Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-23

JIM FLYNN, a
the answer would seem to be. Me-
Graw knows best, in any event. He
has infielders, and good ones, aplenty,
and he has outfielders. and good ones,
to spare. AS to pitchers, he can use
one like Fromme to great advantage,
and. goodness knows, he'll never miss
Leon Ames.
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Cincinnati by the way, will also
profit by the exchange of players
Manager Tinker can use Groh in the
infield and he can use Devdre like a
duck. in the outfield. The change
from Giant to Red may do Ames
lot of good. 1t surely won't do him
any harm, for, whether it was lack of
ability or just plain tough luck, Leon
never could seem to pull through with
any real success as a New Yorker.
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The deal is naturally the topic of
the hour, and the question is asked
more than once, "Why did McGraw
go to CINCINNATI" That can be easily
explained in that Tinker had some
thing McGraw wanted and McGraw
had few things that Tinker could
use Anyway, baseball men, like
other mortals, play lunches" very
strong. 1t was to Cincy that McGraw
went when he was in trouble before,
and his success was prodigious. Now,
in trouble again and in need of boil
steering his team, the Napoleon of
baseball, always with an eye to busi-
ness, naturally went this time where
he had so much luck before. Besides,
McGraw wanted Fromme. and he had
to go where the pitcher was located
Tinker. in the part he played need
have no fear. He has a good man in
Devore, who will do much better
when he breaks away from New
York. Groh is yopngster and a
conner. and Ames will always come in
handy as relief pitcher
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Bill KLEIN. the umpire, can never be
accused of being a mollycoddle. He
| is not one of those arbiters who goes
into a game with the idea of getting
out of it as quickly and as easily as
possible. No, not Bill Klein. He's
an entirely different type of rooster.
He wants excitement, likes nothing
better than fight, and his very best
days are the days he is umpiring in
which every decision might mean the
championship. That's Klein. Some
! will say he is a limelighter and courts
discussion and even criticism of him
self. Others will tell you that Bill
! is just peculiar. Take it as you like,
KLEIN is sure to be felt when he is
around.
|. All this is apropos in a way, of
! the game over in Brooklyn yesterday,
| in which KLEIN was the official in
charge. The opposing teams We're
Brooklyn, of course, and the Pitts
burgh Pirates, hang EN-. Rain had
been threatening, but both sides had
blood in their eyes and wanted to
play. Pittsburgh felt like winning
because she had already given the
| Superbas two trouncings. Brooklyn
was anxious to get back at the Pr
rates, feeling sure that lightning
would not strike three times in the
same place. So the game was on.
Once on, you know, though, Mr..
Umpire takes command of the situa-
ton. 1t tickled KLEIN to have the
magnates agree to play and then
have everything up to himself. With
both teams fighting for the lead in
the race, no betsy it was certain,
would be overlooked. And KLEIN
would be the referee. Great sport
for KLEIN.
AS the game progressed the matter
became more and more uncomfortable.
! The diamond was a quagmire, and
pools of water settled here and there
at the pitchers box, at the home
plate, down at second base. The play
ers became soaked to the skin as the
rain came pelting down, but Klein
king of the situation, with his chest
stuck out and his arms frightened, dra.
matically behind his back, said 'Play
o,,f', with the Soora q ~ n In tho 6ftL
inning, both sides were long ago will
| ing to quit, but not so with KLEIN. The
fans in the grandstand implored him
to call the game and the fans In
the bleachers demanded that play
cease. KLEIN defiantly stood his
ground. s"Play balE'' he said. One
of the rules of the game reads that in
case of rain and the spectators leave
the bleacher seats the umpire shall
take such action as an evidence that
it is raining sufficiently hard to stop
the game The fans not only left
their seats in the bleachers yesterday
but they called upon the umpire to
stop play.
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| AS a result of the whole shooting
match, Charles H. Ebbets. controlling
spirit of the Brooklyn Club, has filed
a protest. In doing SO, Mr. Ebbets
points put that in lieu of the fact tina
KLEIN didn' call the game in the third
inning, when it was raining hard. ht
should not have called the game ir
the sixth inning, with the Pirates one