Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-08
THINKS LEAGUE
IS SLOWING UP
Schlafly Shares Opinion of Sew
eral International League
Scribes and Players.
BOOSTS TIGER PITCHERS

Larry Schlafiy, manager of the Jer-
sey City Baseball Club, has some in
teresting ideas about the Interna-
tional League races this season.
Larry says that the league is not as
fast as it was last season and in
other years He also maintains that
the Tiger teams of 1909 and 1910
would have beaten anything in the
league at present, including this
years Bengal outfit.
"If we had had one more good
pitcher in 1910 to work with McGin-
nifty and Lee, we'd have won that
pennant hands down." said Larry.
"With the pitching staff Newark has
this season our 1910 team would new
er have been pressed. If Newark had
a pitcher like Bell, Aitchison, Barger
or Enzmann to work with the Iron
Man and Lee in those days, John
CAMEL would not have been in the
running"
Whether or not the league has
slowed up is a problem. There is q
growing impression around the cir
cult among the scribes and some of
the Bengal balltossers themselves
share the opinion that the league Is
not quite up to the standard of other
seasons. Schlafy says Newark's
pitching staff is the best in the
league and that 1t has kept the
Tigers on top.
Jack Knight was traded to the New
York Yankees yesterday for Infielder
Borton by the Jersey City Club.
Knight is now 26 years old, but has
been up to the major leagues four
times. He was with the Athletics,
Red Sox, Yankees and Senators. This
is his fifth return to fast company. In
the International League Knight
helped Baltimore win a pennant in
1908 before joining the Yanks. He went
to Jersey City from Washington.
Larry Schlafiy states that he expects
to lose McHale and Wells If they
continue to play as cleverly as they
have been.
Shelters, may become a Yankee soon.
Manager Chance needs a backstop
badly, and he Is trying to pull off
deal, It is said, whereby he can
secure the services of Wells, who is
one of the hardest-hitting catchers
in the International circuit.
Jimmy Esmond and Pitcher Frank
Smith, of the Royals, had home-run
clouts against the Hustlers yesterday.
Esmond practically won the game
single-handed, for he drove In three
points on sacrifice flies.
Ed Lafitte, the Gray HEAVIER. is
surely an in-and-outer. Yesterday he
allowed the Orioles four hits and
won by a shutout score of 7 to 0.
Gus Gleichman, the Irvington lad
who had a tryout with the Orioles
and was later sent to Wilmington,
had triple and single in the game
for the latter club against York yes
terday.
The Bisons are in receipt of many
flattering offers for the services of
Miles Main. But Boston will be the
club to get him. The Braves handed
the Buffalo Club Bues, jackson,
Gowdy and other players.
There was slight demonstration
by the fans following yesterdays
game, and Umpire Hayes, just for
safety sake, was escorted off the field
by the police. Hayes's decisions in
calling out two Tigers on the bases
tho wrath Of tho fans. and
Harry Smith was elected from the
field. Newark players claim that
Smith merely said You missed that
one!" to Hayes, whereupon the Tiger
was ordered Off the grounds.
Jack Knight, of the Shelters. who
made the play on which Dalton was
retired, claimed that Jack was out on
the play, but admitted that Hayes
was wrong in calling out Lee on a.
similar play a few minutes before,