Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-20

and am positive no one would ever
recognize either of you. Hoping you
will make use Of same, remain
A. C. r.
Frank ]. McTague, the Newark boy,
has an inkling that he would like to
get back In the game OF baseball and
act as an umpire in one of the minor
leagues next season. McTague has
had some excellent experience. and
no less an authority than Connie
Mack, manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, has a few good words to
say about him as an official. What
Mack says s<gospel, for the Athletics
leader isn't in the habit Of standing
for men unless he knows them thor
oughly. So the good word Of Mack
is considered among baseball men to
be a good word indeed. Manager
Mack has seen McTague perform as
an arbiter and he has gone on record
as standing for him as an official.
During the past three or four
years." writes Connie in recommend
ing MoTague as an umpire, I'VE have
played a number of exhibition games
at Newark with the international
League club. Mr.. McTague has Off
ciated as umpire in these exhibition
games and he has impressed me as
being very capable, with good judy
ment, and presenting a fine appear
ance. and I feel safe In saying that
I. ad fnN
any minor league In the country"
O.
Those are the words OF Cornelius
Mack in a letter which opens ITO
whom 1t may concern" McTague has
had considerable experience and 1t Is
his ambition to rise In his profession.
He is anxious to secure berth in the
Southern or Western leagues or the
American Association, and If 1T wasn't
for the fact that he is Newark boy
he would be able to get job In the
International League. President Bar
row is quoted as saying that he would
put McTague to work tomorrow II
he wasn't resident of circuit club"
However, McTague Is willing to fore
go the pleasure of umpiring in the In
ternational League. but he feels GER
tain that he will be able to land In
one of the other leagues.
c.
John Kinley Tener, in most mag
unanimous spirit, has agreed to ao-
cept the presidency of the National
Baseball League. It was a pure case
of the position seeking the man. and
Mr.. Tener, in answering the call OF
the moguls of that organization, has
done the "Old Lady" a favor she
should feel very proud of. The Ma
tional League has been badly gov
erned for years, and petty politics
have made 1t sort of a side-show
to the capably governed American
League. With the change to Tener
will come a new way of doing things.
In the governor Of Pennsylvania. the
National League has secured a big
mana man sufficiently able to Sue
cessfully cope with that other able
baseball man-Ban Johnson. That's
just what the "Old Lady needed, and
now she will begin to show signs of
life. With such oraoles as Charley
Ebbets, of Brooklyn and Newark, and
Charley Murphy. of Chicago, as lead
ers, one would think that the BUSH
ness affairs of the league would be
more up-to-da But the fault has
always been with the head of the
organization, and the active men in
the line have been unable to do big
things.
Mr.. Tener will put an entirely diff
ferent complexion on the situation.
He will be active and he will be ag-
gressive He will want to know what
is what In baseball. not simply What
is what In his own league. That's
the Ban Johnson method. Johnson
has say in everything. The Ma
tional League president always mind
ed his own business. In taking his
| new position Mr.. Tener will not let
| it interfere in any way with his
| office as governor. He win act in an
honorary way for year, and then.
| at the expiration of his tenure of
office as governor, he will come into
baseball in a thoroughly active man
ner. An old ball player and learned
man, the selection of Governor Tener
was master stroke. His life spells
success and he will make 1t a success
out of tho National League.
C.
At the age of fifty years, Mr.. Tener
will assume the presidency of the
National League, and short history
of his life will not be amiss right
here. He was born In Tyrone. Ire
land. on July rs, 1863. and was christi
ened John Kinley Tener He came to
this country when a boy and settled
in Pittsburgh, where he was educated
in the public schools. His first en-
| ployment was as a clerk, but his
health soon broke down, and on the
advice of physicians he sought
outdoor employment. While employed
as clerk he had earned IS
a game for pitching for lot teams
on Saturday afternoons and had won
considerable fame as a player, But
1t was not until 1885 that Tener se-
cured his first professional engage
ment, which was with the Pittsburgh
Club. He was released to the Balti-
more Club, and at his own request
was sent to the Haverhill, Mass,
team. with which he finished the