Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
cincy wants 3 Franchise.

Cincinnati business men want to
buy franchise in the Federal
League. President Gilmore yester-
day received q telegram from a man
in Garry Herrmann's town offering to
send a certified check for $4,000 as
evidence of good faith if the new
league would consider the application.
Cincinnati may become member
of the league at any time il we should
decide to change our membership"
said Mr.. Gilmore. 1--WE believe the
city where Tinker formerly was man.
ager of the National League team
would give him royal reception.
8 Also we have looked upon Cincinnati
as a good place to establish a club,
inasmuch as the National League is
the only organization represented
there. Fans have often wondered why
The American League did not place a
club in the Ohio city. Probably the
power Garry Hermann has displayed
in former years prevented the Amer
lean League from invading his ball
iwick.
Ever since Joe Tinker and Nor
decai Brown cast their lot with the
new organization l have received tel
egrams and letters from various
cities asking to come into the league.
Besides Cincinnati we have received
an urgent appeal from Providence,
r. L., and I am informed that this
city of $50, 900 has always been a great
baseball town.
Boston also seeks to land place."
Baseball News Chopped Up.
RUDE Marquard says that the
Brooklyn infield, with Tinker at
shortstop, will be the best hitting and
fielding combination in the National
League next season and that with
reasonable amount of strength in the
other departments the Dodgers
should be potent factors in the fight
for the pennant. The RUDE says that
he owes much to Robinsons coach
ing, and predicts that the Brooklyn
pitchers will improve materially.
IF hard-hitting infields are to re-
main factors in absorbing pennants
Fred Clarke should now be in a.
peculiarly choice position, for he car
iies the second heaviest hitting in
field in the game. The addition of
konetchy and Mowrey to Voix and
Wagner leave the Pirate quartet next
only to the Incompatible Mackmen
otherwise known as the Dynamiters.
"Konetchy, Viox and Wagner should
all hit above 300, for they Belong at
this spot, and Mowrey won't be SO
far away. If Clarke can add the
same kick to his outfield, the dull,
sombre boom of bat meeting bali
should be one of the big features Of
the Pirate campaign"
Every spring some youngster
breaks into the big leagues with a
reputation of being faster than Ty
Cobb, and the strange part of it is
they most always fail to live up to
their reputation. Up in the-H the
Red Sox fans declare that Wilson
Collins is the fastest man in baseball
today. 1t is said that last fall Collins
and Cobb met in hundred-yard race
and at the finish Collins was leading
Cobb by ten yards. The Bostonians
also claim that Collins is faster than
Hans Lobert, of the Phillies, who is
something of a sprinter. Collins is
said to have run a hundred yards in
3 AS seconds. Collins may be fast,
but Tyrus knows how to get away
with 1t. That's the point.
II is said that another of McGraw's
outfielders may figure in deal with
the st. Louis Cardinals. New York
mas owed Manager Higgins an out
fielder since last summer, at the time
of the deal which sent Larry Nc
Lean here and Otis Crandall to st.
Louis. Crandall did not want to play
in st. Louis, and the other members
were more or less displeased when the
Giants "pinch hitter" was sent to st.
Louis. The Giants are pretty well off
with outfielders. Claude Cooper, Jim
Thorpe and Dave Robertson are
eligible for the st. Louis job, and it
is very likely to be one Of these three
players Robertson will be taken to
Marlin with the Giants, and if he
shows up as well in hitting as he did
with Mobile in the Southern League
last year he will very likely be re-
tanned.