 000004000—4 tJ is Be aries pent aby ey okin Late Fe crak ee om PO02 2c Ot Fiat eae ot P.H:S., 20; READING ACADEMY, I: On May 27 we played the Reading Academy team at Flemington, in place of the South Orange game, which was cancelled. Our boys started right in at the beginning to score, for Conway, the first man up, knocked a long drive over the left field fence and came home on a trot. Parker, who pitched for Reading. was very effective when he found the plate, but he gave 12 bases on halls, and these, coupled with our opponents’ 18 errors, allowed us to score almost at will. Our base-running was very good, and the field- ing was fast and snappy. Burt pitched the first five innings and allowed only two hits. Smith, in the last four innings, allowed only one hit, and struck out eight men. Reading made their only run in the second inning on an error, followed by a two-base hit. Conway’s heavy hitting and the base- running of our players, were the features of the game. The score by in- nings: RAGE, orcs hie aay Aether Ne seers cle chugs ianets 01000000 0—I1 Weg Pls So Detics cxcg she PREV came ete cco ER ee 301303 3 3 4—20