Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-22

| Grams VINO has pitched good ball and
stood by the club go, the local man.
! agement decided with reluctance to
part with Britton. Arlie had a rec
ord of three victories and no defeats
The Kraft case is at a standstill.
From present indications he will stay
here. Twas a case of much smoke
and little fire.
A number of big league scouts have
been making their headquarters in
Newark for the past few days. One
! In partleular-a mysterious party
| from Detroit, wearing spectacles and
| hiding behind the visitors bench, has
been regular attendant for the past
three playing days. Upon whom he
has his optics glued is not known.
At yesterdays double-header two
more gumshoe experts bobbed up
Patsy Donovan of the Boston Ameri-
cans, and Billy Murray, of the Pitts
burgh Nationals. Fred Clarke, man.
! ager of the Pirates, was also an in
terested spectator. One person on the
inside remarked jocularly: mo won
der the scouts are flocking to Newark
when they let such men as Marty
kaVanagh get away to the bushes
1t must make the sleuths of the dia-
mond think that the league is tenn
ing with stars when everyone waived
Oh Marty"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dalton were
prominent spectators at yesterday
double bill-occupying a box with
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Elberfeld and
Mr.. Oliver O'Mara, of the Brooklyn
Nationals-Society editor, please
copy.
Three out of four is pretty swift
travelling.
Little Fitzpatrick was elected from
the second game for saying he had
Billy Zimmerman caught off second
base. 1t is considered big breach of
etiquette to talk back to the umpires.
Mr.. Fitz has been in the league long
enough to know that.
Hi Myers's catch on Fitz in the sec
end game was a thriller The East
Liverpool star romped jim at terrific
speed, grabbed the ball at his knees
and held on to the pill, though il
seemed that he must capsize-so
swiftly was he travelling when he dove
for the ball. Hi is bundle of springs
and none but he could have made
such catch without turning SOM
ersault.
Billy Zimmerman is sloughing the
pellet for some fine trips to the out
field. Zim continues to tear up the
base paths, too, by some fine scorch-
ing. Harry Smith made a clever
move in lifting Zimmerman to third
position. Hill is a natural run-getter
and he has more chances to work to
advantage high in the batting order
Bull Wagner was lucky to escape
with only one run scored off him in
the first game.
Montreal opens a set here today.
double header will be played with the
Royals on Wednesday, giving bust
ness men a bargain attraction. The
Royals have three games to be played
here from the last series-two post
ponements and a draw
The Newark club will very likely
make a cut shortly in it's squad.
Twenty-three men are now on the
payroll and the boosts many of the
players got because of the Federal
League makes the salary list much
higher than last year.
Eddie Zimmerman and the other
Tiger players do not take kindly to
Ban Johnson's remarks about ball
players working for 81 day, if they
continue to jump to the Feds Where
would Johnson be if the ball players
had not Joined him when the Ameri-
can League was organized" asked
one of the Tigers. Another declared
that when ball players are getting s.
day, johnson will not be drawing
his fat salary.