Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-02


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| longer. The season would have been
a poor one financially in any event,
but the Feds came along and added
to the hardship. But the Feds. like
the others, will get tired of losing
money, and then will come the awak-
ening.
The fans in some cities will demand
the best there is in baseball, yet they
will not support the team. In New
ark, the fans are pretty good. They
turned out last year when the team
was winning, but they kind of stop
ped when the team took a slump.
When it came down to the crucial
test, though the fans got on the job
and they pulled the broken-down
Tigers home "a winner. This year the
patronage at the local ball park has
not been at all encouraging, and the
fans should take a keener interest in
the games. Every team in the Inter
national League is almost certain to
lose money, but the club that Won
the championship should get by. The
outlook is bright for Newark
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An idea of how poorly baseball is
being supported may be CLEANED from
the attendance at the games in Chi
cago on Sunday. The Feds had about
5000, the White SoX had 1000 and
the poor old despised Cubs had only
a few hundred to see them play.
After you glance over the salary lists
of these three clubs and then take
a peek at the attendance for the best
day in the week, the wonder is how
and why the men behind the guns
stand it. Baseball is one big bust
ness proposition, with sporting
spirit" as an asset, and it must be
seen on business lines, The magnates
pay the freight and the players got
most of the money and all the cheers
and applause. If anything goes
wrong the club owners are blamed
even to player missing a fly in the
outfield. It's a good game is baseball
for those who do not have to pay
the bills.
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The situation over in Brooklyn
seems to be changing. For a time
the feeling was with the Feds, but
the fans are coming back to the reg
ulars." The new broom" sweeps
well for a time, but the "old broom"
is the one that gets into all the cor
ners and is always to be depended
upon. The Superbas and the Tip Tops
clashed yesterday in Brooklyn and
the regulars outdrew the outlaws"
The National Leaguers had more
than 5000 to their double header with
the tail-end Bostons and the Federal
Leaguers had less than 1000 to see
them play the leading Baltimores.
Maybe it wasn't a real test, but the
fans would naturally go to see one
good game in preference to two bad
games if the class was there.
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The Pitching Johnsons had another
battle in the box yesterday, their
third 50 far this season, and the
great Walter was overwhelmed by A,
Rankin. This makes the season
| record between these two twirlers
two games to one in favor of john
son, of Boston. Johnson. Of Washing
ton, may beat all the others, but il
takes johnson, of the Hub, to stop
him. Too much Johnson is too much
for Walter.
The men who wiz represent the
L. S. A. in the polo team will be Sc
iected today. Just who they will be
is not positively known. 1t is an
nounced, though, that Monte Water
bury, Larry Waterbury, DevereuS
Milburn will be three of the -four
and that either Rene La Montague oil
r. II. Phipps will be the fourth man
1t is said that Harry Payne Whitney
has been practising diligently and Il
is limited that he might be named as
a substitute and be put into the game
in a pinch. There is no use denying
the fact that Whitney, as captain Of
the American team, in the last tive
international matches, was a grea
deal of the show.
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Two of the American cup defend
ers. the Resolute and the Vanite, ar
sailing today in their first trial spin
The third defender, the Defiance, will
get into the swim later on. The opin
ion is prevalent that the Resolut'
will be the yacht chosen, but tn
trials may have something to d.
with changing this plan. Sir Thoma
Lipton. seems to be satisfied witt
his challenger, Shamrock ". 1t i
said to be a freakish craft. If tn
outcome of the race was left to
vote of the American people, tn
Shamrock would probably be re
turned the winner This sentiment
at least. seems TO prevail among tn
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