Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-01
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The Giants and the Braves will be
idle today and therefore there is
to worry about in the Ma
tional League race. The fight is such
a hot one that the fans are deeply
interested, and an off day doesn't set
well with them at all. They want
action, especially as the result of one
days play will change the leaders in
the race. AS a result of the games
yesterday, the Giants are no better
off than If they did not play. After
eleven innings the game with the
Pittsburghs was called with / to l
score. Boston didn't play, SO the
Braves stood still. The victory OF
Chicago over Cincinnati brought the
Cubs up q little, and as the same
teams play again today, Chicago may
make more hay. st. Louis is right
there in third place, waiting for the
leaders to slump.
BY the way, when st. Louis comes
to New York, celebration Is to be
held in honor of Dots" Miller, the
Kearny boy. who is captain of the
Cardinals. The affair promises to be
big in every way. as it is to be con-
Quoted by the Kearny Lodge OF
Elks. st. Louis is at the Polo
Grounds on September %, "a and 20,
and the celebration will be held on
one of those days. A committee OF
hustlers has been appointed by Fred
erlck A. Hartley, exalted ruler of the
K earny lodge, and there is sure to be
a big time when the Dots Miller
Day" arrives AS captain of the
team, Miller is making a hit this year
and the fans of st. Louis proclaim
him their hero. dots" is playing at
his very best this year and he is con-
sidered about the finest first base
man in either league today.
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Leave it to Charley Ebbets and he
will gum up the cards to a fare-the-
we'll in the International League. Not
satisfied with grabbing off the cream
Of the Newark players for his Brook
Ign team, he is going to have a finger
in the pie in deciding the league race.
With Providence and Rochester in
close fight for the pennant. Mr.. Eb-
bets has "loaned'' Johnny .Enzmann,
our old pitcher, to the Rochester club,
with the proviso that Enzmann
Doesn't pitch against Newark. That
s very considerate of Mr.. Ebbets, for
t was generally supposed that he
lidn't care whether Newark ever won
another ball game. Nevertheless, this
'loaning'' proposition is about the
INIT in baseball maneuvers. 1t would
rave been all right for any other
major league club owner to come to
he rescue of Rochester, but when Mr.
Ebbets, who owns the Newark club,
will loan" a player to another team,
t makes one even doubt baseball.
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| understand. though. in discussing
Mr.. Ebbets, that the Brooklyn man
will not be with us next year. He
is to sell out his interests here, and
the talk Is that he will not be allowed
to remain here. He has about killed
The Newark team and he has killed
himself, and the fans would hardly
care to support the club If he was
TO be connected with It, The story
goes that Ebbets is to sell out his
stock in the club, but who, oh who,
will he get to buy It?
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From time to time in these columns
it has been pointed out that Gus Getz
was better ball player than he APP
peared to be. He looked awkward,
both at the bat and in the field, yet
he hit we'll and played his position Of
second base In fine style. He never
to be covering much ground,
yet few plays got away from him. He
was far from graceful, but the remark
has often been made that he "gets
there just the same" Getz is doing
well for Brooklyn. He is playing third
base, which is new to him, still he is
fielding his position in grand style. He
is not hitting so well, but he Is sure to
improve. A very able Judge said of
this player the other day: "Gus Getz
is the best man that ever came out of
We will not say that. but
he is a good man and 1 have been
pleased to say so time and time again.
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General mcfarland is 50 delighted
to see the Worlds Cycle Derby meets
that he is at work now on another
big program of races to be run during
September After the races Sunday,
top. His only complaint was that
there wasn't room for all the patrons
of the sport, and it didn't make the
General feel any better when Frank
the president of the Cycle
Racing Association, informed him
that in the neighborhood of 1900 per-
sons had been turned away. That
set MacFarland to thinking and this
he declared the Velodrome
would be enlarged next year He
said that two more sections would be
added to the grandstand, and that
five rows would be put on the bleach
ers. Other improvements would also
be made, Mac" said, and he is on
his way to get them started right
now.
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The cyclists themselves are having
a lively discussion as to who was re-