Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-18
DECISIVE VICTORY SCORED
BY BENCALS In THEIR FINAL
TUSSLE With PROVIDENCE
Sharp Stick-Work, Good Field
ing and Steady Pitching
by Lee.
SWACINA HAS THREE HITS
Tigers Show Their Old Ability
to Get Hits in the
Plnohes.


point--on Rochester-so infinitisimal
that 1t does not show In the Interna-
tional League standing and cannot be
disoerned by scrutinizing the per-
centage column In the record of
games-won and lost. This fraction
of a point may prove valuable to the
Tigers during the next few days of
the race, but the real value of the
victory will be the confidence to be
derived from that decisive defeat
handed to Providence by a score OF
b-1, at Wiedenmayer' s Park, yester-
Gay afternoon. Rochester fans who
thought their game Hustlers had a
chance are about ready to admit that
the Ganzelhtes will have to be the
luckiest team In the world to pass
the Bengals with the race almost
over. Rochester can by winning to-
day get within one full game of New
ark's standing, but If the Tigers do
as good as they did against Provi-
dence, by winning the odd game of
the series from Jersey City, the
Hustlers cannot beat the Tigers out
even If the Flower City aggregation
wins all of its remaining four games.
Wyatt Lee twirled good enough ball
yesterday to defeat any team, and in
addition Harry Swaoina, Eddie Zim-
norman, Jack Dalton and the rest
of the regulars played with their old
vim and dash. Rochester cannot af-
ford to lose game now, unless New
ark should drop two out of three to
Jersey City.
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Tigers Regain Their Stride.
The Tigers work was encouraging
in every way yesterday The boys
bit better ran the bases better and
fielded better than their opponents
Early in the contest Providence pulled
some careless base running. The
Tigers were quick to take advantage
of the loose work on the paths. Some
of the fans who are always ready to
squeal thought the Grays were lay
ing down, but If any of them could
have heard Bill Donovan before the
game and his ideas about Tuesdays
game, they might have changed
their minds. To begin with. Donovan
is looking out for his own job as
manager of the Grays next season,
and Providence fans, no matter how
friendly with Newark, would not
countenance any monkeyshines on the
part of his men. Did you ever stop
to think how hard 1t would be for
manager to order his men to throw
H. dIilc. Dull PtdyCI0 di0 Oub W PtO-
tect their averages. young fellows
have their regulations to make and
old-timers who would be likely to get
the tin can would have fine material
to do some backmailing IL anything
like that were pulled in baseball. The
players would have q grip on the
magnates that would ruin baseball,
for no matter how old or decrepit
player might become, the magnate
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player until physical senility pre-
vented him from donning uniform.
Otherwise the players who helped
throw the game, having nothing to
q lose himself, could "blab" and the
game would be shaken off its strong
foundations as an earthquake upsets
q mighty city.
Grays stung by Defeat.
The Grays were Disguised to lose
the game the day before on a balk,
and when things got breaking badly
for them and in the Tigers favor
they lost their goats yesterday,
speaking in the vernacular Once
Deal failed to run out a foul fly and
received a singing rebuke from Matty
Mcintyre. The contest was not
love fest-otherwise Mr.. Fabrique
would not have been compelled to
stab that drive of Tooley's in the
first inning, which he speared and
tossed to Ems for double play. Those
who are always ready with the word
.'uuitter' are the first to quit them
selves. Last week and early this
week they were saying that the
Tigers were laying down. When luck
broke with Newark and the Bengals
took courage and started to swat
Pitcher North they decided that the
other team was laying down. Had
the Grays desired to toss the game to
Newark it could have been done yes
terday in a much smoother manner
than certain individuals accuse them
of doing the trick. A base on balls
now and then and one in the groove
for the next batter could have an
swered the purpose much more easily.
There is only one possible way for a
manager to throw game, or try to
throw game, without taking his
men into confidence. That is by pick
ing the wrong pitcher or by making
tactical plumbers purposely. And even
then his men would speedily get wise
to his game.
swncina a Busy Individual.
Harry Swaoina was an all-around
star performer yesterday. The big
fellow led the Tigers on the attack
with three hits, scored two runs and
again starred in the field. He got two
more assists and pulled down wild
throw from Bert Tooley In the first
inning that saved a run. Ems, who
had walked was on first base, when
Tooley fielded Deals grounder and
shot it high over Swacina's head.
Harry had to jump and jump high,
and he nipped the ball with one hand.
bringing it down just in time to re-
tire the runner Then he came in
ir the second inning, and started
was forced by Billy Zimmerman.
Billy got around, on the foundation
swacina had laid. however, for he
stole second. went to third on on
slows bad throw and completed the
triple. when Powell made a poor
throw to Deal at third base; Lee
picked Shean off first base In the sec
ond inning and his infielders ran