Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23

The time honored attempt at goal
after a touchdown will probably be
crossed out of the football rule book
his winter.
Oberlin holds the Ohio State foot
ball championship because an Oberlin
man kicked goal while Captain Roby,
of Case, failed. The score was 6 to 5.
Case played as good football as ODER
lin, but lost because Roby had less
individual ability or luck than the
Oberlin kicker.
Luck and weather conditions gener-
ally have as much to do will the sue
cess of an attempt at goal as the
kioker's ability. There is generally a
strong wind throughout the football
season. A heavy gale helped Oberlin
and handicapped Case.
1t often happens that one end OF the
field is wet, which puts one of the
teams at a disadvantage when attempt
Is made to kick goal.
No one seems to know why the rule
for a goal from touchdown was ever
put into the code or why 1t has re-
manned there.
900
Bob Hedges intimates that Wallace
may be given another chance at man
aging the Browns. Bob has been pay
ing out so much money for fines to the
commission thai he may not have the
cash to get another nan
600
Harvard stadium is to see the great
est meeting of athletes in this country
next spring when the men try out for
Americas team at Stockholm.
600
Ed Konetchy, of the Cardinals, will
captain an indoor baseball team, which
Is to play the winners of a series in
st. Louis this week
600
Paddy Livingstone may be an old,
WORKOUT catcher, but he didn't have a
single passed ball in his twenty-six
games last season.
600
"A perfect BAT has never been made
and never will be-" says Hans Wag-
ner. II have had bats break when I
met the ball squarely, break after
months Of faithful service, a a
%grounder would trickle to an inheld
when the force | put into my swing
was enough for a three-base hit. The
nearest perfect bat | ever saw was
owned by a kid in a small Kentucky
town, where L nee played in an ex-
hibition game. / gave a boy so cents
for it. Everybody on our club used the
bat the first day ! got it and we made
tw~enty-eight hits"
600
Young Kurtz %noun from the
ring last night that he would meet
anybody in the world at the welter-
weight limit, 142 pounds, or would box
jeff Smith, of Bayonne, at 145 pounds.
900
Doc Ralston. who for a short period
was a membe of the WASHINGTON
Americans, is the direct cause of a
suit for $4,000 damages which the st.
Paul Club VIII nave to defend. g
1t seems that during a game last
summer Ralston pulled some sort OF =
play in st. Paul which caused one of
the spectator to apply the term bone
head to the player, an outburst for
which he was elected from the grounds.
The individual was Erving r.. Erving
of Minneapolis, and he has brought
suit for damages for the amount
named.
Whether it will be necessary to bring
expert testimony to prove that the
term applied to Ralston was justified
remains to be seen.
900
Having repudiated his own country,
Jack Johnson is now experiencing the
humiliation of being barred from fight
ing with an opponent of opposite color
in England, the and of his adoption,
which means that If the colored cham
pion is to continue his ~pugilistic career
he must come back here if he wants to
pull down any healthy looking purses.
Remarkable as has been the career Of
Johnson. indications are that he will
enjoy the glories of his achievement
but for a short time. At the pace he is
said to AVE travelled his vitality must
be ebbing away. Furthermore, there
appears to be no one at present who
would furnish a drawing card with
him, and the chances are that before
another possible champion is developed
johnson will have deteriorated, and his
chances to retain the title will be
slim. If reports areS to be believed,
Johnson's financial condition is my
thing but encouraging. SO that with but
little chance to pick up any easy
money in Europe he may be forced to
beg for a match in this country to
keep the wolf from the door.