Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-10
TIGERS SPEEDY PRACTISE
soA
SETS FIRE TO THE DIAMOND
At cast That Is Players Claim
on Discovering Grass
Burned.
FINE WORKOUT YESTERDAY
nWo-Hour Session Puts Men in
Trim for Today's
Game.
Prom a Stan Correspondent of the New.
ark Evening Starr

SFrom stan Correspondent of the New.
ark Evening Starr
COLUMBUS, Ca, March 10.-Sc
speedy has been the work of the Tt
gers here in the last few days that
in going to the ball yard today the
Newark champions discovered grass
was burned off part of the field. just
what started the miniature confiagra-
ton is a mystery. The turf was dry
and brown, and spark was a cigar
ette or half-burned match might
have ignited the tinderlike blades
'>Smith's boys, however, are claiming
credit for setting the Sally League or
Try and assert that the same thing
7,ill happen this season in the Inter.
national circuit.
Curtis Delays Reporting.
Word has been received here that
Cliff Curtis, the former Brooklyn
pitcher who has finally signed with
the Tigers, will not report until the
.season opens. AS has been told, Cur
It's is coaching college team up il
Delaware, Ohio. This message was
both welcome and unwelcome to the
Tigers, for Harry Smith and Jack
ORourke are finding it hard to han.
die the nine pitchers here at present
and another man would have added
to their burden. If Curtis gets into
good shape while he is coaching the
rah, rah boys, he can easily be eX-
cused without being missed from thi:
busy little burg.
Pitchers All Look Good.
.Iust now things are looking up for
a crackerjack pitching staff for tht
champions. The twirlers are begin
ming to show the same stuff that was
exhibited last spring when the regu
lars could not hit lick against theil
fingers. AS soon as the Tigers ge
hitting against twirlers of the riva
clubs and strike their stride the ole
championship speed will be recovered
Enjoy Fine Workout.
The Tigers revealed in delightful
workout yesterday. With perfect
weather and a warm sun to aid then
The boys hurled the pill around the
diamond, batted and ran the bases for
two solid hours. No game was played
but a seven-inning tussle scheduled
for this afternoon marks, by the way
the completion of fortnight in this
town, and while the Tigers will not
be sorry to say good-by to Columbus
they are beginning to get accustomed
10 local surroundings.
Dalton Target.
Now and then during batting prac-
Itise one of the pitchers will hook one
over and there will be a wild swing
and guffaw of laughter Jack Dali
ton had the distinction of being the
FIRST man to be used as a target yes
terday when Sherrod Smith cut loose
and hit Jack on the head. Sherrod
however. has excellent control and is
->no southpaw like Beanie Hall, who
mas been kept on the sidelines prac-
Using control and then some more
control. BY the time Harry Smith
gets through with his untamed twirl-
ing marvel Hall will be able to shoot
The sphere through finger ring. He
surely has the speed to make it look
like a pea when it cuts the plate, but
there is the big drawback; it seldom
does cut the plate.
Help for Montreal.
s While the Tigers are kept busy on
their own score, training news of 9TH
er camps is drifting in every day.
The latest piece of information is
that Joe McGinnity is coming to Kitty
Bransf1eld's aid and has sold Montreal
an infielder named Keller to help fill
In the Feds washout which occurred
up in Montreal's infield. Kitty is
also expecting succor from Fred
Clarke, manager of the Pirates, and
from Buck Herzog, manager of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Providence welcomes Summers.
The Providence Club, which goes
into training at Savannah this week,
will have a back in Eddie Sum-
mers. the former Detroit star, who
has decided to lend himself to fur
thering the interests of baseball in
the Little Rhody village this year
Summers was a nifty pitcher with the
! Jenningsites and is welcomed with the
prodigal spirit by Wild Bill Donovan.
Lyon Reports Cold Weather.
Charley Lyon, the Newark fan, who
has been with the Tigers. returned
today after visiting several big league
camps in Florida. He reports that
the weather at Tampa, Miami, st. Pc
tersburg and Jacksonville is as cold
y as it has been right here in Column
bus. The Cardinals have the advan-
tage over the rest with salt water
bathing, but they have not tried II
much because of the temperature Ut
to date. While away Lyon ran across
q minor Lacquer named Whiteley
whom he has recommended to Mana
ger Smith.
Observation-Disclosures