May 9, 2018 • www.theobserver.com • Vol. CXXX, No. 52
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THE OLD BALL GAME
Nutley’s Kingsland Manor ‘re-creates’ game from baseball’s early era By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
Photos by Kevin Canessa
A ball pitched by a Flemington Neshanock hurler makes its way to the plate where a batter from the Kingsland Colonels of Nutley prepares to swing. The game, played May 5 at Yanticaw Park, Nutley, was a recreation of ‘base ball’ of the late 1800s. INSET: The umpire in a suit, hat and cane.
If you were anywhere near Boys’ Park at Yanticaw Park in Nutley Saturday afternoon, May 5, you might have thought you were transported back in time to the late 1800s. That’s because on the grassonly field were two teams clad in uniforms worn by “base ball” players (that’s how it was spelled long ago) playing a game with early rules of the sport that has since evolved. A crowd of around 50 onlookers were there to watch
the re-creation of a game played by the Kingsland Colonels of Nutley Base Ball Club and the Flemington Neshanock Base Ball Club. Both teams wore pill-box style caps of era (circa 1895). Not sure of what pill-box caps are? Think of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the late 1970s. Their uniforms — baggy, with collared jerseys. And perhaps the most intriguing part of the recreated game? Not a single player wore a glove, despite the use of wooden bats, a “hard” ball and a pitching style even Matt See GAME, Page 25
Amid fanfare, FedEx opens North Arlington facility By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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here was pomp and circumstance in North Arlington last week as FedEx Freight officially opened its new facility here. It was
the culmination of years of work and negotiations between FedEx and the governing body and other officials. Though temperatures were unusually high — and the ceremony took place in a fairly warm, enormous truck bay — it didn’t dampen any-
one’s spirits, including Mayor Joseph Bianchi — who was one of a few dignitaries to take the microphone. “I bet a lot of you people never heard about North Arlington, but you’re going to hear a lot of it now with FedEx,” Bianchi said. “After
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