Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-26
Players Narrowly Escape Shoot
ing at Hands OF Care
less Boys.
BY A j. M.TAGUE.
D~ANyILLE, Va. March &c

DAM Liz \ a, Mafct -.
TT will be just one week from today
when the Tigers will shake the
dust of the Sunny South from their
heels. after PLAYING he. final contest
Of a two-game series with the Rich
mond Virginia State Leaguers at Rich
mond. The coming week, which will
be the last for the Tigers in Dixie, will
be the most strenuous Of h three,
according to the plans mapped out. On
Monday. which is a big holiday down
here. the Tigers will play an exhibition
game between the Regulars and the
Yannisans. Monday night the Tigers
will bid farewell to Danville and will
move on to Roanoke, where fTige'
will disport for the benefit of the Roam
oke fans on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday. Friday will find 'Tige" try
ing to take a fall out of the Richmond
club at Richmond. and next Saturday
after the contest with the same team,
Manager McGinnity will steer his bark
load of Tigers homeward. Next Sun
day the fans of Newark will be given
their first opportunity to see the Tigers
in action with Connie Mack's near
American League Champions as the
visiting attraction.
The Tigers had their usual workout
this morning and will indulge in the
customary practise game this after
noon. Easter Sunday Will be a big day
for some 81 the players. who will sport
their new glad rags for the first time
tomorrow. Parkin. Gettman. Crisp.
Meyer. Holmes. Schlahy and n or
two others have been visiting a local
tailor regularly and will try to make
fellow-members jealous with their new
"duds"
The Tigers went to a local art gallery
to pose for some pictures. and Jake
Gcttman spied a tiger skin on the floor.
He tried to induce Bob Holmes to wrap
It around him and thus show the fans
that tic Tigers had a real Tiger. but
the skin would not cover him,
Just as The Tigers arrive home the
corporation judge here will call q
special election. 1t will be for the pur-
pose of deciding whether Danville will
be wet or dry for the coming two years.
The prevailing opinion is that the vets
will win out. JUS now ii Is dry. OF
courze. it will not interest the PLAYERS
which way the wind blows, but when
the .Iron-man'' received the tip that
the reformers were going to be beaten
he jokingly remarked: We'll that
means a rev training camp next
spring"
Ownie Bush. the sensational little
shortstop, plucked from h Norfolk
team Of the Virginia League. made his
frs. home run on the Danville grounds.
The Norfolk team was PLAYING the To-
Gals a league game in 1907, and with the
score 8 to ] in favor of Danville. The
sacks were full when the little inflelder
sterped to the plate. Bush hit the ball
into a bush in right centre, n be-
fore the ball was found Bush scored,
thus winning the game. az the home
sters were BANKED in the final.
at was a pretty plum BUSH" said
the darby ground-tender In relating the
story to the Tigers. land it was all in
blossom. and | mated to cut 1t down.
After tiat day. though. the manager
made me do the George Washington
stunt: even though the bush was p
Jonah. 7 carried 1t home until the BIOS
SONS withered"
scv" Parkin eniivened things mp
around tho hotel last night when he
PLAYED an old trick on n of the police
officers. He secured an empty tomato
can, and after punching holes in the
tottom flleN it with water and placed
il In front OF a cigar store adjoining
the hotel. The DanviIle people are
death on sidewalk obstruction. and a
few minutes after 8 the bluecoat APP
peared. and facing. he kicked the can;
in return he got a shower bath. The
water spurted upward and h ernbar-
raised guardian of the peace inquired
if anyone in the crovd knew the guilty
one.
Yes, sir. boss: a little darby Just put
it there and then jumped on a trolley
car" said Parkin. The cop disappeared
M IX"