Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-17
HARRY SMITH PLANS TWO
y GAMES FOR TIGERS TODAY
swark Manager Intends to Be
Ready for Start of Exhibi-
j ton Season.
'fGULARS HAVE PRACTISE
Players Engage in Strenuous
Session Following Signal
Conference.
strom star Correspondent of the New
ark Evening Starr

= - @'Nh corresponding u INC NOW
ark Evening Starr
COLUMBUS, Ca, March IMAM
ager Harry Smith, eager to make the
most of the two remaining days the
Tigers have here before attacking the
Boston Nationals, plans a double
header today here. In the morning a
special meeting of the pitchers and
catchers was on the program and a
short practise game, probably the last
between the regulars and the yanni-
/, gans before starting on the exhibit
IL tour. In the afternoon the Co.
lumous Club is carded To line up
against a picked team composed
chiefly of Harry Smiths yannigans.
All this providing the weather holds
good. The Columbus Sally League
players are drifting in at a lively
rate now and Manager Jim Fox has
enough men on hand to present a
fairly good front. If he needs assist
A. aneeS Harry Smith will lend him a
sssoGple of men. The Sally League is
class c organization. but at this
.sage of the year class does not make
g 97GMh difference. and Fox's men al
ways make an interesting game of it.
Medicus on His Way.
Henry W. Medicus is now en- route
to Macon, Ca. having left Newark
Saturday. The Newark Clubs treas
urer will join the Bengals tomorrow
"a hon hoy aFsVtxy Nd
two games are scheduled with the
Boston Braves.
The old hit run, the squeeze play
and other inside stuff was practised
for two full hours yesterday morning
by the regular squad. No game was
played, but the drill did the team a
world of good. Following u meeting
held in the morning the players
adopted various hit and run signs.
Harry Smith took his position on the
third base coaching line, and with
Enzmann and Holmes pitching the
eight regular players batted and
hunted and ran the bases. The weather
has been almost too good to last, and
for this reason Harry Smith is using
every available second. In the after
noon the Columbus outfit had the
grounds.
May Get Inhelder.
There is some speculation going on
now as to whether an infielder will
be turned over to the Tigers when
they reach Augusta, the Brooklyn
training camp. next Saturday. Brook
1yn has Move O'Mara and Romanach
trying for the job Joe Tinker did not
, want at shortstop. These are all re-
cruits, and then, besides, there is
Dick Egan, a corking second-sacher,
Fl who should be a great running mate
for Cutshaw IL Dick can be made
over into a shortstop. The Tigers are
interested in the news from the
Baltimore F'ederals' camp.
swacina Hitting Fifth.
Harry Swacina has been placed fifth
on the batting order, with Hack Sim
mons cleaning up. Simmons is being
tried in the outfield. Word has come
from Gulfport, Miss. the Detroit
training camp, to the effect that
Marty Kavanaugh is to go with the
Detroit regulars when they break
camp. Marty is being tried out at
second base, but will be shifted to
third when the Jenningsites break
camp. Hughey, it is said, plans to
shift Moriarity to first base and al
low Kavanaugh to stick on third.
Everybody is praising the former
Newark recruit for his pepper.
Jack Dunn, of the Baltimore Club,
is wedding out his squad, but is hold
ing Gus Schwartz so far. Dunn will
carry Schwartz as his fifth outtielder
In order to ascertain fully the merits
of the Newark boy.
smith Passes Up Houser.
Harry Smith passed up a chance
10 get Ben Houser. the former Balti-
more frst-sacker, who goes to To-
ronto. Harry must, therefore, be
figuring on an able successor to Swa-
Gina. Just what will become of Tim
Jordan is unknown. Tim wanted to
come to Newark, and it would not be
bad move at that If the other deals
fell through.
Wear the Green.
Today being st. Patrick's Day. all
of the Tigers wore green. Bert Tooley
suggested a game between the Irish
and the German members of the
squad, but the Irish were in the
minority and it was called off. Al
Schacht sprung the surprise of the
day by coming down with a bright
green necktie at breakfast time.