Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-22
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will tend to his knitting, just as If
Tinker was never on the team, but
his success-if he IL successful-will
be partly reflected in glory to Tinker.
O.
In landing Tinker, Brooklyn was
more than lucky, and we will have to
give credit to Charley Ebbets for
being very wise. When the $4,000
offer was made by Ebbets even Garry
Hermann, who does the business for
Cincinnati, which club Tinker man.
aged last season, thought 1t was a
Joke, and it is said that Hermann
was SO astounded by the offer that he
accepted it, knowing not what he was
doing. Later on, to prove this, in a
way, the Cincinnati Club endeavored
to repudiate the transaction, but Eb-
bets hurried out to "Cincy' and in
sisted on carrying out the deal. Be-
sides, Ebbets did more negotiating,
and, If everything as planned goes
through, Brooklyn will have Tinker
and q real ball club, and It will owe
itself money In the end. The other
deals call for Moran, the outf1elder,
and Yingling, the pitcher Newark
wanted so badly, to so to Cincinnati
at $12,5o0 and Egan, an inf1elder, going
to Brooklyn for $4,000. II these
changes come to pass, Kirkpatrick
will surely be given to Newark, but
Yingling is the man we wanted. But
1t is said there isn't much chance of
getting him out of the National
League.
@
What difference one man on a
ball team will make sometimes. Let
us continue to talk about Tinker. By
placing Joe at shortstop the Superbas
not only strenthened the infield, but
he made the whole team. We will
line the men up as their batting aver
age was last season and Just see how
they appeal to the expert baseball
fan:
Daubert, first base ............... $50
Tinker, shortstop ................. BIT
Wheat, left field .................. .301
Smith, third base ................. .2y6
Riggert, centre field .............. .293
Miller catcher .................... .275
Stengel, right field ............... .272
Cutshaw, second base ............ .270
After scanning the above you
say to yourself. "A pretty nifty ag-
gregation of diamond stars" Take
Daubert, hitting the ball with a mark
OF $50, and finishing UP well with
Cutshaw, who had an average last
year of .270, and you have a club that
any pitcher will give more than pass
Ing thought to. 1t is a great ball
team on paper. and II 1t plays up to
appearance 1t will take a great ball
team to beat 1t out on the seasons
work.
O.
Well give Charley Ebbets all the
credit for landing Tinker, but we'll
have to say a word or two about
Scout Larry Sutton for getting Dau-
bert, Smith and Cutshaw. On his
own Judgment, and on his own say
so, Sutton picked up these three play
ers, and the Brooklyn Club is In more
ways than one indebted to the scout.
Larry isn't craving for any glory, but
when talking about the Brooklyn Club
1t would be hard matter to overlook
Jake Daubert and Larry Sutton, the
man who discovered the great first
baseman.
o
Now that Michigan has secured a
football game with Harvard she
seems inclined to give the cold Shout
der to her less pretentious compan-
ions OF other days. 1t doesn't sound
like the wolverines to pass up an
old friend, but 1t Is said Michigan
has demanded of Syracuse that she
play her annual game In Ann Arbor
next year or not at all.
O.
From another of Verri's numerous
admirers we have received the fol-
lowing:
]. P. NJ:
1t seems that everybody is saying
something about the six-day race,
and l think I will express my ideas
as to the Verri-Hill arguments Verri