Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-25

| As the Newark Baseball Club is no
likely to change hands for the pres
ent, discussion as to what Charles H
Ebbets and his associates eontem.
plate doing if they hold fast to thu
franchise is very much in order. Mr.
Ebbets, 1t is understood. is anxious Il
remain as a franehise-holder in New
ark, if he can only get someone to aei
as president who will be able to con.
Well, if Mr.. Ebbets is correctly
quoted. he needn't go any farther
than his own ball yard to secure the
very man who would answer his pur-
pose to the dot. Reference is made q
none other than that famous old
scout and digger-up OF live ones,
Larry Sutton. Ebbets knows all about
Sutton and his baseball experience,
and Larry would make Just the man
for the Job Whether he woa1d Seesps
would be the next thing. but hs has
done so well by Mr.. EoestS, ard
Ebbets seems TO think 50 uReee q
him, that it is more than likely that
Larry could be coaxed 70 take she
job. If you ask him. however, BE vii
tell you point blank that he deesn Z
care to be president Of ths Newark
Club.
Just scout for the BroolStyR Club
is the only thing want in baseball. =
is the way Sutton would answer any
overtures for his say on the matter.
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With a man like sutton as p-est-
dent and Harry Smith manager. the
Tigers would be well governed Per
haps another pennant wouldn't come
our way again next season, but the
odds are the team would be up there
fighting for the lead. The suggestion
of Sutton for president is made, OF
course, if the Brooklyn interests keep
the club. If it is sold TO Newark
capitalists, they, naturally. would
want to make other arrangements,
and, besides, Sutton, in that event,
wouldn't care TO leave Ebbets to work
for anyone else. However, claims TO
the contrary Notwithstanding. the
prospects are that the sale Of the
Newark Club to Newark parties will
fall fiat and that Ebbets and the
McKeevers will go along here for
another year as owners. The offer
of a New York party TO buy the
club has not been received with
favor by the present owners, and the
chances are that nothing will be
done for a while.
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While the price of the Tigers is
generally believed to be s125,00O it is
said that only $4,000 is required to
put the deal through. In going over
the various valuations of the clubs
assets. its players, it is declared,
were put down as being worth s49, 900.
Other figures brought the price up
to S111 900. and added to this is an
outstanding Indebtedness of 81, 500,
which the new owners would be COM
PEELED to assume. When the sale of
the club was first talked of it was be-
lieved that the Brooklyn men would
want most of the money in cash,
but it seems now that they would be
willing to take $4,000 in gold and ac-
cept notes for the remainder, which
sum could be paid off as fast as the
club would make the money. At first,
too. the leaders of the Newark move
ment to buy the club figured on
having about thirty business men go
in on the deal, but now the plan is
to have not more than eight men
interested.
All hope is not lost, and at a meet
ing of those interested, to be held
next week. something definite will be
made public. 1t will be case then
of buy or give up the Ship. If it is
buy. then the local capitalists will
get down to business and prepare for
the season to come. If there is no
sale. Mr.. Ebbets and his associates
will likely select a new president of
the club and go on doing business as
in the past. The club will require
considerable bolstering, and there will
have to be a lot of smoothing" to
get those champions to sign con-
tracts for next season at a price that
will keep the entire pay roll this side
of $4,000. That is going to be some
Job. and it must be done without Gre
ating a discord in the team.
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According to an unreliable source
Of information, it was announced ex-
clusively last Monday that the New
ark Club, before nightfaH, would be
bought and sold. 1t wasn't. Later
on it was published that the price
asked by the owners was looked upon
as reasonable by the Newark parties
who We're after the holdings. Now,
however we are told by the same
authority that the price may be too
steep. 1t is simply a case of Growing
today and crawfishing tomorrow. The
Star has never said that the club
would be sold. We have said that it
would be a good thing for the city
if Newark men would buy it, and we
still say so. We still say, too, that
the club is good business venture,
and that, if properly conducted,
would make handsome returns each
year We say again that two, or
three at most, of the wealthy citizens
of the town should have enough local
pride and enough sporting blood tc
buy the club and run it for the
prestige and advertising a winning
ball club would bring to the city. We
say on top of 1t all, though, that the