Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-21
EVEN FAR-OFF TEXAS
GIVES BENCALS
TWO MEN.

eight years has Cy beer a native Of
Hudson where he was born. The New
York Americans sold Parkin to Newark
In 1908. but he was farmed to Bing-
hamton and recalled that fall. He was
with Binghamton in 1908 when a
Yankee scout picked him up for a trial.
Weight. 1876 Pounds; height, 8 feet; age
% years.
Wyatt Lee Star southpaw.
Wyatt Arnold Lee. of Washington,
D.. c., is not only the best southpaw
but the best pinch hitter in the league.
Lee Is so years old and has played with
Washington In the American league,
with Altoona in the Tri-State and To-
ronto In the Eastern. McGinnity signed
signed him last May when Kelley lot
him 60 for reasons he himself cannot
explain. He weighs 1872 pounds and
stands s feet II inches. Batted 1855
last va and 1elded 1000.
CIeary's Come Back.
James Austin Cleary started out in
1903 with Rochester. strained his arm in
1905 and wes with Newark for about a
month. Then quit the professional
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when he got a trial with Montreal,
was released and then pitched semi
pro ball In his home town, Buffalo.
He struck out % men on q Sunday
while Newark was there and McGinnity
signed him up. Jim ia q years old,
stands 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 100
pounds. Batted .154 last year, fielded
.956.
F1nter's Hard Luck.
"Oyster Johnny" Flater. of West
minister. Md, did not play last year,
owing to sickness. He was with Balti-
more. Albany, Binghamton. Philadel-
phia Americans. Harrisburg and New
ark, young Harry Wolverton's team lp
1909. Flater Is 81 years old, weighs I75
pounds, 10 $40 In height.
johnny Nee.
Springfield. Mo, gets on the mar
through John Coleman Nee, who is de-
pended on to v second base this
year. Nee was with the Dayton Central
League club for the past two years.
Before that he was with St. Paul, Co
iumbus n Springfield, Mo. He is 20
years old. weighs $50 and is 5 feet 10
inches In height. Batted .233 last year
and feided 1913. Newark drafted him
from Dayton last fall.
a O Native Son.
Jack Gull is looked upon as a native
son by Newark fans, because he has
made his home with relatives In this
city during the past scissor. Originally
he came from the vicinity OF Scranton.
Pa, whore he was born twenty-five
years ago. Gull has had a trial In the
big show, having pitched one game for
the Athletics against Washington, and
won the game from no less a disttn-
guished opponent than Walter John
son. He was released by the Athletics
In the fall Of 1909. and has driftsd
about ever since. Last year he pitched
for an Independent team In Maysville.
N. 2, and Vol 80 per cent. Of his
games. In height he is six feet two
inches, and weighs 100 pounds.
"Jeck. Dalton Batted $40.
Jack" Percy Dalton Is one Of the lat
est additions TO the Tiger family. Jack
is now in his twenty-fourth year, and
halls from Front Royal, Va. Jack was
sold to the Newark Club by Brooklyn
last month. He went to Brooklyn last
year from Des Moines, in exchange for
a pitcher n $500 In cash, and dis
tinguished himself In his f1rst National
League game by getting Ave hits of
Christy Mathewson. He was batting
at a $40 clip until he met with an in
jury while chasing a foul. and he f1n-
ished the season on the bench. The
VILLAIN" weighs ITS pounds and is five
feet ten and one-half inches in height
He batted $40 In sixty games last year
and fielded 1852.
sykes q Chicago @sezni-Pro.S
ons Of the new pitchers Is Ed Sykes,
a Chicago boy. who was on the train
ing trip with the New York Americans.
and Joined Newark last week. Sykes
pitched for q team in the Chicago City
League, which he managed for the last
two years. and made the remarkable
record Of winning nineteen of the
twenty games he pitched last year.
Hal Chase heard OF his work and gave
him a trial. but he did not measure up
to the big league standard. In 1908
Sykes had q trial with the indianapolis
team, anc pitched winning ball until
his arm went lame In the fall. He Is
% years old, weighs 1875 pounds and 10
S feet II inches In height. Sykes huTqs
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