Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07

j Harry Smith IS not gong TO Jef'
sey City, as intimated in story ii
the Evening Star yesterday. The
popular manager of the. Newark
Tigers is to remain here for another
season and he says he is only toe
pleased to do so. He called on me a
the Star office this morning and told
me that he had signed contract fol
next year with the Newark club. He
said business of signing was carried
on at a conference in New York yes.
terday afternoon in which Messrs
Ebbets, the McEeevers and Solomon
were present. A meeting of the direc.
tors of the Newark club will be held
q week from next Monday, at which
time a president will be elected t
succeed the present incumbent.
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The story published in these col
umns yesterday was given to me by g
man who is very close to Thomas
Fogarty, the president of the Jersey
City Club. My informant told me he
had talked to F'ogarty about Smith
as manager for Jersey City and that
he had talked to Smith in regard to
leading the Skeeters and that he was
sure they would be able to come to-
gether on the deal. When / suggested
that Smith couldn't dispose of his
own services and that the Newark
Club had a hold on him, my inform
ant said: mo, you're wrong. Smith
signed only to manage for one year
He can go to Jersey City II he wants
to-" In printing the story, I said
that I was giving it to my readers
for just what it was worth Smith
in his conversation with me this
morning, admitted he had talked
about managing for Fogarty," but
said he heard that Fogarty was going
to buy the Newark Club.
IT met friend of Mr.. Fogarty's
| some time ago.. Smith said, land
We talked baseball. told him [ would
like to work for Mr. Fogarty, but !
understood that he was after the
Newark Club and that would work
for him here. No, I am not going tc
Jersey City" Smith continued. 81
like Newark and want to stay here
have been treated fine by the public
and I will do my best to give the
people Of Newark another winner
But l can see how the story that !
was to manage Jersey City got out
1t was o misunderstanding OF con.
versation l had with a friend of Mr.
Fogarty's, who, you tell me, gave the
information to you. Well, I wouldn't
object to managing for Mr.. Fogarty
but I'm glad I'm going to remain in
Newark for another year"
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Notwithstanding all the arguments
to the contrary, still believe Their,
was more than little to the story
that Smith might manage jersey
! City. Harry himself admitted tina
he was the last manager In the leagu,
to sign contract, and a story pub
/ lished in another paper the other day
intimated that Smith was not entire
| ~ satisfied here. The article went or
to say that Harry didn't get a pres.
ent from the owners for winning the
pennant and would lead one TO be.
lieve that Smith was not altogether
pleased with his treatment here
Harry said this morning that he
didn't receive a present, but that he
did receive u bonus for winning the
pennant, which was stipulated in his
contract. Now that Smith has signed
however, he Will want everything tc
run smoothly, of course, and he will
be anxious that harmony reigns, and
we will not throw q stone in his way
even IL we have to give ourselves tho
worst of 1t.
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Bert Daily, the mayor elect of Ba-
yonne, was a ball player in his
younger days and played on the New
| ark team when it was under the man
agonlent Of Walter Burnham. Later
on he managed the New Haven Club
but finally quit to take up the more
profitable game of politics. although
he studied hard during his baseball
| days and became a doctor,
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! The winter cycling season in Part.
is now on in earnest and the famou.
Velodrome D'Hiver indoor track |!
the scene on Sundays Of some great
racing. We ought to have the sam,
kind of a track in Newark and maybe
we will some day. The Sunday after
moons in winter pass rather drearily
and there isn't place to go to ever
on Sunday night during asthe colo
months of the year But Paris ha.
the grand indoor bike track. The sea
son was opened there on October 9
with a big race for sprinters calle,
1.-THE Grand Prize d'Overture.
Among tho well-known men VIII,
qualified were Walter Rutt, Leol
Hourlier, Andre Perchicot, Poulain
Pouchois and Dupuy. In a hahdical
race at one mile Walter Rutt, from
scratch, defeated Perchicot an,
others, all of whom had handicap
Bobby Walthour. the Yankee cyclist
rode ut the opening meet. He wa
beaten in a motor-paced heat race Il
two straight heats. Oscar Egg an
4 Marcel Berthet each won q heat i
tandem paced match race. A bi
crowd turned out to see the race
and the sport was particularly inter