New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Yankees and Superbas to PIav
Across the Hudson TODAY.
INDIANS HAVE HIGH HOPES
Harry Smith Ambitious to Give
Newark a Pennant for the
First Time.

Inc baseball 'fanS need not SIT around
the house wishing for something to han.
pen this afternoon. The Superbas viii Co
battle with the Newark Indians in New
ark, while the Yankees also will journey
across the Hudson River for one last
clash with their old enemies in Bermuda
the Skeeters-in Jersey City.
The Indians arrived from the South On
Friday in fine condition Harry Smith IS
enthusiastic over the outlook and says he
has high hopes Of landing the Interna.
tional League pennant Weak hitting was
the besettinS sin a year ago, when the
team finished third to Toronto and Roch.
ester, and, judging by the exhibition
games played this spring. little improve.
ment has been shown. -Four runs was the
high-water mark in any game. and they
failed to score In two meetings With
Brooklyn.
The pitching staff looks fairly promising
with George Bell Wyatt Lee, Johnny
Enzmann, Lefty" Aitchison and Polly
Kunkle. The last named pitched a no.
hit, no-run game against Charleston while
in the South a few days ago. The inield
W III Dt llldut III VI on dNliAfi a. ~ LllQ-
norman and Tooley, former Brooklyn
players at third and short, respectively,
and Gagnier at second.
Billy Zimmerman is slated for left field:
Jack Dalton, last year with the cham
plon Toronto team, will cayort in centre
field, while Bill Collins. a veteran, and
Iii Meyer the man who led the Western
Association in batting last year, will
fight 1t out for right field.
Smith is angling for young Leo CAL
laghan. the sensational recruit now with
Brooklyn and Enos kirkpatrick. the
utility infelder Of the Superbas. The
last named played with Newark most 0.
last season.
Newark is the only club in the Inter
national League which has never won
the pennant
Frank Chance said yesterday that he
would put his regular team in the field
against Jersey City at West Side Park,
as the infelders needed all tho practice
possible with the American League sea.
son at hand.
ICY" Falkenberg is once more a men,
Der Of the pitching staff Of the Cleveland
Maps. Joe Birmingham got him from
Toledo for Roy Walker and Jimmy Dy-
greet.
Bedient and Wood the star pitchers:
Speaker, the wonderful outielder and
Gardner the reliable third bascman are
valuel NJ $4,000 by the owners of the
Boston Red Sox. John Taylor vicc-prcS-
dent Of the club. has taken out an in
surance policy on the quartet for that
amount.
jim Sullivan. a young pitcher. has been
released by the Washington Senators 70
the Montreal club. Of the international
League
Tyrus cobb. hard hitter eXtraordinary
is still sulking in his tent. Maybe not
sulkinS, hut anyway nobody seems 20
have heard of his picking mp a pen, and
without that formality he viii not DC
able to pick up bat for the Detroit
Tigers. President Nayin and the fans
are ubll- ll'nN ~ tAI' WI . ri MS
Hub Pcrdue is showing the same skin
in training that brought him fame as a
pitcher, even with the lowly Braves, last
year. He is likely 10 make many a team
bow TO Boston in tho National League
pennant race this season.
II. Hales, the Irish distance runner, Who
arrived I'm this country ten days ago, viii
make his first appearance al the meet Of
Loughlin Lyceum. to be held at the 18th
Regiment Armory. Brooklyn. on April H..
lie is entered in the two-mile race.
Kolehmainen and Billy Kramer ale ex-
pected to start against Halcs. y great
race is promised.
Ted Meredith. the worlds h9lf-milo rec
ord holder. will start I'm tho eG-vard spe-
cial for the $500 bronze trophy II is
called the Loughlin Derby and among
others entered are Joe Driscoll and Tom
Halpin.
\ game OF baseball was thrown n the
hungry fans Yesterday. But II only
whettcd their appctites for the call 10
arms and the real clash OF bats now only
three days away
MIDDIES SHUT CUT AMHERST