Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-11

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t~FHE Jeffries trainera, on tho one
hand, think their man, II he per-
sdsts In b line OF work he would
Ehke. VIII be over-trained for July 4,
swhen he takes up the white mans bur
Zen IN che quest for the heavyweight
EAatta Needless to say, training Is a very
y ~Ek.portans part Of the fight situation,
Esnd an care should be taken with Jeff.
RWho b anything but an Easy subject for
ksS2fn1ng, on account of his long absence
E1vum b training camp and the fight
ks&nG. The boflermaker thinks he is In
@ncst-cias- shape. and everybody hopes
no II but fans are not so sure as jeff.
? n lTe6ss enthusiasm is not curbed
Eshsrs may be some serious dlf1culty
Fiater or
Wei, / guess the Tigers are there"
En- spite Of tho fact that the Yanks
kDsl1ed "robber'' to the umpire, they are
Fnot 30 superior as to crow over the Nc
e~slux1ty men. In fact, it's doubtful IL
FAhe .Highlanders are n better.
yohn Camel Is angling daily, yea,
hourly, with big league managers for
LINEN. ~Jawn" may have a new team in
skShe Flower CITY, when the major man
tagcrr let go or their surplus men.
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Sec Mel Sheppard is In trouble again.
This time HI was not permitted to run
In o set of regimental games because
It was said he was wearing spiked
tshoes. Mel said he wasn't wearing
ths.n, and his teammates refused to
participate in the games. True spirit of
-amateurism all the way round.
Umpire George Watts obtained his
release from the Carolina Association
and will umpire in the Connecticut
state League this year. Watts Is now
on the Proctor circuit with three other
N~ewarkers. The combination is max
ing q great hit. Jacob Saunders, Peter
MalIoy and AL Scheible are the other
members. "Chip" Nuremberg. of the
Ironsides, a member of their crowd,
nearly went Off with them. Watts,
who is quite a comedian and singer,
got his fellow-workers to go on the
y stage at the Bijou picture house re-
Gently. The quartet made such a hit
~ they were booked for three weeks at
that house. Later they signed for the
Proctor vaudeville circuit.
Co.
The sad fate of Maurice Van den
Dries at the Velodrome Saturday, when
he lost his life by crashing into a tele-
graph pole after leaving the track while
blind from riding" should be a warn
ing to the other Van den Dries boys,
each Of whom is said to be quite near
sighted.
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Football and all other kinds of dan
gerous sport will certainly take a back
seat when this automobile racing game
grows to the state it's devotees expect
It to reach. Spanish b~ull-fighting isn't
any more dangerous.
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
kindly let me know through the
sporting columns of the STAR If a
saloon-keeper is obliged to sell a drink
to a man either drunk or sober and de-
cid a bet for me. S. MILLS.
Orange, N. J..
He cannot, by law, sell to a drunken
man, and he does not have to sell to
a sober fellow, as alcohol as drink is
not a n~ecessity.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor of the. Evening Star:
In regard to a piece published in the
EVENING STAR of Friday, April 8,
entitled, JEFF uses the same apparatus
Jack Johnson owned" would like to
know why you call johnson the pres
ent heavyweight champion" Who
did he beat to win a championship?
Kindly publish your answer in the
sporting columns of your valuable pa
per and oblige a constant reader. Yours
respectfully. FRED SCHAEFFER.
100 Roseville avenue.
Wake up and go to sleep right. He
beat Tommy Burns, who, though a
second-rater, was holding the title be-
cause there was no one better thar he
wal In the class until johnson came
along.-Ed.
10 thu Sporting Editor Of the Evening star:
To decide a bet will you kindly decide
the following: A and B play pinochle.
A has 50 and leads ace of trumps and
claims out. B claims A must take an
other trick. Who wins? ~Two-handed
game. H. STONE.
B Wins He must take another trick.
I'D.
10 ~ sporting Editor Of the Evening star:
Please state 1909 record of Tony
Smith. for whom Brooklyn traded Nc
Intyre to Chicago, and what club he
played with. GEE wHIz.
Smith played in 1856 games at short,
scored 1876 runs. stole 81 bases, batting
average 1928, with fielding average .s16.
He played with Sioux City, in the West
ern League.-Ed.
~ me sporting Dditor of the Evening star:
Did Tommy Murphy ever meet AID
Wolgast7 B. r. X.
Yes. They had a six-round no-deci-
sion affair In Pittsburg September /,
1909.-Ed.
no the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Is Rothwell Young Corbett's family
nAme2 A. J.. X.
Yes.-Hd.
To the, Sporting Editor of the Evening star: