Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-13

he told everybody to come in out of
the wet and get on the winning side.
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| Tinker is working tooth and nail
for his league He has offered to do
anything in the world for Johnny
| Evers, the deposed manager of the
Chicago Cubs, even to giving up his
| job to Johnny as manager of the Chi
cago-. Feds. This. too. in the light of
the fact that Tinker and Evers have
not been on the best terms for some
time. Rumors were current around
the Kniekerbocker, the headquarters
of the Federals, that Evers had signed
with the outlaws" Johnny, how
ever, denied the report as late as
1880 O'Clock. He sat in the next box
to me at the Weinert- Howard fight
and said there was nothing in the re-
port that he had joined the Feds He
had a long talk with Frank Farrell,
of the New York Americans and it
is said that Evers would like to play
In New York. However, he will never
get in the American League. No, not
that. The National League is an aw-
full joke in many ways, but 1t would
never stand for Evers going to the
American League. Better have him
go to the Federal League-yes, thou
sand times would be their wish no
doubt.
Rube Waddell, at one time the
greatest pitcher in the world, and a
few years ago on the staff of the
Newark Club, says he is "all in" The
RUDE has been very sick and he has
fallen away almost to shadow.
WaddelFs career has been checkered.
He had the ability and all that, but
he was always kid and never took
life real serious He was a man in
size and years, but he was a boy at
heart. He played many pranhs, but
! all of them were on himself.
/ c.
/ Charley Murphy is still blowing that
he knew what he was doing when he
deposed Evers and engaged Hank
| O'Day. Maybe so, but it would not
/ look well in print what the other
National League magnates would like
to do to Murphy.
Governor Tener made good in his
| first big job as president of the Ma
tional League. He called the mag
mates into secret session and told
them what to do in the Evers case,
and they obeyed to the letter. He
had the league go on record as guar
anteelng Johnny's contract terms, and
| then in a minute the Boston club got
on the job and made the deal OF
Sweeney and Purdue for Evers. That
was a good trade both ways. But
Evers is baking, and may crab the
act He isn't against going to Bos-
ton, but he doesn't want to see Muir
ply and the Chicago club profit by
the deal. And it is said that if
Johnny isn't given his own way of
doing things he will jump to the Feds,
which viii be the blow that killed
father
The talk is that Murphy must get
| out of baseball If he is not to be
kicked out by the Tinker to- Evers-
to-Chance route, it Is said that the
magnates will put the boots to him. =
That is just the expression used by
a magnate over in New York yester-
day. 1t sounds rather brutal, but il
is supposed to fit the crime.
C
Reports were current yesterda,
that the Feds would put team In
the field sin or around New York.
Don't be bit surprised If "arouno
New York turns out to mean New.
ark.
The following letter contains big
boost for athletics and few knocks
for poor me:
j. p. N:
I wish to take my stand in regard
to your A. A. U. article think
circumstances have led up to this
very peculiar condition of affairs. Ir
my mind, amateurs are the only de-
cent athletes-they are the athletes
who are there for the games sake
and for no other You will admit
that professionalism is unbearable
Even our most famous cyclists have
turned crooked because there is some.
thing in it for them. Why, then
would you corrupt another sport
Why would you have kiviat or Shep.
perd demanding $4,000 for one ap.
pearance just as our professional
boxers or cyclists do? Is ii not better
to have athletics for athletics sake ii
at least one sport and especially ir
the oldest of all sports.
Perhaps ! can explain some of tht
conditions hereabouts. BY condition.
mean the attitude of the people--o
the sporting writers-toward athlete.
of the amateur rank, especially tracl
men. The town is cycling crazed
due to your efforts. Our papers con
tain more cycling news than an,
other papers in the country. l have
investigated this. If, on the othe
hand, you We're an ardent track fan
the way l amour town would b.
running crazed.
While we are on this subject o
meets / wish to state that ] do no
exactly understand your attitude to
ward local affairs. I attend ever,
possible meet / can get to. I know
the attractions offered at various
places and can truly state that tn
Central High A. A. offered to New
ark fans some of the best attraction
possible. Still you made nothing o
II. Perhaps you can explain this
The New York papers claimed II wa
the best set Of games run off this in
door season.
should be gratified at the print
ing of this letter Sincerely,
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