Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-19

The bicycle fans of Newark can
prepare themselves for another war
When the cats are away the mice
will play. and just now there is lot
of play going on. AS we hear it. a
bike war Is sure to come, and the
sooner the better we say. The last
war was joke. The next one should
be to a finish
When the time comes around,
Charles FL Ebbets, jr.. the Newark
Clubs president, is going to come
over to Jersey for a while, join one
of the nearby golf clubs and take
up the popular Scotch game. AS a
golfer young Mr.. Ebbets doesn't
shine--not yet--but he wants to learn
to play the game for the benefit of
the exercise there is in 1t. Golf gives
you besides the pure, free air and
the exercise, a particularly healthy
mind. and 1t also gives you confidence
in yourself. To run the Newark Ball
Club next year, coming as 1t does
after pennant-winning year, will re-
quire some nerve and patience. The
fans will expect q lot. of course, and
young Ebbets will do his. best, |
know, to give them their fill, but
don't forget either
that the president of a baseball club
can't go out on the diamond and play
the game himself.
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AS president, Mr.. Ebbets told me
he would give Newark the very best
he had. He was sure that his father
would have considerable available
material after rounding out the
Brooklyn team, and he felt sure that
Newark would be we'll taken care OF,
hasn't had much to crow
over herself, but she can boast OF
being a maker of minor league cham
pions. With the help of Brooklyn,
Toronto won pennant, Rochester
won three pennants and Newark won
a pennant. That is some record, and
1t is an offense or not for
father to help out a son in baseball,
young Mr.. Ebbets is going to accept all
the aid his illustrious dad will give
him and ask no odds of nobody. From
what little / have seen of young Eb-
bets he has a mind of his own and he
seems to use rare judgment in the
bargain. He will be the president of
the club, and he will not cater to
managers for his club. He
has put everything in regard to the
playing end up to Harry Smith, his
manager, and he will expect Smith
10 manage the team as he sees fit and
to the best advantage.
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Manager Smith, having arranged
everything for the training trip of the
Tigers, is in Newark, giving much
thought to his ball team. 1t is strictly
Up to Harry as to who shall play on
his club, and he win not have to con-
suit either Mr.. Sr. or Mr.. Jr Ebbets
on that score. He will want, perhaps,
4 player or two from Brooklyn, and
he will get them If the Superbas can
spare them at all. The opinion seems
to prevail that Harry Swacina will
1ot be back at first base next season,
out Manager Smith doesn't seem to
share any such view of the matter. |
Harry didn't say positively that
swacina would play first base, but he
appears to be working along those
ines. Well, there is no good reason |
Why Swaeina shouldn't play here next
season. He hit well and he fielded
we'll. and he was certainly popular
With the fans. But. just the same, the
'hunch' is that we will see new
nan at first base when the season
rolls around.
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The Joe Tinker deal is giving |
Brooklyn lot of advertising and by
the time the gates open there ought |
to be sufficient interest awakened !
across the bridge to almost fill the
park with clamoring fans the first |
week or so. But in baseball, or any |
other sport, for that matter, all the
Advertising in the world won't pro-
duce results very long unless you
produce the goods Tinker as a ball
player Is not too dear perhaps at
s25, 900, but with all the advertising
thrown in he is very cheap at the
price. In paying such sum MIR.
Ebbets hasn't made any mistake.
He will get it back through the turn
stiles and he will have the valuable
services of a great ball player be-
sides.
Where Tinker figures in the deal to
raise an objection is about the big
gest surprise Of the whole affair. He
is to receive $4,000 of the $4,000 pur-
chase price. and he has been offered
$500 a year. A ball player, or any
body else, for that matter, is worth
all he can get, but he isn't worth a
cent more than his employer will give
him. Tinker. great ball player and
all, is well paid at $500 year, and
he should consider himself lucky
mortal to get his hands on that S10,-
900 purchase money. His threat to
quit the. game, with q $500 salary