Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-09

and grading of Hamburg place In
front of Wild lay s Park. At pre-
ent the unpaved street Is on a level with
The sidewalk, and the street is on the
" hole in very poor condition. The vi 1t
of General Superintendent of the Board
Of Works Char .es NJ. Shlpnan to the
local park yesterday was IN CONNECT on
with the proposed improvements. Later
on the matter of pavement will prob
ably be taken up, but nothing definite
has been arranged in that direction TO
date.
Clyde Engle, the former Newarker.
Is being tried out at first by III Bos-
ton Red sox. to succeed Jake stahl.
"The only good bet on the card"
said Manager McGraw, Of the New
York Nationals, yesterday as he
looked over the prices laid against the
clubs of both big leagues BY a Louis
vile future hook conce-n, "is The 3 t.
5 offered against Connie Mack's Ath-
letics In the American League
Most of the other prices are false
odds. They have the Giants quoted a.
8 to 5, favorites in ths National league.
while we ought to be about 4 to l with
the Cubs at the top of the list.
Just because Chances team was
beaten In the worlds championship
last fall is no reason why they should
not lave first call In the betting this
fall. I may have different ideas on
how the ace will result. bat on past
performances the Cubs should be the
favorittes.
six to five, though, is o too short
- ID mr.
won the American League pennant
and the worlds championship last year
without half trying and with a team
season. The Tigers. though they hn-
ished third a year g are naturally
second choicers.
Chase has what looks like a rat
thing good ball club in the New York
Americans, but Detroit is the Logical
betting choice for second place."
A game between the Cubs and the
Detroit Americans at Monroe, La, is
practically assured for some day next
week. Manager Chance. OF the Cubs.
wired Manager Jennings, of the De-
troits, last night n answer to the lat
ter's request for a game, saying he
OoA OOAAd q "a vi Lac ~
Monroe any day next week, except
! Saturday or Sunday, for a guarantee
Of 1000 or the privilege Of so per cent.
of the gate. Jennings in his letter said
5000 pei sons would turn out. Under
such conditions the guarantee of 81 900
ould be easy, and Chance expects to
hear today hat the game Is on.
Joe Kelley say he Is "sore" on
President Ed Barrow, of the Eastern
League, because the president refused
to allow the Toronto and Rochester
clubs play an exhibition series in
Rome, Ga. Kelley knew that such a
series Is against all precedent and
should have known there never vas q
chance to play them. Kelley's injured
attitude is probably assumed. Barrow
was right.
Kid Mueller, the former Bengal, has
attached his cognomen to a Toronto
contract. Joe Kelley has five holdouts,
but Is not worrying. The Leafs who re-
fuse to sign are Catehers Phelps and
Koeher and Pitchers Backman, Win
ter and Lush.
Second Baseman Warmer, who was
with the Jersey City Club for a brief
trial in the fall of 1909, has been sold
to the Elmira Club, for which Chris
Holtz will catch this year, by the
Memphis Club, of the Southern League.
Warmer refused to MAY In the South
because OF the climate, which made
him Ill most of last season. He Ia q
better second baseman h most of
the Eastern League keystone guar
dams.
Tony Smith, Of the Brooklyn Club,
has been sold to the Mobile Club, of
the Southern Association. Outfelder
Blakely was released to Binghamton
by the same club.
Cy Parkin says that he has secured
permission from the Iron Man" to
take a pair of roller skates along with
him on the training trip.
Jimmy Dygert writes to Jack Dunn
that he will sign his contract with
the Baltimore Club at Virginia Hot
Springs when he reports with the rest
of Dunn's pitchers at the Virginia re-
sort next Friday.
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the H. O. League n signed with the
Rochester Club. With Jacklitsch and
Mitchell as the regular backstops and
Graham a recruit. to fall back upon.
Manager John Camel believes that he
has a catching staff that compares
favorably with the rest of the team.
Jack Ryan and Owner Lillis, of the
Jersey City Club. dropped in at the
local park yesterday to give Joe Nc
Ginnity some expert advice on the re-
construction of the park. Joe Is always
willing to learn. The Iron Man denied
that the mission of the Jersey enemies
was to temnt G~roundkeeper Kennedy
to "elope'i with them.
John Camel Is on his way to Annis-
ton, Ala, where the other Hustlers will
join him soon.
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