Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-23

Jack Dalton Is going to leave US,
and we are sorry in one way and glad
in another way. He was valuable
man to the Newark team and he will
be sadly missed, but good wishes
should go with him, for he Is i'm
proving his position in life. Dalton
goes to Brooklyn, where he has been
before, but he goes there this time a
different man entirely. Before he
was young and frivolous and inclined
to be hayward and kick over the
traces. Now he is q married man and
| has settled down. Dalton is a first
class ball player and he never would
have been out of the big Show" if
| he had taken the matter seriously
He can field his position as good as
any man in the National League and
he knows the game through and
through. 1t is said of Dalton that he
is an exceptional judge of the good
bat and that he employs rare intelli-
gence on the bases. In fact, Larry
| Sutton, who Is q dlgger-up of live
ones for both the Newark club and
the Brooklyn club, says that Dalton
is one of the best lead-off men in
the business. Good luck to Jack Dali
ton and good luck to Brooklyn for
her bargain. We are losing a good
man, but we are willing to give him
up under the circumstances.
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While on the subject of the New
ark Brooklyn deal, suffice 1t to say
that the Evening Star predicted that
Bill Collins would come here and that
Dalton would go to Brooklyn. We
didn't say that Billy Zimmerman
would go to Brooklyn, and he isn't
going, either. 1t Is the easiest thing
in the world to do a lot of guessing
and lot of taking, but it is another
thing to get away with It. We do
not guess at news or fake news in
the Evening Star, nor do we lie
about sportsmen or sporting events.
We play the game fair and tell the
truth, and do not make any claims
that aren't 50. We give all the news,
first generally, but we give it fear
lessly, and we do not color it to fit
our likes and dislikes. No, we never
said Billy Zimmerman was going to
Brooklyn, and We do not claim ex-
elusive right to such statement, nor
do we claim credit for printing the
news that Frank Kramer beat Leon
Hourlier when in reality Kramer
didn't race eHourlier at all, but, in
stead, defeated Octave Lapize
Neither did we make the exclusive
declaration that George Solomon
Newark Club, that Floyd MacFarland
would be barred out of the six-day
race in Madison Square Garden, that
Jackie Clark was making a wild dash
to gain a lap in the Paris six-day
race when in reality Clark and his
partner, Eddie Root, had quit the
grind hours before that; nor did we
say that Dave Coburn was the man.
ager of the Berlin six-day race when
he was simply a trainer and wore u
wrist, the same as the other trainers.
No, we have never claimed authority
for any of these fake reports, but we
do claim that we give our readers all
the news and assure them that they
can bank on it,
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Governor Tener is anxious to get
hold of the Chicago Cubs, for it is
said the Governor has promised to
make good to Ban Johnson that
Charley Murphy would not be con-
nected in any way with the Chicago
clubs holdings. Governor Tener has
offered Charley Taft, who is supposed
to own the Cubs at the present time,
sS00,0 for his stock. Taft hasn't ac-
cepted the OFFER and 1t is up to Tener
to force the sale. The National
League magnates want the Chicago
club to change hands, and the Ameri-
can League president will insist, 1t is
said that such thing come to
pass. The outcome of the controversy
will be awaited with keen interest, for
1t is sure to show just how big a man
Governor Tener is. In the American
League, Ban Johnson says "Scatp
and it is Scat" How about Gov
ernor Tener In the National League?
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George Covey, the English court
tennis expert, who made such a lami-
table showing against Jay Gould. the
Yankee champion, in their match for
the worlds title proved in a rather
exclus We match In doubles that he
was far from the joke he appeared to
be in the individual contest Covey
and his partner defeated Gould and
his partner in the Philadelphia Roa-
quit Clubs courts and reports of the
match say that Covey is a wonder
full player and showed superiority
over Gould at every turn. Convey him
self seems unable to explain his poor
form in his match against Gould.
AS "a professional he should not have
been frightened in meeting a young
amateur, but something must have