Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-19
Benny Meyers Sends Along His
Signed Contradiction
News.

SCHEDULE OF Exhibition games
"A to be played by the Tigers, call
ing for thirteen contests, one of
them pending, has been by
Secretary Thomas Martin, of the New
ark Club. The first home game will
be played at Wiedenmeyer's Park on
April 3, with the Philadelphia Ath-
ietics. On the following Thursday,
April Z, the Bloomfield B. b. C. will
face the Tigers. Another big game that
has been arranged with a team in this
vicinity is the contest with the South
Orange II. c., to be played at Wieden-
mayors Park ON April is. The South
Orange team is composed of many
players who formerly were stars on
the varsity mines OF the biggest coll
leges in the country. On April 0 a
game has been arranged with The
Seton Hall College ean, and on the
following day, April 10, which falls on
"a Sunday, George Stallings's Yankees
are down for a game. A game is pend
ing at present with the Bucknell Col
lego, and should -this game be played
it will take place on April s. Two
games will be played with the mem
.bers of Manager McGraw's New York
Giants. On April 10 the Tigers will
play at the Polo Grounds. While in
the South only two games have been
arranged for the Tigers, meeting the
Richmond Club at Richmond on April
/ and 2.
Unassigned contract of Bonnie Meyers,
the popular Tiger right fielder, was
received at club headquarters yester-
day. Meyers writes from his homo
in Hematite, Mo, that he is in first
class condition and thai he will report
direct to the training amp ut Dan
vile. Meycrs's home is about twenty
miles from ST. Louis. The schedule
announced today by Secretary Martin
follows:
|. Christy M~athewson, of the New York
Giants, has been in the big show for
ten years. He joined the New York
team in 1900. And in the ten years he
has won 2s7 games ands lost 1O9 for
the New Yorks. Last season was his
second best season, when he won 25
games and lost six. In 1904 he won IS
and lost eight.
The Reading Tri-state Baseball Club
was sold yesterday by Owner Jacob
w ttlLtl " q CtOAh. company u WILL
known Reading citizens. MIR. Weitzel
will remain one of the stockholders.
The new owners of tho club expect to
give Reading a pennant-winning team.
Johnny Ivers, the crack little second
b~aseInan of the Chicago National
League Baseball Clab, has been with
that club for eight years. He joined
the Cubs in 1902. This is the only club
that Evers has been with in the big
league.
Fred Tenney. first baseInan of the
New York Giants, says that he is In
fine shape and will show up all tho
other first basemen i'll the National
League this season.
There will be no changes in the
American League schedule declared
President Ban Johnson on being in
formed that the National League mag
mates had decided to prolong the sea-
son to October Is.
Catcher ~Tonneman. who was picked
up by the Boston Nationals from the
Nashville Club of the Southern League
last year, has been sold to the Toronto
Club of the Eastern League. Last sea-
son Tonneman batted for an average
of .s12 in 81 games. His fielding mark
was ,96S.
Connie Mack, manager Of the Phila-
delphia American League baseball club.
is said to be SO we'll pleased with