Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-01

/ minute ana the experts are diSo Tan
| ing their time about forecasting theil
choices. The predictions that have
been made are very guarded and i
is surprising how many good judges
are refusing to commit themselves
The outlook is close beyond a doub
and the odds are sure to be short
II there are any odds at all.
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Athletics there is not much to choose
but, of course, one will win and the
other will lose. So far, my observa
tions haven't given me any positive
assurance. The Giants have the pitch
ers and the Athletics have the ball
| club. That is almost unanimously
agreed. The team with the pitchers
would ordinarily be the one to tie to
if the opposing team didn't have an
array of killers in its batting order
AS you go down the line, one thing
Where a player sticks out here on
one side another player sticks out
there on the other side. 1t Is a close
fit, boys, and you can go to it, know
ing full well that the outlook was
about even before the start, no mat
ter how easy the outcome may be.
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All kinds of bets are being made
on the series, and it is well to be
careful that some wise follower of
the game doesn't hook you with a
catch bet. There are so many angles,
so many ways to put a bet, that the
only way to bet to be sure you are
not on "phony" is to place your
wager with some responsible person
who won't stand for any petty cheat
ing or persons looking for an edge on
their wagers. If you must bet, bet
when you have an equal chance, but
don't get "hooked" and make a boiler
afterward.
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AS the fellow says, we don't like
to talk about ourselves, but how are
we going to help it when everybody
else is talking about us-saying nice
things about us. When 5000 fans
turned out at Wiedenmayer' Park
a week ago last Saturday and
cheered the home team on to victory
in the deciding game of the pennant
race, the good people of Newark
freely gave credit to the Star for it's
efforts in bringing out the crowd by
consistent and persistent boosting
When a gathering of more than 5000
responded to the call of the Star to
turn out and celebrate the home
teams victory last Saturday this
newspaper again came in for high
praise. When the biggest crowd that
ever attended bicycle meet in
this city-officially given out Jas 1880
was in evidence at the Velodrome
last Sunday both the patrons and the
promoters were free to confess that
the Star had much to do with the
success of the affair. These cases are
cited particularly because the Star
devoted much space and much atten-
ton to all three events, and the pub
lie, reading of them in the Star, re-
sponded with will. Again we say,
We do not like to talk about our
selves, but when the public is show
ing so much enthusiasm over our
efforts we feel that we at least
should take this means of acknowled-
ing our thanks for the kindness.
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1t is the desire of the Star to boost
sports, and we are delighted when
the people respond in large numbers.
We feel that those who attend the
various sporting events are there be-
cause they have read the Star, and we
feel sure that they will read our
paper the next day to find out all
about it. The bigger the crowd the
better we like it, and we naturally
felt tickled when Harry Smith told
Charley Ebbets that the Star had
put spirit into the boys and was re-
sponsible, in large measure, for the
NlCIOIy VI Tic Il6eis III tllS Aildi
stages of the pennant race, and we
felt much pleased, too, when the play
ers declared there wouldn't have been
a corporaPs guard at the celebra-
and again we were delighted when
Messrs. Million and MacFarland open
ly boosted that they had the Star
to thank for their record crowd at
the Velodrome last Sunday, We call
attention to these instances because
it is SO noticeable, so apparent, that
whenever the Star gives especial at
tention to sporting events, other
them. The truth stands out, though,
that everybody is reading the Star.
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Ernie Pye, the bicycle rider, has
been approached by a newspaper I'M
friendly to cycling to write AN Elk
pose on Six-Day Bike Races" Mr..
Pye is considering the proposition.
But why Pye! There is Eddie Root,
known as the "double-cross" six-day
king; Joe Fogler, full of shady chat
ter; Jackie Clark, who laid down" to
Walter Rutt in the last six-day race
in Madison Square Garden, and there
are others, too, who would make Pye
look like thirty cents in telling about
fakes in the six-day game. Six
day races are known to be what they
are. Combinations are numerous, but
they are not out-and-out fakes. The
most deliberate fake that have ever
witnessed was when Clark didn't try
last year. Another thing, if there is
anything rotten to say about six day