The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-16
Royals Are Playing Snappy Ball
and Are Dangerous at
All Times.

Today and tomorrow the Montreals
will be the guests of the Tigers at
Wiedenmayer's Park, and if the fans
will only turn out and lend their as
sistance in giving his Canadian bunch
a good w%alloping the rest of the fans,
who can only get down there on the
Sabbath, will feel mighty proud of
their brsthern., The Tigers must go
after this Casey clan from the very
start of the battle. There must be no
quarter given them. They come from
a country where our great and glorious
and brave old flag plays second fiddle
generally to the stripes and bars and
the lions head. They are not of us
only in the baseball sense, and it is
our duty to lambast them at every
point.
But there is this to remember while
we are doing them up that they are a
dangerous gang. They always carry
with them enough base hits to break
w a game of ball at any time, even
in the very last round of battle. The
Royals have been pillaging their way
to the front rank of the league and
have been battering down teams which
the baseball public thought were far
better thar the Dominion lads. These
invaders are never beaten until tie
last play has been made, and this it is
that makes them a dangerous foe 10
daily with.
In the pitchers box they are well for
tilted, while with the hefty hickory they
shine alongside OF the best of them in
this league. They have three Mikes in
their baseball pack that slug the leather
frequently, SO frequently that they
have grown bold now and are going up
against the leaders and taking games
from them in a cold-blooded manner
and without any apology. They have
a Jimmy Jones with them. who has
earned the name Of pinch hitter,
This means that when the team is be
hind and a couple of runs are needed
and there are q couple of base runners
on the bag this fellow Jones walks &c
the plate, bangs n out and clean up
This is the fellow we must put the
kibosh on these two days.
Our pitchers know where Jimmy hits
them the best, and it is UP TO th1rl tc
outguess this Jimmy boy. And. while
speaking of this lad from Kentucky
who used to be one of us, let me tell the
fans this much: While the Tigers So
j~ourned in Montreal last month Jimmy
Jones gave them a hearty reception
when off the field. While on ii he gave
them a much warme one. His binglei
won n couple of m from his ole
teammates, but. of course, that is what
Jimmy Is getting Canadian money fol
and he must not be blamed. Il don
wish him any harm. but every TIM
there is a man on base and Jimmy is
at the bat / hope he strikes the al
and not the ball, for our own sod.
McManus is another former Jerseyit'
now with the Montreals. Mac" l
without doubt one of the best backstop
in this league. He appears to know tn
hitting qualities of every Opposing
player in the league, and he is good a
the guessing game, too. DR.. Casey Nigh
) give Mao" a vacation while here an
allow this boy Clarke to so in. I don
mean to say that the Bronx lad is no
a good bacl5stop, but he doesn't know
: our hitters as well as the old fox Mac
does.
All of the Western teams are o.
their own grounds this week. and thi
will give the Eastern teams a bette
chance to climb the league steps. Roch