Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-13


and he got away with his disorgani-
zation tactics for years. When Frank
Chance took charge Of the team 1t was
figured that Hal would be traded, but
the Peerless Leader" took a chance
and followed advice and he allowed
Chase to remain. That was Chances
but he finally got rid OF Hal.
since which time the Yankees have
surely not been any worse. As a bali
player, good luck to Chase. hut as a
man among ball players. he belongs In
the humble discard. He drove STALL
ings, who would have been a winner,
out of New York, and he made Ii DIM
cult for Chance TO get results. lie
was a blank failure himself, and what
he did to the other managers he
worked under, the Man Above only
knows.
Slang VS.. plain English is having a
fierce old battle out in Chicago. a
Windy city newspaper is conduetins
q. contest in which the fans are asked
to express their preference for SLANG
or straight, common sense stories or
the baseball games. The difference
of opinion is said to be not so very
great, with plain English in the lead.
The different ideas of different big
men on the situation have been Sc
cured. and 1t is surprising to learn
that the educators of Chicago prefer
the slang in their stories, while the
real baseball men favor plain, COM
mon sense language. That's in Chi
cago. Baseball slang in the East,
and not so many years ago, either,
was the proper caper. The more
foolish stuff" you could write the
more valuable you were held to be.
Now, things are very much changed.
AS a general thing, plain facts told
in plain language seem to have gain
ed the right of way and not much
slang is used. Strange stories are
written and some ferocious fakes are
whipped into readable yarns, but the
language is plain and simple and the
of telling is allowed to arouse
the interest. 1t isn't strange that the
college professor prefers slang and
that the baseball man likes best the
classics. 1t is simply a case of being
overfed with the languages and erav-
ing for a change in diet.
8
Johnny Dundee has made good
again on the coast. He beat Jack
White so badly In nine rounds last
night that the referee stopped the
bout and gave the verdict to Johnny.
The victory places Dundee in a
position to eventually get a whack
at the lightweight championship. AS
a result of the fight with White,
Johnny viii meet Wolgast on Labor
Day at Los Angeles and on the out
come of that match will depend a
chance at Willie Ritchie, the cham
pion.
10
Dundee's career has been peculiar
He attracted attention as a feath-
erweight and his fast work in the
ring won him numerous bouts. He
was always willing and he had speed
and strength and was game, but hi
lacked something that held him back
He was given a try at Champion
Johnny Kilbane and failed to show
the required class and as time wore
on he got heavy and eventually was
graduated into the lightweight divi-
sion; and as a lightweight he Ii
proving a pretty good boy. In de-
feating White he is not entitled tc
more than the ordinary praises thai
go with an ordinary victory, but his
future, it would seem, is likely tt
make pugilistic history. He has beer
we'll manager by Scotty Monteith
who has boosted him as a Scotchman
Dundee however, is an Italian, ant
he has another name.
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j. p. N:
With base runners on second anC
third bases, respectively, batter hits
to shortstop, who fumbles the ball
but RECEIVERS and throws to the plate
The man who was on third base real
ICES he cannot score and starts bacl
TO third only to discover that the maj
who had been on second base wa!
now on third base. The umpire de
clared that the runner who hat
started for home plate was out. hav
ing been forced off third base. Wa
he right or did runner from third bas'
have to be tagged before he could b.
called out? Also, could the runne
from second return to the bag h
left? k. b. Z.
The runner who left third base wa
not forced out and could not b.
called out unless he was tagged will
the ball before returning to thir,
base, The runner from second hat
the right to return to the bag h
left and remain there in safety If h
were not tagged out before regainipl
second base.
J. p. NJ;
Max's team played Sans team an
with the score IA Max's team refuse
to play any more. Who wins tn
game? MORRIS.
Max's team quit, so he is charge
with a 90 defeat. You can't win,
you leave the diamond.
GO
J. p. N:
Did Harry Wolverton ever pitch
game for Newark? REMNANT.
He pitched part of game.
j. p. N:
Did the Newark Club ever have
pitcher named Mccarthy? M. c. S.
Yes, Tom Mccarthy, but he ha
dropped out of sight.