Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-14
he baseball situation, as 1t pre-,
sents itself In New York these

SCENTS itself In New York these
days, is certainly singular
enough. Not only is the National
League almost torn asunder by the two
factions within the league, but the
league itself faces the opposition of the
American League. whose president an
nounees that he's ready for war to the
end, II John NJ. Ward is elected presi-
'dent OF the senior major organization.
The way things are shaping themselves
J 1t looks as If the National League clubs
cannot afford war, and Ward will be
sidetracked and that John A. Heydler
cannot get more than three votes, or
four At the most. 1t looks like a COM
promise candidate, with Joseph O'Brien,
of the American Association. and r. W.
Brown, a Louisville scribe, as the lead
ers of the dark horses.
1t is a sweet situation and one that
will take some days for solution. All
hours for meetings are getting the
goodby.
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Down Philadelphia way Jack John
son repeats what Jim Jeffries has said
shout their fight. Jack claims that its
70 per cent, to the winner and the rest
10 the loser.
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When P, Il Powers and Harry Pol
lock handed Walter Demara his enve-
lope, the latter found that s14 of what
was, due him had been deducted to pay
his trainer for extra services. Demara
sought out his trainer, William Bolles,
and a fight ensued. 1t developed into
more or less of a general affair before 1t
ended. In the mixup Floyd MacFarland
figured, but Demara received the most
noticeable facial decorations. All else
was peaceful.
Willie Hoppe and Ora Morningstar,
""anti-trust" billiard champions, are
stirring things up now since Calone
Demarest's victory in the trusts
championship has revived interest in
the game. Willie and Ora have been
matched to play for the right to meet
Demarest. but just how the meeting will
be arranged is not shown, unless Hoppe
i and Mcrningstar have gotten on the
'~"trust's' wagon"
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Besides the circular letter opposing
Ward, Ban johnson is further shown
in warlike mood by his declaration that
he intends to have the National Com
lnission take up the umpire bribery
case. II should be taken up whether
Ward or Huydler be chosen.
There have been all kinds of discus
sion as TO the winner of the pool on the
recent six-day bicycle race, and a local
sporting editor has thrown bouquets at
himself and mud at other people be-
cause Frank Kramer, Harry Pol
lock and John NJ. Chapman hap
pen to venture opinions that
oGTee with his. The following Is the
basis OF our decision: The six-day bicy-
Gle pool is a drawing where certain men
take the amt of certain teams to win
thesrace. The object OF the pool there
fore is to pick the team that wins. The
team that won was composed OF Rutt
and Clarke. The point Of the whole
matter ts that no team finishing as 1t
started won FIRST place.
For Fogier or Root to have wen the
pool we think that the pooh should have
stipulated the first unbroken team to
finish as the winner, or say that the
second team wins. quite an unusual
thing. None of the pools submitted to
us showed that stipulation.
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To the sporting Editor or the star;
Last Saturday / queried you for your
opinion in regard to the recent six-day
race as to the division of pools in case
Rutt and Clarke should win the affair.
I asked whether the first team to finish
after the above-namea pair would be
entitled, in your opinion, to the first
place money. Your answer was to the
effect that IL Clarke and Rutt won the
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call the bet off. Some OF the men not
satisfied with the decision aueried ain
other paper published in this city and
the answer was that such men as Pol
lock, Chapman and Kramer favored
Root and Foglef The Call, in answer
to a similar question, gave your version
OF the matter. Now we are all at sea.
I argued that as two OF the three papers
made it a split. that should n the
whole thing. What do you think?
ALBERT KING.
You asked for our opinion n we
gave 1t. You asked the Call and you
asked the News. How a team that fin
ishes second car win a pool where 1t liz
stipulated that the winner is the team
that finishes first and wins, is more
thar we can understand. We still hold
mat the money 6iouiu DE spit VI, tHo
bets called off. We think that when
two out of the leading three papers
agree on the subject, bets should be
paid accordingly. The News is in the
minority.--Ed.
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To the Sporting Editor of the Star:
Dear Sir-A and B made a bet. A bet
that his team will beat BIS team.
Neither team finished, but AS team
covered more miles than BIS team. To
decide this wager. please state in your
sporting column which team wins. This
bet was made on the six-day bicycle
rane. And oblige. J. >,
II you bet on the number Of miles
covered A wins. but if you bet on the
finish OF the race the bet is off.-Ed.
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