Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-12
TWONEWP|TCHERS
TOAD JERSEY CITY
Tigers Will Have to Fight for
Every Game With
Skeeters.
sFIRST CONTEST TOMORROW
sFIRST CONTEST TOMORROW

Further proof that the Jersey City
Baseball Club intends to make the
Newark team fight for every one of
the six games in the coming series
was furnished today, when announce
ment was made that two pitchers had
been turned over to the Shelters by
the New York American League Club.
The newcomers are George Sheers, a
left-hander, and Paddy Martin, a
right-hand finger.
Both of these twirlers went to New
York from the New England League.
They join the Skeeters as part of the
deal whereby Martin McHale, the
'spitball artist, became Yankee.
Shears was obtained by Harry VOL
verton when he managed the Yankees
last season, and originally played with
the Paris Club of the Blue Grass
League.
Taking McHa1e from the Jersey City
lineup proved a severe blow to the
Insects. They have suffered a long
slump and losing streak that has
left them deep in the cellar. Manager
Frank Chance would have sent the
,tnew pitchers over sooner had he been
able to obtain waivers on them.
Sheers and Martin may help the
Skeeters, and then again, they may
not, but the fact that they have been
acquired at this critical stage of the
race shows that the Shelters don't in
tend to be doormats for the Tigers,
and Rochester will have no kick
coming If the Tigers do clean up in
the coming series.
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The Bengals were idle yesterday,
and will rest again today. Tomorrow
will find tbo Of In.
!, City against the Shelters. On paper
the Insects do not look as good as
they did when the Tigers last met
them. Knight. McHale and Schlafiy
are gone. Mike Donlin has added
batting strength to the Jersey City
lineup and Art Bues has taken Bobby
Vaughn's place. Vaughn was 6
troublemaker for the Skeeter against
Newark. Bobby has ben going 81
good at Buffalo, too, that Bisontowr
scribes are Dragging that he is big
Lacquer.
Joe Agler has not yet put in an ap.
pearance with the Skeeters. The At
lanta team is being feted and BAN
quoted after their sensational spurt
to the championship, and Joe
naturally likes to be in for the good
things. 1t is just possible that Agler
may arrive in time to play in the
dou ble-header between Newark and
Jersey City on Sunday, and his pres
fence will surely strengthen the Jersey
City lineup Calhoun is the best first
baseman the Skeeters have had in
some time, but he does not measure
strides with Agler.
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1t would be no great surprise If
Wyatt Lee were chosen to face the
Skeeters In the first battle at Jersey
City tomorrow. Lee has always risen
to the emergency when most needed
and has exerted a more or less eff
fective jinx against the Shelters.
Probably Harry Smith will have four
or five twirlers warm up for the first
game of the series tomorrow, because
= he realizes that the team which wins
this game will have the edge on the
other club, and it will go a long way
to deciding the championship.
The records show that the Tigers
have shown enough strength to be
elassed as a championship team on
the aggressive. The Bengals have
averaged Az runs per game, while
their opponents have averaged 8 Ia
TALES per contest. Until the recent
slump the Tigers record was much
better than that and their opponents
much worse. Aitchison's loss has been
keenly felt, but Curtis is due to show
some of the form he displayed in his
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