Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-09

DIV that Rutt and Stol are out of
the six-day race. the task or
picking a winner is a little easier
because q team that was mighty strong
is eliminated. The choice lies between
these teams right now. Fogler and Root.
Lawrence and Halstead, Lawson and
Denlara, Walthour and Collins and
MacFarland and Clarke. Waithour and
Collins are both in good condition;
clarke and long Mac" are certainly
still there" taking into consideration
the sprints for which they we're respon-
sible yesterday and last night. Lawson
is in great shape, but Demara is show
ing the effects of the grind. Eddie Root
is in fine shape, but Fogler is not SO
wei, off. Our opinion at this date is
thai Lawson and. Demara will be the
winners, if Demara can hold out until
the end. Root should be second, Clarke
ought 10 be third and Lawrence fourth.
This is a fourth-day bet, it may not be
the proper finish, but that's the way 1t
looks now.
Garry Hermann is said to be waver-
ing in his support of John A. Heydler
for reelection to the presidency of the
National League. What was said in
this column yesterday about Joseph
O'Brien's chances still goes and 1t looks
now as if he'll be the successful man, as
a compromise between the two factions,
Heydler and anti Heydler. It's too a
that a man of Heydler's abilities must
be thrown down. especially since the
charges against him are SO foolish.
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Charley Murphy has done man.
things that he should be criticized for,
but he should be thanked If he succeeds
in having the rules of the National
Commission revised so that National
!. League clubs may get players on whom
tine American clubs ask wayers
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To the Sporting Editor of the Star:
Kindly tell me if Jeffries and Peter
jackson mel in the ring. II so, when
gna vwhere?s Did Peter Maher and
lacy sAu ever fight? If SO. when and
where? In what year did Corbett and
Sullivan meet? A. M
Jeffries met Peter Jackson at San
Francisco March %, 1898, and won in
three rounds.
Peter Jackson and Peter Maher never
fought.
James j.. Corbett met John L. Sulli-
van September Z, 1892, and knocked
him out in twenty-one rounds. The
fight took place in New Orleans.--Ed.
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To the Sporting Editor of the Star:
Did Lord, third baseman of the Boston
Americans, ever play with the Phila-
delphia Americans? p. l.. G.
Harry Lord, formerly of the Provi-
dence Eastern Leaguers, played third
for the Red Sox last season. The Lord
with the Athletics was an o%utfielder,
whose first name is Briscoe. He is now
. the property of the Cleveland club.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor of the Star:
To decide a bet kindly let me know
whether or not Johnson and Jeffries
appeared on the stage at Madison
Square Garden last week together.
READER.
Both appeared on the stage last week
on the same night, but not at the same
time.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
I see in your last evenings issue that
George Benfer will run ten miles against
Keller at Olympic Park. You will con
fer a great favor by letting mt know
whether the race is to be held on Sunday
morning or afternoon and whether the
race will be held inside or outside the
park. Kindly oblige by letting me
know. Respectfully yours.
A. H. FISCHER.
The race will lake place inside the
track on Sunday evening.-Ed.