Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-12
AMBITION
IS To MAKE HOMER
At W|EDENMEYERs
Joe Came Close TO Doing the
Trick Observation-Disclosures
er Trying to Bounce the Ball
Over Low Right Field Fence.

Joe Agler has an ambition which he
hopes to realize this season. 1t is that /,
of knocking the ball over the low fence
in right field. Twice Joe has come
close to 1t in the last two days, when
he raped out triples, and he has come
nearer to turning the trick than any
other left-handed batter in the league.
1t would be practically impossible to
drive the ball over on the fly in a charn-
pionship game, by Joe hopes to send
one over on the bounce for his lrst
home run since joining the Newark
Club.
His hit yesterday was not high
enough to bounce over the low parti-
ton, but 1t was a goodly wallop.
nevertheless.
Most of the home runs made on the
local grounds this season nave bounced
over the low fence in left. In the
spring Fred Markle hit the high fence
In left for a homer that bounced in
the air and disappeared over the bull
wark. Twice batters have hit to CEN
tire, and the ball rolled far enough to
give them home run hits.
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The fans are now wondering IL
Ducky Holmes will ever get a hit this
season. He has been at bat twenty-six
times and famed eighteen times.
Twice he has grounded out second to
first and the other occasions he put up
fouls to the catcher. Dueky was at a
three times yesterday and failed to
| even foul the ball.
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Yesterdays victory was the third
straight for the Tigers and the seventh
consecutive win over Providence. The
| Grays are the only team In the league
that have not taken a series from the
Tigers. and the Bengals cinched the
present series by coping Yesterdays
| contest by a 6-5 score. The Bengals nit
hard In the pinches and that was the
whole story in a nutshell. Boice start
ed but was not in good shape and mad
nothing. He was derricked after the
Atzites had taken a pair of runs and
held the lead in the third session.
Holmes was called upon and got along
In good style until the seventh, when
two runs scored on two errors and two
hits after two were out evened up the
count. Their Lee went in n scored
his second victory in two days. Wyatt
has now won seven straight games.
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Jack Dalton was the pinch hit kid in
the seventh with a drive to centre thai
broke up the game. He was called on
to bat with runners on first and second.
replacing Reams, 1t was h first time
he faced a pitcher since July 4. when
he made six hits, and yesterdays bingie
was his sixth straight wallop in al
many trips to the pan,
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Jimmy Lavende- who is the most
reliable pitcher on the Providence
staff, was chosen To a C the Tigers
yesterday. Lavender has beaten every
team In the league but Newark. Tbs
Tigers have bested the star spitball
artist not less than four times in 0 u
starts.
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Andy speary played a. steady g5sms
In the field and raped u oneE hit.
His work has been SO good that sBN
ILouden is esjoying a much-needed
rest and Speary win probably be carr
ried with the team until next Thugs
day, when the next northern invasion
Is started. Dalton Is still weak, toe
weak to take his regular stand. but he
may divide half the game with Meyer
In centre tomorrow at Baltimore, for
Benny Is not in the best shape, either.