Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-28
Tigers First Engage
ment Is Planned for
Tomorrow.
From a star Correspondent

EAe os.A
PETERSBURG. Va, March 28.-The
attack on Richmond" begins tomor-
row. Joe McGinnity has already COM
pleted his plans for the Tigers raInifl-
cation. Fifteen men, including Gen
eral Joe, will swoop down on the Vir-
ginia capital while a guard of eight
Will be left here in case reinforcements
are required.
With the exception of Pitcher Johnny
Enzman all the privates who are taken
to Richmond will be carried TO New
ark for the big opening with the Ath-
letics Sunday. McGinnity will not
travel back and forth between Rich
mono and Petersburg while playing
there, but will make his headquarters
al the scene of the battle.
Manager Steve Griffin, Of the Rich
mond detachment, has been terrifying
his stronghold for the past week, drill
ing his Colts daily in anticipation OF
their double canter with the tawny
Tigers, and 1t should be q battle royal
in both games.
Incidently the Iron Man" is
anxious to make a good showing at
Richmond because no less than five
International League teams are sched-
uled to play the Griffin crew within
the next fortnight. Toronto. Buffalo,
Rochester and Montreal are all down
for two games. and it Is up to the
Tigers to set the pace for the Class "A
leaguers with two wins.
First Inside BsIl Yesterday.
The Tigers had their first drill in in
side baseball yesterday and the game
In the afternoon between the regulars
and the colts was a striking illustra-
tion Of the value Of scientific baseball.
The regulars on thirteen hits scored
eight runs, while the regulars who did
not try the inside stuff had only half
the number of runs on n hit less.
Regulars Do Unexpected.
The regulars pulled the unexpected
repeatedly, Kirkpatrick and Smith get
ting away with bunts by crossing the
infelders when they2 least expected
such a move. They mixed up the hit
and run with the great art of sacr.-
fcing and they made every move count
Billy Zimmerman is rapidly improv-
ing In his bunting and almost got away
with a hit on an intended sacrifice on
one occasion. OF course there was
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Zimmerman and the other heavy stick
wielders, and while the hits helped a
whole lot, 1t was the inside baseball
they played that gave the regs a credit
on the right side of the ledger.
Line-up for Richmond.
McGinnity gave out the list Of names
of the players who will go to Rich
mond, and stated thai the same line
I'D would be used on Sunday at New
excepting Enzman. The players
scheduled to battle with Griffin's men
tomorrow and Saturday are: Collins.
second base: Ed. Zimmerman, third
base; Bernard. right field; Seymour,
centre field; Swacina. first base; w.
Zimmerman, left field; Kirkpatrick,
shortstop;s Smith and Bergen, catchers;
McGinnity, Lee, Gaskill, Morgenroth,
Holmes and Enzman, pitchers. The
bows who are left here will work out
daily at the local park with Peters,
burg. and will rejoin the regulars Tues
day at Norfolk. Joe Phillips and his
pals have already hired q guide for a
flshing trip up one of the many streams
which thread through the local hills.
for Sunday. The new road uniforms
will be used for the first time tomor-
row.
Bergen Boosts Dave Yates.
Bill Bergen is boosting Dave Yates.
The veteran Brooklyn catcher says;
eff Yates's curve ball IL az good as
his fast one he will stick in the In
ternational. He has tried nothing but
a straight to fool the batters, de-
pending on a change of pace, and he
has gotten away with it in fine shape.
Yates did not fan five and six every
time he pitched. but he was always
strong in the dangerous moments"
Jack McAdams will I'LL the bill all