Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11
TIGERS DISPLAY OLD TIME r.:
SPEED IN PRACTISE WORK
Manager Smith Pleased With
Base-Running Ability of i
Regular Players.
RECRUITS SHOW UP WELL.
Erhard, Hewes, Hall and Sher-
rod Smith All Perform in S
Good Style.
tFrom stan Correspondent of the New-
ark Evening Starr ~


ark Evening Starr s,r
COLUMBUS, Ca, March 11.--"Just
as speedy as ever" was Harry
Smiths verdict. after the Tiger regu-s
lars and yannigans had locked horns
for several innings yesterday. The
thing which pleased Harry Smith
was the way the regulars ran tho
bases even against their own BOSS.
who caught for the yannigans,
| Tooley and Myers-they don't come
any faster-worloed a double steal
during the course of the battle that
gave the regulars one of their pair
of hard-earned runs. Each of these
speed demons came out of the con
test with two stolen bases. Manager
Smith hit on the right dope when he
put this pair together in the batting
order. Any time the pair of them
are on the bases it is get up and get
cloud of dust and the other side is
apt to get an attack of the heaves,H
! i. e., tossing the ball In all sorts OF
weird directions.
What Harry Smith would like to
| have is a couple of left-handers to
switch in between some of his speedy
boys. For instance, If Billy thinner
| man, Gus Getz and some of the other
| Bengals who burn up the paths were
mixed in with left-handers, it woald-
aid their base running and more stolen
| bags than ever before would be re-
/ t,Rr h. ia l., l1d
! batters bother n catcher much more
than a right handed man, and with
runner on first base and a south
side hitter at the plate the base run.
tler has the edge over the catcher by
a much bigger margin than in the
solid array of right-handed hitters.
such as the Tigers had last year. The
Tigers, with Callahan and Erhard
in the lineup, would have just the
right supply of left-handed hitters
More than two portside stickers
would make the club weaker against
southpaws. .ls'
Erhard Hits Hard.
Erhard again distinguished himself
yesterday by his brisk sticking.
Wyatt Lee was chosen to twirl for
the regulars, in spite of his kick
Lee always likes to side in with the
yannigans, and he entered the game
under protest. Two runs were scored
off him and the regulars say Wyatt
threw them down. -
Harry smith Likes Hewes's Exhibit.
!
the stuff young Ross Hewes exhibited
while he pitched for the yannigans
The run scored off him was due to
chiefly speedy base running. Beanie
Hall also delighted Harry Smith by
Folding the regulars down in good
shape. 7n7
smiths Warm-Up stunt.
Sherrod Smith, who is surely d
most promising specimen of pitching
material, did not get in the game.
but he showed a new tangled stunt
in warming up that should prove
hummer, If he can use it in a game.
He stands sauarely on the rubber and
instead of resting on his right foot, az
most southpaws do when pitching
normally, he switches to his left sud
denly and pegs the ball. 1t comes
from nowhere, apparently, while his
right foot is still in the air. and any
batter who can gauge the ball must
surely be wonder. Sherrod Smith
looks like a certainty on the Tigers
pitching staff, even though games
with outside forces have not been
played. He has the actions of q real
pitcher and is an excellent invest
ment for any big league club looking
for future Rucker. 4,l
Myers's wing was in working ordsr
when he nipped Payntar goingnto
third after catching a fly ball. Harry
smith, too, cut loose with one that
ended Gus Getz's career at third base
at a critical moment of the game.
Gus was in hard luck all day, for .,1e
| smashed one on the nose which Brit
| ton pulled in. Had It escaped the
regulars would have won and they
would have escaped the ignominy OF
smelling the smoke of the cigars they
had purchased for the victors.
Regret Gettman's Release. u.s.
The news Of Jake Gettman's uncon
ditional release has reached here, and
the Tigers all regret the decline 7of
the once popular Newarker. Gettman's
eyes went back on him last year in
the American Association, according
! to Sherrod Smith. who was with
Louisville for a time. Gettman in his
day was a sure enough big Lacquer,
but he always got big salary in
the Eastern and International
| leagues and he was content to be a
big frog in small puddle.
ST NichOIaS and Hnckay rIuhS