Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-05
I'VE weren't going to print the let
Az ter shown below for two rea-

sons. One because the man
who wrote it hasn't the good sports
manship to sign his name to his attack
on us. The other was the insinuation
that we were compelled to noxious
press agent stunt" Healthy criticism
Of us we don't mind, but charges
of subordination we loathe ana defy
proof.
To tn Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
This constant harrangue about the
scant support accorded the Newark
team is all tommyrot, and further, 1t
is becoming extremely noisome and
nauseating to the loyal fans. Really
1t appears almost obviously certain
that sporting writer's on local dailiss
are compelled to noxious press-agent
duty, to reimburse the baseball man.
agement, for the free passes dispensed
with. l am of the opinion that the
continual wall anent the meagre
patronage will ultimately prove more
deleterious than beneficial, to the New
ark Baseball Clubs strong box.
Your last article pertaining to this
much-threshed subject, appearing In
Thursday evenings Short Talk" col
umn, prove n thing c~onclusively, and
that bespeaks most de~rogatively OF
your reputation al an accurate, CON-
sistant and precise sporting writer. or
editor. n those three virtues are the
first requisites of a good sporting
w~riter-editor. I am, with your permis-
sion, going No use figures obtained
from the STAR to refute your state
ments. So You are willing to wager
that average attendance at the New
ark Eastern League games fell short
Of the 1900 mark, and how much are
you willing to wager" May I ask
Do you really and honestly wish to bet?
I have taken the trouble to total Up
the attendance at the downtown
grounds, from figures appearing in the
Sporting Star and the Morning Star.
Scrupulously and quietly have / ag-
gregated these numbers. night after
night, and now / confront you with the
fact that more than 100000 persons"
have paid to see McGinnity's h~irelings
perform. OF course, If these figures are
unauthoritative you a but your
self to hold for their u~nreliability.
However, taking this sum total as a
basis of computation, what have we?
Newark scarcely performed more than
fifty days at home (they may have
played more games, by dint of double
headers), thus the average attendance
is at least 5000, or just double what
you are willing to wager" Then, if
you take into consideration that six or
seven Sundays (where an attendance
lower than 1000 is rarely in evidence),
we find that Manager Joe" did right
well, in point of patronage, in A sea-
son that you claim to be an off one.
What a. xrnst thsnLo r a W rYaora nj
a Sunday game in Detroit this season
q few over 5000 paid toll, while the
Athletics often played to a scant 5000.
and, too. playing their heads off. and
our friends, the Giants; just think of
it! barely 1000 paying tribute to them
on most days, save when the Cubs or
Pirates are the attraction. Remember.
don't knock: fans want a boost al well
as the team does. A LOYAL FAN.
You may be right about taking figures
from the Morning STAR and the sport
ing extra. In cities where the clubs do
not, like in Rochester, make a practise
of giving out the official attendance fig
ures, reporters guess at the number
present. AS the writer's duty is not to
so estimate, he can't be held RESPONSE
BILE for hat estimate.
L SILL 6LinQ OH lHdt 1yOVV CotAAiAaAC u
average attendance and invite you to
either write or call on Secretary
Thomas J. Martin for v~erification Of
the Observation-Disclosures in this column
yesterday on that point. He told me
today. when 1 asked him If my esti-
mate were correct: yours vas a good
fair estimate" This column Is not
given over to unlimited knocking of the
fans for not doing better towards the
Newark team than they do. That's the
fans business, but we can refer to it,
just the same, as we would do if the
team is going bad.
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The new Celtic Soccer Football Club.
of Philadelphia, which Michael Nc
Laughlin, formerly manager of the
celebrated H~ibernians, is organizing.
promises to be n OF the strongest
and most evenly-balanced elevens ever
hailing from the Quaker City. Nc
Laughlin has signed tho pick of last
seasons "Hibs'' and has secured sew
eral old country stars who have just
arrived in this country. and with the
veteran McNicon back in his old POI
sition 1t ooks as II Mclaughlin viii
his great record made while