Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21

he is almost certain to become the
| champions successor. 1t is hoped
that he won't spoil everything by
getting a swelled head, like others
have done before. Surely he can
not help but see the lesson 1t is
pathetic sight, made so by false
friends and vicious advisers.
c.
The fans liked the tandem paced
race much better than they did the
match race and it looks as If General
MacFarland has struck a most inter-
esting feature in those long, hard
pace events. In the one that brought
to close yesterdays card, the fans
stood up and applauded for miles
before the finish, and there have been
few races at the velodrome this year
that furnished more excitement.
Oscar Egg, the worlds champion I'M
paced rider, who was dubbed bad
Egg" after his defeat by ALI Grenda
in a pursuit race, won himself into
great favor by defeating Jimmy Mo-
ran and Joe Fogler, after fifteen
miles of sensational racing. Eggs
aggressiveness has won him a place
in the hearts of the fans, and the
patrons of the Velodrome seem to like
that kind of racing so we'll that Man
ager MacFarland will have to give 1t
"a a CD
great race, by the way, and all the
way, and Egg just beat Moran out at
the finish by few yards. He was
the best man beyond doubt. vet
Moran would have beaten him If jim
my's tandem had the speed Fogler.
who was dead sure that he was
going to heat Moran, was more
than two laps behind. Egg was given
an ovation, and there was applause for
Moran. Fogler is sore and wants an
other chance, especially at Moran.
o
A party OF fans we're sitting in a
local cafe discussing the baseball
prospects in Newark One fan said:
"Ebbets has killed the game here.
and it won't come back for several
years. =
Another fan voiced this opinion:
Newark would be all right next
year If our ball park was in the right
place. The fans are sore on Ebbets.
and they want him to get out, but
this would be great town under ia
vorable conditions"
Still a third fan said:
THAT third big league proposition
would be just the thing for Newark.
We must have baseball here, and 1t
should be of the best quality. We
would be satisfied with a, third big
league team and we would support
it. If Ebbets could persuade. some
local men to buy the club it would be
just the thing. What this city needs
is few of it's leading business men
to come to the front and buy the
club. Now is the time, as the price
is sure to be reasonable"
Yes, we must have baseball in New
ark, and we must have a baseball
club owned and controlled by our own
people. We do not want any more
yckes like the one Ebbets now holds
over us, and, in fact, no big league
club owner should control the New
ark club. We want local men to run
our local sports, and the local people
will support them. The idea of New
ark being a farm" for a big league
club few years ago may have been
all right. but everybody can see for
himself that Newark Is entirely too
big for that sort of thing now.
o.
Another week has rolled around and
the outcome of the National League
race is still very much In doubt The
Boston Braves are still out in front
with three-game lead and they are
playing tho kind of ball that wins
championships. The Giants, after
some good, bad and Indifferent base
are playing as good as they know
how. Boston is we'll fortified with
pitchers. Tyler, Rudolph and James.
tho regulars, are winning with regu-
larity, and the youngsters are get
ting away with game now and
then. OF the Giants pitching stan
Tesreau appears to be the only re-
liable. Matty may be depended upon
to COTE on and win his share. but
Marauard and Demaree are both
doubtful quantities. Murduard has