Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-12

ct is questionable these days in
III baseball to say that one team Is
"hoodooed' by another, but yester-
days FL defeat by the Royals helped
prove that if you don't say that you'll
have to get another name. "Jinx' is
| the high-sounding word by which such
an occurrence is described in this en-
hghtened age. It's link" then that
the Montreal Club seems to have de-
veloped over the Tigers, for in the last
four games played between these two
teams, three of which were decided
at Montreal, the Royals have been VIC
torious just four times. They have
made nineteen runs to our three in
those thirty-s innings. But the day
of reckoning is coming, and it will land
with an audible "kerplunk'' when 1t ar
rives.
In yesterdays game, the first of the
local series between the Royals and the
Bengals, the Tigers were only credited
with two sim-siams in the box score,
but the way that their seemingly safe
wallops were directed into the eager.
waiting paws of the opposition was
soul-racking. 1t was more than that.
1t was uncanny. 1t seemed that some
unseen power exerted magnetic in
fiuence whenever the Tigers pelted the
pellet and attracted the built right into
the Royal clutches. 1t was heartrend-
ing, especially for Lee, who with the
usual Tiger support would not have
been scored upon Instead he lost
hard earned victory by a few wierd
throws
On the other hand. Newark's run was
also the result of some wild heaving.
Lee Surely Victim.
Twice Lee hammered the ball hard
enough to loosen the covering, but once
1t sailed directly into Holly's hands,
and on the other occasion, one of tho
hardest hit balls of the season, found
its resting place in CockilPs nit. 1t
was one of the most wicked drives
seen here this season. AS Meyer was
on second he could have scored easily,
but CockiH clung to the bail and
tossed to Holly getting Meyer a mile
off second. That happened in the eighth
Inning and nipped in the bud a prom
ising rally. The run would have at
least tied the score, and the hit might
have been good for a double or
triple. 1t was just sample of the
Tiger "Jinx" had pursued us from ,he
start.
A hit and two errors, one of them
excusable, gave the Royals q chance
to gloat over the locals in the second
round.
Demmitt inaugurated proceedings in
this session by hitting to Schlafiy, who
missed the grounder, and Ray was safe
at the first corner, Mattress then had
two strikes on him when he hit to
Louden. Bill had to go back for il and !
was off his balance when he threw to
Schlany. The peg was low and wide
and Schlafiy was unable to hold 1t. |
That put Natty on first and Demmitt
on the middle perch. George Cockilll |
shouldered his biffstiek and trotted to
the plate He made popfly. which |
Lee extinguished with gusto. Fate was
against Lee, however for Holly hit a |
bad bounder TO Schlafly which the
fielder knocked down but was unable |
to field, and Demmitt completed the |
voyage around the four corners of the |
with celebrity No further |
damage resulted as Lee closed down |
and retired the next two men.
The Royals Second Run.
In the next inning. with two down,
the Royals succeeded in piecing to-
gether their last run. This tally was
also unearned After Beaton and Yea
ger had been turned back in this ses-
sion Jones ripped off a grass-cutter
toward third. Zimmerman was set for
the ball. but allowed it to go through
his legs. 1t was an excusable error,
but paved the way sor a run. Dem
mitt hit to left On a hit-and-run play
and sent Jones to second. The pair
then tried for a double steal, and Jones
slid safely into third. Zimmerman took
Hearne's throw and tried to get DEM
nitt at second. The light-haired youth