Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-18

| terfere with players who had signe'
contracts, but declared they woult
| dicker as much as they liked will
men under reserve. Right after thu
worlds tourists landed, though, Their
was a change of plans. The Fed
didn't do as well as they had ex
pected, and after some thought they
decided to go after any player they
felt would do them good, regardless
Of contract. Something must have
come up to stop them, or perhaps il
was the sudden awakening to the fac
that they We're splitting their owl
milk, for if contracts We're not to b'
observed-either by baseball law Oh
civil law-why the Feds would bt
worse off than the regulars" be-
cause the regulars are so mucf
stronger than the feds. With con
tracts a joke, the players would bt
and the magnets would have to pay
the tolls.
The regulars" are not displaying
much sentiment in the case of Ger
many Schaefer. He is the funniest
man in baseball, and he can stih play
baseball Yet no one seems to wan.
him. Even the Feds haven't made an
offer to the Comedian of the Dia-
mond." At the worlds tourists din
ner the word was passed around that
Schaefer had signed with the 'out-
laws" and everybody was wishing
him well. Hope Germany gets 4
million was the general comment
But Schaefer didn't get a million, and
he didn't get cent. He got left
and now he is out of job. waiting
for somebody to throw him a rope to
bring him out of the wet.
C
IS. q. K Co are out early with
their views on the cycling situation
from racing standpoint. They seem
to think that Alfred Goullet has great
prospects, but they have their doubts
about Walter Rutt. The correspond
ents show much cycling intelligence
and their letter is worth reading;
]. p. N:
The local anti cycling organ, be-
fore the bike game is even open
starts the talk in favor of Jackie
Clark, who, in the opinion of that
paper, is the only rider able to take
the crown from Kramer. In preyi-
Gus correspondence we said what we
thought of the ability of the little
rider from the Antipodes We insist
today i'll our opinion that Clark will
not show to advantage in his match
races the coming season. II Clark
was the only dangerous man, Frank
L. Kramer would retain his title for
fourteen years more.
New men are coming up who will
show with advantage during the
coming season. Alfred Goullet is the
best among all, and it will be worth
while to watch him from the first
start when he will line up as scratch
man with Rutt, Clark and Grenda
Goullet has everything a rider needs
to be a champion, but we think the
only fault with him. he is too con-
fident and doesn't watch his adver-
sary on every movement of the pedal
Usually Goullet loses his races or
account of his confidence, and the
sprinter less confident but more
watchful wins from him. We admire
Goullet because he is on the leve
and has a record of true, honest vic
tories.
The words of the anti-cycling or
gan in regard to Goullet tend tc
make it appear as a joke, as Goullet
beat Clark out for the American
championship. For the benefit of al
supporters of Clark against Goullet
we feel that Goullet will be in thu
same wonderful form this year h'
was in the year 1872, when, at Sal
Lake City, he established three new
records for thirds of a mile
three fourths of a mile and for one
mile.
Another rider who will emerge thu
! coming season will be ALI Grenda