Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-07


Ever since Stanley Ketchel under
took to pose as a shotgun target, and
with such splendid success, there has
been the very deuce of a row or be-
select his successor. Claimants for the
middleweight championship have not
been wanting. The trouble has been
that they invariably proved, after the
eye of the sporting world had become
focused upon them, to- be failures, third
%raters, false alarms.
The latest fighting phenom picked
to fill the dead SANKEY'S shoes-and
he hasn't blown up yet, either-is
Mike Gibbons. Mike-it's a fighting
name. isn't it?-hails from st. Paul,
appears to be a courageous youth, and
is possessed of considerable ring crafti-
ness and a good, lusty wallop. He has
swept a good many of his fellow con-
testants out of the way, and is begin
ming to loom up like a real champion.
There is a good chance that he can cop
the welterweight honors, too. He can
qualify for the class without any
trouble.
900
AID Wolgast is the hard luck cham
pion. His left arm was broken after
he won the title from Battling Nelson.
A fight with Packey Mcfarland was
called off after he trained several
months, and appendicitis got him just
in time to peat him out of $13, 500 by
beating Freddie Welsh last Thursday.
900
Glen Warner, Carlisle football coach,
is against the onside kick and for
ward pass. - 4slsss
200
Reports from Cuba say the Giants
are giving the Spanish language a
swell battle. The Giants are down
there playing the Cubans.
Fred Merkle, New York's first base
man. and before that of the South
Michigan League, was down there two
years ago with the All-Stars and he
tells a funny story of the time when he
and Germany Schaefer spent a half
hour in a Cuban restaurant trying to
think of the Spanish word for beans"
Schaefer even tried French by saying
petit pois,' which means small peas.
Merkle, who speaks German, even tried
"sweiner 1eisch'' for pork" but all in
vain. After thirty minutes of brave eff
fort with the waiter looking at them
c%uriously everything was dead quiet.
Say" finally said the waiter, "are
you guys trying to order pork and
beans?" He was from New Orleans
and couldn't understand their Spanish.
900
Bill H~ollenbach, captain of 1908
Pennsylvania eleven, will probably
succeed Andy Smith as coach next
year
Whenever you hear of such star
pitchers as Alexander and Gregg hold
ing out for $4,000 salaries don't blame
them until you know the facts in the
case. AS a rule, twirlers last but ten
years in the big leagues, and sensa-
tional men like these should get at
least $50, 900 for their services.
Joe McGinnity has received the as
surance of President Charley Ebbetts,
of the Brooklyn Club, that he will send
over his first team in the exhibition
series arranged with the Newark Club.
The Dodgers, who train in Hot Springs,
Ark, nave thirty games on their spring
training trip. Part of them will be
played by the second team.
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Mike Gibbons, the ~150-pounder, and
Ray Bronson are arguing over the well
terweight championship. The weight is
142 at 3 O'Clock and Gibbons can scarce
ly make 1t, while Bronson is a real well
ter and has claimed the title since
Jimmy Clabby gave it up. They ought
to agree on the weight and meet at
Indianapolis.
Joe Mandot advanced to the top of
the lightweight class when he won a
close decision over Grover Hayes, of
Columbus, O. Hayes gave Mandot a
severe battle and proved he, too, has
advanced both in hitting and science.
Mandot must be taken seriously now.