Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

| Baseball Is WIN US III edIHeSL anu
We are glad of It. The major leagues
got under way yesterday and the
"outlaw' league made Its bow in a
single city the day before. Later on,
! the International League will take
the centre of the stage and then we
will become highly enthusiastic. The
| opening OF tho American League and
the National League was marked by
the usual enthusiasm, but the big
crowds of former years were not
there. The Federal League, as far
as the opening proceedings can be
considered, had the biggest opening.
the attendance at Baltimore being
more than 1000, while Boston claims
the biggest crowd among the "regu-
lars" the total attendance being, it
Is said, $4,000. There were $1,000 at
the Yankees game in New York, but
only about 1900 over in Brooklyn.
In the other cities the crowds were
only $3.50. The opening indications
point TO bad year for baseball
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In the American League favorite
teams in three out of four cases
carried the day. The one exception
was the defeat of the Philadelphia
Athletics by the Yankees. In the
other games, the dope was followed
out, Washington winning from Bos-
ton, Chicago trimming Cleveland and
Detroit scoring over st. Louis. In the
National League there was series
of upsets The Philles beat the
Giants shamefully; St Louis, with
Dots Miller captain, took his old
team mates, the well-liked Pirates,
into camp Cincinnati smothered the
Chicago Cubs, and Brooklyn, con-
sidered pretty fair this year, beat
Boston. considered very good this
year, in o one-sided game. All in all,
baseball got off to d fine start, with
the Feds right there with the majors.
As far as the future is concerned,
great in nine cases out of ten. A
pennant winner may get by, but the
other fellows are going to have hard
times all season.
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The baseball moguls are right on
the job right off the reel in regards
to the betting proposition at the base
ball games. They say they will stop
1t at all cost, and 1t looks as if they
will surely succeed. The worst ball
parks for gambling in the country are
located in Boston, There the fans
bet on every play in the game. Over
in New York ut the Polo Grounds,
the gamblers are pretty strong.
Through the various circuits there is
more or less betting, of course, but in
Boston and New York it is regular
thing.
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The effort to stop this gambling
craze at the ball games is commend
able. The two pastimes do not mix.
The practise may go on for a while
without attracting any undue atten-
tion, but sooner or later the crash is
DOund TO come.
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Talking about gambling, there was
some betting up at the Ne!odrome
last Sunday, despite the efforts of
Frank Million. the president of the
Cycle Racing Association, to stop It.
AS Walter Rutt. ALI Goullet and
Jackie Clark came out. on the track
for the final of the Overture Prize
the excitement became rather intense.
There was much discussion over the
probable outcome and there was
division of opinion. Finally bets
were made. Mr.. Million saw what
was going on and he warned those
who We're betting that he would re-
fuse to sell them tickets In the flu
ture. They disregarded his words and
the bet was made. This particular
wager called for Rutt to beat both
Goullet and Clark. One of the per-
sons who did the betting has been
known to have gotten up in the
grandstand and accused the judges
of being robbers" With n bet on
the race and a close decision against
! him. 1t would be difficult to surmise
what this fellow would do. Betting
doesn't go with bikes at all, and If
Mr.. Million doesn't make an example
OF those who practise gambling at
the Velodrome, he will not be doing
justice to his patrons or his officials.
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Judging by the way the bet re-
ferred to in the above paragraph was
made, it looked to me as if the par
ties concerned We're anxious to let
everybody know that they We're
sports" The wager might have
been made without attracting the re-
hottest attention, but that wasn't the
thing-wasn't the idea. What Mr.
Million will do in the matter, do not
know, but he can't afford TO "let 1t
slip" Spectators within rows and
rows saw the bet made and they
know that Mr.. Million knows all
about it. They heard him warn the