Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
HARRY SMITH SAYS TIGERS
SHOULD REPEAT THIS YEAR
Picks Baltimore as the Most
Likely Contender in Coming
Il Pennant Race.
EXPECTS CLOSE FIGHT
Invasion of Federal League Has
Brought Teams Closer
Together.
By HARRY SM[TH

eManager of the Newark Baseball Club
COLUMBUS, Ca, March 3.-The
fans all want to know, I suppose,
first of all, what l think of our
chances this year. Well, / think we
VIII repeat. The race may be closer
but we are going to win. 1t again.
Like many others I have switched my
dope from Rochester to Baltimore,
and l think the Orioles are the team
that will finish second to the Tigers.
What we need most of all, in my es-
timation, is two pitchers to replace
Cy Barger and Raleigh Aitchison. I
intend to carry seven and perhaps
eight twirlers this season. We had
twelve on our roster before Cy
jumped. There is plenty of good ma
terial in our pitching staff.
Miss Barger and @Atchison.
No use denying it, we feel the loss
OF Barger and Aitchison. We knew
what they could do. I think, how
through, and with George Bell in
shape I won't take my hat off to any
twirling staff in the league.
A number of fans have asked me
II it is a strain to catch and manage
team at the same time. l can't say
that ] find it SO. When man is be-
hind the plate he has everything
right before him, and | can appre-
ciate what it is for bench manager
10 be tied down to the bench when
his team is losing and things are go
Ing wrong. [ never think about my
self when | am catching. AS soon as
manager begins to worry about
making mistakes that might have a
bad effect on his players by setting a
bad example | would advise him to
quit.
Confidence Makes Player.
Confidence in oneself makes a ball
player, and above all things a man
ager must have confidence in himself
and his men. l never believe in call
ing" player on the field. 1t doesn't
pay in the long run. l know man
ager who patted me on the back and
told me not to make the same mistake
again gained much more respect and
good will from me than the one who
tried to ride" me, as the ball play
ers say.
After Another Catcher.
We will get another good catcher
to help out this season. O'Rourke
looks mighty good to me, but,
of course, we must have a third man.
] would like to have Lew McCarty.
Last year | tried to land Bill Fischer
from the Brooklyn club before he got
In right with the Brooklyn fans.
There is not a chance of getting him
now, for he is idolized, they tell me-
over at Ebbets Field. I'd be ticlsled
to have Lew McCarty back on our
roster, for Lew should bat better than
ever this year.
Expects Heckinger.
The chances of getting Lew, how
ever are not so good as are the pros
poets of getting Heckinger, another
of the Brooklyn backstops. Heck
niger would probably be with the
Tigers now il he had not asked for
a thorough trial with the Brooklyn
club under Manager Wilbur Robin
son. He wants to stick in the big
league, il possible, and nobody can
blame him for being ambitious. Still
he is a youngster and will gain more
by playing regularly with the Tigers
than by sitting on big league benches
] admit that I look for a closer race
/, this year because of the Federal in
vasion. The men they have taken
knot UP the field for a time, but in
the long run class will tell and we
have the class.