Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-03

which Is the life OF baseball. to the In.
{ vaders. That Baltimore should rur
without being hit-that she should
F Quit without a lights almost toe
glaring a sign OF weakness. There
are other cities IN far worse posi-
ton than the Orioles, which would
have shown more sand and more abil-
ity to take punishment. Yet at the
T first sign of a blow. Dunn and Mack
rush to get out from under and make
big play 10 locate their Internal
tional League franchise IN Pittsburgh.
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The action OF the Baltimore club
owners is not 70 be commended N the
least, but it Is a tip 60 the other club
owners In the league 70 set eat and
hustle for themselves and take care
OF their interests. or else they win se
left behind when the pinen ee@ss, Ike
the old cows tail rhs Sseuasioa Is
really getting serious, s1thss@Sa sae
regulars" VIII laugh - seezR ne
thought that the seSea2wsN eSVe =
chance to make gce1 However,
the anxiety &c iy q TIE part e DEAN
and Mack. leaving. IS ssss vsss3, sse
Feds without = SPARK e eszsesNsssa,
would seem 70 tnGsoass sslas snsgS Is
more behind the invaders THAI tsass
on the outside Csc imagine.
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AS between Ba1sa-acr~ and 8hs x'eas
and Pittsburgh sas Sle majors ard
the Feds. it Is aasserrs "a figure eus
where Dunn 4aa Mack can Pos
sibly be lettering diasr ronEfaaa.
They know. g eaz-ss. thai 8hs eisz-
zens of Baltiuso-s wsala feok a rs
outlaws" because ansS woa1s 2eoS
upon the invaders IS big as&s-oa-s -
the means eventually q ST12sans s.
big league team into tas<ar Soxzs SAT
the present Orioles w'enst esi some
patronage surely szz Il wyoaa5 have
been no more than rssa1 SoT Dam
and Mack TO give tAe -'ocisspST a
battle for g year al lezSt- Sat n.
They rushed 20 Barney Drsy1as. -
Pittsburgh. for sympathy s-sa = ps--
NIT TO transfer their team - the
Pirates domain Barney. kind C
selfish, you might say, refused .
listen to their pies, and row the owl
ers of the Orioles are in the position
of wanting to leave town. hus unable
to do so because the other town
doesn't want them
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If the action Of the Baltimore Club
magnates is an evidence OF the
fighting spirit of the International
League clubs. the Federals may not
have such hard plugging as we not
long ago predicted they would. Surely
it is an open sign of weakness when
men like Dunn and Mack would
quit a city with only the outlaws"
to buck and jump into another city
where they would have not only the
OUTLAWS" but the majors to play
against. Another thing, there are
franchise holders in the International
League who deserve just as much
consideration as Baltimore when it
comes to changing territory. Balti-
more has been looked upon as pretty
fair city for the past few years, and
1t must have shown something allur-
ing to get Connie Mack to put his
good money in the proposition. Now,
though, when the pinch comes, there
is a scramble to get out and get in
somewhere ahead of some one else.
It was shrewd of Dunn and Mack,
but no one in the International
League will be sorry that Dreyfus
has turned them down.
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The Federal League, If it Is success
full at all, will be so because of the
fact that 1t is promising major league
ball to what are looked upon as mi
nor league cities. For instance, Bal
timore, as noted, Is delighted over
the prospect of the outlaws" COM
ing to their town, and so will the
other cities that are now being served
with the minor league brand of the
great national game. Let us take
our own city of Newark, for instance.
Major league ball has never been
played here, but even If it should
come to town with the cloak of an
OUTLAW" around it the chances are
anything to nothing that the fans
would support the invaders as big
leaguers or as prospective big
leaguers. Every city would like to
have big league team in it's midst.
There can be no denying that fact.
Baseball is the greatest advertising
medium in the world and to be in
big league baseball means that you
are somebody and amount to some
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