Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-17
POOL PLAYERS TO
MAKE THIRD CLUB
Would Select Players from the
Tigers and Skeeters for
Brooklyn Club.
FOGARTY HAS THE SAY

The latest proposition under discus
sion by the owners of the Newark and
the Jersey City international League
clubs is to pool the players of the
Tigers and Shelters, sending half of
the batch to Brooklyn and transfer
ring the other half TO Newark In
that event the fans of Newark would
not be deprived of International
League baseball. but the teams
chances Of repeating or finishing high
in the race would be ruined, and it
does not appeal to local fans at all
President Edward G. Barrow, of the
international League; President
Thomas Fogarty, of the Jersey City
club, and President Charles H. Eb-
bets, sr., of the Brooklyn Club, dis
cussed the subject yesterday at a pri-
vate meeting at which no action was
taken. Some OF the parties in the deal
seem to think in spite of warnings
which were sent out by Jersey City
fans and which would be strongly
seconded by Newark fans that it
would be all right to have a team
play weekday games in Brooklyn and
at Jersey City or Newark on Sundays.
Such a scheme would never be swal-
Lived by Tiger fans and Skeeter fans
have already tabooed it.
In the event that the Tigers and
Skeeters were put together and divid.
ed up evenly. both the team intended
for Brooklyn and the one intended for
Newark would be materially weak
ened- The Brooklyn management un-
doubtedly would grab Off all of the
best men in the Tiger camp, includ-
ing Manager Harry Smith, Gus Getz,
Billy Zimmerman, Jack Dalton, Hi
Myers, Jack Enzmann and about
everyone else whom the Tiger fans
| count on to keep them up in the race.
President Edward G. Barrow is just
as emphatic as ever that no change
will be made in handling the Newark
franchise and the probability Is that
the matter will be dropped or else the
Skeeter franchise transferred and new
players obtained for the Pests. There
are many angles to the deal. For in
stance, it would be an easy matter
with Fogarty's consent for Ebbets TO
recall half of the Tigers team and
add il to the Brooklyn Shelters, trans
ferring half of the Jersey City players
to Newark. This scheme would ap-
peal TO many International League
club owners, for it would undoubtedly
weaken the Tigers hopes of repeating
in the pennant race, and at the same
time equaliZe the strength of the
future Brooklyn team. The chances
are that the Brooklyn Internationals
would be stronger than the locals
President Ebbets made a statement
yesterday in which he said. 1.-THE
Newark players will go South Satur-
day with Newark inscribed across
their shirts. Further than that there
is nothing to be said just now"
The McKeevers are reported to
have declared that the matter so far
as they are concerned, had been
dropped and they were satisfied to
let well enough alone.
Providing that any changes are
considered or made the probabilities
are that nothing can be done until
the Federal League schedule is
adopted. The International League
season will not be opened until April
l, which is more than two months
away. In the meantime many
chances are possible. The Federals
may make another change and aban-
don Brooklyn. As President Edward
G. Barrow puts it: There are many
tttiuSS liit OOl1c VI tuCI1A dIc
impossible it would seem, but nobody
knows just what will happen"
The proposal TO transfer the New
ark championship team to Brooklyn.
however, has wounded the pride of
Tiger fans. There has been talk of
local business men buying the fran
chise, but the price asked by the
Brooklyn owenrs is so high local bust
ness men were scared off.
President Thomas Fogarty, of the
Jersey City Club, has always liked
Newark. but he must act carefully
in order to protect his own interests.
Taking all Of the dope together it
would seem that the question of
transfer rests almost entirely with
Thomas Fogarty, the Skeeter mag
nate, just as it did two weeks ago. If
Fogarty thinks well of the scheme
to pool the players and abandon Jer-
sey City, coming over to Newark him
self. it may go through. The Inter
national League, however, as told
yesterday, would never consent to
giving up Newark for a doubtful
proposition in Brooklyn.