Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-02
STALL|NGS WOULD
EXCHANGE THREE
MEN FOR GETTMAN
Report Is That Bison Leader
Offered Jack White, Dummy
Taylor and George Schirn in
the Hope of Landing Former
Tiger, Who Is Hitting Ball for
Shelters Now.
JERSEY T June q

OLJiANI-i II q
TT has leaked out here that the Buff
falo Club has been making over
lures for Outfelder Jake Gettmaf.,
and an offer of three Bison players was
made to Manager Jack Ryan for the
former Newark centrefielder. Pitcher
Dummy Taylor, outfielder Jack
White and George Schirm are the trio
of Bisons with whom the Buffalo leader
baited his hook In an effort to land the
big fish, but Jack Ryan refused to
bite.
1t was suspected last winter that
Buffalo was after Gettman. and stories
to that effect were printed in the Evc-
ming STAR. Stallings is still sweet
on his former outfielder, and perhaps
Jake would like to return to him, but
he appears to be pretty we'll satisfied
with Jersey City. as Jack Ryan Is q
%congenial leader.
These are exciting days in the East
ern. Rochester and Toronto are fight
ing it out for first place. Montreal and
Buffalo are battling for fourth rung,
Providence and Newark are fighting to
decide the cellar championship.
Larry Schla1y helped his Trojans to ]
victory over the Scranton team with
two hits yesterday. He also had an
error.
Rochester has lost four straight
games now. Looks as though there
was one team which CAMEL failed to
fortify against in a proper manner. The
Leafs were the only team to wallop
the Hustlers decisiyely in a series last
year, and they started off yesterday
by burying the champs. Johnny Lush,
besides pitching the Leafs to victory,
slammed out a homer. a double and
two singles in four trips to the plate. J
Lush is q warm-weather worker.
Jack Dunn is i'll In a New York hotel,
and Freddy Parent had to play centre
field yesterday against the Skeeters.
Jake Gettman doubled and singled
yesterday. Abstein had a homer n q
single.
Buffalo is coming back. Montreal
stung Taylor's shoots hard yesterday
and timely. Yeager was the pinch-hit
kid. with a double and single. while
ftaHlOTQ nelDed VIII n Triple. -
Jocko Halligan is fcouting for the
Buffalo Club. Stallings needs pitchers.
and needs them badly. In the last ff-
teen games he has used twenty-six
mound workers.
Jakey Atz is not with the Grays on
their present trip here. owing to ILL
~a... Isl.f1p i, 1p,- xx.ifH "a Ia ,, hao lrA
Perry is lame, and Gillespie is in bad
shape. Matty Fitzgerald. the catcher.
has been i'll in Albany. hut joined the
Grays yesterday.
Waivers have been asked by the
Providence management of Ou~tielder
Phelan, the speedy Clamdigger gar
dener.
Red Kronau. me of Jack Dunn's re-
cruit pitchers. who shut out the Tigers
last fall. is not making good with the
Wheeling Club, where Dunn sent him.
His wildness is causing him trouble.
Cy Seymour will play no more for
Baltimore, according to Jack Dunn.
After filming Cy 5000 in Providence and
suspending him, Dunn relented and
decided that he would give Seymour i
chance to redeem himself in Jersey
City. Seymour was said to be intoxi
Gated and struck a passenger while the
Orioles were journeying on the train
from Providence to Jersey City yes
terday, and now Dunn has asked for
waivers on him. Dunn himself is suf
fering with stomach trouble. and the
Birds are in charge of Freddy Parent
and Charley Schmidt. Dunn would like
to land Outfielder Danny Hoffman from
the st. Louis Browns.