Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-04

ing for Hugh Jennings and BeI
Smith in the side splitting act. "A
New Mascot"
Jennings is a wise fish and he has
some wise fish with him in B. Smith
When Hugh read the notice that
Mack wanted waivers on Bender,
Plank and Coombs, he was down
on the Iron Pier. Smith was by his
side and Jennings very naturally and
somewhat excltedly told Ben about
It.
''That will make great story for
the newspapers, Hugh" Smith said.
That was enough. Jennings was
onto the signals in a moment He
didn't require "buzzer" to put him
next. He knew in his heart that 1t
was against all the rules of base
ball society to give out information
in regard to waivers. Perhaps.
knowing Jennings as do, and ap-
preciating his love for c. Mack, as
1 do, Hugh would never have thought
of giving out the waiver story If 1t
had not been against all the laws of
baseball society. Jennings was Civ
ing Mack the "double-cross," but It
was a personal matter with him. He
is an actor and an actor knows no
laws. Here he was down In Atlantic
, City trying out his act ION the dog
and not even the seaside papers Civ
ing him so much as the "up and
down" But all things right them
selves, we are told, and now. with
the papers of the country filed with
Mack's opinion of Jennings. Hugh
and his partner and his little sketch
are In demand everywhere.
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On top of it all, though, Jennings
has had a little hard luck. Owing to
the illness of his daughter, he was
compelled to cancel weeks en-
gagement at Pittsburgh, but next
week he will be back on the boards
again. opening in Buffalo, and cities
all along the circuit are anxious to
have Hughey play their house right
away. OF course, they want TO
strike the iron while 1t is hot. In
the meantime, Hugh says he is sorry
for having been so careless in giving
o,,t the Mackian waivers. and he Is
only too willing to make a pubic
apology. It is just like the good,
old good hearted fellow he is This
OF course. only makes Mack rave all
the more. and Connie is saying
everything he can "lay his tongue
to- about Jennings. Every little bit
helps, too, by the way, 80 Ban John-
son steps in on the scene. The car
of baseball and the big mogul of the
American League, intimates that
Hugh ''has offended" and that he
will be punished. More high-class
free advertising for the jennings
Smith vaudeville act.
O.
The attitude Of Mack in regard to
his old-time pitchers came as DIG
surprise, and the wonder Is not 80
much that the baseball world Is talk
ing about the affair and also, Incl
dentally, tearing the great Athletio
machine to pieces with their gossip
The team, we are informed from nu-
nerous unreliable sources, Is to be
snld Mack Is to get out of Phila-
delphia and go into New York with
full charge of the Yankees as his ne"
task. With Mack out, someone must
come in, so Jack Dunn, VINO was
slated to manage the Yanks next
year. has been mentioned as the
new leader of the Athletics. Then II
that doesn't suit you, the gossips VIII
give Won another chance They Will
fail vou that Eddie Collins, one Of the
important members of the hundred
thousand dollar" infield, will be traded
to the Yankees and assume the
leadership of Mr.. FarrelPs team. This
news is being served up IN several
ways, and you may take your choice
without being anywhere near right.
That Mack is sore on Philadelphia
there isn't any doubt. He has given
the natives one Of the greatest ball
teams that has ever won a pennant
and the fans have not supported him.
In all his years of success he never
made a ton of money" and this past
season, with another pennant winner,
he really lost money. But that Isn't
why he asked waivers on Bender,
Plank and Coombs. Not particularly
SO. One reason is that these men cost
a lot of money to keep on the pay
roll. and another thing is that one
OF them acted the part of an migrate
in the most trying times, and another
was negotiating with the Federal
League. The third has been Ill for
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