Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18

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eS HE races in the big leagues are
proving far more interesting than
in former years. The sudden re-
turn of the Pirates to formal the ex-
pense of the Giants, by the way-and
the comparatively small lead of the
Cubs at the halfway mark in the Ma
tional League, are drawing great
crowds to the parks of the three lead
ers. New York has a chance, and q
good one. to cop the pennant. but just
they seem incapable of sustained
it. They play like champs in one
is and then fall down In the next.
4he Cubs are going smoothly, but
none too good, and the Pirates are just
waking up to the fact that they are in
the race.
In the American League the Yankees
are still surprising the experts by their
work In elinging to the second rung on
the ladder, though the Boston Red Sox
are pressing them hard for the honors.
1t is too early to count Detroit out, for
the champions are known as late start
ers, n they car be depended on to
come with a rush at the end The
Athletics are going like real winners.
however, and their next trip from home
may tell the tale. Mack's pitchers are
going finely and Lapp has been a great
help with his classy backstopping ana
timely hitting.
Ben Douglass called in today and said
that Billy Leary's crack that he had
let Ben stay in their last bout out of
the kindness of his heart was really
funny, and that 1t made him laugh
even though his lip was cracked.
Friends of Leary ought to guide him
better, as such talk does a tighter no
good. Douglass a fight, and Leary
has reason to know it.
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It will be interesting to see whether
or not the Vendome Club is to be al
lowed to put on their much-advertised
Hurley-Cross bout tomorrow night.
Captain John Brown, of h Second
Precinct, says. Not for the New Audi
torium,'' and Chief of Police Flynn, of
Belleville, says Nothing doing so far
as Hillside Park Is concerned" OF
course, the fight ma be .~staged-and
then again it may not.
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All the Tigers want on this trip is an
ever break, and if they get that-and
You can bet that they will-they are
almost sure of coming home in first
place. With the lead and a long string
of games at home ahead of them when
they return, some of the boys will have
to drop dead in order to have the team
lose the first pennant ever f1oated by
Newark since it has been in the Eastern
League. If ever a nan deserved the
championship flag, that mar is Joe Nc
Ginnity.
One of the unique plays recorded in
the second game at Jersey City yester-
day was that three men in n inning
were thrown out at first by Second
Baseman Jack Hannifan. of h Skeet-
ers, each one of them hitting to almost
Jsaxctly the same spot.
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Received a letter from Larry Sutton
"a real scout-today. Larry left Satur-
day for New Orleans, and will then
spend a couple of weeks in the Texas
League. Larry says he hopes to be in
Newark to see McGinnity pull the rope
that loosenss the 1910 pennant next
spring. We hope you get your hope.
Larry.
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To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Will you please tell me what the
amateur record for the2 5-yard dash Is?
] know this is an unusual question, but
thought you might have the records
handy. SPLINTER.
Jack Connolly holds the record for
amateurs. Time 3 seconds, made at
Boston February q. 1907.
e Another alleged rooster received to-
day. How the pesky mosquitoes do
buzz around. Yet they do no harm.
To the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-Seeing you reply ito my
note of recent date in regard to City
League, Casey, ETC., it is a good thing
you can abuse readers who differ from
you. But then again in City League
matters you have nothing to say, but
why speak of the dead? AS for paying
my way at a ball game, ask Casey
why he don't buy a ticket when he
Egoes to see a game If he is such a
sport? You and your league had bet
ter Quit. you as president. as it is only
b Ieader for your job. Publish this?
NO, l guess moi. JOHN r. RYAN.
July 16, 1910.
You must have a soft job to spend
$50 much tinie writing such letters as
above. u we don't take a dare, so
bread yourself in print.
-O@
no the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
Did a man ever succeed in walking a
mile in less thai six minutes? If so,
when and where? WALKER.
The best record for the mile record in
the. books is 6:19 3-5, by A. T. Yeomans,
In amateur of London. England. in
a9o6.-Ed.
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Notice to Knockers-The City League
played it's scheduled games yesterday.
Long Beach. Sen BASS, Porgies. F1ulxe.