Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-26

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THE football rules committee in
session in New York today will
bend every effort to clean up the
rules-revision work SO as not to go over
until next week with the work. The
situation is such that very few predic-
tons can be made as to the outcome.
The members are voting on the sugges-
tions o~ne-by-one in an elimination
process. There are three great ques
tions agitating the members. the kinds
of periods of play. the status of the for
ward pass n the use of the straight
arm defense. Dividing the periods OF
plays into quarters, instead of halves.
won't help. as | can see. as the game
pressure of play will be brought to bear
and perhaps more. according to the new
plan. That could easily stand as it is.
The abolition of the straight-arm lab"
the protection of the man taking a for
ward pass, SO as to give him q start ane
a chance to defend himself before he
can be thrown and the abolition of the.
flying tackle are important things TO be
done. If the rule-makers accomplish
these things this year. they will have
taken q step in the right direction.
Football, as the game is now played. is
entirely too dangerous for the benefits
attained. and something must be lone
at once.
The little fellows will be given a
chance at Browns Gymnasium Tues
day evening by Manager Till Grown.
who has arranged a card that ought TO
bring out the full membership. In the
star bout Bert O.Donnell. Of Wilkes
barre, Pa. who has held his own VITA
q Phillie McGovern and frankie Neil.
will box Charlie Goldman ten ounas
This will surely be some fight.
In the semi-windup Eddie Stanton.
OF Frisco. will meet Willie Houeh. the
clever Philadelphia f~eatherweight. The
other bout of six rounds will bring to-
gether Young McGregory and Willie
Burns, of Jersey City.
There will also be a special bout be-
tween Mike Harris n Andy Williams.
These boys put up a great fight last
week. and at the request of the mem
bers they were rematched.
o.
It's a pity that Hughey Duffy gets
but n good man, Russell Blackburn,
out OF Comiskey's $4,000 worth of re-
cruits. Seems that one of the impor-
tant things for a magnate to take care
of now is the selection of a manager
who knows a ball player from a piece
Of "juzk.'
Seems as il there is a little politics
in the King case. Our guess is that
Ban Johnson is holding out to fine
Killing about ST. 900, 900.
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larry Welsher, the Ironsides A. c..
catcher of last year, who Will be with
the Mckeesport team this year. has
been ordered to report IN April Is.
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To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
In a game of pinochle "A" melds four
kings and four queens OF each suit. or
what Is called the round trip. He also
melds the ace. jack and ten of hearts.
making hearts trump. "A" claims it
counts 800, 81 claims it counts $50.
Who is right? HENRY KREsS
444 Marshall street, Elizabeth.
In a two-handed game. you can Icy
consecutive meIds total $50 with tie
above cards, but IN all other kinds of
pirochle, where you meld all the
cards at once, YOU can get but $50, be-
cause your trump marriage can only be
NEEDED once in the same meld.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Will you kindly print in your column
the amount of the purse for which Sui
Ivan and Corbett fought at New Or
leans? Did they ever meet previous to
that battle, in which Gentleman Jim
wa the worlds championship? Yours
In sport. F. A. c. and IL. q.
The purse was S25. 900. and the stake
money $4,000. Total $4,000. Yes. on
June &c. 1891, Sullivan and Corbett
boxed a four-round exhibition at San
F~rancisco.-Ed.
To the sporting Editor of the Evening Star.
Kindly let me know in your paper
when the Branch Brook Park running
sack will open this season. n oblige
r. n. MEEKER.
The Park Commission says the date is
May Ed.
To the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star;
/. What was the result of the Goebel-
Hart wrestling bout in the recent meet
between Yale and Princeton? 2. Who
won? 8. Will Hart (Princeton) be al
lowed to play on the football team this
season? j. A.. NJ.
1 and ?. Hart did not wrestle With
Goebel, and he has not represented
princeton On any wrestling team 3
Probably I'd.
To the sporting Editor Of the tSruias Star:
Having read in Your issue of the Esd
that .Antonioua socks Information as 10
tho manager of the Hector Field club III
1Qoe 7 uouid atnfc thai 7 MANAGED Thorn