New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-20
snanish Food No Real Meal
for a Baseball Team,
Says Jake Daubert.
GOOD IRISH DINNER
A CURE FOR SLUMP
Brooklyn Nine Is Now Beating
Fvery Cuban Club in Sight
Almendares the Best.

since the Cubans stopped feeding the
..o,,vr superbas on chilli con carne and
:. females and gave them a little ham
and cabbage, there has been no stopping
the team.
- letter TO The Tribune Just received
,-o,, lake Daubert. the valiant captain
=, the Brooklyn superbas declares that
=, clpb Is now going great guns. They
,ns, their first two games, and then
votber Monyhan. of st. Augustine Col
,,ro invited the men to an Irish dinner.
pagan and Moran, who had previously
- starving on lot of Spanish food.
soaed only one Whit of the delectable
.sonds 70 get on their mettle, and since
,hsn have been going at top speed. The
Snnerbas have won their last four games
IA hone 10 clean up on the rest of the
series before sailing for home, at the end
Of the month.
"rbe team has been playing grand ball,
,.vs lake. I'VE lost our first two games,
~, have won the last four. l don't think
va will lose more than two of our re-
r,ajn,ng game, If we loose that many. The
rrbsns seem to have lost heart, and as
soon as we get a run they are beaten.
The Alnendares have the best team, and
the only team that l expect any trouble
tror, They have the pitchers. Mendez
md pedroso are two great twirlers, and
We have TO play fine ball to beat them.
"Ve are having a fine time. and the
Cuban people are very kind to us and
take US to all the points Of interest around
Havana. Father Monyhan invited us TO
ST Augustine College for a ham and
e.bbage dinner. 1t was real Irish fare.
never saw two Irishmen eat like Ragon
and Moran RaSon said 1t is only once
in a lifetime that you strike anything
Ike that.
We are having real cool weather, so
that II is quite comfortable. l certainly
hate 10 90 back 10 the winter again. We
expect 10 leave here either on November
q or December 2 by boat
The Cuban fans adopted Jake shortly
after he arrived there and he seems 10
have sprang into as great a popularity as
he enjoys in the United States. He was
invited 10 make a speech at the Heredia
Theatre two weeks after he arrived ana,
using the service of an interpreter, he
spread the oils Of diplomacy so skilfully
in distributing kind words that the fans
we're ready 10 give him the keys to the
city.
Besides the pitchers Mendez and Pc
drosa, Bomanach, a shortstop, and Con
alez, the third baseman Of the Havana
club have appealed to Jake as high class
players He has been so favorably i'm
pressed with Romanach that he is going
10 make efforts TO have him attached
10 the Brooklyn team and bring him
North for a big league debut next spring
BROOKLYN fans had not recovered yes
terdsy from the shock received at the
appointment Of Wilbert Robinson as man
sger The big catcher has spent most
Of his baseball career in the company OF
championship teams, being with the
Orioles in the heyday Of their pennant
winning ways, as well as with the Giants
for the last three years. His first move
will be 10 get the second division ldea
out of the heads Of the Brooklyn players.
He will not stand for team being out OF
the race before the campaign is well I'M
der way.
The Superbas have fingered so long IN
the ruck that it has become second nat
ure to them, but under proper proddins
they can be rejuvenated and put up 70
the top. The stuff is there and VIII snow
Il the players are once disabused OF the
idea that they can't beat the big fellows
Many time especially in playing
against the Giants, the Brooklyns seemed
beaten before they took the field
There will be some merry battles be-
tween the two teams next season. what
Robbie does not know about the weak
nssses and methods of the New forA
pitchers isn't worth knowing. He can
detect Marquard or Tessreau huttering
two innings before the blow finally rams.
What the St Louis Cardinals ala 70
Natty after Roger Bresnahan took hoiu
Of them and gave them a few ups Is
baseball history Robbie will do the same
for the Superbss, and the fights against
the Giants will be worth watching.