New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Heinie Zim'S H0meRun
Longest of the Eight
Giants Divide Smuggling
Honors with Waco-De-
feat Texans Is to 9
By w. o. MCCLELLAN

Marlin, Tex, March -6.-l ne oIa'e
Of Texas started to blow away IN one
dust storm to-day, but after getting
look al Colorado il returned TO It's
moorings.
While the state was being distributed
'cross-country in minute particles, the
social activities of Marlin centred IN
fish fry and baseball game. The
seoreboard. before it was buried under
tho dust. read: Giants, 10; Waco, 3.
There were eight home runs in all,
seven of them being poled over 'he
almost imaginary fences. One re-
NAMED within the Enclosure, this one
being che second consecutive homer
scored by George Burns in one after
noon.
David Robertson refrained from the
daily home run, owing TO fatigue. lie
is bit footsore from running four
bases at a time. Bonnie Kauff's home
run was achieved with a new hickory
stick.
System for Kauf
Bashful BENJAMIN now works on
system. When he wants a simple sim
Gle he comes up with a willow stick.
When IL is his earnest intention 10
achieve a mere double or triple he
steps up with an ashen club, but when
Bashful BENJAMIN walks up to that
plate with a hickory club in his hands.
look out, that signals his intention TO
knock the ball right through the land
scape. This tip-off ought to make 1t
easy for even those who are not ac-
auainted with baseball enough to fol-
low Bennie's progress at the bat. Joe
Wagner explained this system to us,
and he could not be spoofing, could heY
The home run Of Heinie Zimmerman
was the longest of the day. IL hinged
over the left field fence into the teeth
of the gale and went on to the next
ranch.
The members Of the opposing forces,
the Waco Navigators, were not back
ward in the matters OF home runs
either They also took four. A Texas
team that does not turn in decent
number of home runs at the end of the
days work dare not 20 back and face
the home townfolks. If you say
"Whoosis knocked a home run" II
y
lad remarked, 81 saw a horned toad
Pretty Healthy Hitters
The Navigators won the champion
ship of the district last year and are
pretty healthy hitters for minors. Bill
McCarty remarked 10 Polonius Perrltt
lust before the clarion throatCd UNI
pire. Bill Brennan. sounded the call TO
action: PUT something on that ball,
Polonius these suckers can hit
"They can ?" sneered Polonius. well,
they won't to-day" Whereupon Old
Doc Tanner, the first man up for the
Waconians, just naturally lifted one
cut of the lot, causing a shade OF an
noyance to cross the classic counte-
nance of Mr. Perritt. From that time
On. Polonius produced all of the stun
demanded by McCarty. Perritt was re
iieved toward the end of the session
by George Kelley. the untamed native
son, who also exhibited quantities OF
that desirable commodity passing
under the prosaic name OF stuff
The greater rart of the action was
crowded into the seventh inning. I'm
mediately after the audience had
stretched himself in that palpitating
period. the second pitcher, of Waco. a
Mister Head. who is known in these
parts as Iron Head. packed the bags
and walked Kelley. With the bags still
packed George Burns. tbs eminent
psychologist, with commendablc logic
figured this would he the psychological
moment for one of those home runs
which are so common in these parts.
lie drove the ball into a remote corner
of the centre field and ran all the way
around, driving the procession in ahead
O. him.
Prize Fielding Stunt
The days prize fielding was accom-
plished by Heinie Zimmerman, who
scooped in a wide one near third and
shot il over the field with one and the
same motion while standing gracefully,
but insecurity, on the tip of his LEFT
ear.
Five Of the boys kissed Manhattan a
long and lingering farewell to-day
Four of the anguished athletes are
traded up the river 10 Rochester, and
were placed right in the eager arms Of
Mike Doolan. Pie Way, the Yale
pitcher, is with Mike now. After being
put through a microscopic examination
the once, favorite son of old Eli was
rated as not quite good enough It
was thought that he might be made
into a big league pitcher purely on ac-
count Of what he carried in his head,
but a pitcher must have more in his
arm in addition than the amount dis
played by Pie.
Cecil Algcrnon Causey is with Mike,
too. Cecil looks very good, though.
and the chances are that he may be
hailed back one OF these days. Red
Josefson. the Dallas outhelder, accom-
panies the pair.
String on Josefson
McGraw is keeping a string on Red.
though Sterling Strykor. the Jersey
semi-rro. goes with the same lot. Billy
Bars, the Cincinnati discovery, has
been showed 90 Reading. of the State
League. for the time being. Zekc Lon
man. the Lowell. Mass, pitcher, has
finally appended his monicker TO con
tract. and Will remain with the Giants
for the time being.
The first squad Of the Giant army
leaves for San Antonio AZ midnight or
thcreabouts. and il looks as though the
State Of Texas is preparing to migrate
once more at the same time.
A couple Of mountain ranges, closely
pursued by three Infatuated mesas,
just blew past the window Under
stand that your correspondent does not
criticise the scenery here, but it does
get 20 restless every time a wind
comes up.
The box score Of the eight-home-runs
game follows.
NEw YORK. WACO
sbrhpoae aorhpose
iis7oz 70 s6i aSeWo,ea. =. al SoY
i.oss-.oa. z. s2z ioeIlsLe. 49,. q 80