The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-06

the game We never had a team here
in Newark where the players seemed
to be able to catch on to this spirit,
but when we get going 1 am going to
see that every man in the field, from
the catcher to the right fielder, is talk
ing up every minute we are in the
field If Captain Sharpe will but carry
out this resolution made on the train,
and if he can coax Mailing and Engle
and Mullen to start right in talking
and shouting "That's the boy. Fine
pitching, old man. This fellow don't
know how to bat, old pal" you will see
a 80 per cent. better team down at
Wiedenmayer's before this week is
over.
Aggrcssivencss Half the Game.
You must have read where certain
fighters had their men whipped before
their fight began. This is true. 1t is
true in baseball. Send a bunch of
plucky ball players into the field and
have them go after the batters from
the start by coaching their own pitcher
and YOU ave the other fellows pushed
for half the game. This is not rowdy-
ism. Take Darby O'Brien of happy
memory. The first day he went to the
field he began his gabfest, and an old
Newarker sitting nea me said: This
city Is not used to such a player as
that. But if we had more. takers in
the field we would have more games to
our credit" And / believed him, for |
have seen it proven so. Let us try it,
Captain Sharpe, and if it don't take
with the fam | will never make an
other suggestion.
You can wager every penny you ever
saw that rowdyism never got a player
anything, and it never won games,
either. The fans of any city will pro-
test against it. 1t brings the game
into disrepute. 1t gets the umpire so
worked up against the team that car
ries it on that the team only gets the
worst of close decisions. An umpire is a
mere man. If he sees a ball player using
foul tactics to get him ratified he is
going to do what human nature die
tates in such a case-get even. You
may say that an umpire is moi expected
to do this, but don't forget what you
would do to another il that another
was continually nagging you and try
ing to bulldoze you. You would get
back, and so does the umpire. If the
umpire knows his business-and the
most of them nowadays have to-he
will admire the team that is hustling
to win by fair means. He will not stop
a player in the field encouraging his
pitcher to get them over when that
twirler, perhaps, is blind as to the To-
cation of the home plate. He will have
to admire the player who is pulling
every second to land the game, and
pulling within the rules of the game,
and when there is a close decision to be
given that player who is full of the
aggressive spirit is going to get the
benefit of every close one. Put that
away and dope on 1t.
''Tncks" Neuer VIII Do.
Now, you may nave heard that Neuer,
the chief Bug Tiger" lost that game
yesterday by his wildness. Well, he
didn't win his game, so somebody must
be blamed for losing it. But let me tell
you this-and l don't know the chap
save to see him on the team-he is one
of the best lefthanders that has beer
on this ground for many a day. He
has everything but control, and wher
the warm weather comes along he will
get that, I'M those who may be in
elined to nave their hammers out today
will have to take to the water can
Neuer will do, and before another
month has passed around he will carry
out the prediction made here.