Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-26

son fight may be called off
~becauseNof the fighting tactics
of TEX" Richard and Jack Gleason,
the promoters who formed a partner
ship to put on the fight. may not be
true, but there is something about the
whole affair that bids fair to make the
light public sick of it. II hasn't the right
ring to it, somehow. We have johnson
accredited to Richard and Jeffries to
Gleason, and both of the promoters
lighting harder apparently thar the
principals will ever do A story has
come out of Utah to the effect that
this week it will be announced def
nitely whether the fight can be held in
Governor Spry's State. That seems
TO be the problem. whether the fight
can be held in Utah. If Tex Richard
can hold the fight in the State he
wants, it does not seem to be anything
to anybody else except TEX and his
crowd where the fight will be held.
He has the fighters tied up to an agree
ment. and If either one of them takes
I. ) squabble between the two pro-
moters as a means of getting out of
the fight that should be held. then he
should be driven out of the land
farther than was the famous DIR, Cook.
Well, the joint schedule committee
is still at it. The longer the time goes
on the shorter appears the probable
length of the schedule that will be
adopted by the National League in
February. 1t seems foolish to have the
American League with 154 games ana
the National with 16S.
%
There was some sense in not making
a passed ball an error for the catcher.
The way some pitchers use the spit
ter" now is enough to make any
catcher miss a majority of the balls
thrown with that twist TO them. IL
seems wrong, however. not to charge
the pitcher with an error for a wild
pitch, when a wild heave is nohody's
fault but his own.
The plan to have a national soccer
league, if it can be done harmonious
ly. should be a great boom for the
sport. and we hope the proposed meet
Ing in Newark Saturday will be pro-
ductive of good.
Mr.. Duffy:
Dear Sir-I am matched to fight
Fighting Kennedy, at Long Acre A.
i C. on the 9th. Have been training at
z Browns gymnasium and am fine. Ken
nedy is AT Johnson's roadhouse OH Je-
rome avenue. with frankie Madden,
who fights Leach Cross next Monday
night, and ought to be in fine trim.
\ After my fight of the 9th, / am going
to Philadelphia again If my hand is all
right. as I just a a letter from Lotus
4 saying to come out as soon as | can
for he has some matches for me. From
your friend, BILLY LEARY.
p. s. Tell Kid Wilson to make all
the bluffs he wants to, so far as l am
concerned. He is the biggest buffer
I ever met. ! saw people out in Penn
~sylvania who knew him. He never
killed anybody, and he had his chance
once. Z
.
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
Did owen Moran ever get the de-
eision over Matty Baldwin? FIGHT.
Yes, last yea in the same ring as
last ~night.-Ed.
BY a mistake it was stated hat Joe
Cans had not fought since Nelson beat
him. He met Jabez White in New
York.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star;
Where did Konetchy play before going
with st. Louis? r. A. r.
The La Crosse club of the Wisconsin
State League.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
What is the age, height and weight of
1 Russell Blackburn? M. O.. II.
He is 20 years old; height, 5 feet II
inches; weight, 165 pounds-Ed.