Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25

50 much money.
0A The optic Is not
y improving. It is
0 at a ~standstill,
and that is what bothers the promising
featherweight, who was reaching the
heighth of his career when the eye
trouble asserted itself. Patsy lay in
bed six days up to yesterday, and 1t is
likely that he will go back today or to-
morrow for a week to give the eye a
chance before the surgeon passes final
opinion on 1t.
Patsy is thoroughly discouraged. 1t
IS a case of hard luck for him, at that.
After wading through all those pre!im-
mary matches and getting UP to the
point where he is worth Some money,
something snaps, and away goes the
chance.
What makes matters worse Is that
:, Patsy believes the eye will not come
right. His physician will not say any
thing definite about 1t, even to Hymie
Gross, who has visited him for the
purpose of finding out what Is the mat
ter He has advised absolute rest and
quiet for at least another week for the
little boxer, and then he will tell hat
can be done for the optic.
That Jack O'Brien show has GER
tainiy been a hoodoo. Attell has lost a
bit OF money because of the hoodoo.
He's been luckier than Patsy. for he
will take on frankie Burns at the Ma
tional Sporting Club next Friday night
at. 11S pounds. Abe has outlived that
O'Brien thing, but he had better look
out for something else. Fighting
Frankie Burns at 118 pounds Is not the
easiest task Abe ever set for himself.
He should have a hard time with the
Jersey City lad.
The Montreal Club goes into training
today at Newport News, Va, and the
Jersey City Club starts to work out
at West Side Park, Jersey City. On
Monday the Newark Club Will strlke
ont for Lakewood. and then the Provi-
dence Club will be the only team not
vet in training. Jimmy Collins has set
Monday. April 8. as the reporting date
for the Grays at Provid nee. The open
ing game of the season at the local
grounds is a week away, and the
fans are on edge for the prying on
of the lid and the formal opening OF
the new baseball park.
Come on, Old Baseball!
II is said that the new st. Nicholas
Athletic Club. OF New York. with head
quarters at st. Nicholas's Rink, plans
tn stage a bout between frankie Burns
and Johnny Coulon. This new club Will
indulge In all the important indoor and
s outdoor sports. The opening Will be
held next month, 1t is said.
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IT will be a big day Off local baseball
p,eyers tomorrow, II the weather con-
tin1es to moderate. Several local semi
nro and amateur teams will have their
preliminary practise tomorrow. and II
1,ilI seem like the good old summertime
again TO see the sandlot kings in action.
Meanwhile. the majors are turning
their noses northward and Eastern
League teams are going South. me
} opening Of the major league season Is
scarcely three weeks away.
o
Charley Comiskey recently parted
with the famous Comiskey homestead
in Chicago. where three generations OIL
the famous "Old Romans family were
raised. Comiskey loved the old place,
he a but time changed the neigh
horhood and Comiskey's circumstances.
Comiskey's case is a striking illustra-
tion OF the fortunes made by the pro-
moters of clean baseball.
Kid Elberfeld will try to Guido the
i stunt Of Gather Street n Catcher
Sullivan by catching a ball dropped
from the top of the Washington monu-
rnent with an inf1elder's glove. He has.
been advised not to attempt 1t. as the
impact would be sufficient to break his
= hand.
Abe welsher. the local pitcher. may
Nv with the Altoona team of the TIL
Ngtate League, which is managed BY
rank Ramsey. Report has 1t that Abe.
who twirled for Petersburg. Va, last
, wear, is a free agent, and that Ramsey
signed him.
Young Kurtz has started training for
his bout with Kid Wilson. which viii
be held at the Long Acre Club. in New
York, April IL. This is a supreme test
for Kurtz in his young career.
pink Burns will be Tommy An
dreach's opponent Monday night at the
final.
"| AE Toll
TO the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
Kindly name In your valuable paper
pitcher that holds the strikeout record
FOR one season. Is it Johnson, of Wash
4 ington, or RUDE Waddell, formerly Of
Newark? A. AND b.
Rube Waddell Is the man who is
credited with the strikeout honors.-
Ed.
o. .
10 the Sporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
What teams will be represented in
the Branch Brook League this season?
will william Voget pilot the Orioles
again? Yours very truly, ]. J. b.
Teams that have written applications
thus far for admittance to Branch
Brook League were mentioned in last
nights Evening STAR. William voget
did not pilot the Orioles last year