Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-13
GUS WOHLRAB

ester in order to bring the pennant to
that city. If he does know, he hasn't
made move in any similar direction.
The chances are, though, that Solo
mon hasn't heard a word of the plan
to give the Rochester players 500 for
victory, and that when he reads it in
this column-and he surely will read
1.-THE will come forward like the big,
liberal-hearted man he is, and say to
his gallant crew:
Men, you must win the pennant.
and if you do l will give each and
every one of you two brand-new, crisp
500 bills"
Maybe that would be asking too
much, and maybe Solomon's request
wouldn't be needed, anyway. How
ever Harry Smith, popular with the
players and popular with the fans, is
urging the boys to get together and
strike a winning gait If it can be
done, the Tigers will do it for Harry,
and the prospects are that it will be
done and that Newark will win the
pennant, despite the promise of John
Camel We are still three full games
ahead, and we have much easier
row to hoe than Rochester. We have
two double-headers with Jersey City,
and, besides, eevry rainy day is a day
in our favor. Newark is not yet safe,
but the Tigers have long way to go
to be beaten.
o
BY special request, / have been
asked to write another paragraph
anent the pests at the ball park.
What already has been written seems
to have struck popular chord. 1t is
surprising how many fans have suf-
fered from these pests" without
making complaint long ago, and
everybody seems to know who "the
pest" is. Yes, the "pest" is a nuisance,
but he is hard to get rid of. He is
great fellow in his own mind, and he
is very modest in his claims. For in
stance, after an afternoon of noise
and annoyance, if the home team
wins, he will freely confess that his
efforts counted about 70 per cent. in
the victory. He will tell you how he
rooted the boys home a winner" and
that if he could follow the team
around the circuit he would be able
to pull many's the game out of the
fire. Very modest gentleman is the
pest" and "our pest" as l have re-
marked before, is "some pest"
G
Here's a fan who knows solomon
and the pests and wishes to ex-
press his opinion in print.
]. p N:
| I have been reading with great
deal of interest your articles in the
Evening star in which you state that
| the Newark fans are not supporting
| the team properly. Surely there must
| be A reason for this. I have been
attending the game regularly and
| feel justified in stating that the club
| is not worthy of ones patronage. In
| the first place, when arriving at the
grounds the fans are confronted by
a lot of so-called pests who DO
nothing but annoy and make dis
| gushing remarks to the visiting play
ers. Then there is President Solo
mon, who can always be seen with a
lot of suckers" hanging around him.
! During the game some of these fans
are continually shouting and calling
the players vile names. That is a
fine condition of affairs, and yet
nothing is done to remedy this. I
am sure, J. P. N. that you will praise
and not attack the real Newark fans
as they have supported the team
| better this year than ever before.
DAVID GINSBERG.
You're right, David. The patronage
has been better this year than ever
and it should be, too, as the city is
growing and the team is the best
we have ever had. 1t may be, as
you intimate, that the few pests"
and the 'gabbers" have had a tend
ency to keep the real, solid fans
away, but what is to be done about
the matter? Maybe Messrs Ebbets
and the McKeevers will find a way
to rid the club of these pests" The