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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
YANKS WILL NOT
GET LARRY LAJO|E

Cleveland fans are all stirred up over
the story that Lajoie is to quit the
Cleveland Ill at the end of the sea-
son and join the Highlanders. The
story was sent out by a New York
afternoon paper yesterday and is de-
MED emphatically by the Cleveland
Club officials.
Secretary E.. S. Barnard of the Cleve-
and Club wired last night that the
story was a fake pure and SIMPLE, and
also said that Lajoie would play ball
with Cleveland for at least three more
years. Lajoie last spring signed>a con-
tract FOR four years with the Cleveland
club at a salary of S. 900 a year as a
player alone. His salary as captain
and manager of the team has never
been given out. 1t is generally sup
posed that Lajoie drew 81, 600 a year
extra for these duties.
Here is OF angle TO the Lajoie deal
that must be remembered. New York
would have to give more than Elberfeld
and LaDorte for him. 1t would prob
ably have to be the two, players named
and a great big cash Consideration to
the Cleveland club. Then Gajoie might
balk the whole game by refusing to
report TO New York. He has the Cleve-
land | tied to an ironclap contra
He gets his money whether he 80
not. Z
There is no question but that ab-,-s
Farrell would be willing to pay the
Cleveland club almost any price it de-
manded for Lajoie, but can the Cleve-
land club let him go, and will Lajoie
leave Cleveland? There are the two
questions involved. Lajoie is one of the
biggest drawing cards in baseball. He
knows that. So do his club owners.
Cleveland is his home, and without La
joie on the Cleveland team the attend
ance would fall to the minimum.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
LAKE PICKS HIS
TEAM TO WIN

philadelphia and Boston will be the
American League clubs that will be
the real c~ontenders for the pennant in
1910 and 1911"
Such was the statement made by
Manager Fred Lake of the Boston club
last week.
1.-TWO years ago" he continued, Dos
ton began to make plans for the future.
We built up an entirely new infieId
around Wagner, who had been carried
as a utility man for a yea We gath
cred together an entirely new outfield
in Thoney, Speaker, Niles and Gessler.
We got rid of our veteran pitchers,
Dineen, Young, Tannehill, Winters, and
finally Morgan. The last named might
have been of great assistance to us
and he never would have been traded
had he listened to advice which he has
since followed-that of discarding the
spit ball for the urv
"Cy Young might nave been of great
worth to us this season, but we thought
we saw a chance to get two corners in
stead of a man who, it must be admit
ted, cannot go on forever. ] hope Cy is
able to last ten years longer, but the
fact that he is now A years old is
rather against it. Chech and Ryan
started off well. with us, but recently
have been of little help.
Nevertheless, we have the making
of a strong pitching staff. Joe Wood
looks to be as good as there is in the
league. Cicotte is a strong pitcher, but
has been out of the game on account Of
accidents. Arellanes surely is a good
pitcher. Pape gives every promise OF
being a conner, and SO does Collins.
There are plenty of worse southpaws
than Burchell and Wolter and then we
have Schiller, too.
1--WE have developed two good catch
ers in Carrigan and Donohue, two men
who a help out with the bat as weli
as behind the plate. Madden is another
catcher who will be heard from in the
future. Out on the oast they said he
and Easterly were the only two catch
ers who looked good enough for the big
leagues and that Madden was the better
of the two. 1 don't think they had that
right, though, for this Easterly is GER
tainly a star.
"Now, just scan our team. We have
real pitching prospects getting better
every day in Wood. Arellanes, Ci-
cote, Collins, Pape, Schiller and VOL
ter. We have two corking good catch
ers in Carrigan and Donohue and an
other who will be developed. We have
an infield that is as fast as any in the
league and N that can hit and show
speed on the bases, too. Barring De-
troit, possibly, where will you find a
better all around set of outfielders?;
Our team is there now. We spent
the season of 1908 seasoning the players
and for that reason / believe we will
beat out Philadelphia. Connie" Mack
is now going through what we had 10
pass in 1908, as he is breaking in a new
infield. Then, his outfield is Older than
ours. The only place he is stronger
than Boston is in his pitchers box. He
has two s~outhpaws in Krause and
Plank. Still there is no telling but tina
Collins may prove to be just as much
of a star as Krause.'
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
LEADING SLUGGERS
IN BIC LEAGUES

That struggle between Eddie Collins,
the Athletics brilliant y~oungster, and
Ty Cobb. Detroit's great player, for
premier batting and base-running
honors in the American League con-
tinues to wax warm. Collins leads by
three points this week, having an aver
age of .S52, while Cobb's mark is .349.
Collins has been at bat 443 times, has
hit safely 156 times for a total of 1917
bases, and has figured in lie games,
Cobb has played in 119 games, has
made 152 hits for a total of POS bases
and has been at bat 456 times. Cobb
is the leading base ~stealer, with SO,
while Collins is next, with 90. Ty is
leading run-getter, with Is, and Eddie
is next, with Il. Cobb is leading slug
ger, with a grand average of .47o.
while Collins mark is .445. But in
each department Collins has gained on
his rival. Larry Lajoie has gained on
both youngsters and will bear watch
ing.
Heitmuller is still going up the bat
ting ldduer ldSt, his average now pS-
ing .29S, while Baker, Murphy and
Davis continue to be among the ten
leading sluggers. The Athletics are
first in long hits, second in club fielding
third in club batting. Krause is
one of the leading twirlers in the
league, having won Is and lost but a..
Joe Ward relinquished the-lead in the
National League batting to Hans Wag-
ner, but only two points seperate the
two sluggers. Joe's average is .326,
while Hans is .32S. Bransfield is bat
ting .303, and Jacklitsch 300. Magee
n Bates are leading base stealers.
Sherwood also being n of the leading
sluggers.
The batting average of the leading
twenty-five players in the American
and National Leagues follow:
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31

HOPE
PIRATES WILL WIN

The Athletics are hoping that Pitts.
burg will win the National League
pennant in case of the Athletics being
fortunate enough to win out in the
American. They ear the Cubs more
h a they do the Pirates.
Chicago says "Topsy'' Hartsel.
has three great pitchers in Brown.
Reulbach and Overall to send against
us, provided we win. A good south
paw may puzzle them. but they win
pretty often from the left-handers at
that. Pittsburg, though, is weak
against a good spit" ball pitcher or
a star left-hander. Now we can send
two left-handers. krause and Plank,
ana two "spitters,H Morgan and Dygert,
or two speedy men, Coombs. and Ben
der. aaginst them, and | think among
the six we have at least three or four
pitchers who could make the Pirates
look cheap.
IF we win the pennant and have to
meet Pittsburg, pick us to win the
world championship. But we have not
won the pennant yet. Our chances
look pretty good at that, for we will
6pish at home, While Detroit must take
an eastern "trip just before the season
ClOoto' nat SllOutu ntiP U.s. dltlOh6h
it did not work out that way in 1907
DO you want to know why SO man.
of the baseball writer's picked us to
finish seventh or eighth this season.
asked Ira Thomas, the catcher of the
Athletics, yesterday.
1T is because you overlooked the fact
that we have about the BEST manager
in the business" he continued. Il doubt
~ tharo ie oaAflar q, ;o tho
league that could have taken such a
team and kept it out of the second
division. Then, we had three young
sters in the infield and some expert
ments in the outield, in addition to a
bunch of pitchers that many said were
all in. But we had Connie Mack teach
ing us all the while. and he is the one
man responsible for the Athletics be-
ing in their position today.
His opinion is shared by his team
mates, but some of them are willing
hand some of the credit around.
For instance. Harry Vickers thinks
that Paddy Livingston is the savior of
the Athletics in a way. When he joined,
the team was handicapped behind the
bat. as Powers was dead. thus leaving
all the work OF Ira Thomas. The Cleve-
diid bOS, tliouSh, JhiliPCd IiSil II anu
in addition to catching great ball, bat
ted in many a victory. And all his
teammates swear that Paddy made
"Cy' Morgan the pitcher that he is to-
day. Morgan himself says Livingston
is the best catcher he ever threw to.
ut sure is amusing to see the way
some players dope out a race" says
Ira Thomas "a year ago, when | was
with Detroit and New York was lead
ing. the New Yorks told me how sorry
they were hat I was not still with
them. so as to get a chance to split up
the post-season money. Yet. when the
season ended. I helped divide the
money, while New York was last. This
spring the Detroit boys handed me the
same line of talk, but think l stand
a better chance of taking down some
extra money than they do"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
ANOTHER z4.HOUR AUTO RACE.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Despite the
seven tragedies Of the recent motor
races at Indianapolis and the one at
Brighton Beach race track last week.
a statement from the Motor Racing
Association that another
24-hour speed carnival win be held at
Brighton Beach this fall. and that nine
makers and dealers have promised to
enter cars, The association regrets the
recent adverse criticism Of automobile
racing and declares that the acct
dents at Brighton were not due to any
flaw in the track"
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BOOK ON PENNANT RACES.
Odds Are Laid Against Detroit
and Boston Winning Pennant.
-tRv Telegraph to the star.l

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Aug. 9-The fol-
lowing baseball prices are quoted in this
city:
National League-s5N to $500 that Pitts
burg wins the pennnnt,
800 to $50 that Cincinnati beats out Phil
adelphia in the pennant race.
American League-s900 to $500 that neither
the Boston Red Sox nor Detroit wins the
pennant.
800 to $500 that Detroit does not win the
pennant.
$500 to 500 that the Boston Red Sox do
not win the p%ennant.
$500 even that Chicago does not show in
the first division.
S2p0 to 800 that the New York High
landers do not show IN the first division.
$500 even that Detroit beats out the Bos-
ton Red Sox.
$500 even that Philadelphia Athletics beat
out Boston Red Sox.
500 even that New York Highlanders
beat out ST. Louis.
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KLINE OFF Fur
PH|LL|E WITH BAND
Of RIOTERS

Patsy Kline is in excellent shape
for his six-round fight tonight with
Biz MackaY. which is TO be fought
tonight at the Douglas A. C. in Phila-
delphia. The local scrapper stated last
night that he had no doubt that he
would win, as he was trained for a hard
fight, Until yesterday morning Young
Pierce, the colored scrapper of Quaker
Town, was supposed to be Patsy's OPP
ponent, but the latter backed out and it
necessary to substitute Biz Mackey
Ill his stead. The latter has fought all
of the top notchrrs n has three draws
to his credit with Abe Attell.
A big bunch of Newark sports will
go to Philadelphia tonight to see the
battle. A special train will leave the
Market Street station of the Pennsyl-
vania at sos, carrying the fight fans of
this city. A band will meet the sports
in Philly and escort them to the club
house, which is about five blocks from
the station.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
FAIRACRES RACING.
Harness Horse Events to Be
Held at the Westfield Track.

The Labor Day races at the Fairacres
track. Westfedd, should prove of unusual
Interest to horsemen and all lovers of lirht
harness racing. Fiv events are on the
card, and $50 in purses will be paid out
to the winners
The entries for the PA trot and 2:17
pace promise some exceptionally good rae
ing, while the, 2:2l trot and 2:24 pace has
a full list OF entries. The 2:25 trot has
proved attractive also, and about an even
dozen will start in this event. The purses
In each Of these events will be $3.50.
The 2:D and 2:45 trots are for members
of the club, and in these events silver
cups will be Offered. Special arrangement
have been made to handle the crowds, and
the racing Will be high-class in every re-
spect.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE.

The County League teams will bt
busy Saturday, Sunday and Monday
They will play nineteen games in all,
and there will likely be some changes in
the standing.
Saturday.
Harrison at Newark 1.-TWO games).
Belleville at Forest Hill.
Orange at I~rvington.
Bloomfield at Nailsburg.
Sunday
Iryington at Forest Hill (two games).
Newark at Belleville.
Harrison at Orange.
Vailsburg at Bloomfield (two games).
Monday
Bloomfield at Newark Ia M.
Vailsburg at Forest Hill Ia M.
Belleville at Orange Ga. M.
Harrison at Irvington "a. M.
Harrison at Forest Hill (p. M.
Newark at Orange (p. M.
Nailsburg at "TrVington (p. ND.
Bloomfield at Belleville (p. M.
A special meeting of the Ironside
A. c. will be held at its clubhouse to-
night. Important business will be
transacted and matters pertaining to
the baseball team again winning the
pennant will be discussed.
Casey's champions will not have al
easy tim of it Sunday with the Armory
A. c. by any means. Like the little
Tiger A. C.. the Armory boys can go
some. In their list of victories they
have the Rosevilles. Lincolns and
other strong teams.
Eddie Fay, who has been in the nos
pital, is out again and will take care of
first base for Watsessing for the bal
ance of the season.
The Bloomfield Baseball Club have to
thank Edward Westlake for the gift of
the large flag that now adorns the
Williamson oval, also the two foul flags.
Long may they wave over victorious
Bloomfield.
Watsessing will cross bats with the
Veronas at Watsessing next Saturday.
A semi-pro. catcher would like a posi-
ton with some fast team in or around
Newark. Has had considerable expe-
rience. Address W. C.. NJ, 1879 Valley
road. West Orange.
Charley Harvey is pitching good ball
these August days.
Hipfel will pitch tine rest of the sea-
son for the Verona F. G.
Cliff Jewel is certainly proving to he
a choice jem for Forest Hill.
STONY" Machette pitched two win
ming games against the Veronas.
laughed. of the National Turner's.
caught for Watsessing Saturday.
Brewer. the Verona F.. c. catcher has
fully recovered from a split thumb,
but is back in the game.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
MAY PLAY WITH
THE REDS IN 1910.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31.-John king,
catcher, who refused 70 play this year.,
received a telegram last night from
Clarke Griffith, of the Cincinnati Club,
accepting Kings terms to go to Gin
%cinnati. King said he made the figures
high. because he did not want to play.
Griffith asked him to wire assurance
that he would report for duty next sea-
son. King will think the matter over
till tomorrow and then AXE definite
action.
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Vote Today and Get All
Your Friends Busy. Make 1t
Greatest Contest Ever Held
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP
RACE AT VELODROME
Chief Event on Program Tome rrOw Nght-The Distance viii
Be One Mile-Kramer and Clarke Both Claim Victory.
Pros to Meet in Australian Pursuit-Lawrence
and Passenger in Match Race.

ais. with all the delegation of money
chasers as starters, even including Kra-
mer and Clarke. This is one of the big
eest races of the season here. A pro-
fessional invitation is still another caro-.
There is also an ~all-star amateur bill.
First we are to have a match race be-
tween Percy Lawrence, the new anna
teur champion, and Young Joe Passen-
ger, the local boy, who is just now
burning up the rack with his speed.
This viii be decided by a two out OF
three mile heat arrangement. An anna
teur open and an amateur handicap,
with all the stars, including Lawrence,
Magin, Jokus, Passenger and the Van
den Dries boys, complete as good a bill
as Manager Chapman has ever offered
to the Newark fans.
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BY SEMI-PR0.

~ HE old rivals on the diamond,
Bloomfield and Watsessing, are
to meet again before the season
Is over in a series of three games, one
of which will be played OF Williamson
Oval. another on the Watsessing
grounds and the third at Morris Park.
in this city
In a series Just finished Bloomfield
won three of the four games played,
although Watsessing in n game hired
Red Waller as pitcher and three
other professionals.
Last Saturday. however, Watsessing
won without the assistance of outside
talent. and now Manager Daley, in
spired with the belief that his club
can yet best Manager Dodd's aggrega-
ton, is arranging to play a second
series with Bloomfield, and the admir-
ers of both clubs are anxious to see
them clash again.
The dates of the contests will be an
. nounced later. Laughed, of the Ma
tional turner's, viii act as regular back
stop for the Watsessings hereafter and
the team will be strengthened by the
return Of Otto Hambacher and George
B~ausewine. who nave been playing
great ball with the Charlotte IN. c.
team IN the South.
Next Sunday Watsessing win meet
Orange Valley on the grounds Of the
latter. on Saturday Verona will play
at Watsessing. and on Labor Day the
Watsessings will meet the .Ironsides
and St. Benedict's in Watsessing.
The Llewellyn B. B. C, of Bloomfield,
has decided to play out of town here
after Sundays. The club has been
playing to small crowds lately and the
management is out of pocket.
Bloomfield expects to cross bats with
the Newark Eastern Leaguers at the
close of the season, when Bud Sharpe
will take the boys on a transforming
trip, the same as last year. Bloom
FEEDERS were impressed with the gen
tlemanly ways and playing of the Wis
itors, and are DESTROYS of seeing the
cid as we'll as the new faces on the
team.
Everybody in Bloomfield and vicinity
is roofing for Newark to win the PEN
nant. 1t is probable that the people of
Bloomfield will be given a chance to see
the New York National League team,
with M~athewson in the box, at the
close of the season.
Manager Dodd is now negotiating for
a game between New York and Bloom
field on Williamson oval.
The Armory A. c. will play the Sum
NIT Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday, Ironsides A.
c. Sunday morning and W games at
Westwood Labor Day.
McTague will umpire the game at
West Side Oval Sunday morning.
In the City League the National
Turner's and Tiger A. c. are tied for
third place. They each won ten n
lost eight. They viii play off final
game Sunday afternoon at Wieden-
mayors Park.
The Hamilton A. c. has next Sunday
and Labor Day open; also all Satur-
days and Sundays in September, and
would like to arrange games with such
teams as Montclair A. A, Rosevilles,
I~ronsides. National Turner's. Mutuals.
Nutleys, Watsessings, Parkways of |
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TO SHOOT TEAM MATCH.
SpOrtsmen from Elizabeth and
WhitehOuse to Meet at Traps.

A 1,0O0-taraet team match is to be shot
Saturday, september %. between teams
from Elizabeth and Whitehouse, at the
Crescent Gun Clubs grounds, Whitehouse,
beginning at 1880 O'Clock in the morning
and continuing until 500 O'Clock in the
afternoon.
There will be ten events on the pro-
gram, the last three to constitute the
team match. Eight of the events will be
at % targets each and the other two at
10 targets each. The winner of high
average during the day will receive s. in
gold.
Secretary w. H. Manning of Elizabeth,
will bring the best ten-mah team avail
able.
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With another N. c. A. championship
OF the care for tomorrow night at the
Velodrome cycle race-meet there is 20
be another battle between Frank Kra-
mer and Jackie Clarke. The affair is to
be of one-mile and a great battle is
anticipated, as the narrow margin of
one point between them makes a vic
tory an important factor. Kramer may
increase his lead to goodly portions by
a win. while OH the other hand a vic
tory for Clarke will put him back in
first place again.
AL the stars will ride in the cham
pionship, the field including Fogler,
Root, Fem, Anderson, West, the Be
dells. Krebs and others. Then. as an
additional attraction, there is to be an
Australian pursuit, for the profession
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1t was said last night by a man
connected with the Newark Baseball
that Joe McGinnity intended to
give Pitcher Pastorius, lately uncondi-
tionally released by the Brooklyn Ma
t~ionals, a trial.
The Kenwoods would like to book game
for Saturdays and Sundays with teams
having home grounds, Tigers, of Vailsburg,
preferred. The Kehwoods are travelling
fast just at present, having defeated Mend
nam, Nutley and ~Irvington A. G. In the
last three weeks. Address William A.
Waters, 722 Bergen street.
The Madison A. G. would like to arrange
q game with some first-class nine for Labor
Day afternoon, game to he played on op-
ponents grounds. Address Edward BERG
man. 10 Main street. Madison.
The Elton b.. b. G. has a few open dates
ana would like to arrange games With any
u or IA year old teams. Address Manager
Joe Rosensweig, ~ Waverly avenue or
Captain james Friedman, 21 Broome
u ttl. 81. I
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KITE-FLYING CONTESTS.
Playground Boys Are to Have o
Competition.

Kite flying is among the latest of the
playground sports on the city Fairgrounds,
As an incentive to the boys who are in
terested in this pastime, Supervisor Nc
Herman has offered a set of prizes to the
kite flyers.
The contest for them will take place Sat
urday afternoon, at ! O'Clock, on the K. C..
Jenkinson Playfield. There will be cash
prizes for the contestant of each OF the
three city Fairgrounds who makes the best
showing with his kites on the playfeld.
There will also be prizes for the biggest,
oldest and most ingenious kites of home
made construction. Professor Wiener, of
the Barringer High School, has consented to
act as one of the judges in this UNIQUE con-
test.
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HOLD RACE FOR YOUNG BIRDS
Hudson Fanciers Put ESQ in
Contest from Wilmington.

The Hudson District of the international
Federation Of American Homing Pigeon
Fanciers flew their 10o-mile young bird race
from Wilmington, Del, on Sunday. There
were $50 birds competing for honors. The
birds had a fine day and the speed made
was excellent. The winning bird covered
the distance in , hours IA minutes IA see
onds, owned by Louis G. Bahrenburg. Fol
lowing is a list OF the lofts competing:
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TO TRY PASTORIOUS.
Tigers Said to Have Obtained
Former Brooklyn Twirler.

1t was said last night by a man con-
Joe McGinnity Intended to give Pitcher
Pastorius, lately Internationally released
by the Brooklyn Nationals, a trial.
Pastorius was once a clever box artist,
but has performed cleverly on but one or
two occasions this season.
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BLOOMFIELD AND WATSESSINC
TO PLAY THREE-GAME SERIES
Archie Daley Will Not Use Rirgers-Bausewine, F~ambacher
and Laughed to Play-Armory A. c. Play IrOnsides Sum
day-Turners and Tigers at Wiedenmayers Sunday.

offering suitable inducements. Address
Thomas Todd, 104 Warren street.