Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-24
SORE ARMS CAUSE
ATHLETICS Loss
Of GAMES IN CUBA
Ben Shibe Explains Compare
lively Poor Showing OF he
Worlds Champions Against
Cubans by Saying Saiary
Wings of Most of the Players
We're Out of Condition.

G EvERAL of the Athletics who aere
- on the transforming trip to Cuba
and their wives arrived IN Paila-
deiphia yesterday. Most of them In
mediately made tracks for their honss.
speaking o the trip, Secretary
Ben Shibe said:
The Cubans are wild over baEebail,
and they know the game. too. One
newspaper in Havana printed more
stuff about ACT game thar a Ia9e
here did about a contest for the worlds
championship. It spread FIVE columns
over the first page and had a couple Of
pages inside.
Yes, Davis's team was defeated a
few times, but that didn't WORRY tie
boys any. They are nearly all handi-
capped by sore arms. Barry was about
the worst of all. Jacks arm was s.,
sore than he couldn't throw the bail
across the diamond, and so he was
shifted over to second base and Derrick
played short. The boys when they
found their arms were not in s-laps
concluded not to take any chances AMI
not n of them suffered any injury
1.-The boys" concluded Mr.. Shi5e,
were all mighty well pleased with th-
trip, and the Cubans appeared to be
well satisfied with the article of base-
ball that they witnessed"
Catcher Ira Thomas said:
1T was a great trip and the Cut5as
treated us royalty. The roofing rs
the widest that 1 ever heard. Taey
had a pet name for all of US, Itzl
Topsy Hartsei got the queerest. They
called Topsy a name which means tie
little grandfather
Our games did not draw as well rs
the Tigers, n we were told the rs4-
son vas because the Cubans did n3r
like uniforms nearly so much rs
those worn by Detroit"
President Ed Barrow. of the Easter,
League. took up his headquarters -
the St James building, Manhattan, VI
terday, and received many basebs i
men. He has had about 200 applica-
lions for umpire positions. The nov
executive will leave today for his homo
in Toronto to celebrate the Christine
holidays. On his return he will pro
ably announce the name OF his secre-
tary.
Walter Burnham. the former Newar
manager. has-been paying-regak-
visits to the offices of Ed Barrow SINGS
Ed was elected to the Eastern Lcagu /
presidency. Maybe Walter wouldn'
like the secretary job.
President Barrow. it is said. has
offered that position to Ernest J.. Lam
nigan, a New York scribe. LannigaE
would make an ideal man.
Al outfelder named Forsythe has
been drafted from the Pekin club. Of
the Missouri Illinois League, by the
New York Nationals He batted $50
last year.
Wilbur Roach. the Yank shortstop.
another year for Chase.
Murray, Kelly and Byron will be b
nucleus of the Eastern League umpire
staff next year.
John c. Calhoun, first baseman of the
Elmira State League baseball club, has
signed a contract to manage the club
next season. He succeeds Michael j.
O'Neia, who could not agree on terms
with the local officials.
The Yanks and the Toronto team will
probably play an exhibition series in
the South next spring.
Pitcher Buck, sold by the Giants to
Baltimore, does not care to join the
Orioles, and says that he will go into
business If he cannot purchase his re-
lease from the Dunnites.
The ST. Michael's Senior quintet will
meet the Belleville c. c. team at Har-
monia Hall, on Belleville avenue, Mon
day night.
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