Shortway's Barn
Bar & Restaurant $$
991 Goffle Road, Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Description
Born on July 23,1893 in Warren Point, New Jersey, Anthony Tunis was the son of Harry and Maud Hoek Shortway. Tunis was an athlete and one of the best pitchers in the metropolitan area.Get to know Shortway's Barn
Everyone called him Tune. In his prime he pitched baseball against such greats as Honus Wagner and Jim Thorpe, famous Major league baseball players. He could have played in the Major Leagues, but salaries were so small that he couldn’t make enough to support a family. He became a mason contractor and built houses. In 1913, Tune married Anna Aupperlee. They had 2 sons, Harry and Anthony, whome everyone knew as tex.