Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-08
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The Tigers played a great game of
ball yesterday, and they won because
they had the nerve and the spirit.
That's the reason they are at the top
of the heap, and they will remain up
there just as long as they play such
game, persistent baseball.
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Jersey City thinks she has a great
team, despite her standing. Every
man on the club believes, 1t is said,
that the Shelters are going to beat
Newark out for the pennant That
doesn't make it so, of course; but it
helps team like sixty to feel it is
the best.
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Clever men are not clever at all
times. For instance, the New York
Sun tells the following story about
two famous fellows:
when James j. Corbett was the
champion heavyweight boxer he was
particularly clever in avoiding blows.
When John j. McGraw played third
base for the champion Orioles he
knew how to dodge wildly pitched
balls. Corbett and McGraw sat in a
| private box behind the Giants bench
at Ebbets Field yesterday. In the
/ eighth inning Red Smith, of the
Brooklyns, sent hot foul whizzing
against the upper tier. The ball
| glanced off and made a bee line for
Corbett and McGraw, who raised
their arms to shield their heads and
ducked under the flying pellet. Great
applause!"
| Corbett was known as an artful
dodger in the prize ring, but he could
not dodge the solar-plexus blows adj
ministered by Bob Fitzsimmons at
| Carson. McGraw, when with the old
| Baltimore team, could dodge pop bot
ties without a show of alarm, but he
failed to avoid the blow aimed at him
only the other day in Philadelphia by
Ad Brennan, the pitcher. Their dodg-
ing at Ebbets Field yesterday was
natural in that they were in the Dod-
gers territory
| AS slick as McGraw is at the game
of lodging, he couldn't get out of the
way of the ruling hand of President
Lynch, of the National League, who
suspended the Giants leader for five
days. McGraw, 1t would seem, was
severely punished, while Brennan, who
made an attack, was let off rather
light. Brennan was fined 800 and
given five days, which isn't much, as
the lay-off only injuries the club and
the fine will no doubt be paid by the
club McGraw, however, is a most
valuable man on the bench to his
team, and his absence might make a
big difference. McGraw's punishment
came about because it was said that
he melted the outbreak. Well, that
would be not unlike him. He can say
| the nastiest things in the incest way
and he can annihilate an opposing
ball player, all the while wearing a
smile. McGraw Is goat-getter and
| he rarely loses his own dog. UP to
| the time of the Philadelphia seance
the Giants boss had been a real
| good boy for two years. He was due
for rumpus, sure as fate, but 1t is
now over with and when he gets back
on the bench he will bring his good
behavior with him.
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The decision of President Lynch
disturbed the entire Giants camp.
The business end of the club got very
busy, and President Hampstead de-
clared he would soon know the rea-
son why McGraw was so severely
dealt with. Philadelphia was also
''peeved" and the moguls down there
hurried to the players rescue, and
Captain Mike Doolan declared he
would take the matter up to the Play
ers Protective Association. So Presi-
dent Lynch may hear from the Incl
dent later on. AS matters stand now,
he isn't any too solid with his Ma
tional League berth. The New York
Club would much ra ther have some
one else. and there are other clubs
in the league which would not object
to a change.
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The victory of Walter Rutt in the
Grand Prix of France was hailed
with delight by the cyclists in this
country. AS a good fellow" Rutt
stands in high esteem in the minds
of the men who follow the game In
this country. He has been over here
much, and he has made good every
time and he may come over here
: again and for a longer stay. All his
racing in this country has been done
in six-day grinds in Madison Square
Garden, where the big Bear-Cat," as
Rutt is termed, was the greatest kline
of favorite. He is a spectacular
rider and he is a sticker. On one oc-
casion he Tapped the entire field alone
and unaided. He won the six-day
ham Stol and he won it with Jo'
Fogler.
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There is some talk of Rutt coming
over here to ride in Newark as ar
outlaw" and there is talk that he
will ride here under the protection OF
the n. C. A In Europe he is a big
money-maker, and he very likely
knows best what would be best for
him. OF all the foreigners, Rutt and