Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-14

This is a bad year for baseball and
umpires. Such good arbitrators as Jim
Johnstone and Nal Eason, according to
reports, had - be escorted from Ma
tional League grounds at Boston yes
terday.
This umpire proposition is becom-
ing serious and demands great atten-
ton.
As stated in this column, the Pru-
dential A. A. is planning to purchase
the Park A. A. grounds at Lincoln and
Arlington for the use of its
members.
Joe McGinnity wants to fire" the
gamblers out of his ball park, now that
they are the teams biggest knockers
because the Tigers are not a good bet
ting proposition except hat they will
lose. The time to nave chased them
was long ago-as far back as last year
but the team was winning then.
Cobb's base-running feats yesterday
and the day before have teen wonder
full. Wednesday he got a base on balls
and stole second, third and home. Yes
terday on a hit-and-run play, Dele
hanty hitting to right clearly, the great
Ty came all the way home with the
winning rum.
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Because Tony Bender insisted on
BILLY Lewis making 1873 pounds-which
Lewis refused to do-for their fight at
Browns in New York, July %, the bout
has been called off and Kid Burns has
been substituted.
Lewis is now a welter-weight and
fights as such. Lewis is training at
pominick's, at Silver Lake, where Jim
Savage also works out for his bout
with Andy Morris at Browns next
Tuesday.
Tony Bender's manager, George. Car
roll, yesterday signed for his man to
meet Matty Baldwin at Tom O'Rourke's
Club in the near future. The men will
weigh in at 1873 pounds ringside.
Bender is scheduled to meet Young
Kurtz at Troxler's Monday night.
GO
TO the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Why don't you get in right with
McGinnity and obtain an option on the
Tiger Club. You stated that another
sporting editor has an option on the
club for someone else. Why don't you
get In? r b. KING
The sporting editor of this paper is
not concerned with the business end
of the Newark Club and doesn't care
who owns the club. 1t would be a
pleasure to us If Frank Million bought
the club. for we think he's a hustler
and could make a success of It'd.
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Here is one of many letters sent the
writer as to Joe McGinnity's actions
Wednesday at the ball park:
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Wednesday, ladies day, while at the
gam between Newark and Providence.
McGinnity went out in the last inning
to pitch, and some two or three men
let out a yell to let Shontz finish the
game, as he was pitching fine ball.
After the inning was over "Sorehead'
McGinnity came over to the bleachers
n called everybody over there
"bums' and ''rowdies'' and "big s%tiffs."
Now, I am not a knocker. but wish to
state that | am a better man than he
ever will be. and if it was not for our
twenty-five and fifty cents he would be
out with a pick and shovel. No Won
der his mel do not play good ball for
q boss of his kind. Thanking you in
advance. "A DIsGUSTED FAN"
Go
Ray Hatfield. the local fighter, is at
Port Jervis now training for a bout
with Charley Seiger, which win take
place at the club of that place Monday
night.
Jack Card, Of Branchville, will NEE.
come good boy in the second bout of
the evening.
George Broad, the Jersey CITY man,
is managing the club.
MAPS BUY NEW CATCHER.