Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-30

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the best team in the league on paper.
Start anywhere YOU Choose. and the
Superbas look formidable. The in
field, with Daubert at first. Cutshaw
at second, smith at third and Egan
at short is not bowling its head to
any of them. and in the ontfield
Wheat Stengel and Dalton are not
far away from the top. The pitca-
ing staff seems to be reliable. There
is the always dependable Nap
Ruelser, and he will have rare assist
ance in Reulbach. Ragon, Aitchison,
Brown and the very promising Allen.
The catching staff is also very good,
and while Brooklyn will not be given
a tumble at the present Writing, II
Wibert Robinson is as good a man-
ager as he is said to be, he will not
have much trouble keeping the team
up in the race. With a John Me
Graw back of them, rne Superbas
would do lot of galloping in that
the Giants, the champions, are con-
cerned, it is good bet that Charley
Ebbets wouldn't trade his Brooklyn
team for tine New York team even up.
C.
Frank Farrelrs baseball stadium
will be the daddy of them all when
il is completed Its whole cost will
be tremendous. for more than one
obstruction has been put in the way
since the first spadeful of earth WAS
lifted; but when the park is finished it
will be well worth the effort. Itewill
have a capacity of about 10000, and
it will be up to date in every way.
Mr.. Farrell has had his share of
hard luck ever since he brought the
American League into New York.
With the new grounds there may
come a change, and no one will be
more deserving. for Frank Farrell
has proven himself to be an easy
loser and one of the gamest sports
in baseball.
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Ty Cobb is still Ty Cobb and Frank
Baker is still Frank Baker. Atten-
ton has been attracted to these gen.
tlemen as usual through their batting
performances. Both are still there"
as the gay boys say, and one seems
to be about as formidable as the
other. Now and then we hear much
about the luck OF baseball, but Cobb
and Baker are more than luclty--they
are reliable. Cobb is the greatest
player of his time, and Baker is not
far behind Yet, strange to relate,
neither Cobb nor Baker was bothered
by the Federal League. To the Feds
Cobb would have been worth more
than any Ave players in their league
and Baker would have earned them
a. pretty penny. Cobb didn't take to
the OUTLAWS" it is said, because he
is interested in the Detroit club and
in the Providence club. Baker
snubbed the Feds, 1t is claimed, be-
cause Connie Mack, his manager, has
been so good to him,
While dragging the Feds into print
II might not be amiss to remark
right here that their success is as
sured il they hold on for whole sea-
son. According to present conditions
they can't lose. Strife is in the air
and no game can stand a battle very
long in which both sides are sure tc
prove big losers. 1t will be fine for
the poor ball players who are only
drawing down from, say, $4,000 tc
$4,000 n season. but the poor boobs
who are paying the fiddler What
about them?
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As the saying goes. every dog has
his day, and this is the day of the
ball player. He is in a position &c
demand and his employer must give
up. AS time goes on, conditions viii
become more strenuous. The player
will get sick and tired of asking fol
raises and getting them, and he viii
want to do something big. He vii
jump to the Feds, Just for the sport
of it, and when something crops III
to peeve him in the outlaws" he
will jump back again-that is, if he
is big enough in baseball to do such
things. In the meantime, the mag.
mates will begin to think and figure
and they will no doubt eventually
come to the old conclusion that "wal
Is hell" Then will follow the over.