Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

Eastern League and the Ameri-
a Association should have a
distinct classification and not be herded
with the rankest of the "bush'' leagues
10 herewith shown At the last meeting
of the minor -leaguers the question of
fixing a location for the next meeting
of the organization was discussed.
Rochester, which won the pennant In
the Eastern League twice in a row and
is out for the third, was suggested, and
New York City, as good a place as any,
was mentioned. New York got five
votes, Rochester one and San Antonio,
Tex. all the rest. Next year, therefore.
all the minors will meet at hat far
away town. That's big businessl
Joe McGinnity says that he is of the
opinion that many of the statements
being sent out concerning the proposed
insurgency of the Eastern League and
the American Association against or
ganized baseball are coming from some
malicious source, with an object of
stirring up wal in the ranks of the or
ganized sport. There car be no pos
sible action taken until next fall, ac-
cording to the Newark leader, because
OF tho ruoe.
The definition of one of the rules
adopted by the National Commission
yesterday is certainly anything but
clear. What we take from 1t Is this:
II q major league club obtains waivers
on a player for sale to the minors, that
major club may get an option for their
purchase from the minor ~leaguers to
whom the men are sold at any time.
The optional agreement plan works OUT
pretty good. This new law, so-far as
tho explanation goes, looks Nike a plan
whereby major league clubs can surely
farm OUT players with impunity. 1t
looks like o bad law.
Manager Jack Ryan, of the Jersey
City Club, would like to get Pitcher Rip
vowinlle from the Buffalo Club. Ryan
haa q liking for Rip ever since
he used to catch Vowinkle when he
was with the Bisons. Jack also be-
sioyes that 1t is lucky to take castoffs
from Buffalo since Rube Messenger
made such q good showing las year.
Knockout Brown. according to pres
ent dope. will probably box at Nc
Guigan's. His opponent and the date
have not been definitely decided,
though the New Yorker will probably
appear January 10. Brown will also
fight on the 18th In Watervleit and on
the 18th at Albany. All this is pre-
para .ory to Browns fight with Tommy
Murphy at the Empire Club Janu-
airy 70.
Sam Golden. manager of Joe Stein,
says his man would like to meet Kid
Wilson as soon as the dusky Orange
lite returns to the United States. In a
letter to the writer today Percy Wood
run, writing from England, says that
he and Wilson are likely to turn up
in Newark in the very near future.
Tho match should be an interesting
Affair.
Dddio Uslar will undergo his next
operation for his deadened arm to-
morrow. The Ironsides are doing every
thing possible to help the lac They had
y benefit game yesterday. and are now
conducting a drawing for him.
~ the sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
I would like to inform you that
George ". Hooley, a local boy, who has
runNaimself to the top of the ladder and
was forced to run professional for his
wrongdoing while an amateur, win run
q professional race January 16. He will
run against John SULLIVAN, of Wood
bridge, and Job Hayes, another local
mar, who turned professional last year.
The race will be held In the Perth
Axnboy Auditorium, a twenty-four-lap
banked track.
Hooiey viii run under the naine by
which he Is known in South Jersey.
George W. Forbes, of Newark. Forbes
10 q . 70 1 bet to win this race, Sullivan
for second and Hayes for third. Tho
winners Will compete for so per cent
Of the gate. which will seat $500.
Forbes would like to meet any pro-
fessional in New Jersey. When he gets
through with the Jersey boys he will
try for the big ones. Forbes has made
such time as $40 for ten miles and
1 hour 50 minutes and s seconds for
twenty miles OIL a twenty-four-lap
track. Forbes does his training over
the Park A.. G. five-mile course in
Elizabethport every Sunday at $3.50
o'clock. The course Is located at Broad
way and Third street, Elizabethport. l
close, hoping the boys will keep him
busy for a while. 1 remain,
AN OLD FORBES ROOTER.
Newark, N. j..
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