Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-24
TIGER TRAVELLERS NEAR
COLUMBUS TRAINING CAMP
City of Macon DOcked Early To-
day and Players Hustle
TO Train. 1
HALF OF PARTY SEASICK
Veterans Pay Close Attenties
to the New First Base
Recruits.
From q star Correspondent Of the <ewe
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FrOm star Correspondent Of the <ews
ark Evening starr
SAVANNAH, Ca. Feb. 24.-After
buffeting the seas for three days. the
good ship City Of Macon steamed UP
the Savannah river at an early hour
this morning and deposited her
precious cargo Of Tiger hopefuls at
Savannah. An all-day ride stiH re-
manned before the Newark squad. and
the players were husteI out of their
berths at a. m. and on 10 train
bound for Columbus, Ga.
Recruits Interest Veterans.
The veterans among the squad are.
OF course particularly interested in
the two new first sackers--Georgs
Smith and Bob Thompson. It Is hard
to do justice to a man by Judging him
before he gets down to action IN q
uniform, but some Of the reguiar6
have been impressed by the appear
| ance Of George Smith, jr., clean4cuf
athletic youngster, and Thompson.
the Brooklyn semi-pro, is also a rug
ged youth and has 1t on his rival in
height Fred Dion, "the soldier
! shortstop recruit, also has the out
ward actions and apparent inrete
qualities Of a future diamond starr
Pleasant Weather Marks Trip
/ The downward voyage was marked
| by pleasant weather, but half Of the
party were attacked by seasiclnens
before the good ship City of Macon
was fairly started on her voyage to
/ the Southland. Off Sandy Hook the
swells began TO hit the ship and she
/ rocked heavily. because of the light
cargo. Arlington Britton, one OF the
Tiger pitchers. and Leo Callahan, the
/ diminutive outfielder. were first togo
under" They were confined to their
rooms all day Sunday.
Donneily Spends Sad Sabbath.
Ed Donneliy, the big HEAVIER, alsb
put in a gloomy Sabbath in spite OF
] the bright sunny day, with a brisk
sea breeze blowing from the south
that was most invigorating and put
snap into the other members OF The
party who escaped the dreaded mai
de mer. Al Schachta had slight at
/ tack, but was not long indisposed
Members OF the Brooklyn recruit
squad. consisting of three dookie
pitchers, Pennington, Ring and Nyen-
house, failed to show up for sevefal
meals. The war correspondents wers
/ also hit hard
Heavy Storm Did Not Come.
President Charles Fl. Ebbets, jr.,
who was scheduled to make the voy-
age with his family, withdrew at the
last moment because of the predic-
| tiops that a heavy storm was due 70
shake up the City Of Macon on this
| trip. The fears proved groundlcss,
however for the weather grew warm
er and more baimy with each hour
and the Tiger hopefuls spent all day
yesterday on the promenade deck
hatless and coatless. roaming around
as carefree as veteran sailors.
Boats Gets Wireless Appeal.
The voyage, however, was not with
out incident, for on Sunday morning
/ a wireless appeal for help came from
the British tramp steamer sachems
which grounded off the coast of vfr-
ginia. The Sachem was bound from
i Boston to Norfolk. and was blown of
her course by the heavy wind. Fore
time it was thought that the City Of
/ Macon would 60 to the rescue of her
crew, as she carried freight and no
passengers. but other ships nearer TO
the scene of the mishap responded
and the Tigers were denied most
exciting spectacle.
Cape Hatteras, supposed to be the
most dangerous spot along the coast.
was passed Sunday night hortlys after
3 O'Clock. Immediately after round
ing the cape a noticeable change took
place in the thermometer and over
coats wre discarded for the first time
Sunday night. So,
Youngsters Await Practise Call.
The youngsters in the party are
eagerly awaiting the call to arms to-
morrow at Columbus. though an all
day ride still stretches before them.
In other years the Tiger recruits have
generally been striplings, but this
year at least three of the recruits are
midgets in comparison. Dion. the
shortstop for whom Jake Dauberf il
sponsor, looks like a schoolboy, but he
carries himeslf like a born baseball
player. and the veterans are waiting
10 see how he shapes up on the dia-
mond. The regulars in the party
coming down on the boat were Al
Schaeht, Jack Dalton. Eddie Zimrrief-
Asnan, Johnny Enzmann and Gus Getz.
None of this party suffered from seas
sickness, but all are eager to work
off the sea legs acquired from tramp
ing around the decks an hour or two