Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-15

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II HERE Is a lot Of talk going
around about what p. 7. Pow
ers Is going to do to Newark.
That Sunday ball question is mem
toned. In the first place we don't
think P. T. Powers would use his in
nuence In such a direction, for he
would also hurt Jersey City. The
sooner hat talk dies the better. Joe
McGinntty was a good loser after the
presidential matter had been settled
last year.. and those beaten this year
should be just as clever as Joe was.
The "dog-in-the-manger' principle
never gets anything for anybody in
this world. Personally we think there
II no objection to Sunday ball in this
town as Joe McGinnity ~ conducted
It and intends to.
Parks H. Davis, Princeton's repre-
sentative in the international football
rules committee, says that the greatest
need Of football today is the absolute
obedience Of players and coachers to
the spirit Of the rules. Mr.. Davis
thinks that If the principal plays are
simplifed and perfected football would
be high-class. Thai sounds like some
thing. c. w. Savage, Yale's repre-
sentative, declares that the one fault
of the now rules is that evenly matched
teams find 1t difficult to score. That
tho excuse for a plea to shorten the
distance to be gained in three downs.
We think that's of the good things
about the new game.
Evenly matched teams always find 1t
hard to beat their opponents in n
kind Of game. Mr.. Savage's claim is
ridiculous.
There u . lot being written and
talked OF concerning the bicycle game
as II IL now conducted. We don't sleep
with the riders, but we do know that
there Is enough already on the surface
to demand an Investigation. II the
sport il to have q standing the officials
should do something to revive con-
fdence In the game. The odor Is now
will tell you the whole thing needs
fuInigating."
II IL moro than likely thatAnnapelis
and Princeton will resume football rela-
tons next year. which bears out the
truth Of Head Coach Roper's assertion
that Princeton is out for the most diff
cult schedule she can arrange for the
gridiron. The Middies had a corking
good team this year, but met none OF
the big elevens. The fact that they
went through the season without being
sopred upon, however, was a big thing
far the naval academy and attracted
much attention.
There was some talk that Jim john
fstono, the N garker. who Is one Or the
I country's best baseball umpires, would
be dropped by President Lynch. 1t ap-
pears now, though, that Mr.. Lynch has
reocnsidered his decision and will not
allow the American League to snan up
the man who II really his best III Dire.
For such a star as Willie Keeler not
to b In great demand as a manager is
astonishing, especially as he Is of that
4McGraw school" He, of course, has
been signed to manage the ST. Louis
Browns. but under present conditions
WI don't see that is such an honor.
THE national bowling tournament
scheduled for Buffalo from February 20
I'd March 18 should be q corker, Judg-
ing from the activity of the promoters
ii this stage of the game.
al the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
I read that letter and your answer
a your column yesterday relative to
70 six-day race. I think your idea Is
sbout tight. I can't see why discern
ing Americans a fall for that
"~c-odked" bicycle game. Those Kra-
mesaCiarke matches were also wonders
of management" From the bicycle
game deliver me.
ALFRED NEWTON.
n - spsstins Editor OF the Evening Star:
Kindly lot me know II Rutt and Sto1
ever won any six-day races. If so.
how manyf w. f.
Yes. They won their one race in 1907.
lid.
us ths Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
DID lem Mace, the English fighter
who Just died. fight as far back as 1853?
J. A. B.
Yss. and earlier than that. In 1851
he beat Sam Hurst.-Hd.
10 tts sporting Editor OF the Evening Star;
DID Wolgast and Nelson ever meet
In the ring besides in the light In which
fpgoI9ast defeated Nelson? KANTOR.
xy-- SxA, mat ,T1lv IA. 1909.-Ed.