Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-29
SIX VICTORIES
IN SEVEN STARTS
Reliable Wyatt Lee Is Only
Pitcher to Lose Game in
a Week.

A pitching staff is of as much
value to a baseball team as a MAIN
spring to a clock. The Newark Clubs
pitching staff is now at its best. as
six victories out of the last seven
games played will testify.
h only game the Tigers lost sfrce
a week g yesterday was Tuesdays
~ten-inning affair, which Rochester
won, Az, from Lee. With a little luck
Wyatt would have. taken thai game.
as he held the Champs to two runs
in the first nine rounds.
In the last yer games played the
Tigers opponents have scored IL ruus.
an average of less than two per games
This is a striking improvement over
their previous work. 1t has really
been the good pitching that has
helped Newark more than anything
to climb up to fourth place because
the lower end of the batting order
had been in a slump. Now, however.
there are unmistakable symptoms
that the slump has been splintered.
Both Bobby Vaughn and Billy Zim-
norman. who were finding 1t hard to
meet h ball for safeties, hit hard In
the late stages of yesterdays game,
and Bobby's double. followed by
Billy's rousing single. counted the last
run.
Billy's absence from the game be-
of an injured ankle, which Is
still weak, threw him out of his bat
ting stride, inc he found it a hard
task to land his hits on safe terri
tory. Bobby Vaughn has been meet-
ing the ball regularly, but he has noe
had the luck to get away with them.
Kirkpatrick, who also suffered from
the same kind of a malady, is hitting
the ball as consistently n as &
larly as he was two weeks ago..
This combination of circumstances
helped the Tigers to pile up six runs
yesterday, the highest number they
have accumulated in eleven days.
The last time they went above four
runs In one game was on Wednes-
day. June 10, when they scored seven
times against Buffalo. Cy Seymour,
while he has not been held hitless,
has found. 1t harder to get in safe
ties during the last week, and Harry
Swacina, who is making a strong bid
to overtake Cy In the averages, made
a big gain on =" pal, but now Harry
is u of the game because of illness
and Cy has a chance to regain hia
lost ground. Harry has not had a
slump all season. He seldom goes
through any game without at least
one hit.
The work Of Bin Collins with the
biff-stick has beer so sensational.
however. that 1t has had he quality
~ httnufnor ~ tf,o rt-~.., -a.s
has been hitting regularly and run-
ming bases like a phantom. He has
registered on an average of two hits
In the last seven games, besides
drawing three passes. Higgins has
been hitting the ball in most timely
fashion. and when Higgins is not In
the game Smith Is a marvel in the
pinches.
Dummy Taylor. who has beaten
Newark only once In three years,
tried to boost his average YESTERDAYS
at the Tigers expense, but he was a
frosty fizzle. The Tigers hit him in
the piniches and piled up six runs.
while Johnny Enzmann held the
enemy to two counts.
Enzmann has established beyond
a shadow of doubt that he is one Of
the most promising young pitchers
that Newark has ever had. Best OF
all. he takes the very best care of
himself and Is an ambitious young
man. One of these days, not many
years In the future, we will be read
ing Enzmann's name in a big league
box score. The kid has not received
a bad beating all season, and as he
gains In experience I'M confidence