Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-02

Park this year, SAID joe
MnGfnnity today. when
asked about what he had donettowards
obtaining newtand better grounds for
next year. "butfnextAyear is Indifferent
question:" He{ then smiled. Joe de-
clared that he had been looking over
several possible, sites, but of course
would not say where's they were. Hf
/ made public those Sites" said he,
Newark probably would't have new
grounds next year.. for all property
holders would BOOST their prices.
There is nothfngtdefnfte to give out
except that we are considering a new
grounds procured and 1t isn't UNI
likely Newark wilfthave,a fine baseball
perktnext year"
we.hope that Joe.will be able to ac-
eonp11sh his purpose because. it's hard
to sag 1t, butlits true. Newark has the
worst park in the Eastern League cir
cut. We can put UP with trips to
wfedenmayers Park this year when
we feel sure that wenl nave a nicer
place lei year.
One of the owners Of Wiedenmayer's
Park said today that there had been
no increase asked in the rent of the
park for lei year, as stated In the
Morning Star. for the reason that
the. renewal of the lease had not been
taken up as yet by Mr. McGinnity and
the park owners, but would be taken
up later on. The park owners do not
want it understood that they are seek
ing to retard the rogress of the ma
tional game here just for their own
pockets.
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49, " N- aL4,, D,AcoII
Ford that receives no mention when
the Yankee pitching recruit is talked
of. He is given a reputation as a
spit-ball artist, but really his best ball
is his fast one. 1t has a jump to it like
q, scared rabbit. Any Eastern League
batter will tell you more about Ford's
fast one than his splitter" 7-
The screws are put down on the
minors harder than ever by a new
draft rule adopted yesterday by the
National Commission. Heretofore a
major league club was compelled to re-
turn a drafted player to the minor
league club from which the player
was obtained for a year following the
draft, If the minor club wants the man.
Now the minor managers are given
five days to put i'm a demand If the
player is to be let out.
O.
According to Patsy Kline's manage
the fighters carelessness lost him a
fight with Pal Moore at the Olympic
A. c. next Monday night. Manager
Mcmahon, of the club, would lave pre-
ferred Patsy to any of the other boys,
T but Johnny Pollock says he has not
heard from Kline since two days be-
fore the date of the Biz Mackey fight,
and was not aware that Patsy was in
shape to fight.
= A postal card from Abe Rachlin, the
local boy who is in the Philadelphia
Nationals training camp in Southern
Pines, N. c., speaks for itself:
Friend Ed-Kept on the go. No
chance to loaf, practise twice a day.
Plenty here to learn. ABE"
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Speaking of triple plays here's one
that I think has all others beaten a
city block. When l was a kid out in
Clinton, Ia, / witnessed the following
play: There were three men or base
when a fat fellow named Heinie went
to the bat. He singled to right. He
ran toward third, however, instead of
first and kept on running the wrong
way. In the meantime the fielder after
recovering the ball threw home and
caught the man who nae left third.
The catcher then threw to third, put
ting out the rune from second. At
this stage of the play the third sacker
noticed Heinie rounding first and threw
to the catcher. The man who was on
first marathoned it for the midway
sack, and Heinie realizing that he
would be. put cut at the plate, tried to
stop running, but could not-so great
was his ~speed-until he touched the
Mate. Seeing that he had made a mis-
take in going the wrong way he started
back to first, the catcher having
dropued the ball. The other player was
now past third, beating for home, when
the catcher recovered the ball and
started TO run the former down be-
tween third and home. but not until
Heinie had reached third and forced
the other runner. The umpire decided
that Heinie should be credited with a
three base hit. Was this a triple play?
HIRAM CHARLES.
According to baseball rules the UNI
p,re should nave called the man out for
running out Of the line of base and all
your query goes by the boards. Even
If the situation were right, the last out
was not a force and there was no
triple.-Ed.