Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-21

wv ceive President William H,
Taft. The Board of Trade holds
a banquet annually, principally to give
a name and a standing to city, and
all the time we are talking of estab-
fishing some system of publicity that
will best attract attention to our city.
Thos who have had these thoughts
forget one means of bringing atten-
tion to this city that would be more
speedy than any yet suggested. Bring
ing the Eastern League baseball PEN
nant to this city is the plan. OF course
the team that will represent Newark
this year will do all in it's power to
win the gonfalon, but if the Board of
Trade or the Newark merchants who
advertise would get together, and, as
this class of men did in Cincinnati,
donate a sum of money to the players
as an incentive to win the pennant a
step In the right direction would have
been taken. Out in Cincinnati they
have offered $4,000 to the Reds If
they win the flag. You can be sure
that there will not be an idle moment
this year in Redland in an effort to
land that triangular flag there.
The officials of the A. A. U. and the
vi. "a IL. dIe certainly making u name
for themselves in their conduct of the
Mel Sheppard case. If they continue
they'll ave to be placed on trial them
selves. The longer they allow Mel to
run without disposing of his case the
worse 1t looks for the state of affairs
in the world of amateur athletics. It
will have earned the reputation It has
been given.
Out In California tomorrow Battling
Nelson, the superhuman lightweight
champion, will meet the blooming
Ad Wolgast. The betting favors the
champion. The one thing tina has
mad and kept Nelson the champion
is his immunity to a knockout be-
cause of his wonderful physique. He
will be champion, of course, until he
loses that quality. Only age and lack
of practise or injury will deprive him
of his great power. Neither of the
three has gotten in its work on him,
SO Nelson should continue champion
after his bout with Wolgast.
Patsy Kline has the grip" and it's
just possible he may not fight tonight,
though up to noon he had not deter
mined on that point. Kline was down
to meet "Biz" Mackey, the Cleveland
boy, at the Olympic A. c., in Man
haitian. Patsy, on form, should have
beaten Mackey. The Newark boy wal
loped "Biz" in one fight in Phi1adeI-
phia. No knockout was allowed Patsy,
but his followers always claimed that
there was a clean knockout and that
the referee saved the day for BIZ"
PATSY was there to make good tonight
and we hope he does, if he can fight. A
bout between Pal Moore and Patsy, at
119 or 100 pounds, would be a, drawing
card. Patsy said he felt fit for a long
campaign, and he looked it until the
grip" struck him..
The Holy Name Baseball League will
probably be organized tonight at a
meeting to be held in st. Mary's Hall.
Nine teams ave already expressed a
Willingness to enter. A twelve-team
circuit would be fine for these societies
and an effort will be made to have it
so. An invitation has been extended
to all Holy Name societies in the New
ark diocese to join, and tonight it is
expected the necessary number will
nave applied.
.
William Hagenbruck. manager of the
one-time Cliftors and Franklins, will
~reorganize the former team n take
a place in the City League. 1t is prob
able that the team will play it's home
games at Morris Park. Several of the
old-time- Cliftons will play, with suf-
ficient new blood to balance the team.
Mr.. Hagenbruck will be present at the
City League meeting Wednesday when
the circuit will be organized for the
year. There is hardly any doubt but
that his team will be admitted.
ORCHARD LAKE, Mich, Feb. II.
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Please print in your valuable paper, to
decide a bet. what day was it when