Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-26
Manager Smith Hits Upon Novel
Plan to Keep Play
ers Moving.
TROUBLE FOR HARRY'S HAT
Mock Trial Causes Great Mer-
riment-AI Schacht Is
Found Guilty.
tFrom "A STAFF Correspondent of the New
ark Evening Star.l

tFrOm n stan correspondent OF the new
ark Evening star.)
COLUMBUS, Ca, Feb. 26.-Re-
sourceful Harry Smith hit upon a
happy as well as novel plan for
spring training today, after the handi-
cap of six-inch fall of snow, by TAX
ing his squad on a rabbit hunt. The
mound at Columbus Park is so badly
soaked with snow that it will be i'm
possible to play or practise on the dia-
mond before Monday from the pres
ent aspect. Smith obtained guns
through the kindness Of local sports
men, who showed real Southern hos
pitality. The Tiger leader figures that
1t is better to be outdoors exercising
than cooped up in the hotel. He
visited the local Y. M. C. A. yesterday
in hopes Of securing its use for light
indoor gymnastic work and the use Of
the basketball court, but the local
people were unable to accommodate
the Bengal leader and his charges.
Indoor Work Not Popular.
Indoor practise would not be rel
ished by the players right off the ice,
because it is easy to acquire blisters
and caloused feet on the hardwood
floors, as the players are compelled to
wear slippers instead of the spikes.
1t showed all day yesterday and the
Tigers were compelled to remain, close
, to the hotel. During the afternoon
there was a lively SNOWFALL battle, in
which the entire party took part.
Manager Smith Confident.
Harry Smith is just as hopeful and
brim full of confidence as ever that
the Bengals can repeat.
''Just tell the fans" says the Bengal
boss, that the league isn't any faster
than last year and that we will be
right in the fighting all the way to
repeat"
Like many other members of the
Tigers, Harry Smith is happy to learn
of Kitty Bransfield's heavy losses
from the Montreal ranks, due to
jumps made to the Feds. No less than
nine good men have been scratched
off the Montreal list by the Feds and
sales since last season came to close.
Smith declares that Kitty Bransfield,
with the team he had last year, would
hn~ RnrIt
this year. The Tigers and Royals CO.
played pretty much the same kind of
hall and both had speedy coinbina-
atoms that burned UP the bases. In
addition. as has been told, the rival
managers, Bransfield and Smith, were
formerly teammates on the Pitts
burgh roster. and both use the same
methods of attack and defense in
many cases.
Figures Rochester Weak.
Smith figures that Rochester will
be weakened by the Federals, too, il
all the men who have been reported
as jumpers quit the Hustlers. So far
Keefe, Hughes and Wilhelm have
been reported as deserters; Quinn is
now with Boston and Myers and
simmons are also enlisted with the
Feds. The Tigers will probably feel
the loss of the two men who jumped,
but they came off far luckier than
most International League clubs. In
fact. the Federal League may prove
a boon to the International, because
in weakening some of the stronger
clubs it will make it possible for the
weaker teams to show, thereby in
surfing a closer race.
Schacbt Gets Busy.
The Tigers discovered today that
there is a prizefighter waiting on the
table at the local hotel Then Al
Scfiacht Immediately made overtures
to sign him up for his future stable.
Schacht, who once managed de-
relict of the boxing world, who never
won a fight except once on a foul, has
aspirations of keeping the lar6er well
supplied in future years by acting as
a manager of boxers during the off
season. Schacht has the right idea.
He says he will never let his man
fight topnotcher and will make him
so around challenging the losers. The
man who is waiting on the table at
the Racine Hotel is Kid Munoy, and
he says he acted as trainer for Packey
Mcfarland for time.
Jack Dalton, Jury Foreman.
Harry Smith helped the spirits of
the boys from sinking too low today
by pulling off mock trial that was
hummer and would have tickled
Newark fans if they could have been
present. The Tiger leader walked
into camp yesterday with brand
new hat of the latest style. 1t i'm
mediately became the envy of the
camp, and as the purse strings are
rather tight for ballplayers at this
time of the year, some malicious
minded individual gained entrance
into Smiths room and destroyed the
hat, Later the remnants were pre-
scented to Smith in the lobby of the
hotel by bellboy. The blame was