Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-22
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The Newark Baseball Club will
not be SO badly off for players when
the time arrives for action. It is
understood that the Brooklyn Club,
the owners of which control the
stock in the Newark Club, will send
all the best of Its available material
over here to Manager Harry Smith.
When the news was spread that
Brooklyn was going to turn over to
the Toronto Club such excellent play
ers as Bob Fisher, Enos Kirkpatrick
and Benny Meyer a feeling at once
arose that the Brooklyn Club wasn't
going to be any too friendly to the
Newark Club. But have 1t from the
fountain" itself that Newark will
get the best material Brooklyn can
spare. AS far as Toronto is con-
cerned, the Canadians are to be sec
ond choice in regard to having a call
on the Brooklyn Club players. That
1 also know. So the fans may rest
assured that with Harry Smith at
the helm and with Brooklyn doing
her best for the team, the Tigers will
be up around the top fighting from
flag fall to the closing game.
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With the prospects decidedly bright
for Charles H. Ebbets, jr., succeed
ing George L. Solomon as president
of the Newark Club, affairs in that
organization are sure to be In a more
agreeable condition. The younger
Ebbets is at present secretary to the
Brooklyn club. and the added duties
of president of the Newark club would
certainly keep the Junior man busy.
However, he has considerable capac-
ity and much intelligence and he is
sure to get away with anything he
tackles The meeting at which the
annual election of officers of the New
ark club Will occur Is scheduled for
December 2. Until then the business
affairs of the local club will be looked
after by Charles H. Ebbets, ST. No one
can say with any truth, of course,
that Mr.. Ebbets lacks sound business
ideas or baseball education. So we
will presume that what Mr.. Ebbets
may have to say will be taken for
granted. In the mail this morning
came a letter to me from Mr.. Ebbets,
ST., containing the following live piece
of baseball news:
Pitcher Fred M. Walker, who did
good work for the Brooklyn club last
season, has this day been released to
the Newark club of the International
League. The Brooklyn club will also
release Bayard Taylor. substitute
infielder. who was last year with
the Oshkosh club, to the Newark club
just as soon as waivers have been
secured.
Sincerely yours,
&C. H. EBBETS,
President.
Yes, Brooklyn, am told, is going
to stand hard by Newark and give
this city first-class ball team, just
as she did last year. When you view
the situation from every angle the
Brooklyn magnates do not owe New
ark anything, but the Newark fans,
on the other hand, owe the Brooklyn
men a vote of thanks for the cham
pionship ball club given the city, and
they owe their loyal support as long
as they have q baseball interest here
and do the right thing by the citizens.
The fact that Mr. Ebbets and his
partners decided to take three valu-
at time when the Tigers apparently
had the championship won was made
to appear as q scandalous thing In
some quarters. yet 1t was business
deal that any business man would
not hesitate concentrating at any
time. The Rochester club, which was
trailing Newark at the time In sec
ond place, also disposed of three of
her best men to the Boston National
League club, but the newspapers OF
that city didn't have any overworked
criticism to offer. In the case of New
ark the team slumped after Aitchison,
McCarty and Collins left us, whereas
the Rochester club just thrived on the
cast-off Boston players. 1t was sim
ply a case of luck, and some of the
Newark club players said that the
Tigers would have been all right, too,
but for the dissension created by a
local newspaper. The club went to
pieces, but it come back when the
Evening Star got on the Job and
called on the fans to come out and
support the team and cheer the boys
on to victory, Those who recall the
last week or so of the past season
will readily recollect the loyal sup
port accorded by this newspaper and
the rather antagonistic methods OBJ
served by q rival publication. The
Newark team won, though, and the
fans displayed loyalty that was
praiseworthy. and a loyalty that may
eventually get for them another
championship team.
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Alfred Goullet. having signed his
contract to ride in the New York six
day and having also agreed, after
some discussion, to accept Joe Fogler
as partner, has started in to train
for the long grind. Goullet paid me
a visit at the Star office yesterday
afternoon and he said he expected
to be In great shape when the race
started