Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-08
Gossip of the.
SportingWorld

When Garry Hermann came out in
public print the other day with the
statement that he thought a stop ought
to be put to the invasion by big league
ball players of the writer's and ac-
tors field of legitimate graft, the afore-
said writer's and actors came almost
cheering right out loud. If Garry has
his way players won't be permitted to
go into vaudeville during the off season,
or allowed 20 do newspaper work on
worlds series games.
Time was, away bach along the misty
aisles of time when the game was
young, when the ball player felt the
I scessity of grabbing the old dinner
pail down off the pantry shelf and hit
ting the t%oil-laden trail back to the
factory and he iron mill to pull down
his pie and cake for the winter months.
Today he no sooner digs the last base
hit of the season out of the dirt till
he grabs a fat job from some poor
guy who has been nursing it along
all summer in the hope of some day
making a living at it. and he pulls
down more "kale" for the stuff than
any other plug could dig out of the
joint with a steam shovel.
This thing has got so ALFRED preva-
lent that a fellow can't pick up a
paper any more to see what the hand
some and intelligent mental prodlgies
who mould public opinion have to say
on a given subject without having Il
glaring headline staring him in the mug
with a large upper case, blackface
gtaTn aa4tfAq fApfh thu fnnt fhnf
"Homerun Flanagan writes exclusive
~ for this paper" and every time he
pokes his nose into a theatre for an
evenings entertainment he stacks up
against SWEATING Swinnerton's mono
logue'' or some other public outrage.
Note that this array of baseball tall
ent that grabbed war correspondents
jobs during the recent worlds series:
Charles Doom. Harry Davis, Hughey
Jennings, Eddie Collins, Christy Ma
t1ewson. RUDE Vanguard, Pop" Arson,
Ty Cobb, George Stovall, Hal Chase,
Chief Myers and a bunch of lesser
lights that we can't think of just now.
and no sooner had the big series shot
its bolt than there was a grand scram-
Bile of the talent for the vaudeville cir
cult. Charlie Doom. Cy Morgan, Chief
Bender, John Coombs, Frank Baker,
Christy Mathewson, Chief Myers, Rube
Vanguard, "Nut" Faust, Ty Cobb,
German" Schaefer, Joe Tinker, Mike
Donlin and a quartet of Boston Alneri-
cen League players comprise a list of
has eball talent that will shove the
headliners off the bill during the COM
ing winter.
We desire TO call attention to the IL
lustrious gentlemen who are busily en-
gagged knocking the ~dad-burned stuff
ings out of the trusts to this condition
of affairs. If this isn't an illegal
combination in restraint of trade,
then, for the love of Mike. what is it,
-OOO@
Johnny Coulon, the bantam cham
pion. is credited with being the fastest
little boxer developed in many years
but England claims to have one who
is even faster and who weighs a littlc
less.
The British wonder is Sid Smith
who weighs 40 pounds and who has
beaten everything in the bantam line
in England. He is after the worlds
title and is after Coulon.
Smith is young in appearance, but has
Idu tNDN1 stltCt III liIN NV tpNHN
He says that if Coulon will meet him
at liz pounds he can have a side bet
but the chances are Johnny will not be
able to dc less than lis or 116.
Word comes from the southern hemi-
sphere that the English middleweight
Bandsman Rice, who recently contract
ed to come to the United States under
George Mcdonald. has arrived in sgd
ney and will box for Hugh d. Mcln-
tosh. Rice was credited with being q
clever fellow and hard to beat at 16'
pounds. so he may give Jimmy Clabhl
and johnny Thompson some real hare
work In Australia.
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Back in the archives of Yale's grid
iron history. buried along with th'
legendary exploits of hundreds of 9th
ers who are now staid business mel
and gray-haired bankers. is written il
letters that luridly blaze, down through
the years of the past, the deeds of on
Walter Camp. A heroic figure he is II
the football annals of Old Eli. Evel
now he is recognized as the game
leading authority.
And SO, when there came upon tn
scene Walter Camp, jr., what NOR
natural than he. too. do his shar
toward bringing honor n glory to hi
fathers alma mater?
1t was foreordalned that Junior b
n football player. Last season h
looked good in Yale's early games, bu
an injury laid him up and robbed hir
of a chance to win his coveted lettei
This year he was out for an end pc
sition with Indifferent success. II
wasn't picked for the varsity, but on
Saturday, against Colgate, it becam
necessary to use young Camp. hecaus
both ends were on the hospital list.
That's why Papa Camp is wearin
ar expansive smile.