Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03

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fiat, for if there is one thing more
than another that will queer a
| show it is fake talk. For exposing
the fake in the Evening Star I have
| incurred the displeasure of the
| matchmaker and the railroad man;
also the fact that / intimated that
these promoters were cheap skates"
! the way they treated Young Grad
well after his fight with Knockout
| Brown hasn't added anything TO
their friendship for me- But whether
or no, all fakes and all cheap
skate" methods will be exposed in
these columns and the public will be
told just how small some men are.
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Newark would be we'll off in a
/ baseball way if Arthur Irwin, scout
of the New York Americans, were
to obtain control of the local fran
such luek!" Newark surely has been
much abused in baseball. The club
has changed hands several times,
and just at present is owned by the
Brooklyn National League magnates,
who have Juggled its affairs SO that
the fans are mighty disguised. The
only thing to do is TO seu the club
to someone who will take an interest |
in it, and who will have no other |
irons in the fire. Newark is a great |
ho no Of f.ff
weather and good management will |
prove it. Arthur Irwin would make
q fine man for the job
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In the end the war of the Feds will /
do the game much good. Eventually
the minor leagues will be able to
stand on their own bottom and say
their soul is their own. As matters
stand they are controlled to the adj
vantage of the majors, who make
laws to keep their head under water.
Some day the draft will be elimi-
mated and representation on the Ma
tional Commission will be secured.
Until then the minors will be babies.
their condition.
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Although for a time 1t seemed as if
Jack Dunn would be appointed man
ager of the New York Yankees, it
begins to look as if the very able fell
low will again be in the international
League. 1t all depends whether he
will remain in Baltimore another
year, but by the way the fans there
treated him it isn't likely that Jack
would care to stay there any longer
Dunn, it is said, would like to get
out of Baltimore. whether the Feds
school keeps or not.
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The good, kind citizens of Balti-
more will owe themselves a flogging II
the Federal League goes up, and theyA
may curse the day they gave Jack I
Dunn and, his Orioles the nasty |
throw-down. With the Feds in Bal
timore there is much common sense |
talk of shifting the franchise else I
where, and it is said Baltimore will /
not have an International League
team even if the Feds go to smash.
which is predicted. In discussing the
Baltimore situation, ono baseball man |
said the other day:
Baltimore is not a. good ball |
town by any means. Charley Ebbets
and Ned Hanlon, both of whom have
had experience there, will tell you
that. It was the most enthusiastic |
city in the Federal League last |
year, but the stockholders lost
money. A couple of years without a
ball club would do the town good. |
1t wants much, but gives little in /
return
Such cruel words, if said in The |
presence of Starr Mathews, one Of the |
first citizens of Baltimore, would |
create riot in a churchyard. Balti- |
more not good baseball town! Be- !
have! 1t stands about sixth in the |!
international League, with Newark. |
Buffalo, Toronto and Rochester
showing it the way.
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When the international League
magnates meet next Monday, Charley
Ebbets, ST., will represent Newark.
Other clubs controlled by big league
owners are Providence and Jersey
City, with Buffalo practically owned
by the National Commission. This
came about through favors granted
last season. Just as soon as the
Buffalo club began to lose money
the owners put up a cry and they
had to be taken care of or else they
would quit, That wouldn't do, of
| course, so along came the National
Commission with a few odd cents
and stemmed the tide. So minor
league matters will be practically dis
cussed by major league magnates
next Monday. If this is as it
should be, all right, but I imagine
that the cities of the International
League are getting too big to be
used as convenience.
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William A. Devery, it is said has
named his price for his stock in the
New York American League Club.
During the siX-day race Mr.. Devery
told me more than once that he was
willing to sell his holdings, but he
confessed that they might come high.
Everybody has his price," Mr..
Devery said to me, land I'm no ex-
ception to the rule" However, 1t is a