New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-03
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Newark Club, of Eastern League,
Likely to Change Hands.
M'GINNITY MAKES DENIAL
Says Only One Third Interest
Will Be Sold, and That He
Will Be Manager.

According 10 one report negotiations
practically we're completed yesterday for
the sale OF the Newark club OF the Eastern
League by Joseph J. McGinnity and Henry
Clay Smith 10 WliEara 4 McManus. Of
Newark, Tor o price said 70 be $4,000.
According 10 Iron Man" McGinnity
however only n onc-third interest in the
club will be sold When seen AT An up
town hotel last evening. the cnetime
pitcher Of the Giants and now manager OF
tho Indians said:
Control OF the club will remain In the
hands OF myself ard OF II. Clay Smith.
my present associate. | shall still be the
manager ard expect TO have a winning
team"
Those who place cr-dence in the report
that the club will change hands say that
tho business was done with Smith. who IL
the financial man Of tho club. and the first
proposition was FOR tho retention OF Nc
Ginnity az manager. This Mr. McManus
would not agree to- as he considers that
McGinnity was a failure in Newark. The
price Of $4,000 Is considered high, as Nc
Ginnity and Smith purchased the club
three years ago for 10000.
II the sale is consummated the club will
be In the hands Of Newark men for the
first time since its organization, ten years
ago. The team was organized by Walter
Burnham. who came from Portland, Ne.
He retained control until George I. STALL
ings and Frank Farrell bought it in 1895,
paying $4,000. Stallings managed the team
| in 1908 and landed n in second place In
| the pennant race. He became manager Of
| the New York Americans in 1903 and the
| Newark club was sold 10 McGinnity, who
! secured his release from the New York
| Giants and entered a partnership with n.
! Clay Smith Of Chicago. McGinnity drew a
! salary Of $1,000 a year as manager and
/ 5000 additional as player, while Smith
drew another $4,000 salary as vice-presi-
dent and business manager. This was for
| the last two years only
| Prosperity smiled on the club IN 1893 and
1910. but This year II was financial fall
ure although a new bail park was erected
Mr. McManus is well known in Newark.
| having made money in the leather busi-
ness and as an operator in real estate. He
: formerly owned and raced thoroughbreds
and is well known in sporting circles. lie
also is a close friend OF John J. McGraw,
| manager OF the New York Giants.
The strong football eleven Of the Glencoe
| Athletic Club Of Harlem, and the Howard
Athletic Club OF fremont, will play at
| Olympic Field. Fifth avenue and l26th
street, at o'clock on Sunday. On Election
| Day the teams Of the Glencoe Athletic
| Club and of the Morningside Athletic Club
will clash on Olympic Field. This promises
TO be one of the most interesting games OF
the season in this district, due TO the
rivalry that has long existed between the
two clubs. on both Sunday and Election
Day preliminary games will be played,
starting at 14j o'clock.
Connie Mack, manager OF the worlds
/ champions. is quoted as saving that the
Cleveland team is lucky in getting Harry
Davis, who is sure 10 be the best manager
| in the country. Connie Mack Is modest;
some critics pronounce him the best man.
ager in the country.
/ Eugene Pauet, a utility player with the
! Giants was married at Argenta, Ark, on
Wednesday TO Miss Elizabeth AIahoney.
He will go to Cuba with the Giants play
ing centre field in place of Srodgrass.
Pennsylvania's football management. past
and present is severely criticised-one may
say arraigned-in the current issue OF The
Alumni Register" Petty resentment and
jealousies have brought about an unfortu-
nate plight, according TO the editorial,
which says:
The growing deficits of the athletic as
ISOLATION have been explained variously,
but the true cause is I'm the decreasing re-
ceipts from a football schedule which Is
losing its power 10 interest and attract.
| While the point of View OF the dollar IS
not the most important, we confident
that this statement Of the cause of such
condition reflects the viewpoint OF many
people.
that we are playing no games which are
! kindled with the keen interest OF coeso
rivalry. The Thanksgiving Day game has
suffered from the curious inability OF Cor
nell TO meet us heretofore in this one
branch OF sport on an equal footing. while
Michigan is SO far removed that our n
terests and our associations do not toucn.
the motions OF performing deeds of impor-
lance AS a matter OF fact, what II does
in the games now on the schedule AFFECTS
us and the university but little. and m
terests the unaffiliated sport loving pubic
not az all.
} We deplore tre existing situation which
| has crystalliZed out of the past twenty
years of shifting relations, and We con-
slider that those who are responsible are
10 be greatly blamed for not recognizing
! the paramount importance 10 our football
Of an annual game with Princeton, har-
| ward or Yale in addition 20 those WHICH
we are accustomed 10 play. These unl-
versities are our natural rivals from every
| point OF view. IL should have been al
ways possible TO retain their friendship
without any sacrifice OF our own sell
respect. II athletics on all sides are IN
the hands Of gentlemen there should never
be any cause for serious disagreement let
alone the rupture OF athletic relations
/ We have no patience with the personal
and petty resentments and lealousiss
which have been cherished by certain grad
yates OF our own and other institutions.
and which have prevented the natural
growth OF a friendly feeling among the
undergraduates, that would nave soon
biotted out the memory OF past dissen-
sions.
We have it on good authority that ne
gotiations are already under way Iookhs
toward arrangements for the 1917 season
Of games with colleges in the North or
! South that would add very much 10 tlc
! Interest OF the early and midseason sched'
lie 'The Register" makes the suggestion
/ OF such colleges as Dartmouth, Ntlams,
! Amherst the University OF virginia anu
4 tho University % the South. At Sewane"'
and believing N their good sportsmanship
! and strength ventures the opinion that
! such extension of our football relatlons
! bevond the present narrow lines woulu
promote revival Of interest.
Hard words and at a time when the
chances for game with Yale Harvard or
Princeton are distinctly remote.
Comma Mack is not In favor OF August
Iterrnann's proposed resolution TO Keep
baseball players OF the stage anu a""S
from newspaper writing. Horace roh'' 10
BY unanimous vote the sala'S ~, 49,