Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-08
RAY HEATING, THE YANKEES BEST PITCHER

is to figure may bring about such a
result 1t is planned to use Knight
in trade, most likely with the New
York Americans: but, as the Roch-
ester Club has a working agreement"
with the Yankees, there is more or
less red tape about the transaction.
For a minute it looked as if Jersey
City would secure Lelivelt and Blair
in return for Knight but Rochester,
which has Blair already. and also has
first call on Lelivelt, refused to give
it's consent. Some sort of a deal, how
ever, is bound to go through. The
Skeeters need catcher badly, and
Blair would answer the purpose. So
Knight for Blair and a bonus may
eventually come to pass.
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been the easiest proposition. by any
means, for the club-owners to over
come. Some of them are still over the
stipulated amount. but all must be in
the present month or else stand for
fine of $1,000. The only way to evade
the salary limit is to take a false
oath, and this none of the magnates
feel disposed to do.
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| Newark, by the way. is rather for
! tunate in respect to the amount of
salaries being paid to it's players. Acc
| cording to President Solomon. the
Tigers are just a few dollars inside
the mark. For time the president
was somewhat worried over the situ-
alton, but when he sent Polly Kunkle
to the Waterbury Club, and thereby
cut a few hundred off the salary, he
was very happy man. Solomon
really was twice pleased when he was
able to cut the expenses down
pleased at his own good management
in escaping the possibility of the
$1,000 fine and pleased again be-
cause he would have less money to
pay out.
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Wherever there is sport--a con-
test. chance to win or lose-it will
always be most difficult matter to
eliminate gambling, but the efforts to
prevent betting on baseball games,
especially at baseball parks, are
highly commendable. All cities in
which the game has a strong hold
are more or less subject to the an
noyances of the big gambler and the
"tin-horn" bettor. And Newark. we
might add, is no exception to the rule.
Down at Wiedenmayer's Park the
; fans who attend the games for the
sole reason of enjoying them in a
clean and wholesome manner have for
years been pestered by a coterie OF
gamblers who make a business of that
sort of thing. The success of these
bettors is invariably known either by
their exultant happiness or by Their
vicious desire to knock. The victory
of the home team is pleasing or other.
wise, according to the trend of theii
e wagers. and occasions have beer
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little error has been responsible fol
$ an attack on the honesty of the gam,
when the bets seemed to have gon'
: the wrong way.
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v AS a business proposition, the New
o ark Club is naturally against gam
" bling at its ball park, but although
s those most interested have mad
I strong efforts to stop it. the peculia
p existing conditions have acted as
8 prodigious barrier President Solo
q mon is against the practise, and de
# clares he will do everything in hi
i power to prevent it, but he confesse
: that the task is not an easy one, b.
any means. Edward G. Barrow, tn
president of the International League
Il told me on several occasions that h
IS would prosecute in the courts an
o case called to his attention and tha
e the club-owners in the league woul
e willingly lend their time and spen
It their money VI bring about the con