The Acadian Recorder: 26 July 1911

    Manager Bigney, of the Dorchester, Mass., team telephones from Yarmouth after arriving there to see if everything was alright in Halifax for Friday and Saturday. While talking with Manager Isnor arranged for three games instead of two. The first game will be played on Friday, and two on Saturday; the Socials will play the first, the Standards the second, and All-Halifax the third. The visiting team will include some of the best players of the Old Colony League, and with an infield composed of Pat Sullivan, Jack Cameron, John Coffey and Paul Foster, a ground ball will have to travel pretty fast to get by them; In the outfield will be Dolde(?) Jimmy Donovan and Andy Morrissey. Jimmy Marks, the well known catcher, of Stoughton, will do the receiving while "Hefty" Hines, of Beverley, and Blowers of Cambridge, will do the twirling. If Halifax can do anything with this team, then its up to every lover of baseball to boost the game as this is the strongest team that has played in Halifax for years.
    R.E. Bigney is the manager of the Dorchester team, and is quite sure his team can defeat anything in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.
    To-night, at 6.15 o'clock sharp, the Socials will face the Standards in a regular league game.

The Acadian Recorder: 29 July 1911

    The Socials baseball team know a lot about baseball yet some of their players seem to have the unhappy faculty of making misplays just at the most crucial points. In yesterday's game with the Dorchester, Mass., team their errors totalled ten, and only one of them was made by a local player, the remaining nine being made by the imported players. McElwee had a very off day and he made four of the ragged plays. He, however, generally plays well. Burnett had three errors credited to him, while th eother latest importation had only one mishap. Both of these latter two are reported as showing up well at practice, but they do not shine when their team is playing in a regular game.
    The Dorchester aggregation played a good game throughout, and promise to make it interesting for the Standards this afternoon and All-Halifax this evening.
    The visitors were the first to bat, and none of them reached the initial bag. Then the Socials took their turn and puled up three runs. It looked as if the home players would have a cinch, as they batted "Lefty" Hines for three hits for a total of five bases, but after that he settled, and the visitors gave him such good support that never again did a man cross the plate. Burnett was assisted out at first, bu McElwee hit to right and stole second, coming home on Foley's hit to right, after Dwyer had fanned. Then John Morton hit his three-bagger, and Foley scored on it. A passed ball allowed Morton his tally. Smith went out at first, and the side retired. Both side were blanked in the next innings, but in the third the Dorchester nine tied the score.  Doble opened up with a triple to right; Hines was given a present and stole second; then came Day's sacrifice fly to centre, sending Doble homeward on the throw in. Bagley next landed to left safely, and Hines came home on a fumble by McElwee of a thrown ball from first, which although not a perfect throw, should have been handled. Bagley, on thsi error, reached the plate. The next two were put out, one of them at second by perfect play by Hagerty.
    In the fourth the visitors again scored trough a combination of errors. Marks was given first by a misplay of Burnett; then he reached second on Cameron's out, going third on the basekeeper's error and crossing the plate by McElwee's fumble.
    In the sixth Cameron hit to the pitcher, who threw Marls out at first; then Morrisey advanced him and later he went home from third on a ball thrown to the plate but which passed the catcher.
    The eighth meant another tally. Coffey hit to centre field, stole second and third, and scored on Morrisey's hit to left field.
    After the first innings the Socials had only two chances. Foley reached this in the seventh and in the ninth they had two men on bases when the side was retired.