Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-03
CAN SHELTERS STOP BENCALS
in A SERIES OF NINE GAMES?
Larry Schlafly Says "Yes, /"
Harry Smiths Response
Is "No."
SEASON NEARLY HALF OVER
Skeeters Have Climbed Up
Three Rungs in Three
Weeks.

Nine straight games with Manager
Larry Schlafly's Jersey City Skeet-
ers is the next delicacy on the Tigers
menu. To be exact Tige does not re-
gard 1t in just that light, for the
Schlahyites have been travelling at
a pace that has lifted them from
last place to the Top of the second
division In the brief course of three
weeks. Their record shows that no
team in the league excepting the
Tigers has played more consistent
ball than this same Schlafiy crew re-
Gently, and when the Skeeters, who
won three out of four games at
Providence, meet the Tigers fresh
from a triple set of victories at Bal
timore, a lively tussle should ensue
at West Side Park, Jersey City, to-
day.
Eight games are scheduled between
the two New Jersey rivals in the
present series, and postponement
will be switched In on Sunday at
Jersey City, bringing the total up to
nine battles in row between the
rivals. Schlafy Is Boosting that his
tCdiu Wilt dO SDlilClillil6 OAAiS iii %
other clubs in the league have been
able to accomplish this season--the
stunt Of winning two games in row
from Newark.
On the first series Buffalo played
here this season the Bisons captured
two games In a row. Toronto won
two straight from Newark at Toronto
and Rochester had the distinction of
beating Newark here in a Sunday
game and at Rochester the next day.
The Bengals have played seventy
one of the 154 games allotted to them
In the international League schedule.
By nightfall tomorrow night the In
ternational League will reach the
halfway mark of II scheduled games.
The Tigers have three postponements
to play off and are extremely lucky
In this respect. Today they are lead
ing the league by an eight-game
margin. Their fight from tomorrow
on will be a defensive one to pro-
tect that lead.
The Tigers have been averaging
three victories out Of every four games
played during the past thirty days
They can ease up to two victories
out of three, In the future and feel
reasonably sure of winning the flag
unless some team starts an unfor-
seen squirt and then 1t would have
to be a phenomenal run of victories
to overtake Newark.
The Bengals' record of taking three
out of four gives them a gait of ITO,
or even a little better for the past
month. Jersey City on the other
hand has been winning on an average
two out of three games, a record OF
.667. If the two teams continue at
their present rate Of speed the COM
ing string of nine games should
furnish the greatest series ever fought
by Newark and Jersey City teams In
spite of the difference In the stand
ing of the two clubs.
Billy Zimmerman had to play the
sun field on Monday at Baltimore
without his sun glasses, which some-
one thoughtfully removed from Bits
sweater on the Newark bench. Sew
eral hits made off Lee would have
been easy outs, but Zimmerman had
a hard time of It, One fly that went
for two bases nearly 'beaned'' the
p. o. N. Bill bought two pair of
goggles Tuesday and had no further
trouble.
Ben Houser is hitting the ball in
his old time stride but has slowed
up on the bases. The trouble with
the Orioles appears to be just this:
The players who can hit are slow on
the paths and the speedy ones get on
about once week because they are
weak stickers. Newark's performers
happily can oNboth; that's why we
are on top.
Rochester is slumping in spite of
the victory the Flower City bunch
scored yesterday. The Hustlers had
tc make ten hits to get two runs.
Jack Dalton did not like the climate
at Baltimore, but he has had profit
able week. In the last four games
played Dalton has hammered out ten
hits, including double and a triple.
Our old friend, Jack Kelly, had
three hits yesterday for Jersey City,
one of them being home run smash.
That sounds like the Kelly of yore.