Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-12
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"a day Johnson declared that he
will be in tip-top condition for
the fight in three weeks. He says that
for the rest of the week he shall run
the same distance daily and spend the
afternoons motoring about his camp.
On the other hand, reports from jeff
ries's headquarters are contradictory.
One day the big fellow has completely
recovered his wind and his old-time
stamina. The next day he puffs like
a traction engine of the so type after
a two-round bout, etc. 1t is pretty
hard to get q line on the real condition
of the two men just now, but If the
fight were to TAXI place tomorrow jeff
would hardly be as physically fit as the
"dinge."
Joe Choynski is authority for the
statement that Charley White will
referee the Jeffries-Johnson bout.
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An idea of how interesting is the
baseball situation in this city with the
Tigers away car be gained from a
short stay around the telephone switch
board in the STAR office. In two
minutes Yesterday afternoon, the OPP
orator answered twenty-one calls. One
fellow asked, Who's pitching today? ?"
"Parkin," said the operator. 'Oh, why
didn't McGinnity so in?" came the
quick question. Not being manager
Of the team, | don't know" replied the
operator. Such questions as that pour
in for two hours or more every day
from $3.50 o'clock on.
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Manager Voigt said today that he in
tends to have all The stars he has ad-
vertised for the big athletic meet OF
May 20 at Olympic Park. He declares
that all the men he have
stated positively that they will appear.
Clarence Wagner. the local bail
player, who signed to play with the
Trenton Club, of the Tri-State League,
intends to remain home. He was tipped
off that the Trenton Club was to let
him out, but he says he'd rather play
with the fast City League than any of
the "bushers."
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star
! have followed the organization and
doings of the Vendome Club in all the
local papers. ] had an idea and also
heard from several sources that sport
ing writer's and editors were mixed up
in its support. From the boosting some
newspapers gave Tuesday nights box
ing show, / was sure that they either
didn't know the newspaper business, for
their booming of poor attractions as
f~rst-class, or that they were financially
interested in the enterprise. l have
~ n.1.tfr,o oIft.r re thfC ntfxF
buster in the interests Of this club than
he is in the interests of his employer.
! have made up my mind that he must
be getting money out Of the game, Vr he
would not be guilty of the stunts he is
e~ndeavoring to pull off. One thing that
makes me feel certain there is some
thing rotten in Denmark | got wise to
last night, unless | am mistaken. l like
deoency ard I take my time about
forming a definite opinion. | am going
to ask you, II two pictures in different
newspapers, taken at the same moment,
can be different? The one in your pa
per showed several rows OF vacant
sears. The one in another paper showed
a lot of men sitting there. l know
there weren't any persons sitting in the
place this newspaper picture showed.
How did they get there?
FRANK FREEMAN.
When a newspaper pulls off a stunt
like that. it has one of it's artists paint
in those faces. Great business for
sporting men.-Ed.
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To the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-Kindly grant me a little
space in your well-read sporting col
umn. in order to set right a wrong
that was published in a local paper OF
May II, supposed to be a query in the
questions and answers column, and
which was answered by the same per-
son that wrote the query. The answer
stated tina he, Brady. made a similar
stand against the Newark A. A.. when
that organization announced that ii
would hold an athletic meet and thai
few, however, paid any attention to
him. This statement is by a local
sporting editor, who is very angry be-
cause the A. A. u. commissioner will
not stand by and help his special inter-
ests. nor will | continue to do so. II
this sporting editor is financially in
terested In this new club why doesn't
he go into the business the same as