Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-31
MONTREAL WILL
SURELY OPEN IN.
The TIGERS LAIR
Toronto Booked to Appear First
in Baltimore, Rochester in
Jersey City and Buffalo in
PrOyidenCe-McGinnit Seems
to Be Satisfied with Sunday
Dates.
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tiers yesterday was Joe McGin-
nifty, manager of the Newark club.
The Iron Man made the trip to the
st. James building. Manhattan. osten-
sibly to discuss Newark's dates or the
draft of the Eastern League schedule,
which Will be adopted by the league at
Mondays meeting in Baltimore,
Joe did not care to discuss how the
Newark club Jared in the line of Sun
day dates, but appeared to be pretty
we'll satisfied. The Tiger leader said
some time ago that Montreal would
open in Newark on April 20, and, ac-
cordlng to the reciprocity process" the
Tigers would accordingly open in Mont
real a fortnight later.
A Baltimore newspaper says that To-
ronto will open in the Monumental
City. That woul leave Rochester open
ing at Jersey City and Buffalo at Prov
idence. Buffalo having opened In Jer-
sey City last year.
The fans of Newark would, of course
like to see the Rochester club open here.
but 1t Is the usual custom for the
western clubs to take turns at opening
In each of the four Eastern towns.
Thus Rochester will not be scheduled
to open here again until 1914. The
opening day his yea will be a banner
attraction anyhow, because tt will mark
the formal opening of the new Wieden-
mayors Park. and because of h other
special features. including the monster
amateur and semi-professional parade
in which probably n hundred teams
will participate.
1t is still a bit too early for most OF
the sand lot team to begin to talk
baseball, but all of the big semi-pro
mines have already signi1ed their will
lingness to make the event as success
full as 1t should be.
Though Joe McGinnity Is up to his
ears In attending to the many details
connected with the erection of his new
stands. he has found time to devise this
plan, and the prizes offered should be
tempting enough to bring out a record
number of teams. Newark is the only
town In the Eastern League nat will
have such q monster pageant. In other
towns the amateurs parade, but no
prizes are offered.
Harry Wolverton. the former Tiger
leader, is busy r~eorganizing his Oak
land team. 1t was announced yester-
day that wolverton had purchased
out1elder Izzy Hoffman from the Provi-
dence club.
Jack Dunn expects RUDE vickers to
be his mainstay in the box this year.
He has given up all hope of obtaining
Vic Willis nov that he has signed with
the Cubs. Willis Is one of the headiest
pitchers that ever toed the slab.
A note in the Evening STAR recently
concerning the changes being made In
Oriole Park, Baltimore, where the
American League teams played when
the Monumental City was in that CIR
cult, led Joe McGinnity to remark that
he pitched the first ball owe the plate
In 1901, when the Oriole aviary was
formally opened.
Joe Was the first National League
player to jump to the then utlaw
American League. and his contract
signed with the Baltimore club was the
first American League contract ever
promulgated. IT takes but a comfort
able position ana a pun at his pipe for
the famous Iron Man to lconjure In
his mind a thousand scenes of passed
diamond battles.
Il was pitching against old Cy Young,
of Boston. in the opening game that
year. said Joe, 'and I beat him by a
score Of 7-y."
What a wonderful staff of pitchers
the Newark club would boast If it had
but one more Joe McGinnity'' be
side the Iron Man and Wyatt Lee,
-
Joe Kelley, manager of the Toronto
club, who winters In Baltimore, is help
ing Jack Dunn to put his new park
Into shape.
According 10 the bulletin OF Eastern
League affairs just issued, Pitcher
Lush is the only player turned over by
st. Louis Cardinals to Toronto. Per
haps some Of the majors have refused
to waive on Catcher Phelps and Pitcher
Lester Buchanan. not forgetting Bill
Bradley, of Cleveland.
JAG Dunn may decide to keep Bob
Hall for another year, though he had
placed Hall on the market some time
ago.