Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-30
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The Newark Tigers are back off
the road for holiday visit and they
should be given royal welcome by
the fans. The team has made a fine
showing during its stay away and for
the next three days, inclusive, the
boys should be in for some strong
encouragement. During the present
trip, and including the two games
thirteen games and lost ten. In all,
they have played five series, and in
only one-against Toronto-have they
been beaten. The Maple Leafs seemed
to take very kindly to the Newark
way of doing things. and captured
three out of four games Otherwise,
the Tigers have been able to get an
even break or better in their iaunt
around the circuit, which is some con-
sistency all will have to admit
So to Toronto we owe a 'slicking,"
for Toronto has been our only
stumbling block. Otherwise every
thing has been lovely, and the fans, !
from all l could hear, have been
loyal as a soldier to the team. Mon
treal and Baltimore proved to be the |
soft snaps on the road. The Royals |
won only one game out of four and |
the Orioles took only one game out |
of five. Rochester was lucky to get |
an even break of three and three, |
and Buffalo. which is playing a very !
nifty game. fought every inch of the I
way to make the series two and two.
The record on the road of the Tigers
was good enough to win the support /
of the fans. The team will go away
after Sundays game for a series
with Providence, and then there will
be a long stay at home. In second I
place now after hard road trip, the
prospects should be more than bright
for a winning streak on the home
grounds.
G
Raleigh Aitchison, from all accounts,
is one of the best pitchers in the
International League, and If he keeps
up his good work it will be a most
difficult matter to keep him out of
the big Show" next season. Brook
Ign, of course, will have first call on
and the Newark Club
will be able TO protect itself in this
way. Aitchison, a left-hander, is
doubly valuable, for good port-siders
are very scarce. Once in a while you
get hold of Nap Rucker, but gen.
orally the "daubers' are so erratic
and so inconsistent that they are
hardly worth while. Not so with
though. Here is young
ster with all the pitching essentials,
backed up by control and a real dis
play of nerve. So far he has pitched
in nine games. OF these he has won
six, lost one. and in the other two
his record was neither besmirched
nor increased He has quality and
capacity, and Newark has been for
tunate in securing him.
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OudIiSy EUDelS Is sui uOlIB every
thing he possibly can to keep Brook
lyn on the map His baseball team
is bringing more fame to the city
than did the bridge, and every now
and then Ebbets works up some kind
of a sensation to attract especial at
tention. 1t is nothing particularly
now that tho RrookIUp n1oopate |
springs at this writing, but it's big
ness will bring about all due public
ity. Worried, he says, over the pros
poets of injuries to players, and those
within immediate touch of the club,
Mr.. Ebbets has placed insurance on
everybody connected with the organ
ization to the extent of $410, 900. The |
premium is something big, of course,
but the way the Superbas are draw
ing the crowds the insurance check |
will never be missed. In giving out |
the insurance Ebbets also saw to it
that home trade was not overlooked !
Christy Mathewson made a bid for
the policy and so did a number of
others. but Brooklyn firm as should
be, was successful. Business and
baseball are becoming closer partners
every day, but as long as the sport
is not subsidized for the financial
gain the fans will have nothing to
say.
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As far as New York Is concerned,
Frank Baker hasn't any choice be-
tween the Yankees and the Giants.
One fine day two years ago, when
everything was most propitious for a
victory for the Giants in an impor-
tant worlds series game at the Polo
Grounds, along comes ]. Franklin
with his mighty bat and puts one
of Christy Mathewsons best efforts
safe and sound up in the grand stand
for a circuit of the bases. That ac-
complishment tied the score and
thereafter Baker and his team of
Philadelphia Athletics carried the
day by scoring a victory. That one
clout practically won the series for
the Athletics. 1t beat Matty and
took the heart out of the team. 1t
came in the ninth inning with two
men out and the game, you might
say, on ice. The battles that fol-
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