Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-30
TIGERS EXPECT VICTORY !.
IN PORTSMOUTH TO-DAY
Players Count on Losing Jinx
After Seven Straight
Setbacks.
HITTING STRENGTH NEEDED
Two Cleanup Batters Would
Strengthen Team Con-
siderabIy.
(From a STAFF Correspondent of the New.
ark Evening Star)

hth bNeAihE SURF
PORTSMOUTH. Va. March 30.--
Bucking up against a Glass G or
ganization may prove Just the proper
tonic "Tige" requires for his consti-
tuition. consequently the Tigers who
arrived at Portsmouth shortly before
noon today are counting on shaking
off their ink and capturing their
first contest of the season Having
dropped seven games m row, the
break is due right about now, ami
the Bengals may surprise everybody
by winding up the week with "a
couple of victories over Walter john
son, alias the Washington team. F''
Baseball is a queer old game, full
Baseball II Queer Game.
of ups and downs. ms, and outs and
strealss and slnmps Its very in
consistency has made it popqlars be-.
cause the weakest team, Iat~'Gpes,
looks better than the strongest. -
the long run. class mutt tell ana
while the Tigers do not shape up as
world beaters. they have not been
counted out of the race for the bunk.
ing just yet. even by the effervescinsA
Baltimore scribes who are gushing
forth the praises of tho Orioles and.
their glorious prospects. The Birds
are shaping up like winning COM.
bination all right, but they haven't
the pennant eornered just yet and
"Tige" has not begun to show his
cleaning white fangs.
If the worst comes to the worst
before the season opens there Is still
plenty of time to do some strength
ening. Wilbert Robinson has one or
Brooklyn. Among them Is Kraft.
According to the edict published bys
President Fultz, of the fraternity.
waivers will have to be asked on
Kraft through the Class AA circuits
before he can be shipped back to
New Orleans or Nashville. Some of
the Brooklynites think that IL would
DO impossible to get this hard-hittins
youngster out of. fast company.
Southern Leaguers. including Eft
Dent, of the Atlanta champions. all
praise Kraft's hitting prowess and
say he viii bang the ball hard in
any league. The Tigers need more.
hitting strength. There Is little
doubt about that The boys look bad
/ because they are not landing the ban
in safe territory, but with one or
two good cleanup hitters the team
would look a thousand per cent. bet
| ter.
Interesting Developments Expected.
Meanwhile Hi Myers, who quit
the Tigers Friday night will work
out at East Liverpool and there may.
be some interesting developments
during the current week. Newark
fans may know very shortly just
how President Ebbets stands on the
Myers case and what action he WIFI
take. Hi says he wants to come back
to Newark, but he will never consent.
to such a long training TRIP again
/ If he has his way about ~, not even
with pay. The players are divided
on Myers's hasty action Some up
hold him and others believe that he
broke the best rules of discipline
when he left camp without permis
sion. ,if,4
Dion and Holmes to Work Out at Home
Fred Dion and Ducl<y Holmes, who
are in Newark, will work out at
of the team arrives home next Sum
day. The Tigers schedule this week
calls for a game at Portsmouth to-
day, one at Richmond tomorrow, and
three at Washington.