Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-14


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seem so much just now, but when the
gate is small and payday rolls
around twice a month there will be
a different story to tell.
O.
i Baseball couldn't live under the
present conditions very long. 1t is Il
business, just like any other bust
ness, and 1t will stand only so much
loss. With the prospects of an off
/ year and the big increase in salaries
| the magnates will have to do some
tall scraping to get by. Some of them
may not be able to weather the storm.
| The players, of course, are in their
! element. but they will be the suf-
ferers in the long run. The war can't
last very long. for baseball men are
not fools entirely, and when hostili-
ties cease there is certain to be a
fine old cutting In pay envelopes This
may come in one year, but 1t is
almost positive to happen in two
years. 1t will be observed the con-
tracts with the players now being
| signed call for two years, and in
some cases three years. That is taken
to indicate the organization mems
opinion of the life of the war. In
some quarters IT is said that there
will be only one year of the trouble;
| that the Federals will be willing to
! join hands with the regulars and
that the regulars" will welcome
them with open arms. Both sides
will lose money while the fight is on,
and, being wise men, they will see to
1t that the fight doesn't last long To
make good all the Feds now have to
do is to go through the coming sea-
son intact. If they do. the 'regu-
lars will very likely find room for a
third big league. That Is the goal of
the Feds, which is being blocked now
by the regulars
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The International League. never
much of a money-maker. promises to
have trying year. The invasion of
the Federals in Baltimore and Buffalo
is bound to cut some Ice In Balti-
more the outlaws are being given
more attention than the regulars, "
and the outlook is that they will draw
we'll and that the Orioles will do very
| To thu ~ nf
the regulars" seems to think he
will get by all right, and he appears
to be noticeably careful not to say
anything of knocking nature against
the outlaws" Jack is trying to play
the game as safe as he possibly can,
and the Baltimore teams will not
clash in their schedule. The fans in
Baltimore are delighted with the
Feds, for they have been crying for
big league baseball for years, and
this, they believe, is the only way
they will ever be able to get II. Thus
the outlaws may rest assured that
their patronage will be liberal In the
Maryland city. In Buffalo the outlooi
isn't so rosy. 1t Is q gamble up there
The papers are giving the newcomers
plenty of attention and they may be-
come prime favorites In Larry
Sohlahy the Buffalo Club has a good
man and he seems to be popular.
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The invasion of the Federals in the
International League will hurt all
around If the attendance is small IN
Baltimore and Buffalo, the visiting
teams will suffer as well as the home
teams That, of course, will not be
relished. For one thing, though, the
financed. In Charles r. Chaplin
Rochester has a magnate who has the
dough and who Is willing to spend
the dough. Sol Lichtenhein, the
owner of the Montreal Club. is a mil
lionaire, and he has been a good sport
with his money. It is said of hin
that he is always happy when hill
club doesn't lose any more thar
$4,000 in a season. In Buffalo there
is lot of money back of the club
but there isn't much grit. Right of
the reel the Buffalo magnate:
showed the white feather" One o
the owners was quoted as SAYING TIN
Federals might have saved time
trouble and money by buying tn,
club. instead of building new grounds
That would have been a beautiful
sell-out, and is an indication of wha
the other club owners are to eXpec
9 of Buffalo If the shoe pinches yer.
1 tight as the season goes on.
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. Newark, Baltimore and Providence
Y are controlled by major league clubs
Q and the owners will have to play tn
/ string out to the limit More thai
t one of these magnates would like t.