Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-02
MULLEN
ASKS JUSTICE
Says Report of Railway Game
Full of Misrepresentation
Wants Team Boosted

The following is a letter received
from Joseph Mullen, manager of the
Perth Amboy Baseball Club, setting
forth his opinion on the writeup OF
the Perth Amboy-Rahway game,
which recently appeared in the
sporting columns of the NEWS:
Editor Evening News:
The report in YOU Mondays is
sue of last Sundays game between
Railway and my team is so full OF
misrepresentation that in justice to
my players and myself I must re-
quest equal publicity for this letter
First of all your reporter accuses
me of "misadvertisement of players"
l have not advertised" any players
this year, but my lineup has been
given to your correspondent at his
request. A newspaper man general
ly knows the difference between a
news item" and an advertisement"
Your reporter, no doubt, is still
harping on the case of Singer n
Herman. But why hasn't he pub
lished the facts? l told him on that
particular Sunday 'Slinger vas at
Long Branch and he (Slinger) tele-
phoned me that evening stating it
rained there so hard he never
dreamed baseball was practical In
Perth Amboy. Similarly Herman
never sent any word before hand
that he couldn't play. but I learned
a week after that the Colgate Col
lege coach objected to his playing
for me that particular Sunday. Was
/ to blame in this case?
Next the statement that
Manager Mullen has been getting
away lucky Does a record of six
teen wins to six defeats look to be
altogether luck? We were beaten
by the Royal Giants Cone of the
fastest colored teams in the coun-
try, the Cuban Stars. who were
| barely defeated in the last inning by
| Tesreaus Bears, by the All-Collegians
of Brooklyn by Danbury and by Rah
way. We won over the Penn. Red
| Caps, the Jamaica, Bridgeport, Iron
sides, Keyport and the local teams.
Perhaps in the eyes of your expert
enced baseball expert a percentage
of 727 is all luck? Your reporter is
quite correct in decrying our game
| against Railway. But why doesn't
he do it in a fair and sportsmanlike
manner? Harry Apologize has
! borne the brunt of the pitching with
great success and credit to himself,
but it was to be expected that some
time he would ave an "off' day. l
had no relief ready because owing to
the meagre support l am getting
from the fans, l cannot afford to
carry two pitchers and among the
principal S for this meagre
support are the press notices / am
| receiving in the sporting columns of
your paper.
Your reporter is very enthusiastic
| over the success of the boys who left
my team and went to play in the
South. This is natural and eminent
ly proper. But does he ever tell his
readers what is the population OF
Danville, Va? Does he ever draw
a comparison between the crowds
faithful few" that visit the Copper
| Works Field on Sunday afternoon?
Does he yer boost our city's base
ball team and so boost Perth Am
boy? New Brunswick with less pop
ulation can turn out five thousand
people to a ball game while n
thousand is a large crowd for US.
Why? Because the local sporting
writer's boost their team and create
an interest which helps the game.
My team fears no combination In
Middlesex county and your reporters,
if he knows anything about base
ball, is aware of 1t.
Now the statement the
Amboy manager was advertising
players he knew would not apear.'
This is not only a lie, it is a libel. 1
do not know the object of your re-
porter, in publishing such ex-
cept hat he may have a personal
axe to grind of which 1 am not
aware. But I do know that his
press comments have been the prin-
cipal cause of the falling off in at
tendance and the consequent finan-
cial loss to the Perth Amboy Base
ball Club. I promised the fans as
good baseball as they will get any
where in the state in a city of Perth
Amboy's size, but the public must
support me and our only newspaper
must boost and not knock"
On Sunday we play Keyport with
whom we had such a close finish
a few weeks ago and it is entirely
up to the public and your sporting
writer whether / will be able to
bring representative teams to Perth
Amboy in the future.
l claim the same publicity for this
letter as you accorded to the misrep-
reservations of your reporter and
beg to remain.
Very truly yours,
JOS. H. MULLEN,
Manager of Perth Amboy Baseball