Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-20

Larry Schlafy. though he will be
against Newark as manager of the
derseg City Club when the Interna-
tionai League 1912 season opens, still
ha a warm spot in his heart for the
burg where he used to play. There are
several reasons why Larry should like
to see Newark have a good team, prin-
cipal of them being the stimulation of
the old bitter rivalry between Jersey
City inc Newark.
Schlahy thinks that outside of the
battery positions Newark has an ex-
all-around combination for next
years race, and gives praise in I'M
stinted quantities to Bill Kay and
Bill Gaskill, the two Tiger recruits
who were in the New York State
League circuit last year. Kay is a
le~ft-handed hitter" says Larry, who
smacks them right on the nose, hard
and often. There Is no man in this
league that has anything on him as
a good cleanup hitter. He is what
baseball players call a free hitter
He hits to right, left inc centre fields.
and the outfielders find it hard to lie
for his long drives for this reason.
Hank Parry or Wyatt Lee never hit
them harder. Gaskill is a right-hander
and a big fellow. He is not a wonder
but a. promising pitcher and the big
league couts are all looking over the
New York State League pitchers since
the Phillies uncovered Alexander the
Great, who was plucked from SYRIA
cuse. 1t is funny how a phenom like
that will boost a league, give 1t ad-
vertising and even help the managers
to command a better price for their
stars.
ut is something like the gold craze"
continued Larry, such as you hav
read about in 40. Somebody finds a
few nuggets and they all flock to
Nevada and California. A decade later
gold in Alaska was discovered and they
all jumped up there.
ut may be years before the New
York State League uncovers another
gem of Alexander's purity, and then
again there may be three or four star
pitchers in a single crop. The scouts
and the baseball managers all flock
there, however, for the pitchers. It's
human nature, | suppose"
Jack KelIey's Plan.
Jack Kelly, of the Tigers, has a new
idea. Jack believes it would be a good
plan for clubs instead of discarding
their veterans when their baseball
rowes is no more to find jobs for
them. For instance, Kelly believes
that the league owes a man like
Hughey Hearne, who has played in
the Eastern League for years, knows
the players well. and is as straight as
a string, the first chance to make
good on its umpire staff.
Kelly also believes that the day will
conn when managers will send scouts
with the big league clubs on the
Southern training trip to look over
any recruits they expect to land from
the big league clubs. "Kel' claims hat
the system at present is like buying
a cat in a bag. Some managers who
would not even look at a player in the
bushes grab him at a fancy price just
because the major league clubs drafted
him, though they knew from the start
that he was not hewed out Of big
league material.
schlany Misses Close One.
Larry Schlafy came closer to manag-
ing the Newark | than has ever
been made public. Some time g
Larry was approached, he refused to
say by whom, and offered the job.
Jack Kelly was to have been sold to
Jersey City to act as manager of the
Shelters, but for some reason the deal
fell through.
Providence Dreams.
Ever since the Detroit club purchased
the Providence franchise the GRANVILLE
pcribes have been indulging In pipe
dreams Their first hallucination
showed visions Of Ty Cobb, Sam Craw-
ford and Ownie Bush representing
Providence in the American League.
Somebody pricked that bubble before
it was waited very high.
Then the scribes began to muse and
dwell upon the excellence of the sur
plus material that Providence woul0
land from Detroit. Now they have