Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-31
UP TO BENGA[S 1
TO PUT LID ON
JUMPING JACKS
That's the New Name for Kit.
ty Bransfield's
Royals.
TIGERS RECORD IN DANGER

Especial to the Newark Stnr.I
MONTREAL, Que. July s1.-Kitty
Bransfeld's Montreal Royals are the
Jumping jacks" Of the International
League. They are likely to bob up
at any moment and frighten the life
out of some poor unsuspecting man
ager, and then again they are as
tame as so many sheep. It Is up TO
the Tigers to put the lid on Brans-
fields jumping jacks" today and
clamp 1t down tightly. Otherwise
the Bengals will suffer their second
defeat in a series this season--and
to Montreali
There is a generally mistaken TN
preston around the Internal onal
League circuit that the Royals are
an easy combination to wallop. AS
n matter of fact, the, have one OF
the fastest teams in the league. lots
of young blood and some pitchers
whose smoke and curs es would make
any batting average shrink. Thsir
worst fault is inconsistency Brans-
field can't seem to get them started
OH the right track. They are off one !.
moment like frightened hares with
the hounds In pursuit, the newt mo-
melt they are slump'ng and hitting 4.
the bumps with as much soaring
power as a balloon with q bursted
gasbag.
The Tigers task of taking the two
remaining games here, and getting
an even break is truly stupendous
for team even of Newark's calibre.
Bransfield has his bes. pitchers,
Frank Smith and AL Mattern, ready
for the fray. Newark has Aitchison.
who Is due for win. and Lee, whose
winning streak was shattered at To- 6
ronto. Lees speciality is doing the
unexpected, but he has found It
harder to beat Montreal than any
other team in the league. p
An odd part about the Beugals'
failure to score a run yesterday was
the fact that the Tigers got the first
man up to first base in four differ
ent innings and in three>other rounds
the second man to face Mason got
on base 1t shows how clever Mason
was yesterday in breaking up the
Tigers machine-like play. The Ben
gals have a reputation throughout
the league for making their hits
count. At Buffalo, they made a run
on every LIS hits, which Is remark
able work. The Royals gathered In
four runs on eight hits yesterday,
while the Tigers took no runs on five
bingles. Had the Newarkers worked
with the skill they displayed at
| Buffalo they would have accounted
| for three taIlies.
Almeida, Allen and Burns did all
of the heavy stickwork for the Roy.
ais. Allen had three bingles and the
other two players had two hits apiece.
The Royals had only one extra base
hit by Demmitt, and that did not
figure in the scoring. But the home
| sters got their bingles in pinches.s r,
Their first run was made possible,
by two bungles, one a mental blun-,i
der with Swacina and Bell Jointly,
responsible, and the other a fielding
misplay by Swacina. Allen bumped
a slow roller down the first base
line. Bells inability to get over to
first base quickly and Swacina's In
decision made 1t hit for the speedy
Royal. Then Bell shot one over to
Swacina to catch the runner off first
base and the sphere streaked to right
| field, because Swacina was not pre-
| pared to receive the ball. Two in
field outs permitted Allen to reach
the plate. This run would have been
sufficient to beat the Tigers.
|
Mason's six bases on balls were
handed out at widely separated in
tervals and with such rare judg-
ment that the Tigers could not turn
one to their advantage. Bill Collins
was on base three times, and stole
second once, but even Bill, who led
the Tigers in run-getting last year.
could not get all the way around.
On one occasion Burnss throw down
to second base nipped Bill off the
bag.
Burns singled in the fifth round,
advanced ON an infield out and scored
on Almeidas safety. The other two
Montreal runs were picked up in the
seventh inning. Esmond drew down
n pass. Purtell's bunt which McCar-
ty threw to first base in time, sent
both runners up a bit. Mason was an
easy out, but Almeida singled again,
scoring Burns. The throw to the
plate was late and McCarty whipped
the ball toward second. His peg
was bad and Esmond tailed. The
score: