Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-02

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DREsIDBNT P. T. POWERS has
come down off his perch long
enough to say that he will not
make public his stand in regard to
running for the Eastern League presi-
dency again until 10 O'Clock on Mon
day morning, December IL. 1910, at the
Victoria Hotel, II Manhattan.
Powers says that no matter who is
president of the Eastern League next
year an attempt will be made, in con-
junction with the American Associa-
ton, to get a class AA rating. He
speaks we'll of Barrow, whom he ex-
poets to be his closest rival. The best
proof that Powers expects to be re-
elected is this. Jim Murray. who m
pired in the Eastern League last year,
had an excellent chance to go up to
faster company, but he refused to ac-
cept an offer from the National League
next year, because he declared he
owed allegiance to Powers SO long as
p. t. required his services.
Powers does not come out openly and
say that he will run, but from the
manner in which he speaks of the fu-
ture it is easy to see that he expects
to be reelected. and everything points
that way.
In the event of Princeton meeting
both Harvard and Pennsylvania on the
gridiron next year, as seems certain,
; these two games will be added to the
orange and black schedules and become
yearly events. With this in view. it Is
more than probable that a new stadium
will be erected at Princeton. Now a
hip PARMA 10 Y1ouad tbnra on1v ox,arxy
other year, that being the Yale contest,
when the stands are taxed to their
capacity. With the other two big elev-
ems on the schedule there will be at
least one big game every year, and the
need of new stands is more keenly felt.
"A plan has been mentioned whereby
the athletic association can pay off on
the new stadium should it become a re-
ality by contributing 5 per cent. of the
athletic receipts every year.
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{ Billy Leary declared over the phone
this morning that the least he ought to
have received last night in his fight
with Ben Douglass was a draw deci-
sion. The consensus Of opinion of those
who saw the fight, however, is that
Douglass had a shade on Leary. Leary
say that If for nothing else he should
be given a draw because he evaded
Douglass's swings so easily and made
him swing wildly.
Leary says that the next time he
fights Douglass he will compel Ben to
weigh in. Ben is growing fast" said
Billy. a n is a big fellow now" Billy
wants to fight again; he says training
for the Wilson fight slowed him up
considerably. Leary and Danny Saw
age will probably meet at McGuigan's
before long.
Johnny Bates, the clever outfelder
who figured in the recent Cincinnati
Philadelphia deal, came very close to
becoming an Oriole the first year he
made good in the big league as a mem
Der of the Boston Doves. The Bean
eaters were playing an exhibition
game at Baltimore on their spring trip
before the season opened. and the Bal
timore management closed a deal with
the Boston Club whereby Bates was
to &c to the Orioles. He was feeling
pretty doWnhearted about it, as he had
not been given a fair chance to show
his worth. A friend of his advised
him to make a kick and demand 5000
advance salary from Baltimore. The
Orioles would not stand for that, and
he was retained by Boston. He got
into the first game of the season for
the Doves and had a triple, a double
and a single. In the first game at home
4 he slammed the ball over the fence
twice, and that made him solid until
4 he was traded to the Phillies last year.
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Billy Lewis dropped In to say that
4 quite by accident he was put on with
Roy Hatfield at the Brooklyn Beach
Club last night. Neither man expect
ed to go on, but at the last minute
Jimmy Kelly paired the men off. Lewis
! rJk entitled to the decision. In the
Siftn round Billy dropped Hatfield for
a count of seven and he says he would
have finished his opponent but for the
bell. The men will probably be re-
matched.
One of the improvements in the new
park to be built by the Yankee man
agement will be a handball court.
Handball certainly is a great game for
Tujering up the muscles and keeping
the athletes in trim. Farrell made a
wise move in including this feature in
his plans.
Jim Finneran, one of the best UNI
pires in the league last year will be
with the National League next year
and Powers has been swamped with
offers from would-be arbitrators. over
100 applications have been made, he
saws. and twenty-five of these could
make good.
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Young Stanzo was not fought in the
semi-inal at Browns last night. In
stead. he met VIII Shaw. of Philadei-
phia, in one Of the preliminaries. After
two slashing rounds, the Newark boy
knocked out his man in the third.
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