Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-20
M'GINNITY SUSPENDS JAKE GETTMAN
BECAUSE OUTFIELDER STRUCK OUT

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II was granted with the proVlso that
as ! couio not eaten a tram until after
D o CLOCK should email IN the game
until the NTH or sixth inning. When
the sixth lnnln@ came around l had
barely time to e.ange my clothes and
get to the station, but was ordered
to take my chance at bat. / struck at
the first ball pitched and was out at
first. When | returned to the bench
MeGinnity told me that | was yell
low. | let the matter drop. and little
was said about it until last Saturday,
when I famed with men on third and
first at Jersey city and only n out.
l returned to the bench and heard
McGinnity mumbling something, but
paid no attention to it. AS we were
about to go back on the field he turned
on me and accused me of losing the
p%ennant for Newark. ! naturally grew
indignant and told him that ! had
hustled as much as anyon on the
team and that the best man in the
world was likely to fan at times.
Thereupon he told me that I was sus-
pended for the remainder of the sea-
son. ana ne oraereo hahleE 70 taNe MY
place. ] ave never stood for such a
hiibo - - 80
to stand for it now. told nm was
through with MN 1or an tlrne' why
he should have narpeG on me do not
know, unless he was looklhg at the
money end IF it and wanted to save a
lew doilars. AS d h'dhaseI M.'Ht'
is a fizzle, and had ne KEPT Harry
NolVerton mere, instead ol
him down, he would nave nau wv
pennant-Wlnners now lhsteau Oh nav.
ing two Teams l eau set
a job almost anywhere and WIZ not
have to starVe, ever II Mc"lnhltS uries
to blacklist me next year. he VIII pe
out after the money anu wiz PropaplS
sell me or tfade me Int NeN"iN
and ! like the rams mere. .Notnins
would suit me better thah TO play lerq
again, but shall never ~ - q"
have said, Ahlle Mc1lhhltE mas ""S
thing to do with the clup'
Jake says that WINE ne was III WI
treal he became Ill win d he"Ny %
n was accuseo VI pe,"7 N ~
despite the fact that inc physician III
charge made statement th"t ms ~"
dition was the result oil the lieulelhe III
had to take.
TINA case Is not uie oinS ~
of discomfort n the OF the locals
Kelly is dissatisfied, TOO ana may not
be seen IN 4 NeWarh uhiioi" No.
year. Kelly like Gettman' mas peeh
accused of being a gutter, ana Wnlle
he was not suspended he has taken the
matter to heart.
McGinnity first began to nave trouble
with his players when the relations
between himself and Joe crisp were
strained as the result of q social dill
Guilty between the two, ii is said. the
affair took definit shape when crisp
got into an argument with McGinnity
and WAS fned $50. Several times there
after, it Is said, he was fined 80 or $40
for trivial offenses. One of the pltch-
ers, too, accused McGinnity of refusing
to allow him to pitch in turn when he
was going right because he a a bet
ter average than the Iron Man. lie
was told thai he would receive a New
York State League salary next year,
and replied that he was receiving one
now.
Benny Meyer has been accused Of
being a .'bonehead" and of "stalling
because the muscles OF his right leg
were so stiff that he could barely hob
BILE along. Benny was suspended for a
day last week but was not fined. At
the time Benny asked to be traded or
sold to another club.
Johnny Flater, the former Newark
pitcher. is another who is said to have
suffered by McGinnity's queer wa of