Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-19

a man big enough to be a big man
in baseball and big enough to talk
back to Ban Johnson, president Of
the American League, and just now
the biggest man in baseball. For
some time the National League has
been a joke, and there has been no
one big enough to stop the laughter.
Ban Johnson has wiped up the dia-
mond with his rival organization
whenever an issue came up, but with
Governor Tener at the helm, Ban
will have to do little give-and-take
in the arguments. 1t is said to be
absolutely positive that Governor
Tener will accept, in which event the
National League is in line for some
hearty congratulations, Really, Tener
is to be thanked for accepting the
position, SO we won't congratulate
him.
A quiet rumor Is going the rounds
that the Newark Baseball Club will
| change hands before the year Is out,
and one or two things that have
cropped up lately lead me to believe
that there is something in the tip. l
know that Charley Ebbets would like
to get rid of his interests here, and
don't blame him in the least. His
efforts in giving the city champion !
ship ball club haven't been appreciated
in the least. He has been unjustly
knocked because he saw fit to protect
~ t. 1efl
way and he has been "double-crossed'
by a man whom he took into his base
ball family. Charley Ebbets, to be
honest, has done more for Newark in
q baseball way than has been done
by all the magnates we have had
around here in the last twelve years.
He has given the city a championship
| ball team and he has made the town
| known from coast to coast. The adj
vertising that Newark has received
through the efforts of Mr.. Ebbets
couldn't be purchased in dollars and
cents by any means. For the good of
| the city 1t would be well for Mr.. Eb-
bets to retain his stock in the club,
unless, perchance, some desirable
local men decide to buy 1t. From the
information at hand, 1t is evident that
outside interests are likely to buy the
club. know two of the men who are
after 1t, but hope the present own
ers will remain in control until New
arkers feel disposed to buy 1t.
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Mr.. Ebbets's one mistake in connec-
ton with the Newark Club was in
| getting George Solomon into his base
ball family. Otherwise, tho affairs Of
the club would have gone on smooth
ly. He might have incurred the dis
pleasure of one of the numerous
"Wiseys'' on the Givens organ, but
that Is considered a boost these days.
If Ebbets comes back with a new
president he will find that the fans
are not so hot under the collar as
1.-The dtctagraph" would have him
believe. He will get the same loyal
support he received last year, and no
one can deny that the fans turned
out like sailors and rooted the Tigers
in as champions in that double
Saturday of the season. Yes, Mr.. Eb-
bets, you are welcome to Newark
with your ball club, and the news
paper that is shouting for local men
to govern affairs in baseball is just
now doing its worst to injure the local
men who govern the cycling game in
this city. So, don't pay any attention
to the squawkers about local men
controlling the situation, Mr.. Ebbets.
You can see for yourself how incon-
sistent they are.
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Yale is getting almost too much
praise for her game stand against
Princeton, it would seem, and many
of the devotees of football are likely
to be misled because of the
"slathers'' of nice things that are
being said about the Ellis. Always a
great admirer of Yale, and one of the
! few who even gave her a look-in
against Princeton in the game last
Saturday, and a witness to that
notwithstanding struggle it ap-
peared as If Yale's showing was
somewhat enhanced because of
Princeton's evident weakness on that
particular occasion. AS compared to
the game the Tigers played against
Harvard, the strength, the SKILL the
, speed, all were missing against Yale.
, The Tigers were just good-that was
|, all Against Harvard they were
great And when the Bulldog-gams
) and brave old Bulldog-meets the
royal Crimson crew next Saturday at
Cambridge the dear old fellow will
Z find a different kind of enemy-a
: more tremendous army-than he met
the week before at New Haven.
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i Harvard this year is the best there
I is She was good enough to defeat
Princeton when Princeton was just
! night, and she will be even better
for her final game than she has beer