Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-28
CHILLY WEATHER KEEPS
TIGERS AWAY FROM PARK
Not a Player Has Handled 4
Baseball Up te
Date.
COLLINS WANTS TO RETURN
Club Likely to Make Change N
Hotel-Many Complain
of Food.
tFrom star respondent Of the New
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ark Evening starr
COLUMBUS Ga. Feb 2s.-The
Tigers. confined TO their hotel again
the greater part q Yesterday are be-
ginning TO sympathize with the cargo
which old Noah carried during the
forty days OF the flood 1t was
planned to have good workout yes
terday but Old Sol again ducked he
hind the clouds and it became chilly
and gloomy and hike over the hills
was the best the Bengals got Not a
man has been able 10 handle the pei
let so fer and the prospects early to-
gay were that there would be nothing
doing until Monday
Regulars Want To See Colts in Aetioa
The regulars are eager 10 see how
some of the youngsters shape up. for
they are all anxious 70 get a line Oh
the material which Manager Smith
has to develop for the infeld. Bob
Thompson, one of the recruits. found
a horseshoe yesterday during his me-
sndering and he brought il back as
souvenir It is taken as a lucky omen
by Johnny Enzmann, who is sponsor
for Thompson.
Some of the boys are hoping that
Bill Collins will come TO the Tigers
as first sacker. Bill was popular with
the Tigers because he was always
setting lively clip and never lost his
pepper. Hi Hyers seems to think that
Collins would be just the man for tins
first base position Collins covered
the bag during Swacina's absence at
different times last season and se-
quilted himself very satisfactorily
Bill is more anxious than ever to get
back to Newark, and in a letter 10
Harry Smith tells the Bengal boss
that Newark is good enough for him
any old time
George Bell is pulling for John
Hummell tn get The job Eis .se.s, =
told in another column. Bell seems
TO have little inside Information
and Harry Smith intimates very
strongly that Hummell is the man he
would like and expects to get il tbs
youngsters>here do not make good
Rockies May Get Chance at Bag
OF the material on hand besides
Thompson and George Smith, jr.,. the
Tiger rockies have Erhard ard
O'Rourke. who might be tried out at
the initial sack ORourke, Of course,
is needed behind the bat. but he has
played the initial sack in the past and
might hold It down in a pinch. Err
hard likes third base. but can also
! perform at the initial cushion.
| O'Rourke has never had any experi-
cnce in tho better minor leagues. nut
he has been in the bushes quite a
while. He tells how he Travelled from
Clay Centre 10 Glenoria. in the ham
sas City League. in a freight car.
There was nothing else to do. as no
passenger trains ran between the two
towns during the day.
Likely TO Change Hofel..
It would be no surprise if a change
were made in the hotel The Tigers
are complaining of the Racine and il
5 probable that the team will be
moved to the waverly, conducted on
the European plan. George Smith,
jr.. one of the rockies. was Ill yester-
day and blamed it on some fish he ate
One of the Tiger veterans declared
that it is the most important part Of
the spring training that a players
stomach be in a good condition He
predicted that the entire team would
be in bad shape shortly and would be.
under a heavy handicap in starting
the season if a change were not made
soon.
President Ebbets. Jr.. in Savannah
President Charles H. Ebbets. jr- OF
the Newark Club, arrived at savan-
nah yesterday ana Manager Smith
wired him concerning the c.iarge.
Word has now come from Augusta.
where the Brooklyn Club is quartered
telling that RUDE vickers. formerly a
pitcher on the Baltimore Club, has
Joined the Superbas. If Rube makes
any kind of showing he may be sent
over to the Tigers for comeback
trial. The Rube rode from Atlanta
TO Augusta on a motorcycle