Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-29
JOHNNY HOWARD, WHO is COMING TO THE FRONT FAs-

outlaws are on the job digging
up another sensation to keep the
argument at fever heat
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On general principle, the F'ederals
are liable to show great strength,
For one thing. there are fewer of
them than the regulars" and they
are sure to make fewer mistakes.
They are claiming everything they
can cast their eyes upon and they
seem to be displaying pretty fair
judgment in their deals. When they
run out of material they write out
an offer to Ty Cobb. Joe Jackson or
some other big league star and keep
the pot boiling in that way. They
bait their hook well and the "regu-
lars'' swallow hook, line and sinker,
The Feds" really would be dead
and buried long ago if the "regu-
lars" had not kept them alive.
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The REGULARS" in their most e.
rious moments decline to give the
OUTLAWS" a chance to make good.
They laugh heartily at the minor
league circuit mapped out by the
Feds and say they could not win out
because of that fact alone. The
trouble is, however, that the Federals
are likely to shift around their cir
cult at any moment. In such an
event they would be able to get a
lot of money to wage war. With a
big league circuit in sight, big men
with big money would be right on the
| Job. That is about the only way the
Feds can win and win right. OF
course, they may go along from year
to year nagging the regulars" with a
but the only way they can do real
| harm is to fight the regulars" In
every available city on the big league
circuit.
The persistency with which Charley
Ebbets, ST., insists that Joe Tinker
will play shortstop with Brooklyn
next season causes one to reflect and
give the matter little more thought
than the "once over" If Tinker is to
play In Brooklyn, surely the Federal
League will not be able to weather
the blow. In making such a declara-
ton the senior Ebbets must surely
know what he is talking about. Per-
haps he is on the inside of the stu
alton in Chicago, where the "regu-
lars" are making the most allurine
offers imaginable to Charles Weegh-
man, who is the backbone of the
OUTLAWS" Weeghnan is good fel
low" 1t is said. and he is known t.
be rich man and a fighter. He II
entirely too nice man, however, tn
regulars" declare, to be outside thu
fold. and they want him to join then
and put time. energy and money int
the organization end of the game. 1
is a great move and a winning move
and If 1t goes through the poor Fed
: are sure to crumble under the blow
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likely, that Mr.. Ebbets is banking
) on when he says so positively tina
Tinker will be with the Superbas tn
coming season. With Weeghman'
: support withdrawn from the Fed
they would flop over dead. and the
: there would be wild scramble oil
v the part of the deserters to get bacl
{ into the fold. That may be a simpl
1 matter and it may prove very diff
Y ficult task. All will depend on hov
I the Players Fraternity views the sit
8 uation. 1t may be that the Fraterni
. ty will say "Welcome back, broth
: ersi" and 1t may be that the Fra
3 ternity will say, NAY, nay, Pauline!
r which might bring about anothe
|, war, for the magnates would surel
resent any interference on the par
of the Fraternity. and the Fraternit
r might insist that the question o
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