Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-20
MONTREAL TRIP
No LONGER EASY
FOR BALL TEAMS
Sol. Lichtenhein Has Club That
Every Eastern League Nine
Must Go Fast to Beat--Tigers
Start Series There Today.
Divide Last Doubles Header
Here.
[From E STAR corresnondent.l

HEAL quebec, July 2O.-Ilfne
was when a trip to Montreal and a
series here with the Royals was looked
upon as a vacation n a time to fat
ten batting averages by most Eastern
League teams, but those lays have
gone. and gone forever. According to
Sol Lichtenhein any club which wal
Tops the Royals these days doesn't
have to consult the speed register to
ascertain that they are travelling
faster than turtle pace" for the
Royals are now members of the Big
-Four In the Eastern. and it's a pretty
good bet that they'll finish in division
No. /.
The tiresome trip was completed
without event except that the train
stopped at Troy and Hughey Hearne
had a reunion with his old comrades.
It Is possible tina the pudgy backstop
may do some scout duty for Hugh
Jennings, his old boss. Hearne has
also made application for a job as m
pire on Barrows's staff.
A fellow who has as clean a record
as Hughey for the number of years he
played In the Eastern League ought to
get some consideration. A catcher
makes an ideal arbitrator because he
is used to working behind the plate and
does not shut his eyes when the bats
mar swings on the ball.
Well, the Eastern has a new leader
today, and most of the Tigers believe
that Dunn has the pennant team this
year; the main point is the showing of
RUDE Vickers after his layoff, due to
injuries, as 1t will probably take some
time for him to regain his stride. Rube
rejoins the Orioles at Buffalo tomor-
row. Wyatt Lee thinks that the Hust-
lers will finish third, he picks Balti-
more to win and Toronto to finish
second. Both teams are hard to beat
on their home lot, and the way the
Birds weather this trip will show their
real metal, Toronto has a long stay
at home and should profit by 1t.
1t begins to look as though Jack
Ryan's band of ball-players have re-
solved not to allow the Tigers to claw
tha Skeeters twice in a single day.
That was apparent yesterday and the
day before when the teams did the
friendly act. Prior to that the Skeet-
ers had won several double headers
from the Bengals. The game yester-
day were some contests,
Wyatt Lee, the big southpaw, had
liz CCt III AAAo SAORCo
plnches in the first game.
In the second game the Pests Tailed
the only run of the game in the first
round. Bumpus Jones had his splitter
breaking in great style. Our Bob
Holmes was in form and allowed the
Ryanites but three hits, WI of which
were made in the fatal inning.
It might be said that the Tigers
were cheated out of their half of the
ninth by a mutual agreement made be-
fore the game hat it would be called
at 5 o'clock to allow the teams to
catch a train to bring them to Mon
treal and Buffalo, where they were
scheduled 20 open today.
After the Skeeters drew first blood
in the third session of the first game,
the ferocious Tigers selected the
fourth to attack big, husky, long
jawed Rube Kissinger-and they did
It to the queens taste. "CoZy'' Dolan
assisted Johnny Kelley in. getting to
first when ne made an aerial peg to
Bill Abstein on Johnny's %grounder.
Benny Meyer fouled off several and
Rube 'sneaked'' over the last one.
George Smith tried to punch one over
the INTEL, but the shining rock re-
fused to be directed by the Tiger, n
when it fell toward the earth Captain
Abstein kept 1t from touching the soil
n two were down.
Piedmont BilP' outwitted Kissinger
and after he logged to first Babe
Reams sent one to Dolan. The former
Denverite made a play for Bill Louden,
but was a few seconds late. Kelly,
who is wide-awake at all times. never
stopped running and easily counted,
for Breen made a poor return to Ton
neman. Louden was stationed on third
and Reams on second when the dust
settled.
Lew McCarty, the chunky backstop,
saw that it was up to him and he put
his wagon tongue" to one of the
Rube's spitters, and it bounced on
Roach's shins and rolled toward first.
Louden and Reams both ~sprinted home
on the bingle.
Just to demonstrate that he could bat
as we'll as pitch. Lee connected, and
when Deiningef returned the little
sphere Wyatt was holding fast to the
midway station M McCarty was on
third. Bill Bailey had a little SYM
pathy for kissinger, who was working
X a beast to retire the Tigers. so
Bill just whitfield thrice and the score
board boy hung up the figure 8.
That spelt victory, but to make it
more certain the Bengals just added a
little bit more to what they had in the
eighth.
1t was Kelly with the %twinkling eye
that sent a g~rass-cutter and not a fly
to G~ettmanville for a starter. Meyer,
who is a great admirerNof "Kel," got
the signal for a hit-and-run play and
he ploughed into one for two sacks.
Johnny, by some tall sprinting. scored
on the smash. Shortly after Meyer for
got about the number of ladies' and