Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-21

at South Orange he made a sensa-
tional play that caused the defeat of
the Jersey college boys Daniels by
the way. was on the Bucknell team,
and Bert and Piez were warm friends.
Both left college to play professional
baseball
O.
Piez. whose first name is Charles.
is better known as Sandy He is 81
feet 101k inches in height and weighs
lis pounds. His position is in the
outfield and he has great throwing
arm. He is fast on the bases and he
/ hits the ball hard enough to keep him
in the game. His long suit is throw
ing runners out at the plate. He has
a record for that kind of a stunt.
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! Piez's parents and his relatives all
live here. His uncle is Otto Hornich,
an old ball-player himself. who is at
present employed in the City Hall.
Hornich was in his baseball days,
member of Charley Smiths All-Star
Athletics and he was a great batter.
Piez will join the Giants at the close
of the Virginia League season. New
ark fans will likely make big day
of it when the boy gets in his first
game at the Polo Grounds.
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No less a parsonage than Bozeman
Bulger, of the New York Evening
World, predicts great things for the
Newark boy Bulger, among other
things, says:
This fellow Piez by the way, is a
corker. l saw him at work down in
Richmond this spring Considering
the fact that he only hit 1858 in the
Carolina League, fans may wonder
why McGraw was in such hurry
TO grab him, but the answer stands
out like zeider's bunion when you
know that he has one of the most
remarkable throwing arms in the
world While playing with Green
Vile he threw out twenty three men
at the plate, which led all the out
fielders by many points. So far this
spring he has been hitting like
house afire."
These praises will do Piez much
good. They will put him in right
with the New York fans, for they
will know he has the goods. Piez
has a brilliant future. He will be
near his home and his friends, and
the deal may prove a big thing for
the Giants in the way of patronage.
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If Scout Arthur Irwin wasn't
very able citizen and if Con Lucid,
once National League pitcher,
didn't admit he played a dirty trick
on Irwin, the baseball sensation of
the year would be a matter of dis
cussion. Lucid, it seems, is a prac-
tical joker of the big league variety,
and he pulled one of his choicest
bon mots on Irwin. While in San
Antonio the other day Lucid while
talking to a cub reporter, palmed
himself off as Irwin and gave the
newspaper man a daring story. He
oclu lndl II dllh NldHCt was lulIlh-
ing of trading young Midkiff for Nc
Bride, of the Washingtons; that Joe
O'Brien soon would succeed Ban
Johnson as president of the Ameri-
double-headers would be played as
one game of fifteen innings. Lucid |
also produced a photograph of a thin,
bewhiskered person which was pub
lished with the caption: Scout Ir-
win, of the much-abused New York
Americans" Later on and when
Lucid discovered that he had done
great harm, he admitted that he had
win has had more than one sleepless
night. And Ban Johnson! Some
body get his job, especially Joe
| O'Brien! 1t was the greatest joke
of the century and some pretty
strong pills" have been smoked in
basebalrs pipe of Imagination.
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Sir Thomas Upton is giving us
| delayed pass in the Americas cup
racing arrangements. The bold
knight seems to be acting as If he
didn't care whether he raced us or
not. Neither do we, If we have to
change the conditions so that the
Baron will be put in an excellent posi-
ton of winning the trophy. We per-
haps have a shade as the conditions
now stand, but in trying to make the
rules absolutely equal we might, you
know, pull a Barry and slip one
over on ourselves. Let good enough
alone. If Sir Thomas thinks he can
beat us, let him come over here and
do 1t. II he dosen't think so, why let
him stay at home. We have been
very kind to Upton all the way
through, and he likes us so we'll that
he even sells us his tea. But even at
that, we are not going to give him the
cup-not by a long shot! He'll be
given a good, sporty decision. but he
won't be handed the trophy on a sill
yer platter.
The next Olympic games may see a
change in the number of events and
in the manner of conducting the
events. Much discussion is being
INDUCED in as to standardizing the
games. James e. Sullivan proposed
it several years ago and now it looks
as If it would be put into practise in
Berlin in 1916. The changes will make
small differance with us We will