Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-05
TIGERS TIGHTEN
GRIP ON LEAD BY
EXTRA-INNING WIN
Fifteen Rounds Went Game
With Grays Before Locals
Scored a Victory.
CY BARGER'S TWIRLING
HOLDS DIGGERS HELPLESS
Game Would Have Ended u
Ninth, but for Gagnier's
Unfortunate Error.

PROVIDENCE. r. /, June 5.--fk
required fifteen long rounds for the
Newark Tigers to win their second
extra-inning victory Of the week here
yesterday
Cy Barger went the full distance
against Bin Slime getting credit for
TO decision. Barger should have
won his game over the regulation
distance were It not for a slip<up
committed by Ed Gagnier. Hho
muffed a pop fly in the seventh IN
ming. Had not Gagnier erred. the
Grays would have been retired With
out a run in this round. Instead they
gather In two tallies and tied It up.
Thus the score stood 4 to 4 until the
fifteenth inning.
The Tigers had many opportunities
TO put over the winning run, par
ticularly in the fourteenth round.
when Eddie Zimmerman tripled. with
none out, but Slime stood by his guns
manfully and pulled out Of the hole
/ in great style.
The fielding on both sides was
clean-cut most OF the time. Gag
nier's error was Newarks only mis-
take in the entire fifteen innings,
while Providence players were cred
tied with two bletches on their de-
fensive record. Bauman, at short
stop for the enemy. accepted eigh-
teen chances without slip-up.
Slime Hit Hard.
Slime, who issgenerally al his best
at this stage Of the season, was hit
hard early in the game. and Newark
gained a to 2 lead. which the Tigers
held until the seventh round. Tha
Bengals kept plugging away. getting
in occasional wallops until they had
collected sixteen hits. Barger al
lowed only nine safeties in the If
teen innings and seemed to grow
stronger as the game wore on
Newark, as usual, was first to put
over run The scoring was started
in the third stanza. Higgins ard
Barger cut loose singles. Dalton fol-
lowed with a one-timer. sending Hlg-
gins home Barger was caught, how
ever, trying for third base on Dali
toms safety. To this tally the Tigsrs
added two more points in the fourth
before Providence could find the route
TO the pan. W. Zimmerman and
| Swacina singled. Myers tore on
double, scoring W. Zimmerman. 2.
Zimmerman fled to Platte, who
made a good throw to the plate.
doubling Swacina trying to score
Had Harry waited he could have
scored with Myers when Getz sim
gled to centre.
! Bauman'S triple following a hit by
Platte and pass to Shean Melted
two tallies for the Grays IN their
half of the inning.
Tigers Score Some More
There was no further scoring until
the sixth. Then the Tigers brought
their tally up to four runs. Swacina
walked, Hi Myers singled and stole
second base. j. Onslow. the Grays
catcher, made a wild peg and Swa-
Gina romped in from third base This
Az lead slipped away in the seventh
round. Mcintyre was first up and
popped out. Bauman doubled E. Ons-
low famed. Gagnier had a chance to
retire the side when Ems popped up a
fly, but he dropped the ball Bauman
scored on the error. which should
have made a third down. Ems stole
second base and scored on ]. Onslows
single.
From the seventh until the fifteenth
Barger allowed only four hits, pitch
ing superbly all the way. He gave
but two passes while Slime issued
Ave. The Tigers finally broke it up
In the fifteenth inning. Dalton sim
gled, too second on q secrifice fly By
Gagnier and counted on Swacinass
single. pass and single in Prov
licences portion Of the round made i
look dangerous again, but Getz
grabbed Kocher's liner and turned i
into a double play. The score:
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