Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

as a whistle Walter johnson is still
pitching the Washington Senators to
victory every time he goes into the
box. So far Johnson has won ten
straight games and he hasn't met de-
feat. He is on the high road for
long string Of wins, but his row from
now on will be particularly hard to
hoe. He is declared to be the best
pitcher of the year, although some
still stick to Mathewson, some to Ed
Walsh and others to Joe Wood. John
son, in any event, though, is good
enough for anybody. He won again
yesterday, when he beat Cleveland, 5
to 8, and his work throughout the
present season has been nothing short
of phenomenal He has created a
record of fifty-six scoreless innings
in a row and he has done many
things. more power to him, to get
his name in the papers.
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There are tricks in all trades but
ours" is time-worn expression, and
it still goes. Johnny Evers, manager
of the Chicago Cubs. has just perpe-
trated a trick that Frank Chance,
when he was manager of the Cubs,
worked some years ago. Then, as
now, Ed Reulbach was in the deep
slumps. He was great pitcher. but
he wouldn't get down to business
wouldn't get into condition. Chance
tried to coax, then persuade, and
finally, in utter disgust, asked for
waivers on the twirler. When the
news leaked out that Reulbach was
to be let go by Chicago it created a
sensation in the baseball world. The
fans discussed it and the magnates
wondered at it, A few weeks went by,
and one bright day Mr.. Reulbach was
sent in to pitch. Everybody said in
one voice, II told you So" But few,
if any, knew at the time why Reul-
bach got in the waiver list or how
he got out of it.
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it. Reulbach was still good, but he
hadn't any ambition. He needed a
prod. Chance gave it to him. and
Immediately the pitcher got on the
job. Afterward Reulbach said that it
hurt him to have waivers asked on
him. The baseball world knows by
now that it also did him a lot of good.
Once in shape, he pitched great ball,
and won manys the game for Chance
and the Cubs.
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Things have changed in the Chi
cago Club since the Reulbach waiver
sensation, but the same old trick is
being pulled on the same player
again. As manager, Evers asked for |
waivers on Reulbach and Reulbach,
almost instanter, discovers that he
is ready to pitch winning ball. 1t
was an old trick worked over again.
Evers knew how Chance had handled
the big twirler and Johnny resorted
to the same methods. Reulbach came
back with good game in his sys-
tenn, and for seven innings yester-
day he held the Boston Braves down
to four hits. He IS apparently not
quite right yet, for in the eighth he
"blew up" somewhat, but Cheney,
who relieved him. won the game.
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Maybe Reulbach will be traded by
the Cubs-maybe not. His work yes
terday would seem to indicate that
he still has the goods. Chicago
needs a few things, it must be adj
mitted, but most of all she needs
pitchers. AS a scare, the trick of
Evers, like the trick of Chance, has
had some effect at least. Manager
Evers may not have learned any
new tricks but he hasn't forgotten
some of the very clever old ones.
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Charley Murphy will do all the talk
ing, so please sit down. Or he may
allow his little spitfire manager to
have a word or two to say without
ruffling his pleasure or drawing a
heavy fine. But as to the players
they must keep mum. Murphy has
given the edict and they will no doubt |
obey. 1t is all on account of a little
trouble of strictly private nature
that occurred in the ranks of the
Cubs which was promiscuously ped
died to the newspaper boys by several
of the communicative members of the
team AS result, disorder arose and
the Cubs lost several games and they
are still rather shaky on their pins.
Owner Murphy naturally wanted to
know wherefore the trouble and Evers
told him the whyfore. Then Murphy
announced his plan in the following
statement:
81 am going to fine any and all of
my players 800 if they are found talk
ing baseball with any newspaper
men. | don't intend to have my club
wrecked and torn to pieces by these
stories that emanate from the play
ers."
Sure, let Murphy do the talking.
He came within the proverbial ace of
talking himself out of the National
League on more than one occasion,
and his part in the ticket scalping
scandal at the worlds series and his
connection with the Horace Fogel
umpire charges are still fresh in the
memory of the fans. The players
could gossip until Doom's Day and
they wouldn't do baseball half as
much harm as has Charley Murphy
by his various escapades and inter-