Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Vtshlng Recruit Reaches Field
First and Is Generally Last
to Leave.
FEDS KEEP HUMMEL AWAY
Gilmore Organization Working
to Hold Players from
Minors.
tFrom STAFF Correspondent OF the New
ark Evening starr

tFroni STAFF Correspondent of the New
ark Evening starr
COLUMBUS, Ga, March 13.-Con-
ME Mack says that he can always tell
good batter, because the fellows who
can hit are always up at the plate
swinging the war club. The same
goes for pitchers. in Harry Smiths
estimation, and it may be taken as a
good omen in the case of Sherrod
Smith, the burly southpaw wonder.
II ever there was one who is work.
ing to land a job here with Newark,
II is this youngster. Sherrod has
ball in his hand from the moment he
appears on the ball field until Harry
Smith gives the orders to hike for the
hotel. He takes his turn in shooting
them over to the batters during prac-
tise, then he goes on the side lines
and serves the ball to some unoccu-
pied athlete who is willing to hit
bunts. If this privilege is denied him,
Sherrod grabs off some one else and
losses, anything 10 keep his left wing
moving.
More than usual interest is centred
around this Smith, the pitcher, partly
because he is legally and figuratively
sthe heir to the throne left by Raleigh
Aitchison, king of the International
E.eague pitchers last year. If SherrOd
Smith can pitch the same article of
ball that Aitchison twirled, there is
little doubt about the Tigers repeating.
The reason is just this: Any club
which can boast such number of
fast men, good flelders, hitters and
base runners, and has a good pitching
staff in addition, needs only one star
hurler of the Johnson or the Wood
type to carry it through to a pennant.
Aitchison was just that sort in the
International League, and if Sherrod
Smith can duplicate, we'll, there will
be another Newark Knows How day
next fall.
Feds Keep Hummei Away.
The Federal League is very much to
blame, to all appearances, for the
failure of John Hummel to be with
the Tigers right now. These pesky
outlaws have spoiled the plans of sew
eral International Leaguers. 1t looks
as though they have a system of pre-
venting, or doing all they can, to hold
down the International League clubs
this year The way they grabbed
Danny Murphy away from Jack
TN,,,x, Sbaxyc tbaiI- hand Tbav don't
want the Orioles to shape up better
than their own Baltimore team, and
they do not want the playing calibre
and standard of other teams in the
Barrow league to detract from their
showing in comparisons which could
be drawn in the Monumental city.
Newark players would like to see Bill
Collins on first base, but the Feds say
they are after men that the majors
pass up. And right there Is the big
drawback just now.
1t is claimed by Federal parties that
The reason the outlaws did not tackle
Connie Mack's men was that they
wanted the Athletics to make a run
away race of it. They did succeed
in Gripping Cleveland, which prom
ised to give the worlds champions a
run this year.
Scott Goes Away.
Harry Scott, the Fed agent who was
here yesterday, departed as myste-
riously as he appeared The outlaws
are shopping around all of the South
ern training camps for some reason or
other. 1t has been limited that they
are signing men for next year. The
Tigers refuse to believe that the out
laws would think of organizing a
minor league.
StaIIiDgs Cancels One Game.
Manager George Stallings, of the
Boston Nationals. today telephoned
over to Manager Harry Smith can
ceiling one of the two games which
the Newark Club had scheduled with
the Bean Eaters at Macon next week.
stallings explained that there had
been some misunderstanding, and
that the Boston outfit was carded to
play the Macon Club next Thursday
and Newark on Friday. The Tigers
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