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HECKINGER AND MOWE MAKE Newar k and Philadelphia Players Scoring Runs and Hero of Game BUTT’S GREAT RIDING MADE BIT WITB NEWARK FANDOM MACFARLAND TAKE NOTICE ——i ■■ ■■ —. -: Newcomers Are Heroes in Courageous German Attracted Attention of Mac in Opening Game of Exhibi- G IS RIGI Winter of 1904*1905 When Both Were tion Season. Competing in Australia. .. -. .-. .♦*»¥* MIKE IN FAME” “HAL^OF 1C FOR II FOREIGNER FIRST EISL1KED SIX-DAY RACES Catches Ball Thrown from i_ Champions, Encouraged by Washington Monument, Du- During the winter of 1904-190") Floyd MncFarland and Iver Lawson were Home Fans, Make Sensa* in Australia. The Yankee and the Swede were teammates, and plicating Street’s Stunt. racing they tional Rally in Ninth. were enjoying great success. They were winning their share and more, Michael Vincent Heckinger, whose loo, of the races. Lawson was almost Invariably the winner of the scratch sensational batting beat the Philadel- DEFEAT ATHLETICS, 4=3 races and match races, while “Big Mac'' was the handicap star on th* has phia Athletics here yesterday, team. Australia had many fast riders at that time, and there wera A little pat on the back and some further claim to fame. On Saturday, riders from there Ernie was about the best of red-hot j Europe also. Pye is idolized rooting by the home fans Sir Michael, who already was and proved just the right tonic for the the Australian riders, and at that time Pyo in his prime Newark fans, succeeded in catch- J by Newark International League chain- i could put up a very high-class ride at times. Henry Myer and ing a ball thrown from the top of pious yesterday in their tirst home Walter Rutt were the best of the European Invaders. At the the Washington monument at the appearance of the season. It took of season Lawson had one start the MacFnrland and everything pretty Capitol city. Heckinger caught a sensational ninth in inning rally, much their who was a five. will be remembered own way, but later Rutt, only youngster bail out of It which Mike Heckinger was the hero, whom the Ynnkee-Swede team had never hoard of, began to display consid- that Catcher Gabby Street, who was and tho champions by putting over Rutt the first to perform the feat, only three runs in that rally defeated Uio erable speed. Becoming accustomed to the terrific heat al the time, 4 to succeeded in taking one out of thir- Athletics, 3. gradually developed into a dangerous rider. He was a glutton for work, Three thousand fans saw the two teen baseballs dropped from the and In the handicaps he pushed MncFarland and Lawson to their limit to teams fight it out in a pretty exhibi- monument. Heckinger accomplished tion. The Tigers, particularly Hay win. W. his feat after Henry Medicus, Mowe at short and Bill Collins in Before the season was two months old Rutt put across a. victory. He • for the Newark Club, had right, outflelded their rivals, but up treasurer followed this with another, and when he did not win he was not far from the of to the last round the enemy had done posted a. $10 prize. John Logan, the the most hitting. A1 Sclincht, who victor and pushing him hard at the finish. When the young German took L. I., a friend of Medicus, Bayside, generally gets away good in the from and "won the one and five-mile cham- the big Adelaide handlenp scratch who was with the" team, threw spring, had the honor of winning the pionships of Australia MacFnrland sat up and took notice. Rutt had wott pills down on the southern side of contest for the Bengals. A year ago, hard the worst of com- the monument. Heckinger missed the on a similar occasion, Schacht made by riding, and often took It, being opposed by big his debut so time was no first four, but caught the fifth by beating Brooklyn, binations In the handicaps. At that there absolutely Ulfitt history repeated itself yesterday. It was to In the races In Australia. souarely in his mitt. traveling Ira Thomas, who had charge of the teaming With the velocity of an express train Athletics, had Pennock and Burning, HITT’S (i It PAT COPRA (IK ATTRACTS MAC. when it struck and there was a loud two southpaws, to do his pitching. Depending upon Ills courage and strength more than upon his speeti* glove was slight- Ira started Pennock, and the big smack. Heckinger’s riders. It > leaguer got away with one run and Uutt continued to score many victories over the more speedy ly ripped near the thumb as the re- two hits in four innings. Heckinger was Kutt's of courage whirli first attracted the attention of sult of the force of the crash. He de- great, display his row of by mm are it* follow*: No. I. >llke hat-*’ spoiled cyphers punch- Tlie MiOject* of the picture* llecklnger. he make a the ball about MacFarland. “Mac" has always declared that could champion clared that weighed ing a single to centre in the second flr*t run. No. 3. ling hero of the game. No. 2. Kopf. of A tliletic*, *oorlng (Jet/ this time in his estimation inning that scored Eddie Zimmerman out of any rider who possessed strength and courage. At MacFar* ninety pounds cio**lng plate with winning run In the ninth Inning. with Newark’s run until the sen- Garden, when it struck. Since Street succeed- only land was looking for a good six-day partner for the big race In the monu- sational rally in the ninth. ed in catching a ball from the lie had had more or less had luck with partners for several years, and had of The Athletics meanwhile had scored ment, Billy Sullivan, a member START he had the VELODROME not ride the race until right partner one run in tho second inning through FINALS IN TURNER decided that he would again the Chicago Americans, in 1910, dupli- a pass to a hit by Strunk and He had the race twice for this the stunt. The monument is Kopf, SEEN AND HEARD WHILE —one that he could depend upon. passed up <utcd another walk to Barry, followed by but the from reason. MacFarland could see in the young German the making of a won- 655 feet high, landing Thomas’s scratch hit. From the sec- the city s only In which visitors glimpse ond inning to the eighth the two derful six-day rider, nnd he approached Walter on the subject of riding 600 feet above the ground, it is im- BY STDRIYI the DELAYED tooth and nail with return 'tb teams fought TOURNEY TONIGHT OPENING BATTLE RAGED the New York race In 1!»0B. At that time Ttutt was unable to to and it was possible get any higher score tied at 1 to 1. He were Germany and was looking for engagements in most any foreign land. from this point that the balls Hay Mowe made a sensational it was fine Several Thousand Hike Fans asked him to ride a six-day race. “No, no. thrown. Heckinger says catch in the first inning off Murphy, Bouts Likely to Be was aghast when MacFarland into to catch Twenty-five rallies so in the Ira Thomas hud barrels of and ■ practise for getting trim and duplicated with a phennomenal Ninth inning early fun, When explained the Teuton, “those races are all right for you Americans, but I balls. is already in the to Decide the season some doings the fans had much enjoyment oat of Disappointed Opening foul Mike, however, stop of a grounder off Oldring Necessary presage lively as a race. and am human and never could stanrl such a terrible thing six-day an adept ut nipping these teasers third back of third base. Bid Collins this year. their interchange of repartee vvitli Meet Is Called Off. race and him that were he does not need much practise—at yanked one in after a diving catch eft Honors. the big backstop, Thomas nearly MacFarland explained the to Uutt told they not,so at Wash- the least not the kind he had Eddie Collins, and these hair-raising Hecklnger had a single, a triple, a called the turn when he stood up and hard os he believed, hut Uutt would not give “Mac” slightest encourage, CROWDS WATCH TRAINING 1 ington. stunts kept the fans on edge. BOUTS AT NATIONAL S. C. pass and drove in three of Newark’s said, "I am going to hit the next one ">lue“ worked to get Rutt's consent to ride ltt the meat. For weeks and months The Athletics made a stand in four runs. away out there." He pointed to left enshrouded the enthusiastic hike fans were New York. He told the German he would get a very large bonus for him, A package of surprises was opened eighth inning that It will take about twenty-flve centre as he spoke. He made good Many in for they shoved when rain when MacFarland sailed for America yesterday at Wiedenmayer’s Park, grandstand gloom, bouts to decide the winners In the Mike also had six p'utouts and an with a long fly, but Witter pulled It disappointed yesterday hut this was no inducement. Finally, was a most occasion over two runs on clean hitting, and it caused a of the races N«w and il delightful live classes at the finals of the ama- assist. He got the assist on a double down.