Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-10

Is not passe. by any means He IAN
play almost any position On the team.
and he can play frse base We'll. He
can hit, TOO. and that Is most I'M
portant. Hommel would III in well
on several big league clubs. and me
New York Yankees could use him
nicely at first base, which is the
weakest spot on the team. II Hum
mel isn't kept in the big show who
knows but he may jump TO the Fed
erals? He could surely get job with
the outlaws" There are several
good reasons why Hummel is likely
not to come to Newark. although we
would welcome him ana appreciate
him, just the same.
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II not Hummel, then We must have
someone to cover first base. We have
recruit or two down South at the
training camp, but not a single one
of them appears to have the goods.
l heard a tip the other day that Bill
Collins would probably come back TO
Newark and hold down first base.
Bill can do it. for he has been a regu-
lar initial sacker in his day. To Sc
cure Collins the same red tape Of
getting waivers would have to be
INDUCED in as was the case with
l,tI, IN
big leagues will say let him go, and
if he can escape the Feds he may be
with us next season. Collins would
do nicely, but Hummel would be the
fellow. However, We will have to
await developments
6
Joe Fogler is always in the picture
somewhere. Fogler and Reggie Nc
Namara We're Tapped in the Berlin
six-day race, but they are keeping
right on and corralling all the
primes" that are being offered. They
will probably get as much out of the
grind as the winners. That is often
the case An example may be cited
in Jackie Clark and the New York
six-day race. Clark was given 81 ,00C
! bonus to start in the New York
| grind, and after Paddy Hehir, his
partner, had quit. Jackie was guar
anteed a half-share of first money to
team up with Alfred Grenda, who
also lost his mate, and go out and try
and get the lap back. Later Clark
was teamed up with Bobby Walthour
but Jackie couldn't stand the terrific
tanning, and quit after riding him
self stiff. He got $1,000 for his bit
however, and was just as we'll off
financially as if he had won the race
however, and Jackie lost money or
the trip.
After Clark had quit in the Garden
race and after Clark and Eddie Root
had stopped in the Paris siX-day
neither of them would ever agar
amount to anything as long grinders
As far as Clark is concerned, we viii
have to wait and see, but we may
never know, for it is said that Jackie
has positively retired from the six
day game. In the case of Root
though, the assertion, once a quittel
always gutter, isn't so. Eddie hal
come back in the Berlin race yer.
strong and private cable dispatches
to the Evening Star say that he il
riding like a champion in the German
capital
@
To hear Jimmy Moran talk. no on
would believe that he would ever hav
Root as partner in a siX-day race
: Yet Moran and Root are riding Xix
. brothers and riding their heads OF
in the Berlin six-day grind. TIL
Evening Stars Berlin correspondent
picks Walter Rutt to win the race an
he probably will, but it will have t
be a case of Look out for Eddi
Root" at the finish.
, C
Now that Battling Levinsky ha
; again outpointed Jim Coffey, tn
Dublin Giant" ought to be Statistic
to step aside and admit he ism
there. And, by the same token,
is up to Charley Weinert TO Civ
? Levinsky another chance to prov
/ that he has in him the makings of
! champion. Yes, Weinert should Civ
Levinsky a chance, for Levinsky
| always giving other fighters
e chance, especially when they al