Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-23

The case Of Clarence Kraft will be
a live topic for months 10 come, for
1t will always be the means of re-
calling the cold-footed magnates Of
organized baseball and especially of
the National League. II has always
been said that the National League
was a sick old hen and she has made
good again With Charley Ebbeta
showing the white feather" the Ma
tional League has made another hit
home run. But il is said that the
move Of Ebbets in buying Kraft from
Nashville at the eleventh hour was
scheme Of the National League mag
nate 10 put the American League in
a hole II was known that the
American Leagners were in session
In New York preparing for battle,
while the National Leaguers were
spread the country over, unmind-
full apparently OF the war that was
so soon TO break out. Now, the Ma
tional League surely had as much In
terest In the war as did the American
League. but the sick old hem" know
Ing full well of Ebbets's surrender,
no doubt had an ace In the hole"
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The Players Fraternity scored
pretty big victory, but the fight isn't
over yet There will be more war
talk and there will be a war As be-
tween capital and labor, capital
must win. The magnates must rule
the game of baseball or else there
won't be any baseball The players
can never run the game. That has
been proved time and time again.
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II the fraternity scored n victory
so did the Feds. The outlaws"
played clever game, They sat back
and allowed the fight to go on and
stood ready to go into 1t when the
opportune time would arrive There
wasn't any war so there couldn't
very well be any opportune time.
However, the Federals appear to be
stronger than ever, in that the or
ganiZatlon magnates have displayed
such weakness. Both leagues will
have to suffer the criticism of quit
ters," but really the American League
Is being done an injustice. Ban john
son is being roasted for fight talk,
but Ban was in New York ready for
battle. Where was President Tener,
of the National League. and where
were his magnates?
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Fo~Kraft, ii can be said with au-
thority that he played the game fair,
lie stuck to the fraternity and the
fraternity, In turn stuck to him. He
said he didn't want to go to the Feds.
but he would probably have Joined
them If his organization hadn't back
ed him up. He said he would play
fair with the fraternity and he want
ed fair deal He was II high
priced man, and was losing, while
idle. $3.50 month, The Federal
Beague, it is said, promised to pay
all his back salary If he would sign
with that organization However. the
Feds didn't make any strong play to
induce Kraft to jump before his case
was settled. The Feds were anxious
TO see how the fight would come out.
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been some kind of an understanding
beforehand. Ebbets has disposed of
Kraft to Frank Farrell, of the New
York Americans The report was
current before the deal was made
that the Yankees were going To buy
Kraft. although, as is usually the
case, the story was denied. Still.
Kraft will join the Yankees today
This makes the story given out by
Ebbets that he was going to have a
Kraft Day" on the Tigers return to
this city another false alarm. The
big day for Kraft will be over in New
York, That will be hard luck
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From now on the fans will have to
give the Players Fraternity and the
Federal League more attention. They
have proved themselves gamesters.
Can Ebbets and the sick old hen"
say the same?
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Floyd MaeFarland's prediction that
the Grand Criterion Stakes with its
thousand dollar prize money would
stir up interest in the bike game has
more than come true. The race has
produced some great sport and 1t
isn't half over yet. When it comes
down to the final next Sunday, per-
haps the best race of the season will
result. Then there is the final Of the