Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-27

choice. Several circumstances make
this so. One is/that Stallings was
with us year and gave us brand
of high-class baseball. Another is
that the Braves have made gallant
fight, coming from the extreme rear
to the place of contention near the
| top. There are other reasons, too,
but these will suffice at present. st
Louis, with John Dots Miller as the
captain, is also in. high favor. Many
of the fans hereabouts would like to
see Dots on the pennant team, and
there is a lot of roofing and pulling
for his side.
Though Boston and st. Louis are
the popular teams around here they
are not the favorite teams from a
betting standpoint by any means.
The big sports and the wise sports,
despite the slump of McGraw and
his men, still believe the New York
| Giants will win the pennant, and
there are not a few who think that
the Chicago Cubs will be the real
contenders at the finish The Braves,
it Is argued, will soon crack, and st.
Louis hasn't the class, it is claimed,
to capture the flag The Giants with
boys who have been in nany's hard
| battle-boys who can take a beating
and come back for more-look like
the best proposition, though, of
course, with the teams going at such
a pace, it is one big uncertain gamble
any way you take it; but the wise
talk gives New York the call with
| Chicago second, st. Louis third and
Boston fourth Personally the Braves
as winners would suit me best, but
they do not figure to beat the Giants.
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The strain is beginning to show its
effect on the players, and in the
struggle to win there is sure to be
number of rows before the windup
of the season. At Chicago yesterday
a disgraceful row occurred and a
ball player who has been mixed up
in more diamond scraps than any
other man in the game, was the
ringleader in this particular battle.
1t was our old belligerent friend,
Heinie Zimmerman, who started all
the muss, which resulted in Zim,
Evers, Maranville and Schmidt, the
three latter of Boston, all being
banished by the umpires. The blow
was a hard one for the Braves, for
they lost three men for one in a game
that was decided by a score Of 1 to
0. 1t may also, work further hard
ships on Boston, for the suspensions
are likely to last for few days. This
would break the heart of Stallings
and 1t might break the back of the
Braves.
Zimmerman has been bad actor
in baseball for years. He is a grand
player and all that, but he has an
incorrigible temper Fight is his first
thought and even his almost clean
record of defeats doesn't appear to
Zimmerman has lost more battles
than any other athlete in the world.
1t was Tim who started the fight
yesterday He hit one out for
a single and tried to stretch 1t to a
double "Old Boy Evers at Sec
ond intercepted Zim and put him
out. Evidently compliments were
passed between these arch enemies,
and finally blows were struck. AS
Boston was in the field at the time
help was handy and Evers got all
kinds of protection. Rabbit Maran-
vile was in the thick of 1t in a Sec
ond and Schmidt, the big first base
man, also took hand. The affair
and the peaceful players broke up the
row.
A description of the fight was sent
oyer the wire from Chicago, and 1t is
interesting to note that, while only
two lines were given on a 1-to-0 game
between teams that are struggling
for the pennant about a quarter of a
column was devoted to the. battle at
second. This is more evidence that
boxing is even more popular, and
surely more exciting, than baseball.
So let us have little boxing.
THE game was marked by a fist
fight with Heine Zimmerman on one
side and with Meanwhile, Evers and
Schmidt on the side of the allies" is
. the way the story is told over the
wire. "In the seventh round Vic
Safer drove the ball over the right
field fence for the only run of the
game Zimmerman singled on the
next pitched ball and tried for a
double The fight started when Heine
Evers hit him with the ball as he
slid in head first. Heine jumped up,
squared away, and the next instant
the allies were upon him. Evers took
crack, and so did Meanwhile, who
thought that his pal was in danger
of getting the worst of it. Schmidt
went galloping down to give any aid
that he could to his Boston pals, but
Umpire Eason and the players of
both teams arrived and separated
the combatants. An examination re-
vealed that Zimmerman alone showed
marks. Then the umpires took a
hand. They banished Zimmerman
Evers, Maranville and Schmidt"
O.
From all accounts Zimmerman was
to blame and he should be severely
Z punished. He has a record and his