Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-21
TIGERS AND LEAFS
IN FISHING TEST
Newark and Toronto Players to
Spend Open Date
Angling.
NEWsY NOTES FROM FRONT

TORONTO. Oct. 21.-Baseball is not
the only sport at which the Tigers
excel. Just to prove the contention.
picked team composed of five MEM
bers of the Newark party and as
many members of the Toronto Club
will take advantage of their open date
in the schedule today to prove their
merits as fishermen.
Harry Smith, the genial leader of
the Newark team, is the most popular
manager in the league with opposing
clubs, and he is also an enthusiastic
fisherman. While coaching along the
third base line yesterday in the sixth
inning, when the Tigers had the
throttle wide open, Bill Bradley, who
takes defeat to heart, looked at Smith
and said: well, there's one thing us
fellows can beat you at"
What's that" asked Harry.
Fishing" came the quick response
Smith laughed, for some of the
players on the Newark team never
miss an opportunity to follow the
"Waltonese" sport. The outcome OF
the confab was the arrangement of a
match to see which squad could catch
the most fish today. The members Of
the two parties will hire separate
boats and will be given three hours
to work. There are many good fish
| ing spots around Hanlon's Island and
in Toronto bay. The Leafs naturally
know the best haunts, but Smith
promises to pilot his party to spot
from which they will not return
empty-handed.
The Tigers will leave tonight for
Montreal, where they will open
three game series tomorrow. Next
Sunday is one of the few days the
Tigers will spend away from home.
They are scheduled to perform at
Montreal.
The Bengals have a Sunday game at
Providence, too, later in the season.
Toronto fans are willing to admit
that the Tigers deserve the pennant
after the smuggling the Bengals did
here in the last two games, 1t was
the old story-the Tigers dropped the
opening tussle and then came through
and won the next two games.
Eddie Gagnier had another tumble
yesterday, which will hurt his field
ing average, but Ii did no damage to
the Tigers chances. Eds leg is still
sore, which has probably caused the
usually reliable shortstop to bungle up
an average of one grounder day for
the last three days, where he used to
spoil an average of one q week. Ed
has always boosted having more
chances than any other shortstop in
the league in which he has performed.
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Young Callahan reported to the
Toronto club Yesterday. Charley Eb-
bets is a pretty wise guy. He kept
the kid until the last minute, so that
he could not be used against the
Tigers in this series.
CIV Barger is due to face his old
teammates at Montreal in the opening
game tomorrow.
Northen failed to get hit, yester-
| day, in four times up, but he walked
| and scored run. In the field he ac-
cepted both of the flies that came
out to right field.
While the city of Toronto itself is
lively. bustling burg, the Tigers
are never sorry to shake the dust of
the Canadian village from their
heels.
For one thing the clubhouse at the
Island Stadium. where the games are
played. Is very damp and the play
ers' attire never gets r. chance to
drv from the perspiration from one
dav to another. Their shoes become
widowed and the Bengal players
wonder how the home players stand
il all season. Jack Dalton got rheu-
matism from playing here last sea-
son.
Eddie Zimmerman is another ath-
lete wearing a Newark uniform who
is not sorry when the train pulls out
of Toronto The ground around third
base on the Toronto diamond is as
hard as stone and Eds life Is In
jeopardy every time the ball is hit.
On the other hand. the hotel accom-
modations at the Prince George are
the best in the circuit, 80 that's some
solace.