Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-14
By Gus GETZ
Clever Second Baseman of the HewaTs|
Baseball Club) s9Ha

Baseball Club.) fVle
COLUMBUS, Ca, March 1A-1someE
members of the Tigers may have
played on moro championship teamsE
than have. but | claim at least one
dlstinction-T have had the honor OF /
playing with Harry Smith on ii tall
end team which ne managed, as wg1aI
as a championship club. How waB lei
that Smith failed with the BostonI
Nationals a few years ago and yeti
was so successful in Newark, last
year? Well it Is just this: SMITH
had q bunch of minor leaguers inl
Boston and 1t took him the greater,
part of the season to get going Hel
had them winning games In great3
fashion along in August, and PROS
poets were never brighter for the foIeI
lowing season. What was my SUR
prise on learning during the winter!
that Harry had had q run-in with thaI
owners of the Boston club over sail
airy matters and Fred Lake ha.a.aueenl
appointed in his stead.
Lake Lacked Qualifications
in my opinion, Lake lacked tfioI
qualifications of a good manager II
was green and a youngster just freshl
from the bushes, but I learned very
little under Lake, and he was finallyI
canned, too. Smith stuck gameiy andI
played as hard under Lake, aaI
though he were still managing thaI
team. That shows real grit,is ThaI
average ballplayer, having been dist
missed from the managerial. role /
would have sulked, demandedta bisI
salary or else quit altogether WhilsI
l don't know for sure, | belieNes tf1anI
Smith had been promised the jobI
back again il Lake failed to nakeI
good. Anyhow, the upshot of IL was|
that after Lake failed, Smith wasI
notified one day that he had beenI
turned over TO Brooklyn. M
In the long run the shift of sInans
ayers proved q lucky thing for HarryI
because he came to Newark, and II
know he is extremely contented with
his lot as manager of the Bengals-|
He has had his own revenge on theI
man who turned him down as man~|
ager, by his creditable showing ln|
winning a pennant his first crackI
| out as minor league pilot ,r,4
Harry Was Popular. ~
Though Lake was manager tIsa|
year following Smiths regime. all Oh
the boys were strong for Harry. Hol
always had knack of getting tha|
| good will of his fellow players. wei
! all did our. best for Lake, but hal
| used to be kidding all the time, and
remember once 1 got so sore, blocked
him up in his own locker In the|
| dress 'ng-room at Cincinnati III SMITH
had stuck as manager of the Bean.
| eaters, I am sure he would have had
| q pennant for the Beaneaters by thisl
| time and he might today be, thel
leader of worlds series champion~l
| ship team instead of an International
| League manager.
Prospects Very Isright4as
Harry's prospects of branching
| out into big Lacquer again, in the|
| managerial role, are very bright and
| this time he will stick. The club bel
had in Boston, and finally got win<
ming games, could not compare with
| our Tiger lineup. That is where al
manager shows his class-in taking)
q second-rate team and making the|
| pther fellows sit up and take notice.
1t takes real champion to comel
from behind, with everything against
him; and Smith is a real Champion