Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-07
BASEBALL BAN
4 MAY BRING ON
| OLD Blue LAWS
Defender of the Game Says
Summit Mayor Is Unfair in
Discriminating.
Especial to the Evening start


foreement of the old blue laws IN
this city will be the sequel to the
8 controversy between Mayor Francls
II, Bergen Rev. Conrad Schotthoeter
pastor of st. Teresa's Church, and
Charles l.. Schultz, head of the carl
ton Academy, if the game of basepall
arranged by the priest is stopped pS
Mayor Bergen on sunday.
This was decided last night when
Mr.. Schultz instructed his counsel
Elmer L. McKirgan, of this city, 70
take the necessary action to compel
The rigid enforcement of the old blue
laws if the mayor prevents Sunday
game with Seton Hail. 1t is believed
by Mr. Schultz and his counsel thal
Mayor Bergen plans TO direct Chlet Oh
Police George w. Brown to order ar
rests Just as soon as Father Schott-
hoefer's players start the game.
IF Mayor Bergen plans to send
officers on my property to stop the
game arranged by Rev. Father
Sehotthoefer and his assistant, key.
John E. Bennett, then, of course, l
must insist that no discrimination ne
made. | shall insist that the mayor
order general observance of our So
called blue laws" said Mr.. Schultz to
an Evening Star reporter today.
Effect of Blue Laws"
This means there will be no sun
dav newspapers sold here; barber
shops. drugstores confectionery and
other places open to the public on
sunday must be closed by the mayor
ana wen see that he does it," Mr.
Schultz declared. 1t will also mean
a ban on Sunday golf.
"If Mayor Bergen and former
Mayor William Newton Adams, on
whose complaint l understand the
game is to be stopped wants this a
modern and progressive suburban
community, to go back to the purl-
tanical customs, We'll go the limit.
said Mr. Schultz. ITO my mind this
CITY is not in a position nor does the
majority of the citizens or business
people favor interfering with the
innocent enjoyment of its inhabitants,
and surely Mayor Bergen would not
discriminate against the harmless
sport of a game of baseball by Father
Schotthoefer's boys Sunday in one
place while he permits it to be Ylo-
lated in another 1t is incOnceivable
to me that a baseball game under the
direction of Father Schotthoefer and
Father Bennett and the men of the
Societies of st. Teresa's Church could |
In any way be more Objectionable |
than the Sunday games which for |
seven years have been played under |
the direction of officers of the Central /
Presbyterian Church in North Sum- |
NIT only 500 feet farther distant from |
former Mayor Adams's home" Mr.. |
Schultz added.
Never Made Previous Protest.
Now" he went on, how is it that
during majority of these years
while Mr.. Adams was mayor or a
Iag ma a N
protest against baseball in North
summit? What prompts HIM to sud-
denly feel that Father Stockholders !
games are to be so dreadfully annoy /
ing that he must call on the mayor
of our city to prevent one game at
all hazards? Fairness and reason
ableness demands that st. Teresa's
team be given a chance to prove |
whether the proposed Sunday games
shall be nuisance, and, of course, If
fairness or reason is not exercised
BY those who would prevent our in
nocent and helpful recreation, then
we must return in kind I must see
to it, and I am determined | shall,
that the good work of Father Schott-
hoefer for the young people and
adults, too, of this community is not
retarded, and | will, therefore, pur
sue to the final my efforts in that
direction.
"Reveling by Night"
Here near my academy. and not far
from the home Of Mr.. Adams, we
have singing and reyelry in the late |
hours of the night, Sunday nights in
eluded when beer has been on tap |
by the foreign element employed in |
the silk mills opposite our baseball |
ground, but no word of protest |
against this has been heard from my |
neishbor, Mr.. Adams If Mr.. Adams |
and the mayor We're inclined to be ,
fair and reasonable the game would !
be permitted Sunday, and then 1t |
would be determined whether the /
contest was or would be a nuisance !
But It seems we are to be preiudged, |.
and while 7 am loath to be the cause |
of making this the blue law city of |
the State, as / am sure is also Father !
Schotthoefer and Father Bennett, |
there must he absolutely no discrim- |
nation. Peace and quiet will surely |
reign supreme in this city if we can't |
play Sunday baseball" Mr.. Schultz |
concluded
WIN Fight It In Courts.
Lawyer cKirgan stated that he |
believed the only course to pursue is |
that which Mr.. Schultz had directed |
him to follow if the game is prohib- !
tied Sunday. If Mr.. Adams resorts /
to an Injunction to stop the game Mr.. |
McKirgan said the matter would be |
contested TO the last point in the |
courts.
Acting on the request of Mr. Schultz |
all arrangements have been perfected |
for Sundays game at which Father |
Schotthoefer is booked to pitch the |
first ball Score cards and other ad- |
vertising matters have been prepared. |
It is understood Mayor Bergen has
been in consultation with City Coun- |
sci Cora n. Williams as to the legal |
procedure Sunday but Mr.. Williams
declared to an Evening Star reporter
that he had heard nothing from the
mayor on the subject up to last night.
The city counsel added that had he
been consulted by Mayor Bergen he
would not be at liberty to diyulge his
plans. Chief of Police George w.
Brown still maintains that he has re-
ceived no orders from Mayor Bergen
relative to taking action at Sundays