Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-24

spectator at the Howard and Buliough
game at Morris Park yesterday. That
is a good recommendation coming from
such an authority as he.
Mr.. Parker returned to his home in
Toronto today, having completed nego-
tiations here with Tom Cahill, the local
man. to book the Corinthians and the
All-Star English teams. who will visit
this country next fall.
The Corinthians will play most of
their games in Canada. However. st.
Louis, Chicago, Fall River New York
and Philadelphia and probably Newark
Will see the great Eng Fishmen in action.
The All-Star team, which will contain
the pick OF EnglandB very best anna
teur talent. will tour this country from
coast to coast.
Alfred Shrubb is interested with
Messrs. Parker and Cahill in bringing
oyer the All-Stars, while the Canadian
association is responsible for the CORN
THAN visit.
Mr.. Parker is a great soccer fan. AL
the solicitation of the late Cecil Rhodes
and at his expense. Mr.. Parker took a
soccer team to South Africa twice,
and has also taken elevens to New
Zealand, where, he says, they play very
good football.
The American Football Association
has the opportunity of a lifetime be-
fore it now. There Is not a single
doubt that that organization, If 1t
takes supervision of a game or a series
Of games between the Hyde Park
Blues, of Chicago and the Howard &
Bulloughs, will be able in a
comparatively short time to weld to-
sether the great soccer country in the
Middle West with the East under a
national body that would resemble the
National Commission of Baseball. Such
body is absolutely necessary to the
proper progress OF soccer football in
this country. The government of the
game now 10 too provincial.
frankie Burns will meet Tommy
Houck in New Haven tonight in a If
teen-round bout. Young Shugrue win
box Jimmy Dunn in a ten-round semi
ANAL. Both jersey boys should win.
Patsy Kline is boxing daily with big
Black Bill. Bill stands ready to take
a hammering from Patsy and the great
little featherweight gives him plenty
VI VIVA tAhNS
box. Kline is confident he will knock
out Joe Coster. II he does Moe Smith
is going to claim the featherweight
championship in case Abe Attells arm
does not allow him to return to the
ring. If Abe does return Patsy wants
first crack at the champion over the
long route Most fight experts are
of the opinion hat the Newarker will
get Attell in q long battle.
Joe Finneran, of East Orange,
twirled the opening game for Norfolk
a in the Virginia State League against
n Petersburg. Joe held the visitors to one
hit, and did not hit or pass a single
n man, and himself made a two-bagger
and sacrifice hit. Norfolk won 8 to 0
and the fans and newspapers paid the
East Orange boy a big compliment for
his clever work.
II Ed sweeney follows out his inten-
lion of catching a baseball from that
we'll night unpossibly tall Metropolitan
in New York, he's entitled to all
the honors.
AL Burns, the local boy, will box
Eddie Moy, the Lehigh Valley bantam
champion, at Allentown Thursday
night.
TO the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
We got reserved seats for the OPEN
ing game. The tickets were not dated,
but are simply marted Game No. l."
A claims that if the game is not played
Thursday, but is played Friday, he
doesn't nave to see the game and can
use his same ticket marked Game No.
L" on Saturday. B claims If the game
is postponed Thursday and is played
Friday he can only use that ticket
Friday. CONSTANT READER.
B Is right. The tickets can be used
only for the next game played.-Ed.
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
Who was responsible for the coming
10 Newark of Johnny Nee and Catcher
Cady? Some say 1t was Cy Parkin,
others. that 1t was Larry sutton?
GATHERS.
Larry Sutton is responsible for both
men coming to this city. Cy Parkin
unearthed Lew M~cCarthy.-Ed.
To the sportiug Editor of the Evening Star:
noticed in some of the Newark
papers that Billy Lewis, the crack local
WSit6Es 10 lAidtOAAC0 ~ " LOA'S
Kurtz at the Whirlwind A c. in
Brooklyn Thursday. I knew nothing
about 1t, and you can say for me that
L will not let Lewis box Kurtz or any
one else at tho Whirlwind unless 1t Is
a star bout. Lewis is past the stage
Of being a preliminary boy. and Is now
open to meet any legitimate welter, 142
pounds ringside, in the country.
Trusting you will favor me with a
little publicity on the above, l Am
sincerely yours, JIMMY LEWIS.
A READER-As to your first and sec
ond queries. you had better write to
one Of the Indianapolis newspapers for
your information.
There is no date set for the prof. osei
walk.-Ed.
X. Y. 2. 4.vwrite to the county engi-
neer at the Essex County Court House.
ED.
G. W.-We referred your query to the
SGarxsry Doom column.-Ed.