Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24

"a column al Is uOL Us puI0 al
amateur athletics as the word
amateur" suggests, The attitude of
the A. A. L.. in suspending that bevy
Of Buffalo amateurs who wrote a petit
ton to promoters of a regimental meet
asking that the value of prizes be in
creased. is certainly q step in the right
direction. The ugly stories that have
erept into newspaper offices from time
TO time about the financial tendencies
Of many of the stars would at leass
warrant an investigation. Maybe the
charges cannot be proven, but the in
vestigation would make the ath-
letes more careful. The latest
story of a suspension of two
prominent athletes from Phila-
delphia. where was advertised a race
between William J. Hayes and Mel
Sheppard. The former refused TO race,
although the famous half-miler was
ready. Amateur athletes of renown
have been known to strike for more
money at the last minute, so the stories
go, and have gotten it at the expense
of their opponents. who refuse to race
when they learn that the bigger lights
have gotten the money. All athletic
organizations should help in the mat
ter of purifying athletics.
o
The important part of the whole affair
is the fact that according to an agree
ment the A. A. u. must uphold the
Military League, which suspended
Hayes and Sheppard.
The petition signed by those Buffalo
athletes, a copy of which the A. A. U.
- - D. our-1 aA1ooC Cor-
tainly convicts the Empire Staters.
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Coach Stages ideas for football re-
vision to be submitted Tuesday in New
York are mot to allow pulling or
pushing of the man carrying the a
in order to prevent mass plays and
striking with the force of two or three
men in a compact body.
ITO remov the penalty for an un-
completed forward pass on the first
and second down. Let the ball be
brought back TO the point from which
Il was thrown without penalty, to en-
courage open and spectacular play.
ITO put a penalty On a player for
crawling with the ball and to enforce
the penalty for dropping on a man
that is on the ground.
ITO protect the receiver of forward
passes and on-side kicks from hard
body checking.
ITO legislate as far as possible for
the emova Of players suffering from
exhaustion.
a party of prominent local business
men are interested in a plan suggested
by Joseph C. Colyer, head of a local
carriage manufacturing company, to
charter q special train to carry them
To the Johnson-Jeffries fight wherever
- may take place, except in Australia,
Mr.. Colyer has witnessed most of the
big championship fights that have
taken place in this country within the
last twenty years. At present there are
about twenty-five men interested in the
project, but by the time it becomes
necessary to make definite arrange
ment it is expected that there viii be
q good crowd ready to make the trip.
o
George Boice, the Irvington pitcher
who twirled for Oakland in the Pacific
Coast League and who has been draft
ed by the Cleveland Americans, is ex-
pected home from the coast today.
AhOGC Win iAaNt sNFAA 1ECA 60 WIN pre-
dict that he will make good in the big
show. George has our hearty good
wishes.
.
John Dots" Miller received his
worlds championship button yester-
Gay.
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SANCHO PANZQ-Have voiced he
same sentiments. but will refrain from
p%rolonglng the agony of that dispute.
We agree with you.--Ed.
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George Gilligan-If you are willing
that the men who won second place
should capture the pool, so far as you
are concerned, you win. Because other
people changed the conditions of the
pool while you were absent matters not
with j. L. and you. If J. L. does not
sgree that the team that finished sec
ond wins the pool, you lose. Mr.. Gill;
gan Ed.
Doctor Vaudeville
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