Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-04-08

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will be published in the Evening
Star on ten continuous days. Any
body can join in and take a chance.
1t will cost nothing, provide plenty
of enjoyment, give exercise to the
mind and the result of little labor
may bring forth one or two or even
three season passes. So far, accord
ing to persons who are up on such
problems, the pictures have been easy
to solve. The fourth, perhaps, was q
little difficult, but any number of
wiseacres say they got 1t right off
the reel. While men and boys, as a
general thing, predominate in these
contests, that is not the case in this
particular affair, Women seem to
be very much Interested, and why
shouldn't they? The ball games are
patronized by the women, they know
as much as most men about the game
and they are familiar with the names
of the players. In the Evening Stars
contest that is all they will have to
know-the names of the players-and
the names of the players, 1t might
be added for the benefit of those who
may not have observed 1t at the
time, We're published in the Evening
Star last Thursday and last Friday.
As a matter of information, a list
of the names of all the players can
be secured at the business office of
this newspaper. There are to be only
ten pictures in the contest and there
are 162 prizes.
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Charles H. Ebbets, jr., president of
the Newark Baseball Club, and son
of the famous Ebbets, sr., president of
the Brooklyn Baseball Club, an
nounced today that he was going to
give a swell dinner Sunday night
in this city to the baseball writer's
on the papers in New York, Brook
lyn and Newark. Where the dinner
will be held, Mr.. Ebbets said, had not
been decided. He would know by to-
morrow, he ventured. To give din
ners has been second nature with the
senior Ebbets, and the "ehip of the
old block is following in his fathers
footsteps.
Providence newspapers are panning
their baseball team, and over in Jer-
sey City the Skeeters are getting
some beautiful roasting. The Newark
team barely escaped getting 'in
bad" but perhaps it would have been
an asset IL 1t had. The bicycle track
tlourished last year under all the rot
that could possibly be said about IT,
and the baseball club, we believe,
would do the same thing. 1t is
strange, though, that sporting enter
prises are so attacked. 1t seems to
be the fashion to knock the various
promoters, When strangers come to
town and spend their money to give
the citizens an opportunity to enjoy
themselves there is baby cry for
''home industry" You can hear this
kind of talk in Newark, Jersey City
and Providence, which clubs are
owned by outsiders, yet all concerned
would no doubt sell their holdings to
local business men, but they seem
unable to find, even with the use OF
a microscope. local business men who
will invest their money.
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Ty Cobb is the same old Ty. He
is hitting them out this year as of
yore, only more so, perhaps. He Is
the greatest player in the world to-
day. and the surprise is that he
didn't barter his services with the
Federals. 1t is a well-known fact
that Cobb likes the money, yet he
never seemed to be in the market as
far as the outlaws" were concerned.
Taking everything into considera-
ton, the opinion is prevalent that
Cobb must own q block of stock in
the Detroit Club. That would not
be out of order, for Cobb, to tell the
truth. is worth more money than the
whole Detroit franchise.
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Bill Killifer, the pitcher, who l.,
contention in the courts at the present
time, isn't worth the bother if his
business ability is to be taken as
criterion. He jumped to the Feds
and then jumped back to Philadelphia
for a measly increase of 1866. If a
ball player were to make q similar
nia,, nv, t,a diamnpd he WOULD ha
called a boob" Yet, two leagues are
battling over his services.
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Arthur Zimmerman, the old time
bike champion, has been invited to
be present at the Frank l.. Kramer
dollar dinner. According to Matthew
l.. O'Brien, of the celebration conf
mittee, the affair is going to be big
ser than at first expected. The affair
Is to be limited to 1000 covers and
1t will be first come first served,
Chairman OBrien says. Tickets Al
on sale at Deerin & O'Brien's, L. G.
Koenig's Sons and the Firemens
Pharmacy. At the Prudential Insur-
ance Company some offices are a hot
bed of cycling, and it is said that ut
least two big parties have arranged
to attend the affair. Clarence Linncl
heads one aggregation, and the Pru
promises to send something like 100
to the dinner.
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The English golfers are interested
in Francis Ouimet, the amateur, who