Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-23

ways in which economic methods
may be used For instance, the num-
Der of players has been cut down.
This comes under a league rule,
sixteen players, including the man
ager. This will mean not only
a saving in salary, but saw
ing on the road in railroad fare and
hotel bills. The spring training trip
is also to be eliminated. Instead of
the players going down South in Feb
ruary they will very likely get into
condition on their home grounds.
Perhaps the Newark players will go
to Lakewood. With baseball in such
a state the owners must economize.
and even then they will lose money
next season. Every owner in the In
ternational League is firmly con-
vinced of that fact, and the men who
put up the money to carry the propo-
sition through surely come under the
head of gamesters From all indi-
cations the Newark club is not to
change hands, but there will be q
new manager in the person of Eddie
Zimmerman, I am told.
g
From the stories one reads, the sale
of the New York Yankees to Colonel
Rupert, the brewer, is all but made.
Yet from the most reliable source l
understand that the parties who are
most vitally interested in the trans
action have never had a talk in re-
gard to the price of the club. Messrs.
Farrell and Devery, the owners, have
stated that the club can be bought
for $5O0,00o, "and not penny less"
but Mr.. Rupert, from all accounts,
nasn't said what he will give. There
has been much discussion over the
Yankees, almost too much for the
sale to materialize. The colonel is
more of a business man than base
ball man, and there are lot OF
things be must be shown. He still
talks encouragingly about buying the
Yankees, and says as soon as the deal
goes through he will announce his
mysterious manager. But from the
| facts in the case It would not surprise
me bit If Mr.. Rupert doesn't buy
the club.
O.
While the Yankees are on the auc
ton block. discussion over who vii
be their next manager becomes in
teresting. There has been mucl
guessing, yet it Is a fact that tn
name Of the man who is to get tn
Job hasn't been mentioned as yet. H
is a manager now and not q bal
player, and the announcement whe
made is sure to create mild sensa
ton.
The hour finish that brought tn
Newark six-day race to a conclusio
has been pronounced as brutal b
none other than that famous "Brooh
1vn BattIer'' Josephus Fogler. In tn
same breath, however, Fogler say
he has a better and more humane pla
for deciding six-day races.
Those hour finishes are all out
order" Fogler said. "I have an ide
that will not only draw the money in
the gate. but will also please the fan
Here it is for you, and Manager Ma
Farland, who brought the Berlin syI
TEN into vogue in this country, ca
have 1t without costing him som
thing. 1t is no easy matter to make
six-day race interesting, but the wa
In have figured 1t out I believe Il
| race would be a tremendous succes
For instance, In a ten-hour-a-day ra
I would have two half-hour finish
--one at, say, o'clock In the evenir
and the other Just before the clio
| of the race at 2 o'clock in the NOR
ing. Every man in the race. wheth
| he is on even terms, is to be Gre
| tied with points, according to wh'
l he comes in. If team Is behiI
and regains the lost ground all Il
points scored during the week will
credited to that particular pair.
the team fails to get on even term
though, the points are not to cour
To locate the winner all the poin
scored in the various half-hol
Jams" are to be added together, al
the team figuring the highest wou
be given the race. During the var4o'
finishes laps are not TO be won or los