The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10

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player next year.
| Make out 1t will
EN,pN-rt7 ass a array q 'o Of sai-
- ent, too!
Some people question the ~advisability
of club owners having playing man
ayers. AS was said yesterday, /
think that a good playing man.
ager, all other things being equal,
is one Of the best assets a club can
have. In the first place, If that man.
ager be a good player and attends
strictly to duties he cannot help be a
silent example to his men as to the adj
vantage of treading the narrow path.
Then again he's always in the heat OF
battle with his men. He is there at
all times to let go on a signal for q
brilliant play that many a time would
have been lost, il he had been on the
bench. Further than that he is always
in the game, and the spirit of the bat
tie z within him.. That spirit guides
him in deciding on this or tina attempt
at a coup. I think he is far better able
to Judge a mans ability to 1, a certain
stunt by the fact Of his being O
player than If he sat on the bench and
looked upon his players as a man who
fought" to do a certain thing rather
than a man who can dc 1t.
Those who hold to or oppose the ide6
of playing manager will have q good
chance to Judge this rear in a leageu
that at the most is but q step from
the majors. I think that as a result
of the engagement of so many playing
managers that the Eastern League
race next year will develop some won
dcrful ball playing n maybe one OF
the greatest races in the history of the
league.
The American League, with its non
playing managers, and the Eastern,
with the active playing pilots. ought to
give a very good basis for comparison.
Iron Man Joe McGinnity expects
to have a greater year than ever as a
pitcher next season, and is confident
that he will make good as a manager
his first full year out. Already Joe Is
building his fences for the coming sea-
SON, and he a said that 1t was his
ambition to be at the helm Of the 1910
pennant winners of h Eastern
League. George Smith, he of Buffalo
fame, will play second at Montreal;
John CAMEL will be on the job at first
in Rochester: Jack Ryan declares that
he is going to play first base for the
Skeeters next year, exercising his
managerial supervision from that sta
ton; Joe Kelley will look after his
Toronto team from centre Held, n
both Jobs will be well done.
Jimmy Collins, after a fine season IN
the American Association, Is ready to
prove to ell his old baseball friends
that 1t is only a step from managing
Providence to the big leagues. That
Jimmy. If he keeps up the pace he set
last season, will be a success cannot be
denied. Harry Wolverton is another
playing Harry, If his Shout
der is mended, will take up his old
position at the third corner, and the
Orioles, arch enemies of the Tigers,
whom he piloted last season, win have
hts high-priced services.
Sporting Editor Star:
For what price did the trotting
stallion Todd sell at Madison Square
Garden? In what yea was he sold?
Who bought him n when did he die.
and where? STAR READER.
The trotting stallion Todd. 2;14%, was
sold at the Old Glory sale OF 1907 and
purchased by William Bradley, a New
York contractor, for $4,000. He was
placed at the head of his stud, Ardmerc
Farm, Raritan. The horse contracted
pneumonia and died Sunday. May II,
1908.-Ed.
Sporting Editor of the Star:
Tell me the cost Of admission to the
Pennsylvania games on Franklin Field.
@. A.
From so cents to S1.50 for the regular
rI a 80 49, --~x hYA~x-~
battles usually range from $3.50 UP.
Ed.
Sporting Editor Of the Star:
Could you see 25-cent baseball in
New York during the season of 1909?
Yes.-Ed.
Sporting Editor of the Star:
Is Nichols, of the Athletics, an In
dian? W.. H. M.
No.-Ed.
Sporting Editor OF the Star:
How old Is James Jeffries?
How old is Jack Johnson?
Jeff will be thirty-five years old next
April. Johnson will 81 years old next
March.-Ed.
Sporting Editor OF the STAR
VIII you kindly publish in tonisht's
paper what year Yale and Harvard
rowed on the Hudson river?
CONSTANT READER.
Yale and Harvard never rowed an
eight" race on the Hudson, but on
June Is, 1897, Cornell. Yale and Harvard
held q triangular meet at Poushkeep-
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time follow: Cornell, 20:34; Yale, 20:44,
and Harvard, 21:00. Nextlyear, on June
%, the trio rowed at New London, the
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