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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
TO ELECT PENN CAPTAIN.
Quaker Leadership for 1908 to Be De-
cided This Afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-The leader of
the University of Pennsylvania football
team for the season of 1905 will be chosen
this afternoon In the Quaker gymnasium.
Fifteen varsity players have a vote this
season and If they are all present today
there can be no tie, as was the result be-
tween Greene and Folwell in the election
OF 1906.
Both Scarlet and Hollenback are Spoken
of as likely leaders of next seasons team,
but 1t remains for this afternoons election
TO settle who the captain will be. Imme-
diately after the election today the regular
p~ost-season football photograph will be
taken and this meeting in uniforms will b..
the last for several of the Red and Blue
players who hive been stars on the grid
iron for four years. Captain Folwell, Zieg-
Ter, Hollenback, Scarlet, Kienath, Greene,
Draper, Gallagher, CASTOR, Dauxtis, Dwyer,
Miller, Reagan, Macklin and Dyer are the
fifteen men who will vote and be in the
picture this Afternoon.
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Manager Ready to
Post Forfeit Today to
Bind Match.

Unless there is a backdown. 1t looks very
much just now as If a match between
Tommy Burns and Jack johnson for the
heavyweight championship will be clinrhed,
and that the men will settle the question
of supremacy in California next March, or
even earlier.
Sam Fitzpatrick, the manager of john
son, is so nxiou to bring the matter to
q head that he has promised to post a for
felt today. and will sign articles as soon as
Burns makes it clear to what conditions he
will agree.
Fitzpatrick Is so confident that Johnson
can whip Burns thai he says he will agree
to give the latter 70 per cent. of the purse
If Johnson does not score a knockout In
side of twenty rounds, and so per cent. II
he is successful. But when it comes down
to cases, it is believed that Fitzpatrick VIII
not urge such unusual conditions, and that
he will be satisfied with a 50 and % or a
60 and 40 per cent. division of the money
on the simple proposition of win or lose.
According to reports received today
from England, Burns says that he VIII
make a match with Johnson as soon as
he arrives in this country. Burns Is quoted
as saying that he will defend the heavy
weight championship against all Corners,
with n preference for the big negro.
Burns, however, declares that he may
remain in England for some time yet,
particularly IL he can get on a mill with
Jim Roche, a new Irish champion But
If there is no money in a proposed mill
with Roche, Burns says that he will sail
for America the latter part of this month.
James Coffroth, the San Francisco fight
promoter, is quoted as saying that he will
hang up a 5000 purse for the Burns
johnson fight. and that he believes the
month of March is the best time to hold
1t.
As Coffroth deals in real money and as
the Nevada promoters have apparently
run out, it would seem apparent that this
decidedly interesting affair will be de-
cided on the coast.
A w~ell-known hstic expert, who has seen
all of the big ring battles in America for
the last twenty-five years. and who has
also seen Johnson In his last seven ring
encounters, said today that in his opinion
johnson would defeat Burns inside Of ten
rounds.
Johnson is at present in Cincinnati, but
his manager is in New York. clothed with
fun power to act for the colored boxer.
Fitzpatrick had the following to say about
the coming fight:
II am very glad that Burns will fight
Johnson. To show how much | mean
business I will post a forfeit today to bind
our side of the match. That will clinch
the matter, for there can be no doubt that
Burns means what he says.
The news that Burns was ready to tight
johnson was received with great Joy in
sporting resorts throughout the country
It has always been conceded that john
son should be given a chance to win the
heavyweight title. but the color line
has barred him from many a good fight.
Jeffries. himself, when he announced about
a year ago that he would return to the
ring and fight were a good man found to
face him, took refuge behind the color
line when johnson was put forth as a man
worthy Of his steel.
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hand. but MeClosky decided to take n
chance with him. The big German hit
me nrst bail pitched TO the score board.
tleing up the game. The Cardinals won il
out in the twelfth.
On his way to the clubhouse McCloskv
with a smile, complimented Carpenter on
me way he enforced discipline on the ball
held. Wise guy, Mcclosky.
Cy Rigler, known as President PuIliam's
nShting umpire" enjoys the UNIQUE dIs-
nnctlon of being the only big league UNI
pre- to score a shut-out last season.
Rigler was working in st. Louis on the
final Saturday OF the season. Chicago was
finishing with the Cardinals, Detroit was
eeilas l with the Browns at ,sportsman's
Fark. The Cubs were scheduled for n
doublc-header. A number of the Cub play
ers wanted to see the Tigers in action and
had planned to kick themselves out of the
game.
On the first close play that came IN
Overall. who was pitching, let up a bowl
aud was henched. In quick succession
Chance, Tinker, Evers and Steinfeldt fol-
lowed suit. This left Chicago without an
iniield or pitcher. Chance didn't ill the
places of the men benched quick enough to
suit Rigler, who had drawn his watch, and
he forfeited the game to the Cardinals.
The regulars saw the Tigers play, while
the subs filled in and played the second
anne
During a game between Boston and
Washington two years ago at Boston.
Jimmy Collins hit a line drive down the
left field foul line. Sill O'Loughlin was
working the game and from his position
back of the pitcher he called it foul. Two
We're on the bases and one man could have
easily scored. The crowd and players let
up an awful howl Fortunately for silk.
Collins on his second try hit for a home
run, clearing the bases. The fans, who a
moment before had been roasting Silk.
were now singing his praises for making
the mistake. The three runs scored on the
hit won the game. silk claims this is the
only bad decision he ever made that
turned out TO be a good one.
These are but a few illustrations OF
where the umpire has put a different COM
plexion on the anne by a decision of tudg-
ment or by putting some player out of the
game. 1t seems to be the irony Of fate
that when d man Is ordered out of q game
for good reasons his euceessor generally
manages to win II. It's strange, but true.
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F$-@2 AZ 7 SPORTS OF AL SORTS 7 '' $S7 F$$z PUGI[ISM
NEWARK BOWLERS LAND
ODD GAME AT NEW HAVEN
TO CHANGE
SCORING SYSTEM

At the annual winter meeting of the
American League. which begins in Chi
cago next M~onday-the same day that the
National League meeting is convened in
New York-a suggestion for a new depar-
ture in the scoring system will be dis
cussed. While there has been a demand
for a new style Of scoring which will
just how valuable batters are at
driving in runs, the form of tabulated
score will hardly be changed at this time,
but the new plan contemplates the an
pointment of Il set of league scorers who
will be shifted from city to city the same
as umpires are now transferred.
This idea of putting the scoring in the
hands OF competent and impartial experts
is a good n Scorers who are now en-
ployed by the home club naturally
favor the home players, and batte1s who
nave a chance to lead their league get
credit for dozens of hits that are really
fielding errors.
1t is a well known fact that Pittsh,re
scorers hand Hans Wagner hits on the
rankest Kind of fielding errors. and the
81. Louis scorers were accused of tn
same sort of favoritism in the American
League during the season of 1906. Nearly
every team has a heavy hitter who is thus
favored and other players complain loudly
at the alleged unfairness. So do the pitch
ers against whom these hits are scored.
The general run of fans" cannot under
stand way a batter should have a hit
when a ball gets away from a fielder. no
matter how difficult the chance. and thew
write letters by the score to the baseball
sharps. 1t is a fact that scorers are in
clined to be lenient and to favor home
players. The argument of the player is
that he gets no favors in other towns.
and should, therefore. get them at home
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
CANNOT M JEFFRIES.
Retired Champion Is Determined to Re-
main Retired.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.-Jim Jeffries,
the real champion pugilist of the world.
is giving most of his time and all of
his thought to his saloon business, and
when asked. after the announcement Of
the victory of Burns over NOR. in Lon
don Monday night, for a statement, he
manifested some Impotence.
"Oh, that fellow is just a dub" said
Jeffries. 81 don't regard this fight as
having any Significance. or course. we
all knew Burns could lick him.. Burns
has fought many better men than this
fellow Moir and has beaten them. This
was not his star battle by any means
1t don't add to Burns's regulations"
It was suggested to Jeffries that
there might, be an effort made to in
duce him to fight Burns. now that tho
latter has shown himself of Champion
ship ealibre.
We'll, 1t won't work. said the ham
pion of champions. TIN through with
the game. I'm running a saloon now.
Pm through with the game, and they
may as well spare their effort to drag
me into the ring again"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
ICE SKATING RINK.
Will Be Opened in This City Under
Management of sinnirud.

Many of the speediest skaters In the
Eastern States are booked to compete in
races on local ice during the present
winter. Nearly all Of the famous New
York cracks and several from other cities
will take part In races that are to be held
here during the holidays, and some OF
them will try their speed In the weekly
contests that are being arranged for the
whole winter season. For the first time
in It's history Newark now has an OPEN
air skating rink, and great preparations
are being made by leading skating officials
Of the country to make Newark a skating
centre.
Under the management OF Peter Sinni-
rud. who is claimed to be the all around
speed champion of the world. and who
holds several medals for championships in
this and other countries. the new rink
will be opened upon the first real hard
frost. It is located at the Park Athletic
Association grounds opposite the Belleville
avenue carbarns in Arlington avenue, and
will be managed by Sinnirud. The new
rink has been In course of construction for
some time. and has as its feature a six
lap track equal to any In the large metro
politan Kinks.
Sinnirud plans to bring some of the best
speed merchants in this part of the coun-
try to the local rink at frequent intervals.
It is probable that races will be arranged
for every Saturday afternoon and even
Ing, when there is skating. and among
those who are likely to compete are Norris
Wood. the national champion; Harry Mac
Donald. the Pastime A. G. crack; phil
Keariy. VI the Saratoga team: Arthur
Sarony. Of the New York a. G: line
Williams. OF the Verona Lake Skating
Club. and nearly the entire compliments
of the big rink teams In and around New
York.
A big carnival of skating IL being ar
ranged 10 formally open the new rink on
Christmas Day. and II there is ice another
series Of feature events will be pulled off
N-ay Years D0V.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
HOW UMPIRES HELP WIN GAMES

Umpires cause many ball games to be
won and lost on decisions that are fair ana
just. The results. however. are brought
about I'm a very peculiar manner. Nearly
every fan can recall some contest where
the umpire put a player out of the game,
only to have his successor win II out with
la timely bingle or a marvellous catch. Every
umpire can cite a dozen instances in his
career where just such q thing happened.
The veteran Jack Sheridan insists that
he con trlbuted his share toward the White
Sox winning the pennant In 1906, but Of
Jacks efforts in behalf of the White Sox
came about in this way.
The Chicago team was playing at Boston
and In right field was Tip O'Neil. 1t seems
that Tip and Jack couldn't agree on ques-
lions of Judgment that day. Tip became
especially obnoxious and about the fifth
inning he was doing bench duty. Two
DAYS before Chicago had purchased Pat
Dougherty from the New York Americans.
lO'Neirs expulsion gave Pat his chance, and
he certainly made the best of 1t. His work
that afternoon won the game for Chicago.
O'Neil drew three days of rest and in the
meantime Dougherty was playing the most
sensational kind OF ball. Manager Jones
kept him In the game and Pat made good
the selection by continuing to play high
class ball, his work aiding greatly in the
winning of the penDant.
O'Neil's mix-up with Sheridan proved
costly. for he not only kicked himself out
of a Job, but also out of the big league.
Chicago sold him to Minneapolis, OF the
American Association. that winter.
.
During tho last series between Cleveland
and ST. Louis last season at Cleveland,
Tommy Connolly elected two players from
the game and, strange to say, st. Louis
dropped two games as a result.
Harry Howell worked the first game
and the entire Cleveland team was hav-
ing all kinds of trouble hitting his spit
hall Among those who were battling with
the air was Bill Bradley. The clever third
sacker had been unable TO hit the ball
safely and when he stepped to the plate
on third he was in anything but a happy
mood. The first bah pitched Bill SWING
at and missed, The second ball was a
strike. according to Connolly, but Bradley
arose and Connolly won. Bradley walked
to the bench Grating 10 himself. The score
at the time was tie aud q hit meant the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05

game. Manager Lajole selected Harry
Bemis. as pinch hitter, and Bemls justi-
centre. The gam was over. What Brad
terry.
On the following day with the score o
tie In the seventh and a man on first for
cleveland, Catcher Spencer was put out of
the game. Spencer thought Connolly had
missed a strike and told him so. Con-
molly took the negative side Of the debate.
The outcome-exit Spencer. Stephens was
sent in to catch. The base rune stole
on the first ball pitched and stephens
threw to centre field In an effort to catch
him. The runner pulled upon third, from
where he scored on a fly to the outfield.
This run settled the game.
Thus the putting out OF two men re-
suited In their Successors enabling Cleve-
land to win two games that were in doubt
up to that time.
Jack Stafford was responsible for a
White Sox victory last season because he
happened TO put Fielder Jones out of a
game. Cleveland was the team hard hit
this time.
Stafford and Jones were having quite a
strenuous afternoon OF 1t. 1t seemed the
plays and decisions happened to look en-
tirely different to the two gentlemen IN
question. Jones wanted to argue every
point and in order to prevent the game
from being stopped or account of dark
ness and the grass from being trodden
down, he was requested to leave the lot.
Mike Welday took his place. For seven
innings the score was a tie at ! to i.
when Mike broke into the imellsht. on
his first appearance at the plate he hit
the ball for three sacks and scored a
moment later by some fast sprinting on
a short fly to the outfield. Jones got three
days to think 1t over and Mike helped
earn his seasons salary by winning two
more games.
Billy Carpenter, of the National League
staff, helped st. Louis TO a game one day
last summer after it seemed hopelessly
lost. The Cardinals were doing battle
with the Phillies and were three runs 70
the bad when the ninth inning rolled
around Two were down and men on first
and second when Pug Bennett came to
the bat He was benched shortly after
reaching the plate for Grating over a called
strike. Hostetter had been out Of the
game for a couple Of weeks with a bad
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
$4,000 PURSE OFFERED
FOR BURNS AND JOHNSON
NATIONALS DOWN
DEAF MUTE FIVE

The National Turner's met an easy prop
osition in the Deaf Mutes, Of this city,
last night. and defeated them by a score
of % to IA. The Deaf Mutes were not able
to hold the Turner'S. The home five had
its regular lineup and played a beautiful
game. The Turner'S passed the ball all
over the large court with great accuracy.
The Mutes also showed that they could
do something In that line and displayed
a clever exhibition, but not quite up to
the Turner's standard.
The first period was a hummer and fast
work predominated. The Turner's scored
is points to their opponents 1 and made
some long shots. Zazzali and Drifting
showed up well and made some excellent
goals.
In the second half the Mutes scored
s points to tho Turner's IA. Both hves
played better ball in this period. Follow
ing is the lineup:
National Turner's. Deaf Mutes.
Drifting, Zazzali ..........1 Hester, Muleick
Forwards.
Trautwein, Wagner ....,........... Relmie
Centre.
Donovan .................... Bydk, BouDer
Guards.
Score at the end Of first half-Turners,
81; Deaf .Mutes, j. Time of halves
Twenty minutes. Official-Berteh, OF Ma
tional Turner's.
Orange Valley Wins Easily.
At Bayley Hall. last night. the Orange
Valley Lyceum basketball five defeated
the Bayley Lyceum quintet, "a to 10. The
score at the end of the first half was
Il to 4. The visitors team work, as a
whole, was good, and their guarding was
impregnahle. Following is the lineup;
Bayley Lyceum. Orange v. i.
Crogan, Knochels. p. Hoar. A. Mcdonnell
Forwards.
Dougherty 1aggert
Centre.
Heery. Conway.....G. Mcdonnell, Brennan
Guards.
Score at the end of first half-Bayley
Lyceum. 4: Orange Valley L.yceum. A..
Final s~core-Bayley Lyceum. 10; Orange
Valley Lyceum, "a. Time of halves. twenty
minutes. Referee, Flynn; umpire, Hackett.
Centrals beat the Elmwoods.
Last night, at Friendship Hall. the Cen
trail A. A. beat the crack Elmwood A. A.
by a score of SO to is. The feature Of the
game was the passing of the Centrals and
the shooting of Foley and B. Hearn. Mike
Caffery was the star for the Elmwoods.
In the preliminary game the Central Jun
Tors beat the Rectors by a score of % to II.
The feature of the game was the shooting
of F. Boyle and 2. Birmingham. Next
week the Central A. A.. will meet the crack
Halsteads of Kearny.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
CHAMPIONS COMPETE.
Athletic Meet at Boston Featured by
Defeat of Melvin w. Sheppard.

BOSTON. Dec. 5.-Many athletes of ma
tional reputation. stars from the leading
athletic organizations OF the East. with
college men and school boy champions.
competed lust night in the opening indoor
track and field meet Of the season at the
Park Square, Colosseum.
The feature Of the meet was the defeat
of the f~avorite champion distance unner
Melvin W. Sheppard, Of New York, who
was unable to overcome a handicap of
2 yards given B.. S. O'Kane, of Boston
College, in the 1000 yard handicap, and the
defent Of the local sprinting champion,
w. ID. Eaton, of the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation, in the 50-ysrd dash, which was
won by j. f. O'Conhell. of the New York
a. c. No records were broken, but the
time made by Fred Bellars. of the New
York A. c. in the three-mile run. IA MIN
utes Al is seconds. was only 2-5 of a Sec
ond slower than the record he holds for
the event.
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SAYS TRENTON WILL STAY.
President Carpenter Declares Tri-state
League Won't Lose Jersey Town.

ALTOONA, Pa, Dec. ~5.-"Trenton will
DC a member OF the Tri-State League next
season, without question:" said President
Charles It. Carpenter, when his attention
was called to a statement sent out from
Trenton that Colonel Perrine was arrang-
ing with Eastern League officials to pur-
chase a franchise from that organization.
The $500 that is to be offered for that
territory Is not an inducement to part
with 1t. because we need the town to keep
the circuit intact. The matter will prob
ably come before the league meeting In
Harrisburg Friday night of this week. and
| expect the delegates TO make short work
of It,"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
MEDICAL.
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But Brooklyn Gains In In
terState by Taking Three
From Trenton.

Six teams of the National Interstate
League were in action last night. The
Newark bowlers, who lead in the race,
won the odd game at New Haven, but
iost a little ground as Brooklyn, which is
second IN line. scored a clean sweep at
home over Trenton. In the third series
New York landed the odd game from
Elizabeth on the ~latter's alleys.
Newark came within an ace of scoring
q clean sweep in the City of Films. In the
second game Lee r. Johns struck q series
of splits and his score dropped to LAG.
This pulled Newark's total down to 900,
despite Persons 225, and enabled New
Haven TO sneak away with the game by
q margin of thirteen pins. Johns redeemed
himself in the final heat with a 233 score,
boosting the teams figures to 993. The
scores:
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AND
JERSEY CITY
WINNERS
Each Team Captures Odd
Game in Athletic League
Bowling Series.
TEAM STANDING.

Two out of three games has been the
rule in all the Athletic League series
rolled this week. The Passaic Club bowlers
on their home alleys last night landed the
odd game from Elizabeth. and Jersey City
did likewise in the postponed series with
Columbia at Hoboken. The first weeks
campaign will be completed tonight, when
the New York team bowls at Montclair.
The Elizabeth bowlers put up the highest
score of the week last night, registering
was there with a mark of 961. while Jer-
sey City totaled 9f7. Many new faces ap-
peared in the lineup of the teams. The
scores:
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FOOTBALL PLAYER HAS RELAPSE,

ITHACA. N. Y. Dee. 5.-Ray Van Or
man. Cornelrs right end. was taken to the
inhrmary late last night, suffering a re-
lapse of conclusion of the brain. Xester-
day his condition was serious, but the
physicians hoped that he would pull
through. Van Orman sustained a bad clip
on the head in the Princeton game. Play
ing against West Point he was struck in
the same place and carried unconscious
from the field. After two weeks rest he
entered the Pennsylvania game. only to
be carried off the field to the University
Hospital, suffering from coneussien of the
brain. He was discharged last Saturday
and returned to Ithaca Sunday.