Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09

President Barrow, of the Interna
tional League, 1t would seem, judg
ing similar affairs in the past, ha:
been more than severe in the pun
shment he has doled out to Harry
Smith, manager of the Newark team
Mr.. Barrow. of course, received the
report of the occurrence in Mondays
game from Gerald Hayes, the UNI
pire who put Smith out of the
grounds for disputing a decision that
locked close enough to call for con-
siderable doubt. But the punishment
melted out to the manager was
greater than the case called for in
the opinion of those who witnessed
the affair. In the first place, Smith,
at the command of the umpire, left
the grounds, and while he did some
"rag-chewing," his language, it is
said, was not beyond propriety.
However, Umpire Hayes must have
made much of the affair for Smith
to draw a $50 fine and indefinite sus-
pension. 1t seems out of line en-
tirely and President Barrow should
make a more thorough investigation
of the case.
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As a general thing, the umpires are
fair and impartial in their rulings,
but it is claimed that Hayes has a
grievance against the whole Newark
been bad, and maybe the presumption
that he is against the Tigers is mag
NATIVE. But as to the case of Mana
ger Smith, something is wrong some
some uncomplimentary things to the
umpire is to be presumed, but that
his talk" should draw a heavy fine
and also indefinite suspension seems
adding on more than the usual pun
ishment generally dealt out in such
cases
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With the Newark club up in the
lead and fighting for the lead. it is
natural that Manager Smith should
be very much interested in the close
decisions. His right to question such
plays is also in order and the UNI
pires must remember that they are
subject to mistakes. A bad decision
is never changed and bad decisions
are made, of course. The players go
beyond themselves at times, but
Harry Smith has been more than
peaceable this season. He has been
instructed by Charley Ebbets to cur
tail all rowdy tactics on the diamond
and he has warned his players to be
just as good as they can. The feel
ing prevails that Mr.. Barrow hasn't
much love. for Newark or for Jersey
City, but that is not necessarily so.
It Is also said that he would like
to see Buffalo and Rochester do bet
ter, which may be so.
c.
My opinion is that umpires are
mostly right or mean to be right,
and that the kicking ball players are
mostly wrong. In the case of Smith,
however, the usual S. or even $40
fine and a three-day suspension
might be in order; a $50 fine and in,
definite suspension is entirely too Sc
we're a penalty for the crime. Mr..
Barrow will do we'll to go deeper into
the affair. He may be able to
straighten out a mess that needs at
tention and sound judgment. The
president acted entirely on the say
SO of his umpire Let him come over
here and get more evidence.
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Jersey City was hit hard when
Jack Knight was allowed to go to the
New York Yankees, but neither the
club owners nor the club manager
could hold the player and have him
do much good. When Knight dis
covered that he was wanted in the
"big show" he ceased from that mo-
ment to be a valuable asset to the
Shelters. From what / know, Jersey
City was dead set on keeping knight,
but in doing so the club knew 1t
would be getting in bad with knight
and in bad with the other players on
the team.
G
Knight "came to life" during his
stay with Jersey City and the team
was entitled to one year of his best
services. But the Yankees, who had
him before, were after him again,
and che player soon found 1t out.
Naturally he was anxious to go back
salary would be doubled in one fell
swoop from $1,000 to $4,000 If he
wasn't allowed to go knight wouldn't
have felt happy or content with the
Skeeters and the other players would
get sore and crabby, perhaps, in SYM
pathy with him, and put up the cry
that the poor ball player wasn't be-
ing given a fair show" The loss of
hnlSnL is pioW, all riSnt, oul ehe
team might have slumped if Jersey
City held the player.
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Dan Morgan has broken out in a
new spot, and even the cool nights
haven't lowered the temperature any.
With Jack Britton on his staff, Nor
gan feels as if he is entitled to q per-
manent place on the pugilistic stage,
now that Willie Richie has stirred
up so much commotion by his rather
hollow victory over Joe Rivers, who
is now set down as a dead cold quit
ter If there is chance in the