Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-03
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many NewarI1ers took in the game.
Joe Byrne, jr., son OF Joseph M.
Byrne, of this city, was the cheer
leader for Notre Dame. Young ByTne
kept his drilled squad busy during
the final quarter. when Notre Dame
was playing the Army off its feet.
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The Federal League is getting very
"sassy," and the regulars will have
to get right on the job and give them
battle. There isn't any use lodging
the issue any longer. A baseball war
is IN the clouds. and 1t must break
sooner or later. At a meeting In In
dianapolis Saturday the decision to
take Baltimore and Buffalo, Interna-
tional League cities, into the fold
means that the outlaws" are ready
TO throw down the gauntlet to organ
ICED baseball. Tt means also that
the International League is to have
q fight on its hands, and 1t will be
interesting to note what kind of bat
tiers there are around here, anyway.
With opposition in two of the strong
est cities in the league the magnates
will be compelled to fight for patron
age. In Baltimore the outlaws" are
sure to get q good play, for the Bal
timore. fans have been sore ever since
they were dropped from the majors
to the minors. In Buffalo the out
look is not very bright, but still the
fact that the outlaws" have broken
into the organization field is sure to
worry, more or less, some of the mag
mates who have their money invested
in the league.
c.
The Federal League has shown
considerable sound business sense by
giving Horace Fogel a slap In the
face" Fogel wanted to get In with
the Outlaws" but they couldn't see
Horace nohow. That one move is
convincing proof that the OUTLAWS"
are not fools by any means.
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The men behind the OUTLAW"
scheme are said to be resting on their
oars for awhile. in the hope that the
magnates and the players of organ
tied baseball will clash in one way
or another. At present there is a
tendency to ignore Dave Fultz. the
president of the Players Fraternity,
on the part of the big men In base
ball. How the players will view the
matter is the next thing. If they
stick to Fultz and the magnates re-
fuse to treat with Fultz that would
be equivalent to declaration of war.
Then, 1t is claimed, the Federal
League viii step in and do business
with the players and the fight will
be on in earnest.
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The big leaguers are not going to
stand around and allow the Outlaws
to have clear field by any means.
Just as soon as a real show of fight
Is in evidence the American League
will invite the American Association
TO put team in Cleveland and the
National League will welcome an
American Association team in Pitts
burgh. That will mean added
strength to the American Association,
whereas the invasion of the outlaws"
In the international may weaken that
league for the time being. especially
in Baltimore.
There is also talk on the part of
the organization men of putting
teams in Detroit Washington and
Brooklyn. At present there is only
one team in each of those cities, but
in order to cut off any efforts to
give the "outlaws'' chance, big
league teams will be placed in the
cities named. In all the agitation
and in all the fighting, the Interna-
tional Leagne may benefit in q way.
If the worst comes to the worst, 1t
isn't unlikely that the Bronx territory
would be awarded to the Interna-
tional League. To have representa-
ton in New York would add tone to
the organization and would make up
| for the weakness to be expected at
Baltimore. particularly, and Buffalo,
maybe. An International League
team in New York has been talked
of before. but it was never given Sc
rious consideration. Brooklyn, too,
alone in the field, has been spoken of
as city that would help out the In
ternational League in a substantial
manner.
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Talk of another syndicate of New
ark business men negotiating for the
purchase of the local club sounds like
nonsense. Money is very tight now
and Newarkers who can afford to in
vest large sums do not seem to dis
play an inclination TO go into base
ball. 1t may be, of course. the pres
emit owners will make bluff sale in
order to ward off any sentiment that
may have been worked up against the
outsider, but as far back as last
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