Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
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BALL At THIRD
Sunny Weather Got Into Blood
of Young Coast Third-sack-
er, and He Moved Around as
if He Heard the Breakers
Rolling in the Pacific Ocean.

Climatic conditions have much to d.
with success of a baseball player. Yes
terday was a warm. sunny day, the
kind which ball-players like, and the
Bengals loosened up under the boiling
rays of the sun and played some real
baseball.
Noticeable was the improvement
shown by Mamie Reams at third
base. The Californian was In his ele-
ment in the sweltering sun. and fairly
scintillated in his brilliant fielding. He
would have a a hit, too, had not
Miller made u sensational stop on him.
1t Is no easy matter for an athlete
who is used to the climate on the coast
to come East and make good. On the
other hand, it is just as hard for ar
Fastener to star in the rarified eli
mate along the Pacific coast. George
Boice, while he pitched good ball on
the coast, never performed as cleverly
out there as he has been doing for New
ark. Reams had never been East be-
fore, and it was all new to him. He
was in mortal fear during a recent
thunderstorm, and declared that he hal
never seer any such lightning and
heard such thunder before. Some Of
the al aiC say ms tho tNCo'hS ~
ringer for Arthur Devlin as a third
sacker. If the kid" begins to hit he
will be one of the best ~third-sackers In
the league.
Since George Smith joined the Tigers
there has been a noticeable improve
ment in the team work. Smith is as
heady as ever. An instance of his
ability to think quickly came in the
first inning of yesterdays game, which
Newark won, 80.
With two gone Schirm walked. Nc
Cabe, the luckiest batter in the league,
hit one hard, n it SKINNED along the
ground to left, Louden being Unable to
head it. Sehirm kept right on going
and reached third easily, while Nc
Cabe, seeing that second was unguard-
ed, made a dash for that bag. Louden
and Smith had run out to short left to
take a throw, but Smith suddenly re-
membered about McCabe, and running
backward toward second yelled for a
throw. Kelly threw the ball and Smith,
without turning, swung his arm around
and tagged the surprised runner, who
came in standing up and thought he
had a clear track. The play saved a
run and caused the third put-out.
Smith pulls off many heady plays the
fans do not understand nor appreciate,
and he has proven his value to the
team His hitting is improving. and
he is gaining in popularity,
Lee and Stroud had a pitchers battle
up to the eighth. when Taylor went in
for Buffalo after Stroud had singled
and Henline ran for him i'm Buffalo's
half. Dummy was easy and a pass,
two hits and a sacrifice fly by Pinch"
Meyer gave Newark two runs.
The Tigers started as though they
would knock Stroud out in n inning.
Bailey tripled and Agler singled. Thus
the first run was scored. But though
Agler stole second there was no more
scoring.
Whites double and an error by Smith
enabled the Bisons to tie 1t up In the
fourth. and then it was n~ip-and-tuck
until the eighth. Lee pitched great
ball and was seldom in trouble until
the ninth, when he began to weaken
after he had run around the bases on
his triple in the seventh, and Smith
was called in to save the anne He
did we'll by tanning Corridor with men
on second and third after Buffalo had
scored once. Sharpe's single, an error
by Nee and KILLERS pinch punch put
the Bison run across In the last round.