Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-26
Current Sports

THrRp a been great deal o talk about the great u.ainsss Of the
The impression is nat the new ball has increased he batting be-
This. however is not the case according to statistics gathered by ez;
: a table of figures show the writer proves that the nw ball has
=, For For instance ms %s the players AVER n in the ~ We 4aas series at@. q 1906 1850 Ss s aa % sq se La the
IS 50 s ss TT, ,s s. $, SAM Tef sss 9 es sa i sn ia a" ,s sxsr' ssm ss Z Now 5%n tn 1s n lssd sea
clans set aside a week Of genes early n this . ssa aa WI when 70 t s u batting ,, ws
in that period there we're So runs i3@ hits an ss errors accounted for
highest @ score mad :" in the 8 games ! which the old BAH wa used was
from 8 hits and 40 errors The highest score accounted for in he Ga games
the lowest was ! to : ss q result; Ss 8 Of I5. hits and nd . % errors sass IN These sn ns >, res 9 Sssss
the old sphere as used show that the cork cen bal ball increases IS . batting ths
subject it is a sure thing that the bali has come to stay
Mr. l. H. ogden. of the Prudential Insurance company Athletic Assoca-
We wish to say to Secretary Ogden that we stand ready to help his a@o-
cation eauon at m a9 ae d %mos f fop ~4 there re is nothing more more pleasing to a real sport
than to help those promoting good cleans sport
I'VE wish to thank % for you article in Thursday nights STAR
are particularly fortunate in having the hearty support of the officers o the
again thanking you for your interest in the association"
Though Eddie Murphy, the Boston lightweight. CAV young sammy smith
the trouncIng Of his life last night al tn Twentieth Century =. G. in New
We think MURPHY, had he the necessary vauop. would have put Smith to
rrtS Gsam Ram h su H%mSs W Ptd ns IN Bob oSnf HoIme. fo and ae aay gDa amd Sne %uf nm
It's no wonder the Newark pitchers are OF in good condition. None of
them work regularly eany,t n 10 .H M OF shm k a"tsiaa M ne hs ne hn wn p nGG trodtns
of players since the season began have been in the handling of his pitching
Al Burns tn Newark bantam, who is quite a traveller writes from Chi
! met patsy Kline n Moe smith in Chicago Friday on on their ,ss. to Los IL,
a sSs lies or ! a 81 in III thu a ring in sh TS.la nM Wy Sa in ma ad d the police 3n%o el0se ID se
c. D. writes concerning lefRf6anded csatcners He saw a query III
another evening paper asking the sporting editor IL he had ever heard IF a
left handed catcher in the major league. The sporting editor said he never
saw any left -handers work.
@. D. furnishes the following information:
1 would like to inform the mar who asked the question that there were
quite a few noted "southpaw" catchers For instance, Clements, of the
Philadelphia Nationals, one of the nos noted pad artists oil his day; Ten
ny. who broke in with Boston as a hackstop, while Oscar Jackson, of the
Cuban Giants, a deemed the equal of any major league receiver Their
are several others I might mention who made good in fast company, but
time an space forbid.
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Moe Smith, who will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow with Patsy Kline,
dropped the writer these lines from Chicago:
I have been in communication with Tom Andrews. of Milwaukee, which
is across the bay from Chicago, about a fight for Patsy. He told ne that
Charles White of Chicago, will probably be selected to meet Patsy oil III re-
turn HI will wire 70 at Los Angeles before we return We will leave here
Saturday and will make n more stop at Salt Lake and then 70 right to
Patsy did a little work al local gym this Afternoon ad feels 4. an
confident. Worked with jeff OConnen and Chtagos X, o. Brown, and they
think a whole lot of hin, especially jeff oConnen
Best regards and wishes from Patsy and myself to you and the boys
Your friend. MOE SMITH.
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Billy Lewis the local weterweight was in the omce Saturday full OF
fight talk for the benefit of Young Kurtz and Sailor Davis. Lewis said he
would call at this office Wednesday afternoon to post a side bet of $500 to
IL he did ne knock out Lewis within ten rounds Billy is anxious for work.
and stands ready to do business with anybody at his weight, 12 pounds
and the $500 talks
Billy Lewis has been signed to meet Tony Bender at Browns ymnasium
July In a tenround bout.
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While W e are all talking of Ty Cobb we are forgetting the wonderful
batting IF young McInness, Of the Athletics, who is hitting the ball for a
mark of -42l, just IL points behind Cobb whose great average is largely due to
his speed, which enablesh him to beat out so many nheld hits
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Gustave Braun, Barringer boy competing under the coors of the New
York A. c., won the Junior high hurdle title Saturday 1T Travers Island
Kenneth Curtis, a Barringer graduate and low OF Tome School, took the
cans finished in third place in the haltmre run. Parker Terhune. another
local. boy, wearing the New York A. c. eohrs, finished second to Braun in
the high hurdle lie losto t in the low hurdles. Granger is looked ~ as
a second Taylor" BY the New York experts. These boys ar a great band of