Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-03
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RONNIE MACK failed TO keep his
q word when he sent along a bunch
of substitutes yesterday after
noon to meet the Newark Eastern
League Club in an exhibition game.
While some of the youngsters played q
dazzling game. many of the fans made
the journey simply to see such stars as
Collins and Baker perform. Livingston
was on the bench, but green recruit
answering to the name of Donahue
caught. Jimmy Dygert did not show
up as Mack promised, and Lapp was
not on hand. Mack contracted to bring
his regular team along, and should have
kept his word. If his team plays In this
city again in the future his action yes
terday is bound to hurt the attendance.
Such work as this should be stopped by
the national commission, which dabbles
in matters that are not any more inn
portant.
Eddie Collins, of the Athletics. is the
champion base-stealer this season. Col-
Inns has stolen II bases to date, which
is a total of one mofe than Ty Cobb
stole last season This year the Dixie
Demon is away behind He has only
pilfered 30 bases. according to unoffi-
cial records.
Danny Savage meets Fighting Joe
Hyland at the Sharl1ey Club, New
York, wednesday night. The orange
boy meets next Monday night the win
ner of the Willie Beecher-Jack Dorman
bout at the Olympic Club. Danny is
training faithfully for these bouts, be-
cause he can hear the roar of pour
ing gold if he makes good in all of
them.
There is one thing [ cannot UNDER
stand about the Vanderbilt cup ,ace
contestants. If a single one of those
drivers were sick any sum surgeon
asked to save them from death would
be paid; yet those same men, without
any assurances they will live through
the 27S miles of race. go dashing madly
toward death without scarcely
thought of the nearness of the grim
reaper oh, you Americana demen-
tall!
Big Chief Bender. of the Athletics, is
having a wonderful year. He has won
% games and lost but for an average
of .S15 A grand mark. Cole, of the
Cubs, the best National League regular,
has won 10 and lost 5.
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Ty Cobb has slipped into first place
in that race for the automobile with
a batting average of .371. Lajoie is
two points behind. Wagner is coming
along at 1875. If Cobb wins that ma
chine we should see many spectacled
ball players in the future.
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The story goes and the story grows
that George 7. Stallings will surely
manage Buffalo next season. We'd be
glad to see it, for we know that
Rochester would have somebody to
beat in Buffalo.
Eddie Zimmerman, the Tiger third
sacker, and Mrs. Zimmerman viii be
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kelly
at Baltimore for a week. Kelly Is going
to show Eddie the town.
The Cubs chances for the worlds
championship have been materially les
sened by the loss of Johnny Evers who
broke a small bone in his ankle slid
ing into a base Saturday. Zimmerman,
his Sub" is a heavier hitter, but
Johnny's gray matter moves faster,
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Captain DAILY, Quarterback Merritt,
Halfbacl1 Field and End Bomeisler
was Yales Saturday contribution 10
the INJURY" list of this years new
rule game. A committee to revise the
new rules will soon be in order.
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Hans Wagner is said to pick the
Cubs to win the worlds series because