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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
George T. StaIlings Practically
Confirms Rum0r That WOlver-
ton Is New Manager.

Newark will not be entirely without
Its Idol OF g. year, George T. Stallings.
While the former boss of the Tiger lair
Is hooked up with the Yankees he will
still cast many anxious eyes on New
ark. He will take no active part in the
management of the local team. The
real leader OF the Tigers will be Harry
Wolverton, as announced several times
in these columns. Former Manager
George T.. Stallings paid a flying visit
to Newark to transact some business
yesterday and made the announcement
that Harry Wolverton was the strong
est possible candidate for the position
of manager.
In fact the president OF the local club
stated hat Wolverton was the only
player being considered as manager of
the Tigers.
He'll be leader of the Newark club
If I remain the controlling spirit in the
organization and that is h most like
ly thing as matters now stand"
Manager S%tallings stated; frankly that
there would be no fake" sale Of the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
New Head of Local Club Will
Bolster Up the
Infield.

81 ENL LE
sociation are without supply clubs In
the big leagues. So Newark fan are
not worrying because talent for the
Tigers will be developed IN New York
Manager stalings spoke in highest
terms of Wolverton, who twice lead the
WilliaInsport team to the Tri-State
Championship. He win bolster up the
Tigers infield and make the club strong
where 1T was weak last season." said
the big boss" Last year Engle could
not do himself Justice at that corner.
Wolverton Is a finished fielder and a
good sticker. He is a capable all
around man. n knows the game thor
oughly."
Manager Stallings SAY he expects a
merry battle for places on the Yankee
team. He declared that he has fifty
four players on his roster, n all of
them won't make good.
"Engle will have to play some to beat
McIlveen. who played wonderful ball
for the Highlanders," he said. ''Then
there's Demmitt, a fine batter, grand
thrower and one of the best outf1elders.
Resides him. there's Cree, who has set
the American League ablaze last sea-
son; Hemphill, Deiehanty, Willie
Keller, Conroy and others, who are to be
given a try-out."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
NEWARK CLUB WILL NOT BE SOLD:
TOMMY" MARTIN, TO BE PRESIDENT

local club. He said that he had re-
ceived no bids from local capital or
from outside people anxious to secure
controlling interest. In the club. He
also stated that former Manager Burn
ham had never made any overtures to
buy back the club.
There will be O meeting of tho base
ball company on Saturday night and
the affairs of the club Will be finally
adjusted. Thomas Martin, last season
secretary of the local club will be
raised to the office of president, taking
George S~tallings's place.
This appointment Is a deserved one,
as Tommy" as he Is known to his
friends, can well fill the bill. Tommy
has been In baseball about a dozen
years and there are few points of the
game, either the financial or the field
end. that he does not know.
Newark ans will be delighted to
know that Stallings will continue to
have his monetary interests in the
club, which will certainly insure a
high-class article Of ball. Stallings has
made a host Of friends here through
the great fight he made for the flag last
season. Few know this fact and recog-
nize 1t better than Stallings. Hence
his stand in not d~isposing of the club.
Down to plain facts, the Newark
club will be q farm for the Yam
KEGS. 1t matters little to local ans
where the players come from, provid-
Ing hat they play the ball. Few towns
in the Eastern League or American As
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
DR|SCOLL AND
BALDWIN WILL
FIGHT TONIGHT
The Clever Englishman Is to
Have First Try-Out in
America.

Tonight is the night that Jem Dris-
coll. OF England, will have q chance to
show that he Is the clever hard-hit-
ting lightweight that he a been
touted to DO. He Is to clash with
a mighty fast little fellow in Matty
Baldwin, ut the Paramount Club, in
New York, and many Newark mem
.bers of the club" will witness the bout.
Driscoll is a cyclone in training that
has been demonstrated to the s%atisfac-
ton OF all who nave seen him in his
daily workouts, but will he be a young
tornado when he finds himself beneath
the electric glare. hundreds of critics
looking at him. and a boy of the class
of Matty Baldwin. willing and ready
to go the route. That Is the question.
II Driscoll LIS all that he is said to
be he should win breezing, but old mar
Baldwin's son Is far from being timid,
and has been coming fast. 1t Is just
possible thai Matty will unfold a sur
prise and that another "phenom" from
across the big pond will be exploded;
at any rate 1t should be a slashing
affair, one that will cause the fight
fans moments Of real ~pleasurable ex-
element. ST..
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
Local Player Has Made Enyiable
Record on Courts Through
out the County.
BY FRANK M'TAdUR.

He's the best there Ia. It may be
rather strong, but l feel that I'm not
exaggerating a bit. when I say Frank
Fill has 1t on the majority of basket
ball artists in the business. His career
Is an interesting one. from the time he
started in at the old Institute Hall. in
New street. to the present day.
At hat time Frank wasethe steward
in the historical clubhouse just referred
to. and while Superintendent Timothy
J.. Ryan would have his back turned
Frank would take the ball of wind and
do all kinds of stunts, and in this way
he quickly moulded into a clever player.
Jim German, who is o one OF
Newark's finest. was then manager,
n he made no mistake one night
when he called on Hill to act as sub in
the junior game. Others on the team
at that time were Joe Lupo, Willie Sui
Ivan, George McDermitt, Joe Neufer,
6nd, If In not mistaken, John Cum
nlings.
Well, Hill got into the second half.
and, to use the ans expression, he
fairly ate the basket. Goal after goal
was thrown by him, many being at diff
ficult angles, hut it made no difference
TO him, and in q short time lie gradu-
ated to the Institute Big Five.
That was the team which mad 1t IN
the greatest quintets In the country.
They trimmed Yale, University of
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and scores of
teams viii regulations as big as the
Prudential. The players were Frank
sullivan, Nexil McManus, Johnny Par
due and several others, including a
couple OF the second team.
Fans remember how Hill, according
to some. played 10 the gallery by drop
ping exhausted to the floor, and being
revived in double quick time, resumed
play.
Hill was not a grand-stand artist, but
he lacked the weight which he now
possesses and 1t was not hard to knock
him out, yet he was always game. To-
day there are few IL any, regardless of
size or weight, who can put the pride
OF Newark" to sleep. -.
No player takes better care of HIM
self than Hill n the best proof of It
is that he plays on an average four
games a week and occasionally five or
six. He is in the employ of the city
of Newark.
On Tuesday he travels to Hoboken
and plays with the Libertys. Wednes-
day he plays at Paterson with the IA
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
ra%R%an lit ttNl NUkIlVd fAUES IN NtW JEhStY FASS)HH mI
HILL WITHOUT PEER
in BASKETBALL RANKS

o Crescents. Thursday he keeps the
crowd going In Jacobs's Hall. Harri-
son, as q member Of the Entire Nous,
and Friday he's right at home once
more In the place where he learned the
A. B. C's Of basketball He's captain
OF the Institutes n well deserving of
the title.
Hill became famous at basketball
when he shot -four goals from the full
length of the field during tho Pan
American championships at Buffalo.
The Institutes finished a good third,
tho Buffalo Germans winning out, with
the Crescents second and Institutes
third. Hill had a great deal to do with
he success OF the locals, and ID the
lido. of Jersey fans ever since. ~
Htlbin addition to basketball figured
we'll In various athletic contests In
the sprints and jumps. He 10 regarded
as one OF the cleanest! players and few
fowls have been called on him for I'M
fair tactics or rough play.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
POWERS'S STAND PLEASING
FEATURE OF MINORS ROW

sible that the permission would not be
granted. All In all 1t will be a merry
baseball tangle should the "microbes'
and the two larger leagues lock horns.
When the warning factions retreated
yesterday victory perched on neither
banner. Pat" Powers and Zoo"
0'Brien departed on early trains. The
so-called regulars OF other and more
numerous leagues belonging to the Ma
tional organization. held a brief session
and adjourned without date 10 hold
their next meeting at Memphis. Tenn.
probably early in the new year. Garry
Hermann, president OF The National
Commission, was Unable to respond to
a telegram from the W other nom-
bers of the commission to coma TO
Chicago. and Mr.. PuIliam accordingly
took a train for Cincinnati last night
A survey of the deserted field showed
that while disputed issues may still
be adjusted, the method by which this
may be brought about is obscure.
Both sides have taken what they term
ar unalterable stand, and unless one of
them weakens, students of baseball
politics declare there is a likelihood
of another major, or near major league
combination. consisting of the boiling
leagues. 1t is said the National Com
mission will go Almost any length to
avoid this, as the boiling leagues con
stitute almost the only market for
players whom the American and Ma
tional leagues wish to dispose Of
In the event of a secession It Is re-
garded as practically certain that the
outlaws would put teams In major
league territory. probably Cincinnati,
ST. Louis, Pittsbuisg and Chicago. sat
A ray of hope was discovered in the
statement made by President. Powers
to the meeting of the National ASSOC
citation hat he favored organized base
ball." But his leaning In hat direc-
ton, like that of President O'Brien. IA
not sufficiently strong to keep him In
the organization unless his demands are
m~et-namely, control of h board OF
arbitration and the privilege of draft
Ing from the Southern and Western
leagues.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
President of Eastern League
Stands Shoulder to Shoulder
with Boilers"

Newarks vast army of baseball
lovers are naturally interested in the
warlike news which comes from out
of the golden west. Despite the roar Of
the cannon and the sharpshooting of
the opposing members of the National
Association local fans can scarcely be-
lieve that the magnates of tho minor
leagues are to precipitate a deadly con-
fliot. although matters do look rather
ominous. However. 1t Is believed that
the Eastern League and the American
Association deserve premier classified
tlon. Both leagues have long suffered
because of the act that the major
leagues can constantly dismantle their
ranks n cause financial loss, while
they cannot draft from the microbes
or smaller leagues. The abuses exist
Ing from the present arrangement are
too many to be enumerated.
The stand of President Particle 7.
Powers. who has been referred to as
leading a sort of DIR. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde baseball existence, being presi-
dent OF the National Association and
president of the Eastern League, but
who when the show down came in
Chicago left the meeting of the Ma
tional Association with Joe O'Brien,
president Of the American Association,
O'Brfen is a fighter and 1t is surmised
would not care whether the associa-
ton was plunged into an Indefinite
battle or not, O'Brien is ready to take
his chances of having his Organization
put out OF business by the big leagues
In case the National and American
league refuse to recognize the merit
of the present controversy. The mex
move of Powers and O'Brien will prob
ably be to confer with the National
and American leagues In order to get
permission to form themselves into a
separate organization. It Is Just pos
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
LE elise TEAM
TOURNEY TO Be
STARTED MONDAY
Opening Games Will Be Rolled in
Five-Man Bowling
Competition.

Opening games in the La elise FIVE
n an bowling tourney will be rolled
next Monday night. The following
teams have entered the competition:
Commercial. Produce. Muellers, Berke-
ley, Equitable, LIE elise, Iroquois, Aus
tins, National Five. All Right, Small
Five. Wednesday Night. East End, Odd
Nights and Court South End. I. o. f.
There will be $3.50 In prizes to b.
divided as follows: First team prize,
$40; second team prize, $50; third team
prize, s25; fourth team prize, $50; fifth
team prize, s12; sixth team prize, So.
high individual score, IS; high team
score. So; Individual high average, IS.
Individual to qualify for a prize must
roll In at least thirteen games and com
pete in the last two series. The sched-
ule follows:
NOVEMBER.
16. Commercial. Mullers, E%quitables;
II, Berkeley. LIE elise, Austin; 20.
Wednesday Night, Berkeley, East End;
20, Iroquois, National Five, Small Five;
"a, All Right. Austin, National Five;
~. Mueller, East End, Austin; 80, East
End. Produce, Court South End.
DECEMBER.
/, Produce, Berkeley, Equitable; A.
lie elise. Mueller, National Five; 7, All
Right, Wednesday Night, Odd Nights;
8. East End, Small Five, All Right; IL
Austin, Wednesday Night, Court South
End; II, Commercial, Iroquois, Court
South End; 10, LIE elise, ~Iroquois, Al
Rights; IS, LIE elise, East End. Com.
merclal; II, National Five, Produce
Odd Nights; 22, Court South End
Equitable. All Hight 2S,, Court Soutt
End, Berkeley, National Five; o. L.
elise. Produce wednesday Night.
JANUARY. "a
4, Equitable. LIE elise. Odd Nights: 5
Mueller, Berkeley, %Iroquois; 8, Com.
mercial, Austins, Odd Nights: II, Com.
nercial, All Rights, Berkeley; IL. Muel-
Ter, Wednesday Night. Small Five; Is
National Five, East End; Equitable
IS, Mueller, Court South End, ODD
Nights: 10, Small Five, Produce. Com,
mercial; %, Wednesday Night, Equita.
BILE, Iroquois; rs, Austin, Produce
Iroquois; 26, wednesday Night, Ma
tional Five. Commercially; 20, Small Five
Berkeley, Odd Nights.
d FEBRUARY.
1, Court South End, lie elise, Small
Five; 2, Iroquois, East End. ODD
Nights; 5, Equitable, Small Five, Aus
tin; 8, Mueller. Produce, All Rights.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
RUNNER WILL
AID MERCURY FOOTERS.

John T. Eisele. the famous Newark
runner Is expected to aid materially
in carrying the %eolors of the Mercury
foot unner to victory in the cross
country championship event to be de-
cided at Celtic Park, New York, tomor-
row, The magnificent showing made
by Eisele and Win Bailey. of the New
York A. c., in the recent ten-mile
championship, and the great fve-mlle
race run by Fred Bellars In Canada
have encouraged Mercury footers
greatly. n
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
UNIONS WANT GAMES.

The strong Union eleven Of Airing
ton wish to arrange a game for Sat-
urday afternoon with any frst-class
team suitable guarantee. The Unions
have a creditable record 30 far this
season, winning from the Adelphi,
Marathons and from teams of like
strength. Address all challenges to A.
Gillen, LAT Midland avenue. Arlington
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13

cbliOtlf,
There was a time when It was the
player who received all of the news-
paper notices. Now 1t is the magnate,
the alleged greedy magnate.
Danny Murphy, Jimmy Collins, Ed
die Plank and Jack Shibe of the Phila-
delphia Americana. have returned from
the Maine woods and brought several
elephants, a few deer, three r%hinoceros
and two rabbits from the scene of STAY
Ing. Jack Coombs piloted the party
through the leafy forest. Coombs lives
in -Kennebec, Me-, and will winter
there. Collins claims to know nothing
about tho report that he Is to manage
the Buffalo team, and thinks it more
likely that he will be found guarding
the red light station again for Connie
Mack's Athletics.
New York State League players Con
tinue to be drafted by the clubs of
higher class. The latest to go are
Catcher W1lkie Clark, of Syracuse, who
will be found in Toledo next year.
[<CoA0 11iA iih5 DCth bulCiltSCo JUL
right from Syracuse by Elmira to re-
Frank Carroll, Utica outfelder, has
been drafted by the Oakland Club of
the Pacific Coast League.
There was a session OF the Stovepipe
League magnates last night. and It was
practically decided that there should
be more uniformity In scoring. why
said Delegate Strawberries, some of
these scoring fellows use the Judgment
of a porcupine. I remember ono day
we were playtn' Buffalo an Kid Nah
ling hits three lailapaloosas right to
the fence. The next day the news
papers said that he did not hit the last
one hard enough, and that IL the centre
fielder had noticed that the ball was
hit in his direction he might have got
It by the fastest running"
IT don't believe It. you horrid thing
said Harry Nicesome. ST have been
scoring at ball games all my life and
know that we scorers give the players
all that they deserve, and a little bit
more, too. So there," The effeminate
scribe brushed back his golden hair and
oot NoWh" ihCi Siditcy MC1d1eTly
president of the league, defended the
scorers In no uncertain language. He
said h a q majority OF the men were
81 anxious for base hits that they
would go the limit to tell a scorer that
he knew as much about baseball as a
COW did abou going to war. 1T don't
believe in that" said the president.
THE rules say hat a scorer should
use considerable judgment, especially
on hard-hit balls. / think they have
very few errors In a season, but what
/ would favor Is having tho leagues
have charge of all the official scorers,
pay them we'll n make them pass
an examination to show that they are
competent" Others though there
should be uniformity in scoring, but
just how the desired result was to be
achieved was not decided upon. The
league talked about some of the home
runs made by tho Tigers last season,
and appointed a janitor. Then all filed
their corncobs and left for home. feel
ing as important as the most elongated
politicians
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
REDS WIN IN CUBA.

HAVANA, Nov. 1S.-The Cincinnati
National League baseball team yester-
day won the first Of a series of twelve
games with native teams by Q score
OF 0 to I. sa3ftf TTti
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13

Mike Roach and Jimmy Bannon will
probably again a the Binghamton
club next season. Many thought that
the Bingoes were the best team In the
New York State League last year, and
did not care to bag the gonfalon.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13

Jack Ryan is mong those mentioned
as likely to manage the Broncos next
season. Ryan Is q good catcher, but
whether he would ignite the Eastern
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-13
BY J. D. coDD.

Where Is the great Ty Cobbf Has 1t
lected in the news handed out to the
great army of followers Of the Stove
pipe League? However, Tyrus Is very
much to the apple-pie n ice-cream in
tho sunny South. 1t II said that when
Cobb wants to take q short walk down
the street he has to figure that 1t will
take him half a day. Everyone In the
South knows him. and they all want
to grasp the hand that hit the ball so
hard that many famous twirlers be-
came suddenly afflicted with mal-de-
mer.
On Saturday and Sunday Cobb will
be the attraction in two winter league
games to be played In New Orleans He
has a two-year contract with President
Navin, of Detroit. and anticipates no
trouble SO far as contract-making Is
concerned next year. The famous out
fielder is the first to predict how the
teams In the American League will
finish next season. According to Ty IT
will be Detroit, Cleveland. Chicago and
st. Louis.
Joe Tinker 10 now an actor man, and
promises to give Mike Doniin a good
run for the bouquets Of the gushing,
blushing and lovely matinee "goils."
Joe has broken into the theatrical game
as BUD. Hall. trainer Of the varsity
crew In Brown. of Harvard" On his
first trip out in Chicago Joe touched
second every time. and had M visions
Of the clubhouse. However, in the
second inning he showed an inclination
to pull away from the plate. He was