Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31

weight OF his wisdom to the Will
ings and sayings anent the pro-
posed petitions Of the Eastern League
and the American Association that the
latter be allowed to withdraw peace
fully from the association Of the minors
or be given q higher classification than
now.
Mr.. Hermann seems to think that
the two great minor leagues should be
satisfied. with their lot. Maybe the
minor magnates are glad that they are
allowed their league. We don't know,
but we suppose so, anyway.
Garry seems to think that the one
mar draft rule Is the limit Of con-
sheraton for the two big minor leagues
in question. He complains that instead
of Jeeping their stars so that the ma
jors could draft them at the $1,000
orice set by law, the Eastern League
managers are mean enough TO sell them
before the drafting season starts for a
higher figure.
We wonder if Mr. Hermann were an
Eastern League manager II he would
wait silently by and take meekly what
the "giving-nothing' majors desire.
We think not. We get the basic
thought for our copclusion from the
present liberality I'M sense of fair
play sometimes evident among the ma
jors. It's a pity that the Eastern
League and the American Association
are banged about between the majors
ana the smaller minor leagues by force
of numbers, What the petitioning
leagues ask is not impossible of COM
promise. and they should be listened to.
If a baseball war, does ensue, it will
not be the fault of the majors, but
organized baseball this time. The Ma
tional Commission, made up of major
leaguers, cannot give a prompt and
unbiased decision in the matter. They
aad the smaller minor leagues are fight
ling to- keep down the Eastern League
1and he American Association.
There is a very easy compromise out
of the whole question. The Eastern
League and the American Association
Ccould be given a higher rating and
alloweds to draft from smaller minor
kaguesfor a stated period all alone.
The n]ajor5 teams should be restrict
I'd in drafting to four or five men.
Hhat's the bone of the trouble. h
Majors want to capture all the avail
tble players, good or bad; keep the
Food ones, but sell back the lemons
hnd h~igh-saIaried "has-beens" at a big
figure TO the poor, throttled Eastern
tLeaguers and American Association
Inen. The situation is unjust.
Knockout Brown, the boy whose rep
tutation has earned him serious consid-
4 Grafton for a bout with AID Welgast,
the champion lightweight, Is not in
Ads class as a "shirker." Brown had
more fights during the year drawing
to a close than any other scrapper in
Kew York or ~hereabouts. In all he had
t~wenty-nine bouts. won seven and lost
none, no decision being given in
twenty-five of them. Wolgast fought
six times. Battling Hurley, OF Passaic,
: fought sixteen times. won two, lost
three. drew two and no decision was
given in the other nine.
frankie Burns had the better Of most
of his fourteen bouts, but he is credited
with only one win. no decision being
given in thirteen of them.
A new American League record was
established for the year which goes u
AT midnight tonight. The Athletics,
who captured the American League
championship, had the highest percent
ago ever made by an American League
team, $50. The previous mark was
held by the Boston Red Sox, $50. There
seems little danger of the low-water
mark being reached unless the st.
Louis Browns continue to slip. Wash
ington, in 1904, had the lowest mark
ever made by a major league club for
a season. 1t was $50.
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like to. be hit. Strange. but true, Wash
ington players led in this KIND Of
hits last year. Eighty-fve Senators
reached first by this route. The in
dividual leaders in the American were
Clyde Milan and Red Killifer, of the
Senators, and Bert Daniels, of the
Yanks. Each was hit sixteen times.
Cy smith, the Jersey City light
weight, fights at Albany Monday. His
opponent will be Young Donohue, of
Boston. That should be a corlking fight.
Cy meets Leach Cross at the Fair
mont January 10,
Playing the ''inside game" does not
necessarily imply h q the sacrifice
must be rigidly adhered to. For in
stance, the Newark team was consid-
cred the best in the league at inside
baseball last year by most experts. and
still the Tigers made the lowest num-
Der of sacrifice hits, 152 in all. Buffalo
made 31S and finished in the second
division, while Rochester made 219 and
finished first. The Tigers success was
In mixing the play with the hit and
run" which they had down to better
perfection thar any team in the league.
AT base stealing the Tigers We're away
up. being second with 227, while Jersey
city stole 254. Providence only had 1922
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