Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-19
LEO THOUGHT HE
HAD LITTLE SHOW
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But Callahan Proved His Worth
When Given a Chance to
Make Good.
Ispecial to the Evening star.1


TORONTO, Ontario, May 19-When
Leo Callahan, whose timely stick
work has been a brilliant feature
of Newark's attack, Joined the
Tigers this spring, he was a
rather downcast individual Leo's
crestfalen attitude was not due
to any dislike he had for Newark or
the other players. Cal was disap-
pointed, he said, because he believed
the Tiger outfield trio, w. thinner
man, Hi Myers and Bill Collins, to be
the best in the league. Callahan, in
his modest way, did not see much
chance to break in as regular. He
had all of the confidence in the world
in his ability to make good, but Cal
said he had set for one season on a
Brooklyn bench and he wanted to
play regularly.
Callahan was entirely too modest
and he has proven that he is there as
a sticker by displacing Bill Collins In
right field. The biggest surprise of
all came when Harry Smith showed
Leo into the cleanup position yes
terday.
Callahan walloped out two hits,
scored two runs and drove in two tai
lies. His home run, the second of the
series, was no fluke drive into the
right field bleachers, where lefthand-
ers frequently pull the ball. Both
have been hefty wallops to centre 1t
would be impossible to drive the ball
into the centre field bleachers at the
local park, but there is plenty of
space for home run in left or centre
any time the ball gets past the out
posts. Callahan broke In as a pitcher
and is idolized by Boston fans-where
he makes his home.
George Stallings, manager of the
Boston Braves, Is keeping a close
watch on Leo and another baseball
man, who is well posted, dropped a
remark the other day that Leo would
make an ideal man for the New York
Yanks' outfield. Just how that could
be brought about, save by draft, how
ever, is hard to see. Leo, however,
has a big league future. Joe Kelley
has probably regretted more than
once that he ever cut loose on the
young phenom.
The Shelters were forced to bite the
Bison's dust for the fourth straight
time in the present series. The Herd
is now within half game of Balti-
more and first place.
The game at Buffalo yesterday be-
tween the Bisons and the Shelters
was played in almost record time,
only 1 hour and IS minutes being
burned UP.
Frank Gilhooley had a two-bagger
yesterday, which was surely a fiuke.
He hit the ball between pitcher and
catcher and was credited with a
double. Neither Pitcher Verbout nor
catcher Pierce, of the Shelters, moved
for the little pop-up.
Birdie Cree, the former Yankee OUT
fielder with the Orioles, may again be
seen with Frank Chance next fall
Cree is at present hitting the ball
hard and often for Baltimore. He
had two more hits in the game
against Montreal yesterday and the
day previous he cracked out three
doubles. Chances team needs hitters
Outfelder Tutweiler, of the Grays,
had two triples and a pair of sacri-
flee hits in the game with Rochester
yesterday, batting 1000.
Three of the Tigers eight runs In
the game with the Maple Leafs yes
terday were scored without a hit.
The Bengals would have won then If
they had been held hitless.
Toronto had taken four straight
games from Newark before the Tigers
finally scored a victory in the inter-
city series between the two teams.
An effort may be made to play
double-header between the Baltimore
Orioles and the Newark Tigers here
Sunday. 1t all depends on how Jack
Dunn looks at it. Dunn, 1t is expect
ed, will turn down the proposition
after an all-night ride from Roches-
ter. Newark will arrive home froli
Montreal Sunday morning.
Billy Zimmerman got his eye on the
ball and poked out hit yesterday.
His fielding was up to his usual STAN
dard. One of his catches was a
marvel.
Toronto is a wideawake town. The
fans there like an early start and
week. day games get under way at
o'clock. The baseball public heads
for the park at O'Clock, making the
journey across the bay and taking In
every minute of the practise with Keen
relish.
The facilities for transporting the
fans from Toronto to Hanlan's Point
have been improved this season by
the addition of new ferry slip.
Roger Salmon, the local southpaw
with the Hartford Eastern Assoeia-
ton club, lost to Waterbury, to 0,
yesterday. Inability of his teammates
to hit behind him and errors cost sal
mon the game.
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