Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-17
ST. LOUIS TALK
NAMES LAKE AS
BROWN MANAGER
Brown Club Sale Is Chief Topic
Of Interest Among Baseball
Men Who Still Linger in New
YOrk-"DOpe" Heard in the
Hotel Corridors.
NEW YORK, Dec. IL.
IT HE pending deal for the purchase
Of tho ST. Louis Ciilh from Rnh-

c~olsummated. according to information
both here and In st. LOTUS, was still
the topic of chief interest among such
OF the men who have been attending
the annual baseball meetings of the
big leagues as fingered here today.
According to one man close to the new
owners of the Browns, Fred Lake is
likely to be the manager Of the club,
If the deal goes through by which Lake
Is expected to secure his release from
the Boston National League Club.
One of the most important things de-
clded yesterday was that the National
League would close its season on Octo-
Der IL, Columbus Day. Ban johnson
Will be very wrathy when he learns OF
this act against his wishes.
Charley Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club,
was TO blame in a great measure for
the decision. He claims that the
Brooklyn club drew 1000 fans on that
day last year n that the worlds
series can be played II time in
October.
The National League season will last
from April II to October Il.
Umpire Finneran has signed with
President Tom Lynch, of the National
League. Finneran is a good man and
deserves success. He was one OF the
best on Powers's staff last year.
While Jim Murray, who umpired in
the Eastern league last year, is be-
tween two fires now that Barrow has
been elected to the Eastern League
presidency, he ought not to worry.
Murray was one of the best in the
league, and If Tom Lynch doesn't want
him Barrow can get no better man.
1t will be q surprise if Barrow re-
tains Umpire Stafford. Stafford is a
good man, but Ed has it in for him
because he ordered the new executive
off the field at Wiedenmayer's Park
one day last summer.
With Rube Waddell pitching as in
the days of yore, George Browns New
ark team defeated Larry Doyle's New
Workers in an indoor baseball game at
the Seventy-first Regiment Armory last
night by a score of 4 to 2. The famous
George Edward made fifteen of the
Gothamites beat time to the anvil
chorus with their wands and scraped
along with but three hits off his de-
livery. Chase and Fischer were the
batterymen for the losers. and Wad-
dell worked with Harrison for the
Newarkers.
The league meetings and the pow
xy0urG for the aaEnfn nra nxyor lfaSt
of the magnates will now HE them
selves homeward for the Christmas
holidays, or else to the South to look
over training quarters.
The st. Louis club vas sold yester-
day to E. NJ Hodgemen, Mark and
Nathan Ewing, Louis Hall and Edward
Prendergast.
Billy Bergen, Doc" Scanlon, Schardt
and Ryan, pitchers; Eddie Zimmerman,
the Tiger; Hummell, McElveen and
Mcmillan are the only Dodgers who
have not signed for next season. Eb-
bets has signed twenty-five men and
will leave on a vacation to Florida
today.
Definite action will be taken by the
Harvard University authorities in de-
Gliding upon a baseball schedule and a
coach for next season. Several promi-
nent professional baseball players are
named as choices for coach. Fred
Tenney, Harry Bemis, William Lauder
and Andy Coakley are among them.
Christy Mathewson will in all prob
ability be the pitching coach.
Hughey Duffy said at the meetings
this week that he was thinking of
making a first baseman out of Russell
Blackburne.
Charley Murphy has blocked the deal
Fred Clarke has On for disposing of
Jack Flynn, by refusing to waive on
him.
Joe Kelley says he is after Second
Baseman Tom Downey, of the Cincin-
natl Club. and if he gets him he is sure
of the Eastern League pennant.
Waivers have been asked on Downey.
John Camel says TT is a pleasure
to work with a sportsman k Charley
Chaplin. One time, w years ago, when
we appeared to be down n out,
Chaplin sent me a telegram to spend all
| wanted for players to the amount of
500, 900 to win that Eastern League
pennant.' Whether John is drawing
the long bow or not is hard to say, but
he has won two Eastern League PEN
nants since e
Joe McGinnity says that he did favor
a shorter schedule or a later opening.
but now that the f54-game schedule has
been adopted he is willing to have that
many games played, and decided as
follows:
Won. Lost. PC.
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The New York Americans have
signed Jack Knight for the next three
years.
The Celluloid Five will have as their
opponents in the opening contest on
Thursday evening on the Celluloid court
the strong Mercury Five. OF New York
city. The Mercurys hav appeared in