New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-07
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Newark Baseball Club Still Look
ing for an "AngeI."
M'MANUS THROWS UP HANDS
Junketing Trip for National
Board Includes Bullhght and
Chicken Barbecue.


the Eastern League threw up his hahis
yesterday and declared that so far as ne
was concerned the deal was off. The break
came over the question of the concessions
AZ the park which are held in the name oil
Frank Redpath, brother-in-law or Joe NJ
Ginnity. Mr. McManus had /nade sat'S-
factory terms with Iron Man McuiiH''H
and II. clay Smith, owners Of the cruz, a.
10 the price and had agreed to pay So0'VyV
for the holdings McGinnity. too was sa'-
isAed 20 Withdraw as manager ana le"V'
the club, but Redpath would not surrehd'l
his hve-year lease on the concessions 'Ilu
McManus would not take the cluo otler-
wise. lie said he wanted control OF every
thing inside tine park. as the success ol ''o
venture depended On that.
The Newarl, club is still for sale, or II
= third party Is secured with cash he VIII
be taken In az partner with Shllh anu
McGinnity. Tie last two named are equal
owners, but as Smith who is the inanciai
man. has dedded not to put any more
money into tie venture. tho club IS at
standstil There IL said to be something
like $4,000 in paper outstanding most 81
which was plt into the new stands Du'It
last season. Consequently, a new fnancl"
man is wanted and he is wanted quickly
AR McManLs held his last conference
with Smith I'm this city on Sunday evening
Then he was Informed that the cluo own
ers could not get Redpath to surrender ms
contract on the privileges. Ihey had trleu
10 persuade him to do so Tor three days
but without success. They even had an
appointment with Redpath for SATURDAY
afternoon and waited four hours for him,
, but he did not appear.
This is the second time within four
months that plans TO buy the Newark club
have fallen through. In August Frank
Million, a Newark promoter, sought to eX-
ercise an option McGinnity gave an ac-
duaintance and offered $4,000, but McGin-
nifty changed his mind overnight Million
was ready 10 pay cash for the club, just
| the same as McManus, and he would have
conducted it in conjunction with the New
ark Velodrome.
H. Clay Smith, who came on from Chi
cago to put through the deal, left for his
home last evening. Before his departure
he had conference with Charles Ebbetts,
owner OF the Brooklyn club, and there was
| rumor to the effect that the latter may
become interested in the Indians
John II. Farrell. president OF the national
hoard and secretary of the National Asso-
Cation OF Professional Baseball Leagues,
announced yesterday the programme for
the annual meeting at San Antonio, Tex,
on November 10 to IS
The officers of the association will meet
| IN st. Louis on Sunday November Il, and
will proceed to San Antonio on board
| special train A stop will be made at
Little Rock, where the baseball men will
be the guests Of Judge w. NJ. Kavanaugh
! and the Little Rock Chamber OF Commerce
On the following day they will stop off at
| Austin as the guests OF Governor Colquitt
and the Texas League officials. AT San
Antonio 5000 has been raised for the en-
J tertainment OF the owners. The pro-
eramme includes bull fight In Mexico, a
chicken barbecue at Corpus Christi, two
banduets and two balls. On November IS
there will be a baseball game between the
East and the West, with Ty Cobb, FRANK
Baker and other prominent players IN the
! lineup. . ,,
which are to come before the national
beard for adjudication, an application OF
the Oklahoma State League for member
/ shin with teams at Muskogee, Fort smith,
Tulsa and Bartlesyile Will be acted upon.
, eprlnefeld. Ohio now of the Ohio State
| League. has applied for membership in the
| Central League.
Among the appeals to be heard Is one
| from the Rochester club of the Eastern
I league against an order of the league mn
! inc the club sl.36S for calling OF games IN
. tho post-season series between II ana the
all-star team made up Of the leading play
ers from other clubs In the league
lick" says in THE Chicago Tribune
that the Chicago University football eleven
Z consists of Professor stage, tradition
I end a veil" This. after Minnesota de-
feated Chicago on Saturday BY score Of
/ so to 0.
! Lothrop wilmington, captain OF the Har-
ward eleven last year, says in "The Boston
Globe:
The Harvard Princeton contest conclu-
T sively proves that in the present game OF
/ football It is welnigh impossible to rush
! the ball from one end OF the field 10 the
| goal line. When two evenly matched teams,
| with well developed defensive powers. line
IN against each other the result Of the
/ contest hinges on the ability of the players
/ 10 arise IN an emergency and seize every
/ opportunity afforded
lfc adds that the outcome WAS The result
J Of a superior kicking game and keen
nose for the ball on tho part Of the Tigers
ard winds Up with the following:
The Harvard offence and defence was
better than Pripceton's. though it must be
! said that the Tiger line had more OF an
undertaking I'm stopping the Harvard at
! tack than Harvard on her side, for the
/ Princeton attack was weak ami easily
/ solved
/ The Connecticut Agricultural College has
! cancelled = football game because It CON
! ficts with n poultry show. case OF bust
/ ness Before pleasure.
| Princeton has only two more football
! games TO play those with Dartmouth and
I Yale: but most of the Other leading elevens
, have three hard battles each. Yale must
/ face Brown. Princeton and Harvard. Penn
| sylvania has Lafayette. Michigan and Cor
] nell TO overcome Harvard has u hard task
! I'm meeting the Carlisle Indians. Dartmouth
/ and Yale on successive Saturdays. Cornell
must take the field against Michigan. Chit
! cago and Pennsylvania. Dartmouth. like
/ Princeton has only two games left, but
| Brown has four, facing in turn yale, Yer
mont, the Carlisle Indians and Trinity.
The Giants will not sail FOR Cuba on No
vember II. as planned. A later date has
been selected.
Craig, the Michigan halfback. is a brother
OF l.. c. Craig, the intercollegiate cham
pion Splinter. He is not lacking in speed
either, as he has been timed the hundred
Ia, Al -.