Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-17
FINAL GAME
AT HOME
TODAY
Tigers Need the Game to cinch
That Third Position
Honor.

After today's performance the lights
will be turned low. the curtain runs
down and another International
League season. so far as Newark is
concerned, will have gone into his
tory. A victory over the Birds today
in the presence of the fans of the fair
sex, who are admitted free. is all
that is necessary to make it a grand
finale.
Unfortunately for George Bell the
rules of the game say that nine
rounds must be played to constitute
a game; otherwise George would
have won his final battle from the
Orioles yesterday. AS it a George
: went up in the ninth inning and Lee
rushed to his rescue. Wyatt was not
a success and the Birds piled up six
runs. Bell was not any too strong
at any stage of the game, but good
support helped him out of his difficult
ties. bill Collins made a great throw
to Gagnier from the right field fence,
and the second sacker whirled and
threw to third, barely in time to head
big Schmidt, who had hit hitting
optic polished up.
AL announcer tlIllt 1dShiCi :"
double play that ran like this; Gag
ner to Higgins to Eddie Zimmerman
to- Gagnier.
The Indianapolis recruit has figured
in more double plays for the prie1
time he has been a Tiger than any
econd sacker we've ever boosted had
for the same period. Since Gagnier
has made good with the Newark clup
Sol Meyer, president of the Indian
apolis club, has raised the ante and
wants $500 for his second sacKer'
Gagnier came here to be taken on
trial. He has more than made good,
but So, 500 is a fancy price for ever
such a star infielder. Meyer offered
Gagnier his release earlier in the sea
, son for $500, and now expects more
than three times hat amount from
the Newark club.
SThe Tigers at one time had a four
run lead. but the orioles crept up by
scoring in the fifth round. The Tigers
held then until the ninth and sue
ceeded in putting one more over the
nan. so hat the score was 5 to 3 in
orr favor. when the Birds knocked
ont Bell and Lee and won the game
by scoring six runs.
Lefty Russell's Brother.
Allan Russell. a brother of the IA
NOUS Lefty, pitched the last SIX
rounds for the Birds. and he showed
a. fine assortment of curves. JACK
Dunn says that the young finger
will be a star next year as soon as
he grows a little more sturdy. JUS
nav Russell has not the strength to
stand a gruelling battle. Dunn claims
That he has produced more ball play
ers picking them off he lots tnan
any other manager in the league. and
a glance at his record will show II
to be true.
In the last few years he has dug
up Eddie Murphy, now with the Ath-
letics, a player who has made more
hits than Ty Cobb, even though Ty
was playing a week before the IN
ternational season opened. LEFTY
Russell. was another of Dunn's dis
coveries. Fritz and George Maisel,
Cooper, Twombley and Allan Russell
all are proteges of Dunn.
Getting back to the game. the Tigers
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on a pass to Collins. followed by Ber-
nard's single and Kavanagh's triple
10 right. Two more tallies caused
Rube Vickers's retirement in the third
inning Tooley walked, Bernard again
|, singled and Billy Zimmerman and
Gagnier came through with base hits.
The Orioles punched hits on Bell for
three runs in the fifth. Payne. Maisel
and Cooper had singles and Lord
doubled in this frame
Billy Zimmerman's speed earned a
run for Newark in the eighth. which
apparently sewed it up, when the P.
o. N. hunted safely and got around
to the plate on Gagnier's hit and Der
rick's error. The orioles six runs
were manufactured in the ninth out
of a collection of five hits and an err
ror and Newark's victory and a
chance to cinch third place faded
away for one more day. The Tigers.
however. have a four-game lead, and
by winning today can clinch the third
rung.