Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
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Ginnity whereby he releases his
rights to Joe Crisp In exchange
for Bob Spade and the use OF Rube
Waddell for the rest of the season,
should be a great boom to sport In
Newark. 1t is no case Of Waddell GO
ing TO the minors. It Is probable
probable further temporary punishment
to the "Rube.'' who will no doubt pitch
his head off to prove that he Is and can
be good. "Rube" Is not a topper" as
stories would have one believe. He Is
a big, oyergrown boy, with a deep love
for hunting and fishing, that often
makes him forget about everything, In
Guiding his beloved baseball.
Newark's pennant chances are ma
terially increased by the deal, because
Crisp was of no use to this club for
several reasons and the major leaguers
will be.
1t is not generally known that the
Rube is a great soccer football player,
being a goal-keeper second to none. He
played in st. Louis all winter.
.
McGinnity should be congratulated
On the deal all the way through.
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Bob Edgren. the New York fight ex-
pert. makes his temperance in New
York newspaperdom today by declaring
that he believes Jim Jeffries was
drugged, and so does Jef. He intinates
that "a cup of tea" at Reno may have
beaten eff.
To the Sporting Editor Of tho Evening Star:
I do not wish to knock the EVE
MING STAR, but IL its baseball editor
would give more space to optimistic
boosting of the Newark Club and less
to inane cricicism regarding attend
anee and senseless "roasts," so-called,
such as hat of "A Fan" in today,s
paper, he will earn the appreciation OF
all the readers of the sporting page
of the EVENING STAR-barring pos
sibly a h~alf-dozen.
The vast majority of fans in Newark
are not only not sick of watching Me-
Ginnity PITCH" but only regret that
Joe's arm will not allow him to work
every day of The Eastern League sea-
son. For the first time since 1885, the
season of the Little Giants" we have
a baseball club that is q credit to the
city 1t represents and to the manage
ment which pays its salaries. 1t Is =
team which, except for lack Of a couple
more pitchers like McGinnity and Lee.
could trim any minor league outfit In
the country. leading the league In all
but a ~half-dozen or SO of the hundred
games played this -season-and yet "A
Fan" Is not satisfied.
In what position in the second d.
vision would Newark stand today IL
McGinnity had not worked his arm
off," so TO speak, to keep his team in
tho running? And as for giving his
other pitchers a chance" every pitch
err on the staff has been given all the
opportunity In the world to make good.
Cy Parkin got his chance and ne took
advantage of 1t. So did Wyatt Lee. 1t
is not McGinnity's fault that this is q
bad year for Mueller, or that Parkin
and Fiater went out of commission, or
that Egan failed to make good 1t was
baseball luck. of the kind that hits the
hardest and costs the most. and for
which McGinnlty nor nobody else cannot
he held responsible. Joe Is risking the
future use of his pitching arm In the
effort to keep the team at the top OF
the ladder until more box artists can
be secured. and 1t is time he got some
credit for the work, particularly from
the sporting page of the EVENING
STAR.
Take something for your dyspeptic
condition, Mr.. Duffy. and inject some
optimism into your columns. Give the
public q rest from the "one-game-a-
month, baseball-poof' variety OF
anonymous contributors and help boost
for O pennant.
In the best interests Of the national
game, sincerely yours.
WILLIAM II. kITCHELT.
1863 Bank street.
Mr.. Kitchell. the pen of "dyspeptic"