Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-03
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EBBETS, JR.,|S NEW
TIGER PRESIDENT
Smith and Robinson to Ar
range All Player Deals Be-
tween Newark and Brooklyn.

Charles II. Ebbets. jr.. was elected
to the presidency of the Newark In
! ternatlonal League Club at. the an
nual meeting held yesterday in the
| Ordway building. George L. Solomon,
who was not present at the meeting,
was elected vice-president; stephen
McKeever, secretary; Henry w.
Medicus. treasurer, and Lawrence
| Sutton, business manager.
The election of a new board OF di-
rectors, the reading of the financial
report for the fiscal year and other
minor matters occupied the time of
the stockholders for an hour and
thirty minutes. Charles II. Ebbets,
sr., after the meeting. declared that
everything was extremely harmonious
and announced that George l.. Solo,
mons absence could probably be ex-
planned by illness in his family. The
financial report Is said to have
pleased the local stockholders inn
mensely and general feeling Of
optimism for next year was expressed
on every hand. The new board of d.
rectors is as follows:
Stephen w. McKeever. Charles H.
Ebbets, jr., Lawrence Sutton, GEORGE
l.. Solomon and Charles IL. Ebbets,
ST., chairman of the board. The local
| stockholders present were: John Nc
Laren, Gus Wiedenmayer, Charles p.
Schmidt. Bernard ]. York, counsel Of
the Brooklyn and Newark Clubs, was
| also present.
The new Tiger president, Charles
| Ebbets, jr., is thoroughly versed in
baseball. For twelve years he has
acted as secretary of the Brooklyn
| Club and 1t was Just twenty-five
years ago that he began his business
education at Brooklyn by selling
score cards for his father. The senior
Ebbets Is proud of his offspring.
| He is really more experienced in
| handling the business end of the
game than many major league mag
mates, and while Ebbets, ST., is not
boasting or Dragging. he declares that
he is confident that young Charles
will cope successfully with all this
difficulties minor league president
| has to contend with.
| Following the meeting the elder
| Ebbets declared that every effort
| would be made to keep the gambling
element away from Wiedonmayer' S
Park next season and that they
would be dealt with severely If
caught. While he refused to make
any statement regarding the profits
of the club 1t Is declared by other
stockholders tnat the club cleared
more than s25,000
Harry Smiths new contract as
manager of the Tigers for 1914 was
unanimously approved by the stock
holders and Smith was congratulated
for leading the team to the champion
ship.
Ebbets also stated that Harry
| Smith would have full charge of the
playing end OF the game and that any
deals to be engineered would be left
| to the Tiger field leader and Manager
Wilbert Robinson, of the Brooklyn
Club. He wound up by declaring
| that careful consideration would be
taken before engineering any deals
| from all angles and that the Tigers
would be well taken care of in the
| player line.
President Charles II. Ebbets, tr.,
has not definitely decided on his i'm
| mediate plans. He intended to go to
| Florida for a vacation, but will prob
ably defer tho trip until after the
International League meeting and the
selection of training camp by Harry
| Smith. Jerome Nusbaum will con-
tinue to act as secretary to the presi-
dent.