Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
EARLY TRADE TALK
| AMONG LEAGUERS
Dunn, Kelley, McCaffery and
Sutton Hold Confab Before
Regular Meeting.
SMITH PICKS COLUMBUS

Broadway, between Twenty-third
and Twenty-fifth streets, New York,
is fairly bristling with baseball
notables, in the metropolis to at
tend the business meetings of the
International League today, and the
National League tomorrow. The In
ternational Leaguers, who go into
session today to talk over the leagues
affairs, We're all on hand last night
and there was SO much confabbing
that it was predicted there would be
more than one deal consummated be-
fore the day is over.
Tt is believed that every club in
the International League made money
during the 1918 season. While the
race was not as close as in 1912 and
the teams were less closely punched,
1t was a good race most of the time,
even though the Tigers held first
place practically all the time. While
the attendance at some of the clubs
was not UP to the standard, particu-
larly at Providence, IL Is believed that
the Grays' owners came out ahead.
The Jersey City Club, by playing
. double-headers and selling players,
managed to make money, and the
Montreal Club made more money than
during any previous season In its his
tory.
Under President Edward G. Bar
rows regime the league has
flonrished, and while it Is still a long
way off, the magnates are already
talking about what they will do for
him when his five-year contract ex-
pires in 1915. The international
Leaguers are denied the pleasure and
politics which the annual election of
the National League president af-
fords.
The discussion of player problems,
the new form of contract asked by
the Players Fraternity. and the ad-
visibility of round-robin series
with the American Association teams
are the principal items of interest to
the public. 1t is expected that sew
eral American Association magnates
will be invited to sit in the conclave
when the round-robin series Is dis
eussed.
Among the first arrivals last night
were Joe Kelley, manager of the
Toronto Club, and President James
]. Mccartney, of the Maple Leafs,
with their usual retinue of newspaper
men. Larry Sutton. the "old scout"
and business manager of the Newark
Club, could not resist the tempta-
ton to go to the metropolis yes
terday to see his old baseball friends.
AteAiA y was bdoJ liODiioOplu6 WIN LILO
baseball men, among them Jack
Dunn. of Baltimore, who was one of
the early arrivals.
Jack Kelly, manager of the Scran-
ton Club, may make an agreement
with Dunn whereby Scranton will he.
come Baltimore farm. Kelly wants
MiclSy Corcoran and Lefty" Rus
SELL Lefty" has developed into n
crack first -sacker since his arm gave
out and he quit pitching.
Columbus to be Tigers Camp.
Manager Charles II. Ebbets, jr., of
the Newark club, announced today
that Columbus. Ga, had been select
ed as the training camp for the
Tigers. Manager Harry Smith has
been down South for the past few
days. and while he had q long list
of good towns, he liked Columbus so
much that he got no farther. The
grass diamond was the main attrac-
tiona
The Tigers will go by boat to Sa-
vannah and finish the trip to CO.
lumbus by rail. The date set for the
voyage, February 20, Is month ahead
of the time at which the Tigers de-
parted under the former management.