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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-04
MURRAY HAS ALL
QUAKERS IN LINE,

PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-Otto
Knabe, the Phillies' clever little second
baseman. arrived in town vest arday,
and it did not take a long interview
with President Shettsline to get his
signature to the 1908 contract. Otto
got a nice increase over last years
salary and is we'll satisfied to hold
down the second sack for another sea-
son.
Pitcher Hoch was also among yes
terday's arrivals n left his signed
contract with "Shetts."
Among the Others Who s'blew i'm
yesterday We're Buster" Brown. Nc
CULLEN, Moren. Deininger, Bransfleld
and Doolin. The latter returned from
his weeks "trip to Mount Clemens,
where he took his annual boil Doolin
mas never been in as good condition
as ne is at present, and his should
be a great year for the great snort
stop.
corridor and Grant have notified
president Shettsline that they will be
on hand al train time today. Grant
mas been taking a postgraduate course
IN law at Harvard this winter.
larry Mccormick has at last been
hoard from. He has written President
Shettsline that he will report to Man
ager Murray at Savannah.
Bones Baum. the California pitcher.
- not expected to come East this year.
rae IS managing a club at Fresno, Cal.
Inc Phlllies' party, which will leave
IRON North Philadelphia today at 4:25
p M VIII numoer nearly thirty. The
hst mas been growing steadily, a num-
per OF players having fallen in line
VINO We're rot expected to so from here
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PREMIUM LISTS u
FOR LOCAL DOG SHOW.


Premium lists arc out for the dog
snow OF the North Jersey Kennel CHM
when Is to be held March 19 to 20
at hufHs Colosseum in Springfield ave-
nue.. The entries for the xhibi win
close saturday. The list OF specials ia
q long one and includes awards for
praeticaliy every breed OF dog to bo
exhibited ~
some novelties have been introduced
IN the classification. In connection with
the team and brace classes the club
mas added sweepstakes, in which tho
stakes or entrance money win be
equitably distributed to those Joining
IN b sweepstakes.
particular attention is called to the
graduate and rosette classes in the pre.
inium list, The graduate is an A. K. G.
class, but it has never been tested IN
the metropolitan district. although
adopted by the American Kennel CLUB
for some time.
The local class is for dogs owned by
residents of Essex County. Entries vii
be received by Secretary James wat.
son of Hackensack.
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sEBRING WILL JOIN OUTLAW LEAGUE.

WILLIAMSPORT. March 4.-Jimmy
Sebring, recently connected with the
National League, but last year with
wilmington, Del, will be seen in the
California outlaw league during the
coming season. Scbring has had some
difference with the Wilmington people.
1t is understood he has not yet received
his money for last years playing. Last
night Scbring admitted that he had re-
ceived a good offer from a team in the
California outlaw league and that he
intended going there Mrs. Sebrlng has
been desirous OF visiting the coast for
ears, and they will go there at an
early date. Sebring, who has money and
fine business prospects, has promised
his wife he will retire after another
years baseball.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-04
COCKMAN'S STYLE NOT
LIKED BY NEWARK FANS
Apparent Lack Of Snap and Dash Makes His Playing Seem IndM.
feent--StalingS Would Have to Do Much Hunting, Though, to
Get Better Third SaCker--Canadian A. A. U. Turns Trick
on A. A. U. When Organization Started Boycott.
BY BERT DODGE.

w1aMY cocKMANs ase is N that illustrates plainly how much a
q baseball players personality has to do with his success or failure in
~ securing God measure of popularity with the fans.
There is II denying the fact that cockman has received from the
spectators at Eastern League games in this city much abuse and criticism,
and We. hen pinned right down to a statement of a n opinion, nearly every
rooter will admit that Jimmy is a fine ballpayer"
And he is. But he dosn not rave that style in his work which seems to
give the IMPRESSION. in itself. that the player is up n doing all the time
and ready 10 take advantage IF everX opportunity TO wfn-that is, that
the player is Interested in his work and looks upon it is enjoyment rather
than labor.
Cockman doesn't perform in any such style as thisa at ALL. And yet there
is not a harder worker. a more willing performer and a steadier player than
he. He often goe into the game hea not tin the best of trim inc doe his
best at all times. He ws under the weather for a considerable period last
year nd yet kept on plugging away, because Manager Burnham found 1t
next to impossible to secure a suitable substitute at THIRD base.
C0ckrnan Lacks Snap and Dash.
Coclman certainly fields his position in extremely clever style. FL e handles
hot drives with no regard fort the consequences and is fast on bunts. His
throwing is swift and accurate and. when nj gets right down to n analysis
Of his playing there seems o be little left to ask or-except that fatal hk
of map and dash.
Fans complain that Jimmy comes UP to the bat is If he did lot care
whether he ever mad a smc hit They forget that during the years tina he
has performed with the Newarks there have been few htters OF the team VINO
have been moro dependable when it came to a time when a walop was
needed.
The impression is general that stannnss is going 10 make a change and
conscientious work that Cochmm has done TO the Newark team is certain
~ timely and deserved.
out of the speculation W the probable sucoessor or cockman nothing
definite has come, fr the simple reason that stafngs won't tell who he ex-
poets to put at the difficult corner
lie is a fine player both in the field and at the bat and would be pretty
sure to I'll the bill aeceptably. For the trying position StaIings is certain to
endeavor to get the best available. and would probably retain Cockman
rather than mako m experiments shoult his plans for securing a player
known to be the goods fal to be realized.
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A. A. U. REINsTATEs DAN MEYERS.

NEW YORK, March 4.-The registra-
ton committee of the Metropolitan AS
sociation of the A. A. U. yesterday an
nounced the reinstatement Of Dan II.
Meyers, who was suspended in June,
1906, for competing at an unsanctioned
meet in Buffalo, n. Y. The peculiar
circumstances of the race. together
with the fact that Meyers had not
made proper application or had not
been properly indorsed, compelled the
committee to hold up his application.
On the recommendation of the Buffalo
commissioner and Handicapped, Edward
Reinecke, the committee considered his
application favorably. The Central Y.
NJ. c. A. basketball team was REIN
stated.
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HANDY SETS ANOTHER RECORD.

NEW YORK, March Ali. j. Handy.
of the Illinois Athletic Club. last night
established a worlds record for swim
ming seventy-five yards with the back
stroke by covering the distance in
81 2-5 seconds. at Madison Square Gar
den. The previous record for this style
OF swimming for the same distance
was Sc AS seconds. held by c. A. Rub
rel, of the New York Athletic Club.
c. NJ. Daniels. of the New York Ath-
letie Club. equaled his American rec
ord for 100 yards. covering the distance
in lin. q t-5s. in a contest in which he
was the scratch man.
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MAPS NEW BACKsTOp.

If Backstop Homer Davidson holds
his end up with the Cleveland Club
next season, the major league will have
another player who is a star footballist.
AT the sridiron game Davidson is said
to be a wonder In a contest three
years g Davidson's team won by a
score of IA to 0, all the points being
due to his agile toe. He kicked three
goals from the fleld-from the 30, 30 and
45-yard lines-and one of his 7o-yard
punts sailed over the head of n OPP
posing quarterback, and a safety was
made on it. Davidson played quarter
back on the Shelby Athletic team oil
Cleveland, and often has been in con
tests in which Fred Merkle and Roy
Beecher of tho Giants participated +,
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. w ANAGER GEORGE r. STALL
y NJ Left for Buffalo to-

1IN9o lSll " aAA4
4 - day, armed with ammunition
to corral a couple new Tigers for the
Newark Eastern League team. me
boss is after a pair of players from the
ma Tor league clubs in the West, u
to mention them now might queer the
deal. The men in question are sweet
n~layers, and if he lands them you'll
see some tall doings at the local ball
yard this season.
81 may be able to make some an
nouncements in a few days that Will
make certain people sit up and take
notice." said Stallings. More than
that l cannot say at present"
The Newark Club yesterday sold IN
fielder Malcolm Macdonald to the
~Ringhamton team, of the New YORK
state League. Macdonald played here
three years ago, but has all this time
been under control of the Newark Clup.
There is still a possibility of signing
Pete Cassidy for first base. Manager
Stallings has opened negotiations with
the former SkeeterS but it is a ques-
ton as to whether or not he is stlli
owned by the Wilmington Club.
Stallings declared yesterday that ne
had decided to keep First Baseman
Sharpe and Second Baseman Mullen
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NATIONAL LEAGUE BULLETIN.

NEW YORK, March 4-Presidnt
Pufiarn, of the National League, vs.
terday announced the following CO..
tracts and releases:
Contracts-With Boston, J. J. Boulte,
August Dorner. w. j. Sweeney. GeorsA
F. Graham and V, A. Lindaman. WITH
Pittsburg, James J.. Lane, Edward j.
Phelps and Royal Shaw,
Releases-By Boston to Toronto &c.
Id, S. w. Brown. Ply Boston TO Steu-
henvilic (P. o. Nj, Roy. Frank Dessau,
MeCabe. BY New York Cuncondition-
ally). Michael j. Lynch. BY New York
TO Oakland (P. c. Ii, Daniel c. Shay
BY Pittsburg to Rochester &c. Id, w.
T. otcy. BY st. Louis to st. Paul "a.
Al, p. J.. lNoonan.
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WALLACE SIGNS; SALARY REDUCED.

ST. LOUIS, March 4.-Tshody
Wallace, shortstop of tho ST Louis
Americans. who la beon holding out
for his old wartime salary of SO, 500 u
year. signed with the Browns yesterday
ut a reduced stipend. Wallace win not
draw a pauper's salary from the
Hedges combination. by any means, as
ii is understood the sh~ortstopper met
the st. Louis boss half way and signed
a one-year agreement at the rate Of
IS, $50.
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PITTSBURGH COACHES PRINCETON.

PRINCETON, March 4.-"Dutch"
Meier, the Pittsbure utility man. ar
rived in town Yesterday and took
charge of the baseball squad. Meier is
a former Princeton star. having played
shortstop and second base for four
years while in college. He will coach
the Tigers until May, when he will
again join the Pirates.
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No Fight Between Burns and Johnson.

1t appears that it's all off now and that there viii be no fight in England
between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson. The absence Of details caused the
colored fighter to g o a bit slow in signnying his Intentions, n the re-
port comes across the water that the time limit as expired. Burns, how
ever comes ot with the statement that he is going to com back about
April / and that he will then be ready to talk business with Johnson. CWon-
der il there's any dark meaning in the reference to April 10 Burns is still
there must be a guarantee of at least $4,000 in it for him before he will
consider going % Paris.
AS to the affair with Roche it appears that that is going through with
ut a hitch March IT, All the peiminaries have been arranged, and Burns
is betting that he will win inside of sx rounds. Roche, according to ablea u
thortes Is a big befy fellow who car be shaped into anything resembling
a frstclass pugfist.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-04
GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING IN AUGUST.

BOSTON, March 4.-Plans for holding
the Grand Circuit meeting in August
and for a special one day meeting on
July 4 were formulated at the meeting
of the New England Tretting Horse
Breeders Association in this city yes
terday. The Grand Circuit meeting will
begin on August 4 and continue during
the greater part of the week.
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RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET.

PHILADELPHIA, March 4--The
central board of officials of the Ameri-
can intercollegiate football rules com
mittee viii call in a few days q meet
ing of all the managers of college foot
ball clevens in the East and South, to
be held in this city toward the end of
the month. Interpretation of rules and
selection of a list OF football officials
will be among the matters taken up,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-04
BIL.LS COME IN nN EIRsT

When Connie Mack, the lean a
or the Philadelphia Americans, heard
that pitcher Joey Bills. purchased from
the Memphis Club. Who was holding
out for more money. had signe on
March /, he soliloquized as follows.
1T was eve thus, Bills come in on the
FIRST Of the month"
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RACER A OMAHA.

CHICAGO. March 1.-The auto
mobiles in the New York to Paris race
We're located today as follows: Ameri-
IL Thomas car at Logan, Ia: French
DO Dion car at Cedar Rapids, Ia; Ital
ian zust car at Ames. Ia; French
Motobloc at Chicago; German Protos
at Chcsterton, Ind.
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BATcH GOES TO RocHESTER.

Tho Brooklyn Club cut down it's
squad yesterday. releasing Heinie
Batch to the Rochester team, which
seems to get first choice of the Superba
discards. Previously Al Buckepberger.
manager of the Raws. obtained Weldon
Henley and jerry Hurley from Presi-
dent Ebbets. The release OF Batch
means that John Hnmmell Will be the
regular left fielder Of the Washington
PQrkers next season.
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ElTzGERALD OuTPoINrS WILLIAMS.

NEW YORK. March 4.-Willie Lewis
suffering from an attack of acute
indigestion last night, and was unable
meet Jack Fitzgerald at the Wash
ington Heights A. c. Kid Williams, of
Philadelphia, was beaten by Fitzgerald
in tho NvinduD
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-12
CREWS HELD ROW
IN DRILLING RAIN.

NEW LONDON. Conn, June r.
Coach John J. Kennedy gave his Yale
varsity a long row last evening from
the flat down to the Thames River
railroad bridge and back to the boat
house, nearly nine miles in all. No
time was given out by the Eli men,
but the pull UP stream was at twenty
six all the way. Harvard's launch was
passed towing the varsity shell to the
bridge and the rivals extended cordial
greetings to each other as they went
by.
In a drizzling rain with slack tide and
light breeze astern, the Harvard var
sity eight pulled up stream over the
four-mile course a half-hour after
Yale's crew had covered it.
Harvard kept closer to the flags than
the Eli boat, and the men put more
vim in their Workmanship than did
the New Haven boys. Twenty-Five
minutes and thirty-five seconds vas
recorded by the stop watches aboard
the John Harvard, but neither Captain
Richardson nor Jim Wray cared to say
what the official time was for the four
miles.
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SHOWS FANS HE
HAS not GONE BACK

wouldn't be Observation-Disclosures all.
Wagner's w~alloping wood is as
famous as President R~oosevelt's big
stick" and possibly more effective. In
fact, tbs said that the Presidents big
stick is one of Wagner's cast-off bats.
Dutch" is beloved in Pittsburg, but
right here in little old New York 1 can
Jay hat local fans have a feeling for
him away down in their hearts. If
Wagner could only become a Giant the
championship would be cinched right
here. He is the standby of the Pr
ates, as h. would be of the Giants or
any club fortunate enough to secure
him.
Wagner is a baseball freak. as Fitz-
simmons was as a fighter. Any player
who CAP lead the National League in
batting for five years, as Wagner has.
must have something in his makeup
that no ether player has-and that
made him a freak.
In street clothes Wagner does not
impress one as being more than the or
binary athlete. He looks strong, but
not big. But in his baseball uniform
he looms up like the winner he is. His
big, broad, square shoulders, great
depth of chest, long, sinewy arms, bow
legs, show the wonderful power with
which he is blessed. He is awkward,
| but how he can perform!
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USES NEGRO
AS PUNCHING BAG.

PHILADELPHIA, June 12.-Terry
Martin made a punching bag of Jack
Gotten at the Broadway Athletic
Club last night.
The bout was tame and uninterest-
ing, and at times it degenerated into
a hugging and wrestling match, owing
to the fact that Cottman did not want
tc do anything but clinch. Martin
looked to have considerable advantage
in weight, but even at that, had Colt
tried a bit he would not nave had
1t any worse than he did.
The semi-wind-up was a much better
contest. Jack Rowan, the South Jer-
sey lightweight, had the better of Kid
Loche in this bout. He used a left
hand jab to good advantage. and he
also brought his right into play at
times on Loche's body. But he did
not have it all his own way, for the
tough little Italian was always ready
to mix it up, and he landed some good
wallops on Rowan's head and body.
Bert Whirlwind beat Fred Martin in
a six-round bout. Battling Stringer had
a shade on Jess Schaefer. Schaefer
hurt his hand in the second round and
at a considerable disadvantage.
The bout between Lou Baker and Ave
Siegel was stopped by the referee in
the third round.
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kETCHEL WOULD
Be WILLING To
MEET CHAMPION
Michigan Cyclone Not Afraid
= Fight Tommy
Burns.

While James w. Coffroth, the San
Francisco promoter. has apparently
treated the proposition of a match be-
tween Stanley Ketchel and Tommy
Burns for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world as a joke, Under his
hat 1t Is a very serious matter. Pro-
viding he al get Burns at any time
in the next six months, he has the
word of Ketchel to meet him.
After a short stop In Philadelphia
Cotfroth will hustle back to San Fran
cisco to attend to the details of the
Gans-Nelson match for the lightweight
championship on the Fourth of July at
Colma.
81 know that If Burns is willing to
make any decent terms with Ketchel,
the Michigan Cyclone will meet him. .
said Coffroth before he left. "Ketchel
is a big star now, and should have
something to say about the details of
a match with any man, Burns not ex-
cepted. He is growing every day. and
in six months time will tave taken on
enough weight to put him on a parity
with the Canadian. l think he is one
of the greatest natural fighters l ever
saw in action"
Coffroth on his trip to the coast will
stop off at Chicago and endeavor to
close up a deal whereby Billy Papke
will meet Ketchel at CoIma in a forty
f%ve-round battle on Labor Day.
THAT will be a battle worth going
miles to see,' said Coffroth, land 1t
should draw a $50, 900 house"
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SEMI=FINAL ROUND
In TENNIS CUP MATCHES.

Cheered on by their eliminates, In
many of the women players,
ten surviving competitors in the
club tournament for the Watson cup
battled to the semi-inal round yester-
day on the Orange Tennis Club grounds.
AS the result of the five matches,
Ned" Larned, the State champion.
will this afternoon face C. F. Watson,
jr. The successful one will then chal-
lenge George H. Miles. the holder of
the cup, tomorrow afternoon.
c. F. Watson, ir., in his match with
j. c. Borden. furnished the fastest play
yesterday, nineteen games being neces-
sary before the former landed the
match, Ga, 6-3.
Borden, previous to this match. de-
feated w. Watson, 60. g.; T. Souther
was beaten by C. f. Watson. jr.. 633,
6-3; Montgomery Ogden, the former
Princeton player, won from w. P. Con-
way, 6-3,6-3, and then lost to Larned,
60, 60. While the latter is the favor
it and should win from both C. F
Watson. jr., and George Miles, tbs
younger players have plenty of rooters
who will cheer them on in their respec-
tive matches.
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SCHLECHTER is TIED
WITH DURAS AT CHESS

PRAGUE. Bohemia, June 10.
Duras, of his city, succeeded in reach
ing c.. Sc~hlechter, of Vienna, the leader
in the International tournament here,
by winning his game against DR..
Kvicala in the eighteenth and semi
final round. Schlechter was pitted
against Maroczy, the Hungarian ham
pion, and his game resulted in a draw.
In consequence, Schlechter lost his ad-
vantage of half a point, which he had
been able to maintain heretofore. The
most interesting feature of the situa-
ton is that Schlechter and Duras. tied
at thirteen points, are scheduled to play
together in the nineteenth and final
round. Should they draw, as is most
likely. then Vidmar, who drew with
Teichmann yesterday, will nave a
chance of o%vertaking both Duras and
Schlechter, in which case there will be
a triple tie, as at Vienna earlier in the
year.
In the other games OF the eighteenth
round the American Marshall won from
Proxies, of this city; Janowski beat
Leonhardt, Rubinstein defeated Spiel
mann. Salwe won from Mieses, Leon
tieff scored against Treyball, Choti-
mirski defeated Bardeleben, and Suech-
ting drew with Alapin.
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Great Hans's Playing Delights
RIOTERS at the Polo
Grounds.

NEW YORK, June 12.-John Peter
Wagner, better known to base
ball fans as Hans "Honus,"
Dutch and other loving terms, IS
without doubt the most brilliant all
around player in the National League
and as prominent a character in the
national game as the pastime ever pro-
duced.
There have been Mike Kellys, Buck
Ewings. Cap. Ansons, Mike Tiernans,
Tim Keefes, Roger Connors. Ed Will
iamsons and other famous stars of the
earlier days of the game. but it would
be difficult to dig up a player old or
new who stands or has ever stood more
~conspicuously prominent than h star
ball player of the present and for a
dozen years past as the Pirate short
stop, "Honus" Wagner.
His threat this spring to quit the
game for a year caused not only dire
dismay in the camp of Barney Drey-
fus, but baseball fandom the country
hover was thrown into commissions
Baseball without "Honus" Wagner
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MIKE GRADY GETS THREE DAYS.

WILMINGTON, Del. June 12.-Own-
ers of the Wilmington Tristate baseball
team were informed yesterday by
President Carpenter, of the league, that
Michael Grady, captain of the Will
nington club, had been suspended for
three days for his actions in the Johns
town Wilmington game on Wednesday.
Grady attempted to get into the game
before he had paid a fine imposed by
Umpire Finneran on the previous day.
The owners Of the local club intend to
make several changes in the Whining
ton team within a short time as a re-
suit OF the laying of the men since
they have BIS . or thcir present tou o.
the circuit.