Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-02
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Newark is playing the kind of base
ball that wins championships. TIL,
men are displaying a fighting spirl
that cannot well but be effective il
the long run. 1t is the team thai
:, plays best when the odds agains
are the greatest that eventually
comes out a winner From all ap.
: pearances Newark has just such q
4 ball team this season.
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/ Now that the team is in first place
there is much occasion for rejoicing
and for such an eminent position in
the league race Harry Smith. the
manager, is entitled to the lions
share of the credit. He makes mis-
takes. like other humans, it is true,
but his general display of superior in
telligence has been very noticeable. In
the game yesterday Manager Smith
saved Bill Collins until it came right
down to the necessary issue. He
might have used Collins earlier in the
game and without result, and for his
excellent discrimination he must be
given a healthy and hearty pat on
the back. This is not undue puff. 1t is
only fair treatment of a manager
who has really made of himself a
hero in Newark.
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With the Tigers in first place the
fans should be very proud-as proud
as is George l. Solomon. president of
the club, who is so tickled that he is
contemplating buying all the players
the latest straw hats in the market.
1t must be great to feel like that,
and the boys are sure to appreciate
anything that the able president
sends their way; but more of that
when the hats arrive. Just now the
fans are interested in the doings on
the diamond With Buffalo losing at
Montreal, it behooved Newark to win
from Jersey City to assume the lead
ership. 1t was a mighty job and well
engineered, and was won only be-
cause of the sticktuitiveness that has
characterized the Bengals' method
of play all season. General Smith is
| the right man in the right place, and
he has an army that responds at
every command. If nothing serious
happens, the team that wins the pen
nant will have to beat Newark, and
up to present writing we haven't dis
covered such a team in the ranks of
the International League
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Outside of the glorious manner in
which the team is playing, Newark
fans have much to be thankful for
in the way order is being main
tanned at the ball park ever since
that riotous outbreak two weeks ago.
Since that time the regular police
have been much in evidence at the
grounds and with positive instruc-
tions from Captain Christie to see
that the rules of propriety were not
overstepped by the sometimes over
enthusiastic patrons of the game,
Captain Christie himself has been on
the job ever since the big disturb
ance and it is really surprising what
few regular policemen under COM
mand of a regular captain can do
with crowd of say seven to ten
thousand persons.
Not only order is being maintained
at the ball park, but gambling, to a
large extent, is being eliminated.
Some persons will tell you that the
betting has moderated because
"Obie" and CHUCK" are broke and
others will assure you that the open
ing of the race track is having much
to do with the absence of gambling.
Whatever the reason, the fact that
the gamblers have been making
themselves very quiet of late, and
especially since Captain Christie has
taken hold of affairs, is real reason
for rejoicing. And all this, too. is
certain to make a mighty difference
in the playing of the Tigers and the
general enjoyment of the game by
the fans. 1t should have been done
long ago-the suppression of gam
bling and the boisterous acting of
some of the untamed rooters-but II
couldn't be done without the regu-
lars taking a hand. Now that Cap
tain Christie has felt that it Is his
duty and the duty of the police to
protect citizens wherever enormous
crowds gather, we are very likely to
have better order at big affairs in
| the future.
G.
Strange how the wind blows some
times. Although the Tigers have
| been playing great ball all along the
| line and on the outcome of the games
yesterday the league leadership rest
ed, the smallest Sunday crowd of the
season turned out to see the boys
perform. Perhaps this was occa-
stoned because of the over abundance
of baseball on Friday, which was a
holiday and Saturday, which is al
most as good as a holiday Thus
when 1t came around to Sunday it is
presumed that other sports were pat
ronized and other pleasures were
sought. Anyway, the attendance was
not up to expectations, in that the
team is playing so we'll and is really
deserving stanch support. Good days
and big days will follow, though, and
then the question of loyalty and sup
port will be more easily solved. For
the next four days the fans will not