Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-18

61 allow us to go
further and brand this near black
mailing coward" at Just wha he is.
He has had a bad week. I've found
II necessary to correct him on one
point; now 1 am compelled to charge
him with telling q deliberate untruth.
OF course the sporting editor can hedge
and say he did not mean us because in
his cowardly way-and he has done the
same in other cases this week-he did
not name US. That doesn't go with us.
We know him and his kind, and Wen
reply to him after publishing the let
ter which gives us the excuse for re-
plying to him on several things:
Here's the letter: I
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Well, Ed, let's hear your side of this
story, that sounds like a fish story
about Chance:
Joe McGinnity had an excellent
chance to secure the services Of Roy
Crandall and Rube Marquard. both of
whom pitched for the New York Giants
last year. But 1t is all off now. Mo-
Ginnity mentioned the fact In conf
dence that he was after Marquard and
Crandall; the story leaked out, and the
Indians' leader will not be able to put
the deal through. Frank Chance, main
aeer of the Chicago Cubs, is antago-
nistic to McGinnity. He Is quoted as
saying that he would not allow owner
Joe to get a big league player II he
could In any way prevent it, AS 1t Is
up 70 Manager Chance to refuse to
waive on a player, 1t can plainly be
seen that McGinnity hasn't a ghost OF
a show to pull off a deal II the fact
that the Newark nan is after a player
reaches the cars of MI. Chance. 30
Manager McGinnity, Of the Indians.
will be unable to make good one big
stroke because of the dishonesty OF a
confdant. McGinnity says 1t won't
happen again-that he will know to
whom he Is talking the next time.
p. N. In Evening News"
r. A. PARKS.
The great sporting editor" is up
against the ropes, hanging on. stalling
and clinching. A man is beaten when
he begins to make excuses-especially
s,1cb ridiculous excuses. Beaten" by
the announcement that a deal was
pendina whereby RUDE Marquard would
come to Newark, which was published
in the Evening STAR Of Wednesday,
the game sport comes back with a
stall" about breaking confidence. the
STAR broke nobody's confidence, ana
Joe Mcqinnity should be the first to tell
that fact. II asked. It is about time
that the q. 8. Z. began to wake up. he
doesn't explain what breach OF conn.,
denoe II Was that enabled the STAR to
first announce that the ball park would
he reconstructed at the foot OF HAM
burg place.; that Jake Gettman would
be released; that the Jersey City club
had been sold, and one hundred other
important local and Eastern League
"beats'' that the STAR put over this
winter on the News"
The O.. 8. e. is getting In deep when
he tries to mention the first names OF
baseball players. Who is Roy Gran
dali? He did not pitch last season for
the Giants. We have : heard of AN
Otis Crandall. who won IL games and
lost 4 for the Giants last year for a
grand percentage of $40. Crandan was
the best emergency pitcher on the
Giant staff, according to Joe McGin-
nifty, who says hat Crandall is invalu-
able to the Giants, he can go In
Z cold In a pinch and hold up his end,
while even the peerless Matty shas to
warm up before he can pitch well.
While he was credited with winning
1s and losing 4 games, he participated
In 20 other games, some of which ne
saved for the Giants, but gets no credit
in the records for doing SO. If Joe Nc
Ginnity can land a pitcher like that, all
the credit In the world would be due to
him. But he mas no more chance OF
landing Crandall than he has of signing
Cobb or Walter Johnson.
Some people are very conscientious
about other people breaking condolences
and should be, II their accusations were
founded on facts. but they do not hesi-
tate to make the party whom they
are endeavoring to protect, a butt Of
>ridicule by stories that are lies. Gran
dali batted at a .342 clip, besides his
marvellous pitching, n allowed an
average Of three runs a game. He
pitched in all 20s innings for an aver
age of 3.72 runs per game. Yes, Mana
ger Chance would refuse to waive on
him. So would fourteen other major
league who new their bust
ness. ]. P. N. has made a GOOSE
of himself just one more time.
This sporting editor charges that Joe
McGinnity cannot put through the big
deal because sof the dishonesty OF a
confdant. The writer landed the Mar
GUARD story. Among the places he
heard the story was the cafe where the
accusing sporting editor holds audience
almost daily, explaining all he knows.
Though the Newark Club won't say
ANYTHING about it, l am Informed shat
the sporting editor in, question and
McGinnity nave not spoken in a long