Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-23
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GETTMAN, GANLEY And BOB
SPADE WILL BE- RELEASED
Larry SChlafIy Has Not Closed Deal for Purchase
OF Troy Club and Is Still a Tiger.
Fater in Fine Shape.

same handling Of thrown balls and h
throws are the same. Hughey Hearne
would do all right for the put-out part
of 1t when handling assists, but he can
not cover the ground with enough
agility.
Several big league clubs were after
Agler, asking for options on him, and
three cash offers We're made TO me at
the meetings last week. Joe will bat
sixty points better than he did last
season.
Joe Likes Frick.
Some people apparently think that
Jimmy Frick is a weak hitter. but he
viii hit as good as Zimmerman, and
the fact is that he had a better batting
average than Eddie last year. AS a
fielder vol will find that he is there.
l want men who will fit in as cogs in
a baseball machine and who will play
together, not a bunch of stars who are
never dependable. John Camel won
the p%ennant last year because he had
a team of men who were absolute tee
~totalers. Men who were inclined to
hit the high places were dropped like
hot Goals, no matter how good they
were, and harmony did the rest for
him.. / blame our lack of freedom
from drink for costing us the pennant
last year. Camel had two catchers
last year, Blair and Martel, and he had
Martel practise at first occasionally.
fact was that Martel played first for
Boston early last spring
EImfrs VS.. Montreal.
Joe was interested, or rather amused,
by a report that Montreal might be re-
placed by Elmira. IF the Montreal
Club is ever dropped said Joe, sit
will be to tax in Richmond. l believe.
Richmond woul make an ideal city.
It is only fou hours ride from Balti-
more, and the rivalry would be in
tense. / still have faith in Montreal.
however, as a baseball town. If / were
running the team I would try to get a
couple of French Canadians. The fans
up there rave about their own players.
Why, / remember one game last year
when Dubec, who is a Canadian. came
to bat, n ] was pitching. Some fans
In the grand stand bet Wish Egan
that Dubec would get a homer. Egan
borrowed every dollar he could get
from the boys, and with his own money
cleaned up a nice little pile. Dubec
struck out and Egan blew the boys
to cigars at the hotel that night. | sup
pose that Ed. Holly will be the real
manager, while Lichenhein will pull
the strings"
McGraw Needs Pitchers.
From Eastern League gossip McGin-
nifty drifted to the National League. Joe
says that while the Giants have a good
team McGraw needs the pitchers to
win the pennant. The Iron Man says
| that Tho roof,, tr1athlo ,.f4l, 4ho C-a-@Z
Is that they have not got a pitcher
who can go In cold in a pinch and re-
heve a man or take up the work VII
little workout after a pinch hitter h
been called in. OF the 154 gam.
played McGinnity asserts that a pine
pitcher must be called On or in at least
fifty contests, and one who can do the
work right is a mighty help to his
team. Crandall is the only man who
makes any p%retense to do that stunt.
Matty, great pitcher though he is. can
not go in and win without being
warmed up.
The fact is. he refuses to do it for
McGraw. Big league experts agree that
had McGraw had a pitcher like McGin-
nifty to work with Matty the last two
years the Giants might have won two
more pennants. Zoe pitched better ball
in the Eastern han many so-called
good pitchers did in fast company.
Tigers Not on Giants List.
Though Newark is not named on the
schedule of exhibition games arranged
by the Giants the Newark Club will
most likely play the usual two games
with the McGrawites next spring. The
New York club gets something like
$1,000 here on n Sunday. while the
Newark club is lucky to get one-nfth
of that amount for its ganle at the
Polo Grounds. The Tigers are the only
team in the country which gets half Of
the gate receipts at the Polo Grounds.
Joe has had a few letters from Tiger
players asking for more money, and
has already sent out one or two con-
tracts. Those who deserve raises Will
get them and Joe expects that every
one of his men will be signed up by the
time the schedule meeting comes
around in Baltimore on February 6.
All contracts will be sent out after
January /.
Montreal will probably be the team to
open here next spring. It is the
Royals turn.