The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-17

tomorrow, there should De
some doings in the Eastern
League race. We will visit Jersey
City and see what we can do with
the Shelters, and the ono will
wind up their stay in Toronto by play
ing two games with the Leafs. The
latter, now in third place, will be
particularly anxious to stay up there,
and may be depended on to fight the
Broncos tooth and nail. By so doing
they will be helping the Tigers, too,
ever If they don't mean 1t that way.
Inching up is Old Tige, and when he
makes a real spring some time today
or tomorrow he Is apt to hurt those
Broncos awful hard. Then it's vi for
the lead in the Eastern League race,
and after we're in front thereH be
nothing to it but the Bengals.
We came awful near making it all
even with the Ganzelites yesterday.
Luck didn't happen to be with us. Our
latest southpaw twirler, Pete Wilson,
was there, but RED" Waller also
CHANGED to be hep to his job, too, and
got away with the game, even though
the aforesaid Mr.. Wilson had some
what the better of the pitching argu-
ment.
Still, when you come to think OF IT,
breaking even in a double-header ever
if it is against the lowly Skeeters, is
considerably better than losing one
game and not winning any, an I'M
desirable outcome which the Broncos
were. up against yesterday in Toronto,
We gained yesterday, and to gain
with the race as it Is now is encour-
aging. We are only n game to the
bad, and the dope surely indicates that
we're going to pick that up-and Their
some-before long.
Then we'll hit the trail for West Sid
Park tomorrow, n root, We rooters,
root, for just three wins over those
Shelters. It's all the Prudential build
ings to a hot dog that if we get them
we'll be the leaders in the ace for
that flag when the peaceful Sabbath
rolls around.
For the second fight McGinnity called
on his recent pitching acquisition, Pete
Wilson, and the latter acquitted HIM
self nobly. 1t was not his fault that
Red" Waller had n of his good days.
When Waller is good he's as hard to
hit as the best of them. The chance
that the Tigers had yesterday in that
second game and didn't take advan-
tage of were so many that the fans
nearly became frantic. They pulled,
and they pulled for a win, and then
they pulled some more. Nothing doing.
No matter how often the opportunities
cropped up, Mr.. Red Waller was
always on the job with something new
to fool the Newark batsmen.
Wilson was doing all sorts of sensa-
tional stunts in the box himself, fan
ming them right along, but Waller, TAX
ing it easier and depending more on
his support, always got out of trouble.
One of the regrettable incidents Of
the exhibition was the spiking of Ford
by Billy" Louden, The thing was en-
tirely accidental, of course. Ford was
on the first bag. waiting for a throw
from Calhoun. Louden tried to avoid
touching Ford. but his spikes came in
contact with Ford's leg as he crossed
the bag and the result was a nasty
cut. One of the selfish reasons for our
hoping that Russell will be out soon
is that we want to see him right, so
that he will be ready for the Broncos
when they come to Jersey City. Ford
is apt to pea any team, and the
Broncos will have to so some If they
are pitted against the Shelters with
him in the box.
One game today at Wiedenmayer's
Park, and it's ladies' day. Jack Frill
should be given a chance against the
Skeeters, and McGinnity will probably
pick him. Maybe the Skeeters will
depend on Chubby" Manser again.
Remember the hou has been changed
to 3:45 o'clock, as the twilight comes
so quickly nowadays.
With Joe Crisp injured n out of
the game for the rest of the season.
McGinnity is once more up against IL
Just at a critical time. Walter Blair
is willing enough, and he'll go all the
way If he's called on, but the difficulty
is that he may meet with an accident,
and then there would be no regular
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