Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-11

might be. He a that the fans out
there are constantly knocking the
Browns and that the club is going bad.
Waddell picks the Boston Red Sox TO
win the American League champion
ship. He says that Connie Mack did
not treat him right by releasing him
after his work had practically won two
championships for his Athletics. "Bos-
ton,' says Waddell, has a team of
youngsters who are strong fnishers.
nile the other teams have older men
and are less speedy. Detroit is far
from being out of It. and l would not
be surprised II Jennings made it four
straight The chances are against 1t,
however"
Rube has never been In the Eastern
League before, but says that it will
be like home to him. as he a met a
great many of the players who COM
pose the teams in the Powers organi-
cation.
Wnddell and Crisp.
An incident worth mentioning took
place when Waddell was introduced to
Joe Crisp by What Lee. The Rube
surveyed Joe from head to foot with
a critical eye. so you are the guy
that was traded for Spade and my
$780, AC DEEaAL 0i6uI ntIE Is Inc
man." said Joe modestly. We'll, you're
pretty well built for a catcher" re-
sponded Waddell, and 1 hope you
make good. Put it there" And they
shook hands.
Bob Spade. the other part of the st.
Louis end of the deal, is due to arrive
IN Newark tomorrow morning. Wad-
dell said that Spade wished to say
poOd-hrr ~ q So Fws--a- - -
ing st. Louis. and did not leave until
last night. Spade is as fit as a fiddle
TO make things hum in the Eastern
League, according to the big fellow
Bob was glad TO leave St Louis, too,s
he said, land he will show the local
fans a few things before the season
comes to a close. He has not been
given an opportunity to show what he
could do with the St. Louis Club by
Manager O'Connor. for reasons of his
own"
Tanning.
Waddell told Lee and several other
members of the Newark Club who
gathered about him of the barn-storm-
ing trip he had with a bunch of his
teammates at Ell Paso last fall. With
him were several members of the ST.
Louis Browns, anon them Powell and
Truesdale. Bull Durham, the former
New York and Toronto pitcher. was
also a member of the nine. A third
baseman named Corey, from a South
ern league, played at the difficult cor
ner, and in an important game made
several errors. He was openly accused
OF throwing the game for a considera-
ton from men who had placed bets
on the game. As it happened, he was
rooming with Waddell. On their way
to the hotel from the grounds they
were held up and an Ell Paso bad map''
stepped up and showed q gun In the
face of the unfortunate Corey. RUDE
butted in and told the tough that he
was up against the wrong a
Well" responded the "B. NJ" IN
Civ him a scare, anyhow" THERE
upon he clipped a button of the third
sacker's cap as clean as a whistle with
his seven-shooter. That same night,
while they were seated on the veranda
of the hotel, a greaser came up and
attempted to stick a knife between the
ribs of the unfortunate Corey. He
maka me lose da mon." was his ex-
cuse. Rube scared him off with a
! baseball bat
If the Tigers win the pennant they
are thinking of taking a trip to Cuba
this fall. Rube fell head over heels
n h plan, and announced his will
ingness to make the journey. The
RUDE simply loves plenty Of excite
ment, and can sit and talk by the
hour about his past experiences. His
favorite diversion outside of baseball
is shooting. and he generally spends his
winters at this sport.