Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-29

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HT'HE team we had last year. to-
gether with the men l am
seeking from the big leagues
and the young fellows we intend to try
out, ought to put Newark in the run
ming for the Eastern League pennant
of 1910" declared Joe McGinnity yes
terday, naming the young men he had
in mind as printed in another column,
reciting the makeup OF last years
team and stating that the big league
men and the others he is after will
certainly bolster up any weak spots.
This in a nutshell tells the story Of
Joe McGinnity's plans for the season
to ONE Joe knows something of a
ball player, n when he puts his i'm
primatur on the three young men he is
bringing from the Southwest, the boys
are worth at least a passing mention.
The great trouble Joe will have this
year is to fill the place left vacant by
Bud Sharpe, in case the Lanky One
comes up to expectations with the
Pirates. and to round out his pitching
and catching STATS. Mueller. Brady,
Parkins and McGinnity will probably
form the nucleus of the staff. Cy, from
the showing he mad at the end of the
season, certainly mad it appear that
he ought to be a great help to the
team this season. Cy is q much bet
ter pitcher than he is accredited with
being, and should be a winning twirler
next season Nothing but good can be
said about the others. The addition
OF n tirst-class twirler to this staff
and one fair ma ought to make the
pitching corps formidable.
The catching department must be i'm
proved. Holtz n Crisp may be great
young catchers, but the club needs at
least one good, reliable man who has
the experience and standing with the
rest of the players.
The rest of the team needs little i'm
provement, with the Gettmans, Kellys,
Schlafiys, Loudens and other ball COB
blers.
There was one other thing that Joe
wished to impress on the Newark base
ball public. That is the fact that the
team is controlled by him and II. Clay
Smith. There has been a lot of talk
to the effect that Frank Farrell, of
the New York Americans, owns the
club" said Joe. do you suppose if he
owned the club that he would have
allowed big George Mcconnell, who
helped beat Newark out of the %pennant,
and Walter Blair, the catcher, to go
to Rochester? That's one little out
side reason. You usually see big
league clubs that own minor organiza-
tons, giving them players. III. Clay
Smith IN Joe McGinnity own this
club, and that's the end of it. 1t
hasn't been sold, and there's no pros
pect this year for it."
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1t is understood that Joe McGinnity
has made an offer to pitcher Wolf, of
Watsessing. Wolf has not as yet ac-
copied, but it is expected hat next
week will see his signed contract in the
Newark Clubs safe. This player has
all the earmarks of a good man. He
Is big and strong and has twirled some
good games. Last year was his first
with the big semi-pro teams here
abouts. He played for Wattsessing
and some of the City League'teams.
Talking about Newark's reputation
ON umpire knocking, merited or not,
Joe says that he intends to instruct
his players this year to take at least
20 per cent. the worst of it from the
umpires ard not say q word. W. are
going to prove 10 the rest Of the cities
of the circuit that Newark is not the
city that it is represented to be by her
baseball enemies"
To all who saw Harry Gissing in the
intercity relay and in the "6OO-yard
special last night at the Pastime
games at Madison Square Garden it
was quite evident that the New York
A. C. fiier is Mel ~Sheppard's superior.
Mel had all he could do to make a
good showing against Dick ,Egan, the
S~eventy-first Regiment crack, in the
relay, but Gissing doomed up very su-
perior in the ina relay against Rosen-
berger. In the 5000 there was nothing
to it but Gissing. Mel tried hard to
get Harry, but he had all he could do
to finish ahead of Egan, whom Gissing
outran, too. All the applause Gissing
received was merited.
The ten-mile run, which was won by
George Obermeyer, was certainly a
corker. and showed the great runner
George is. Little Louis Tewanina put
IN a great race, but the white man,
WHO Hdu iaPPti tiS iCi Will LIN n
ception of the Indian, towards the end
of the race let out a kink and Tapped
the a~borigine as he pleased. Ober-
meyer was only two minutes behind the
indoor record.
Sheppard has been suspended indef-
initely by the parent body of the Mill
.ary Athletic League, whose Philadel-
phia branch suspended Mel some time
ago for demanding exorbitant expense
money. it is said,j and for conduct IN
Incoming a gentleman. Mel looks upon
he matter as a joke and said he'd APP
real to the National A. A. U. Accord
ing to the dope, the A.. A. U. will be
obliged to uphold the NJ. A. L., accord
ing to a working agreement between
the two organizations. This decision
vii, probably knock out the special
5000 match race between Gissing, |
sileppard inc Egan. planned for the
rish-American meet at the Garden
next month.
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