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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
WORLDS CHAMPION KELLY
AGAIN SUFFERS DEFEAT

NEW YORK. March S.-Dan Kelly,
the worlds champion sprintef and rec
ord-holder, was again defeated last
night at the Sixty-ninth Regiment
games. He started against four of the
fastest sprinters in the Metropolitan
District and finished second to Lawson
Robertson, of the Irish American Ath-
letic Club.
They lined up with Robertson on the
inside. Northridge next, Kelly in the
centre and Archer and Hall on the out
side. AT the start the Westerner
caught his stride quickly and when
twenty yards had been run he was
more than a yard In front of his op-
ponents. He maintained this lead UNI
til twenty yards from the finish, where
robertson quickly overhauled him and
won by a yard. Kelly was a similar
distance in front of Archer. When it
was announced hat the winners time
was seven seconds the question arose
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JACK O'BRIEN BEATS
BONNER IN FIGHT,

PHILADELPHIA, March 3.-Phila-
%delphia's new boxing club-the West
End A. Chad an auspicious opening
last night, with Jack O'Brien, of this
city, and Jack Bonner, the Summit
hill fighter, as the windup attraction.
The bout was rather tame. owing to
Bonner's refusal to lead or mix. The
upstate boxer covered up at every OPP
portunity, and it was O'Brien's fight
by long odds.
The first round was very mild, with
tho Philadelphia man doing all the
leadlng. Bonner failed to enliven
things in the second, and O'Brien
worked right Fnd left uppcrcuts to adj
vantage. In che third O'Brien hoored
Bonner with a series of blows to the
head.
Bonner appeared groggy when he
arose. and O'Brien tried to put him
out. but the bell saved the former.
During a elinch in the fourth round.
Bonner's head opened a cut over
o'Brien's eye, and the blood flowed
freely. Bonner. encouraged by the
bloody appearance of his opponent,
rallied and landed three good blows.
That vas the extent of Bonner's
work, as he was a badly beaten man
in the fifth and sixth rounds.
Young Jack TIanlon defeated Mark
Donohue in the semi-windup. In the
preliminaries Buck Miller stopped
Tommy keenan, In the sixth: Charles
Miller knocked out joe Burke in the
first round, and Joe Forkler knocked
out Tom Henry in the fifth.
An innovation at the new club was
that an official towel ma was pro-
vided for each fighter and only one
second was allowed in each corner.
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go to Rochester this week and can
vass for votes in behalf of next years
competition.
Elaborate plans have already been
laid by the promoters of the next
N. b. A. event. 1t is planned to lay
twenty-four of the best alleys in the
huge garden and run the tournament
for thirteen or fourteen days. Special
matches between the champions of the
nation will be arranged shortly before
the regular games, and special efforts
will be made to obtain entries from So
called closed events, such as the bank
clerks, Stock Exchange. life insur-
ance, the fraternal competitions, and
others of a similar class.
The whole matter at present rests
with the committee on arrangements,
consisting of Maurice Wyman, chair
man; Henry Lankenau and Fred
Sehwartje. These three men VIII ar
range for the place of holding tn big
tournament, and viii complete AMI &C.
essary details, including electione& ling
at Rochester.
The following were present: Joseph
Thum, Dan d.. Frercks, william c..
Grail. Louis Stein. M. C. Wyman, Fred
Pump, Henry Lankenau, William
Amann and Philip Lehrbach. OF New
York; William Cordes, Charles Walter,
Fred Schwartz, William Edwards, Of
Brooklyn; Charles Hetzel, of Trenton;
Charles Greenwald. of New Brunswick,
and Lee r. Johns and Jack Whatton, of
Newark
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ais: Wilson, to look after entries.
Knowles and futile, to arrange for the
track, and Tuttle, to take charge of
program, tickets. posters and officials.
The hockey championship for the sea-
son of 1907-190S was awarded to Mont>
clair High School, and the basketball
championship for the same season was
awarded to Newark High School.
Newark still has a league game to
play with East Orange High School,
but as this game would not affect the
standing, even if Newark lost it, the
championship was awarded to the local
boys for the second successive season,
The standing is;
Newark High School, won Q lost 0;
MontcIair High School, won 2 lost 2;
East Orange High School, won 0 ost 8.
Tuttle resigned from the committee
to investigate the charges of profess
sionalism against Callahan, and
Wright, of Stevens School, and Horr
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NEW JERSEY CRICKETERS
ARRANGE FOR SEASON.

The annual meeting of the New Jer-
sey State Cricket League was held at
the Continental Hotel last night. Dele
gates from all the clubs in the league
were present. President e. A.. Leach
occupied the chair.
This is the second year of the league,
it having been organized last season,
during which it enjoyed success. The
championship pennant was won by the
y. M. c. A. eleven, of Elizabeth.
Great enthusiasm was shown at last
nights meeting, and the outlook for
first-class cricket in this State during
the coming season is bright.
1t was decided last night to arrange
interstate matches with New York, and,
if possible, arrange games with the
Philadelphia cricket leagues.
The league this season will be COM
posed of nine clubs. the same as last
year, namely: Y. M. c.. A., of Eliza
beth; Paterson Team A, Paterson Team
b, Newark, Essex County, o. N. T.,
Bound Brook, Hudson County and Or
ange Cricket Club. formerly the st.
Ronalds.
A vote of thanks was rendered to the
retiring officers for their ervices dur
ing the past season. The following
officers We're elected for 1908:
Honorary presidents, Arthur f. Renl
die, of New York. and William Evans,
of Kearny; honorary vice-presidents,
Mayor Isaac %Shoenthal, of Orange;
State Senator John Hinchliffe, of Pat
erson; Judge Thomas S. Henry and
James Owens, of this city: president,
Fred ]. Wharton, of the Bound Brook
c. c.; first vice-president, r. V. An
derson, of Paterson C. G.; second vice.
president, l.. II. Briefly, of o. N. T.
c. c.; secretary, E. A. Leach, of Y. M,
c. A; treasurer, H. Holden, of o. N.
T. C. C.
The executive committee for the en-
suing year vas named as follows. A.
Fl. Gibson CY. M. c.. Al, j. Prescott
(Paterson), c. X. Murray (Newark), ].
G. Fisher Bound Brook. w. Such (Es-
sex County,, ]. Dryer (Orapge). l..
Briefly 20. N. To, c. A. de Charleroy
(Hudson County,.
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were appointed in his place.
A football schedule was then adopted.
All the games will be played on Fri
days, with the exception of the New
ark High School-East Orange High
School game, which will probably be
played on Thanksgiving Day. Newark
High and Montclair High will open the
season on October Is, The schedule
follows:
October 16ANewark High School VS..
Montclair High School, at Montclair.
October 23-East Orange High School
VS.. Stevens School, at Hoboken.
October 30-Montclair High School VS..
Stevens School, at Hoboken.
November 6-Montclair High Schoo
VS.. East Orange High School, at Mont
clair.
November 13-Newark High Schoo
VS.. Stevens School, at Hoboken.
November 20-Newark High Schoo
VS.. East Orange High School.
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NEWARK ACADEMY AND MONTCLAR
mil" INVITED TO JOIN LEAGUE

Effort to place the New Jersey In
~terscholastic League on its former
standing, including the Newark Acad-
emy and the Montclair Military Acad-
envy, are being made by the members
of the schoolboys' organization. At the
regular meeting held at the Stevens
Preparatory School yesterday Secretary
Wilson, of Montclair High, was in
structed to send invitations to the two
academies, hoping that athletic rela-
tons will be resumed for the benefit of
the sport.
Plans for the annual field day were
discussed, and Saturday, May 80.
was the date decided upon. The place
TO mold the meet was not chosen, but
an effort win be made to secure New
ark Academy's new field. If this can
not be done Ashland Oval will be used.
h following appointments were
made; Wilder, to take charge of med
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as to the accuracy of the distance.
experts present convinced the officials
that the race was run in fast time and
insisted that the track was wrong.
James E.. Sullivan, who refereed, i'm
mediately ordered the track remeas-
ured, n it was found that it was five
yards too long.
by some ones order the champion
was given permission to wear spike
shoes, despite the fact that the rules
prohibited them. When Robertson
learned this he, too, donned them. and
as the lined up the other contestants
protested, but 1t was not allowed.
The Se~venty-first Regiment captured
the two-mile relay race. Melvin Shep-
pard was unable to cut down the big
margin lost by his team mates. and
ms team from the Twenty second Reg
iment finished second. Hillman ran
for the Thirteenth Regiment team. and
victory seemed assured. r. N.
Riley, the anchor man, fell.
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Britt Should Have Much Confidence.
Hobart Starts Another Attack on N. L. 7. A.

Clarence hobart, VIC created a sen salon recenty by severely criiciSng
the work OF the National Lawn Tennis Associations ranking committee. has
returned to the assault TIobarts purpose seems to be to endeavor to
bring about a change in the personnel of the committee. Members of the
nw board law not been named as yet
Edgar W, Leonard Is tho only member of the committee who Hobart be-
heVes is untitled to be regarded IS a player of national repute. He does not
"a that an expert player would necessarily be better equipped for deter-
mining the ranking of the countrys best tennis players, put he thinks that
such a man would be far more likely to be imbued with the spirit ira
diuons which have grown around the whole theory of the rankings. Hobart
names these traditions as briefly:
ina personal opinion as { o relative ability shall have 10 weight. That
records in tournament play in this country for the year shall be the sole
BASIS for comparisons. That a player shall not be ranked unless he has
played in several o. he most important tournaments OIL at least in the
aHcomers n M minor tournament; and that midsummer victories shall
Pave more weight than those in the early season"
Hobart hen goes into long criticism of the rankings o various NAV
nj it is believed that the discussion a to the dvisabfut of n now
system may be renewed with more vimr
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- DC III the corps Oh stall ei
of the Newark Eastern League team TO
take the Southern trail this month.
This latest recruit may not be well
known in these parts, but ask anyone
down South Jersey. and they'll tell you
hes a corker."
Mueller, while with the Frankford,
Pa, team, an independent club, at
tracted attention several years & by
pitching gilt-edged pail in exhibition.
games against major league teams;
while in the semi-professional ranks
he was practically invincible.
Former Manager Durham picked up
the Jersey wonder for the Newark
team in 1906, but the lads father, who,
it seems, is a Millionaire, or something
of the sort, would not permit MIN to
play professional ball at h time.
Manager Sta1lings now has the
pitchers signed contract, which ar
rived with a letter that everything is
20. K" for this season From all ac-
counts Mueller should prove a valuable
to the Newark team. At any
he will be given a thorough try
out.
DR.. Bert DAILY, former manager of
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OF FIGHT TONIGHT
TO MEET TOMMY BURNS

NEW YORK, March $40 decide
which viii go to England to seek a
match with Tommy Burns, Joe jean
nette and Sam Langford. both colored
heavyweights. will meet in a twelve
round bout in Boston tonight. Lang
ford will have height, weight and reach
against him, but he believes he has
more science than his antagonist and
that he will win.
Jeannette, however. has been after
Jack Johnson's scalp for some time and
is considered a dangerous proposition.
lie is a fast big-handed slugger with
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HOPPE BEsTS pEMAREST.

CHICAGO. March 3.-willie Hoppe,
n professional. beat Calvin Demarest,
n amateur champion. 400 to 355, in
the first block of points in their 400
point billiard match here last night.
Hoppe was playing an 1871 style in
preparation for his coming battle with
JAKE ~Schaefer. and Demarest was
knocking out the caroms at 14.2. In the
strength of the opening session Hoppe
is a little mor than twice as strong
a billiard player than Demarest for
1871 is at least twice as dificulf as
f4.2. Hoppe averaged 16 and Demarest
IA 1924.
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HARLEM WANTS ANNUAL REGATTA.

NEW YORK, March 3.-Application
for the holding of the coming annual
regatta of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen on the Harlem
River will be made by the Harlem Re-
gatta Association. Last night at it's
nnual meeting the Harlem Asso-
citation voted unanimously to make
such application at the meeting of the
national committee in this city on
March p. The Harlem oarsmen We're
advised to this action by President
James Pilkington of the National AS
ISOLATION, who stated al the meeting his
belief that with proper effort the
national executive committee would
give the local oarsmen the honor. The
national races were rowed on the
Speedway course on the Harlem in
1900.
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BASEBALL CUT AT PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA. March 3.--As a re-
suit of yesterdays cut in the baseball
squad at the University of Pennsyl-
vania there are now only twenty-nine
varsity candidates training under
Coaches Irwin and Blakeley at the
Quaker gymnasium. All of the remain
ing candidates will be retained for out
door work, which win begin as soon as
the weather permits. The list of the
candidates retained follow: Porte,
Chapman, Wood, Hess. Regain, Smiley,
bandrigan, A. G. Smith. Pauxtis, Fol-
well, Remer, Taylor, Fennell, Merrick,
Cochran Brokaw. Boomer. Turtmen,
Judd Simpson, Clarke, Noyse, Torrey,
Wilson, ]. Smith Cogan. Evans. HOWE,
Comerford.
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considerable science. Tom O'Rourke,
who has inspected Jeanette, says that
he will develop into a great boxer in
due time.
Jack Johnson, meanwhile, has de-
cided not to go to England to tackle
Burns unless the National Sporting
Club of London makes a bona-fde offer
for the match, in which event he says
he will agree to a $500 side bet. John
son and his manager have no faith in
the alleged club which offered the big
negro $4,000, win, lose or draw. if he
would consent to fight the champion
in England.
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LONDON PAPER PANS BURNS.

LONDON, March 3.-The Sportsman
prints a long article this morning pro-
testing against Tommy Burns's lab
surd challenge to fight British boxers
in patches. 1t a y that nobody dis
putes his right TO the title of cham
pion of the world" but such tactics
are not sport" and would only de-
grade and place in peril the sport Of
boxing. which with great difficulty has
been nursed into he position of a legal
pastime.
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WALSH WOULDN'T FIGHT

BOSTON, March S.-The twelve
round bout between Jimmy Walsh and
Joe Wagner, scheduled to take place
before the Roanoke A. A.. last night.
failed to materialize. Walsh demanded
Sl50 for his end, to take half of so per
cent. Of the gate receipts, and when
turned down refused to go on.
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OUTLOOK is BRIGHT
IN TRI-STATE LEAGUE

READING. Pa. March S.-The
meeting of the Tri-State League. which
was to have been held yesterday after
noon at the Mansion House, was post
lioned until today on account of the
late arrival OF some of the officials of
the league. The postponement was
made so as to not interfere with the
banquet Of tho Down n Out Club,
which was held this evening.
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HOW FAR BACK HAVE
BRITT AND DANE GONE?
Fight Fans Wondering If TOniehts Battle at Los Angeles viii Show
Who Has Retained Most Of His Old-time Ability Hobart Fol-
lows Up Former Attack on National Lawn Tennis
Association With Another Assault.
BY BERT DODGE.

%KNHoUGH there is lively interest in the ten-round bout to be held to-
night between Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt at Los Angeles the
fight fans are chiefly engaged in trying o dope which Of the pair is
likely to have retained the most of tho remarkable ability he once possessed
Everybody believes naturally enough. that neither Of the boys Is any
where near tptop form. The meeting will be something resembling the re-
turn o + a beaten champion to the ring in a attempt to regain lost IaueIs
only in this case 1t will De a case of two fha s-beens' about to try it once
more, and, again, the laures will probably be confined to the amount of
cash that each fighter picks vi rs a result If mis- efforts tonight
When Jimmy Brit net Nelson in a fierce battle which went the limit
something less than a year ago, the Californian seemed t. be in possession Of
a femarkable store OF physical powers. He was strong from he tap of the
bell in the first round right through the gruenhng battle. Almost invariably
h e was setting the pac and he gave the Dane q terrific beating. AS the
story of the battle came over the ticker that night the sportsmen wondered
how Nelson could stand the punching that he was receiving without going
down for the count Everybody looked for a knockout In the next round, but
Ii ddnfc ome
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ALLOWS WAGNER TO NAME TERMS.

PlTTSBURG, March 3.-That Hans
wagner has been told to name his own
terms with Pittsburg was practically
admitted last evening by Secretary
Locke, of the Pirates. THE club has no
differences with Wagner"
SAID Locke. He has been permitted for
years to practically make out his own
contract"
Pittsburg has asked waivers on
swacina' the big first baseman from
u. Louis, who is aid to have tried to
hold up the club for an increase in
salary.
Make up your mind now that YOU will in
crease your sales. Advertise in the STAR.
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WHO'LL PLAY rHE SrARLINGS2

The Starting Field Club, of paterson,
which won thirty-four games and lost
none last season, has reorganized It's
basebaH team, and is out with hal
lenges for any IA or 15-year-old mines.
Address John Thompson. SS9 Godwin
street, Paterson.
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At Central Institute, or s5a GSa'r'
Friday, March 9th
FOXTMG BOUTS

Tony Bender and Louis Black,
Patsy Kline and bert Chambers.
John BendOkas and Frank
Chester Van Hart and Adam BaIx.
Fred NteburE aud H.. Smith.
Arthur CoDley and A.. SpirO.
Edward Naughn and ID. Crosby.
Chas. Burnett nHd VIM. Erare.
Geo. Cummings and otto EngIe.
julie Denlmer and BENJAMIN Miller.
Nv II ESTLIN c.
Mni. Provost and Al MOndrlck.
IS Gro
Heavyweight JuEgler and BaInncer..
ADMISSION, zoe. RESERVED, soc
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Nothing to II but Jimmy Britt.

ThereW "a nothing to 1t but Britt, however, and he, of course, OF the
decision thus putting Nelson far into the background as a possible title holder
Then Britt took N Cans and, figuring on the great showing that he had
made against Nelson many believed that the Pacific coast fighter had a
chance to take the championship AVA from the cobred boy
Then followed a surprise which vas Just as marked as vas the unexpect-
eddy ne showing made by Brhta against Nelson. The dngy lever rave the
California boy a chance m the latter finally quit. giving as IN excus that
he had broken a small bone in his forearm. 1t was nnounce that Britt was
not in shape to go N but everybody believed that he really saw a defeat
coming n that his seconds rather than have him HI victim of a knockout
at the hands of Cans, sought to have him lose because of alleged inability to
continue.
Now, when the fight experts try to figure out the chances of the contest
ants tonight, there's seems to be little tt base an opinion u. Britt. however.
should be the favoie. Nelson did lit tie in his recent go with unholz to
style that used to mark his fights. The Boer had more than a evn break.
and he had Nelson Oh the defensive a good part Of the time a situation
which used to Re unheard of IN the Danes part.
Britt Should Have Much Confidence.
AS for Britt, if he has trained faithfully fr tonights affair. he should
be pretty fit He did not receive sever punishment in his fight with Cans
and the superiority that he showed over Nelson the last time they met should
give him a world of confidence.
Few look for a knockout and, a IS decisions are not nw rendered in Los
Angeles, the result will have to be determined by the opinions of those ex-
prts who see the affair. This method of CURSE will e hardly satsfactor
and there may be various decisions rendered afhr the hon
Because both of the fighters are admittedly going into this bout simply
will be tame, and it may be that they are. right. Nelson certainly isnot well
fixed Just TO- financially, while Jimmy is always ready to take advantage of
al opportunity to add to his bank roll Looking at it from every angle the
cal reason for the big show of interest in tonights affair seems to De that
n rivals were oe great fighters. Nobody expects to see n fierce battle.
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- ITCHER ARTHUR MUELLER
the Egg Harbor phenom, VIII

be in the corps of staff artists
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15
FAMILY MISSING
Rome Closed For Two Weeks iu South Norwalk Causes
 Some Talk.

/ South Norwalk, May 15.-Resi- dents of Rowayton are considerably alarmed over the strange disappear lance of John Halloway and his wife and two children, who lived in one of Alex Raymond's small houses near the Colonel Raymond bridge. None of the members of the family have been seen hereabouts in over two weeks, and the house has remained closed during that time. When the recent gale struck these parts there was report that small boat had been seen east of Norwalk, and that it contained a man, woman and two children, and the Rowayton people are inclined to believe that this. was the Halloway family, and that they all met death in the storm. Hal loway had small boat and spent considerable time on the water.
 MT Raymond, MT Halloway's land lord, expressed the belief yesterday that the family had been drowned. and unless the members should re- turn to RowaytOn or something is heard from them soon, he expects to enter the house to see if anything definite can be learned of them. They told no one in the vicinity that they expected to go away for any length of time.