Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-27

England is very severe on us wher
we beat her in sports. She intimates
in discussing the golf contests Of the
passing year, that Francis Ouimet
the American youngster who won over
Edward Ray and Harry Vardon in
the open championship, is a profess
sional. She doesn't say just why
Ouimet is a pro-" but the fact thai
the Yankee golfer defeated the great
English golfers is. no doubt, the real
reason for her opinion. This is not q
new stand for England to take, by any
means. She has despised our efforts
before. Young Ten Eyck victory in
the Diamond Skulls never did please
our foreign cousins. and when Walter
Travis won the big amateur tourney
in England his triumph was discred-
tied. She has repeatedly referred to
our track and field athletes in a most
disparaging way. and she has given
the U. S. A. no credit at all for the
numerous victories in the Olympic
championships. The very kindest
things she would say about us was
that ours were found and made"
athletes, and that we won in the
Olympics was simply due to the fact
that we corralled all the good foreign
performers and spent our money in
developing them. In other words,
England said that we didn't have the
stock to produce. but we had the
knack and skill to develop.
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With the Davis tennis trophy in our
possession, England is, naturally, not
at all pleased. The victory at tennis
was mainly due to the great playing
of Maurice Mclaughlin, and now
England proposes to so change the
rules that they are likely to handicap
in a way, the work of the American
champion. Mclaughlin himself doesn't
believe that the change in rules as
proposed by England is aimed directly
at him, but he confesses that If the
foot fault" rule is changed it
will handicap him some, at least. Nc
Loughlin scored his triumph in Eng
land against the best tennis players
in the world, and the rules seemed to
have been very satisfactory in those
But with Mclaughlin show
ing such superiority perhaps it is but
natural that others should seek some
way to curtail his ability. If the
change In the rules is made, very well.
We will be Just as formidable. The
game hasn't been invented at which
the Americans, with little practise,
can't beat their opponents. England
or other countries may teach us how
to play the various games, but, once
learned, we will beat them in the end.
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The Federal League is getting lot
of advertising and making consider
able capital out of Joe Thinkers stand
in refusing to sign with Charles II.
Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club. Report
has 1t that Tinker has been offered
$4,000 year for three years to play
with the Chicago "outlaws," and that
he is considering the proposition. The
case of Tinker is a peculiar one. Here
is a ball player who was allowed by
Chicago to go to Cincinnati because
the player believed he could better
himself. To Chicago he was worth
much money, but to Cincinnati he
proved to be worthless He failed as
manager, was put on the market
for sale, and because of the frenzied
methods of q few club owners he be-
beauty" Out of a job Tinker would
be hunting to catch on with most any
old club that would give him fair
piece of money, but now, with
million dollars worth of advertising,
the Federal League is giving the Ma
tional League battle for the player.
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AS long as the magnates make such
conditions possible, good luck to
Tinker and the other players who are
clever enough to take advantage of
the breaks" With no bidding for his
services, and no advertising, the "out-
laws" wouldn't give much for Tinker's
services. A failure In Cincinnati
where success is impossible, by the
way-Tinker didn't belong in the $685.
900 class, and he must smile himself
at the way the moguls are falling
all over him. The way things are
going, the National League is helping
the Federal League in a most sub
stantial way. The. National has placed
an almost prohibitive price on Tinker,
who seems to be inclined to ignore
the biggest and best contract he has
ever received, and the player is flirt-
ing with the FederalSin the hope, of
course, that the Brooklyn Club will
meet his demands.
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The outcome of the Tinker contro-
versy will mean much to organized
baseball. 1t will mean, If Tinker gets
his price. that other players will fight
the regulars with the outlaws" 1t
may mean that the players will rule,
although the owners will have to pro-
duce the money to conduct the busi-
ness. The Tinker case, especially at
this stage of the game. may mean
everything. The outlaws" may be
entitled to all kinds of consideration,
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