Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-20

were bluffing. and that they would
never open the gates of the ball
parks next season
Men with lots of money are the
toughest losers in the world. They
will take "a chance, but they will go
only so far The Feds have taken
a chance, but they have also reached
their limit. They are through, but
they are striving, naturally, for the
best bargain. They will show fight
for a little while and then take what
they can get. The outlaws take it
from me- concluded the wise man of
baseball, are through"
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The betting on the Harvard Yale
football game tomorrow favors the
Crimson eleven. ON her game against
Princeton. Yale is entitled to consid-
Grafton. She was not very strong at
the finish of the game. it is true, but
she has an alibi for her poor showing
after having played brilliantly in the
first three periods. The shift on her
team made some difference, it is GER
tain, and in the game against Har-
ward this, of course, will not be done.
Harvard. however, looks to be the
better team, and the almost unani-
nous opinion is that she will win,
Q
When Homer Baker failed to ap-
pear as a starter in the 500 yards
special at the dual athletic meet of
Insurance companies he occasioned n
mild DISAPPOINTMENT but when he
made the statement that he wasn't
entered and that she would bring the
matter up with the Amateur Athletic
Union he created a big surprise.
Baker, it seems, is hot under the
collar because his name appeared
among the entries for the games, and
also on the program, and he makes
much of the affair. He says he In
formed the games committee last
| week that he would not enter. yet the
management of the meet continued
to advertise him.
1T is no wonder games i'll New
Jersey fail to pay when the public
| is hoodwinked thusly," Baker said.
This is not the first time this thing
/ has happened to me, but heretofore
I have disregarded it. I propose now
| to see that it doesn't happen
again, even If I have to put the facts
before Che registration committee" !"
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| According to Fred c. Metz, chair
] man of the athletic committee Of the
Prudential Athletic Association,
! Baker assured both Platt Adams and
] Clarence Linnell, of this city, that
! he would be on hand and compete in
the games On the face of his entry
blank, Baker is said to have written
/ that he would compete providing the
4 officials in charge changed the run
from 900 yards to $50 yards, or that
he might change his mind at the
last minute and consider running
at 500 yards. Mr.. Metz was led to
believe from other sources that
Baker would appear at the games.
%
The games committee had no inten-
tion whatever of fooling the public,
and the entry of Baker didn't help the
meet to any extent, nor did his abb
sence do any particular harm. He is
fine athlete and all that, but Mr.
Metz would not have advertised him
fell sure, IL he had not been reason
ably certain that he would be con.
testant 1T is well for Baker to brini
the matter before the A. A. u, but
ii is doubtful if he will be able to put
anything over on those who ha(
charge of the meet here, which, b,
the way, was one OF the most sue
cessful athletic entertainments eve
held in this city. And. incidentally, /
Baker falls to bring the matter to tn
attention of the A. A. U., it might b.
| well for Mr.. Metz to do SO. Now tha
Baker has made a holler, let us hav
| | all the facts in the case. New Jerse,