Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-06

TACK o'BRIEN has been given an
other Jolt. Patsy Kline cannot fight
Tommy O"Toole Wednesday night
at o'Brien's American Club, in Phl,a-
delphta- DR.. Wells P. Eagleton, under
whose care Patsy has placed himself,
has forbidden Kline to box. Patsy says
that a pierce of bruised skin in his Eye
has been dislodged and has stuck mi the
line Of vision. impairing his sight. Jack
O'Brien was In Newark last night, beg
ging Batsy to fight and Offering HIM
extra Inducements to fight Wednesday.
Patsy, however, decided to obey his
physician's orders. The postponement
Of the bout is a sad blow to Patsy, who
never felt better in his life. Mrs. XXI ne
wat to have gone to the fight to see
her husband perform. O'Brien has a
special apartment set aside for women.
Patsy expects to be all right in a week
or two.
Moe Smith wrote to me today as fol-
lows:
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
just a few lines to let you know that
It will be impossible for Patsy to box
Wednesday night in Philadelphia with
Tommy O'Toole. l have a certificate
from DR.. Eagleton, of Newark, which
forbids Patsy to box on account of his
right eye going bad, but the doctor
says II Is nothing very serious. Patsy
will be- ready to box In a week and
a half. Just had Tom O'Rourke IN tn,
telephone and 1t looks as though Kline
q O'Tooie will box at the National
Athletic Club February II.
Patsy and myself will leave for Phil
adelphia Wednesday afternoon. viii
show the sporting public that Kline Is
really bad and 1t was impossible for
Patsy 10 fulfill his engagement wednes-
day. Kindly use notice so the. sporting
public Of Newark won't go to Phila-
delphia, thinking Patsy will box
wednesday. Close hoping all is o. K.
Regards to the boys. I remain. your
kYfond, MOE SMITH,
Manager of Patsy Kline.
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According to Baltimore scribes Jack
Dunn will try to lave a rule adopted
making II compulsory for the schedule
maker OF the Eastern League In the
fnture to announce where the opening
games viii be played and between what
teams at the winter meeting of the
league In December. Dunn says: AT
present a manager has to wait until the
last moment almost before arranging
exhibition games away from home. so
that he will not be toe far away from
homo In order to get to the town where
his team opens. There is no reason
why these games could not be an
nounced at that time. "Of course. this
Is for the benefit of the Western clubs
which always open In the East.
o
Joe Burke and Dan Schooner, I'm told,
are the leaders In the movement for
the formation of q new city basel all
league. A meeting will be called In the
near future. The circuit would include,
it is said, the Tigers, of Vailsburg; the
Ir~onsides. the National Turner's, the
Bay View Wheelmen, Forest Hill, Or
ange Valley, Watsessing n the
clair A. A.. There are to be two Sun
day morning teams, W Saturday
afternoon" clubs and four that will
play Sunday afternoons. This ought
to make a better combination than last
years circuit.
Jack McAuliffe. the local scrapper.
knocked out George Nixon In the third
round Of the semi-1nal bout at the
STANDARD Athletic Club, of Greenwich,
Ia u. S0dniS pIicus Vi ANSW 4Oi ~ 10
McAulifre's manager. and will probably
get a match in a couple of weeks in
Albany.
Matt Apgar, who drives a Buick.
wishes to accept the challenge Of
James g. Gray, who drives a Sohacht,
or Russell Gillai.i, who pilots a Corrija,
for. a race from this city to Atlantic
NaA---a ..s.,.- Sxu - a4da za% ~ e6nl
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n, shs spsrsins Editor Of the Evening stars
You are invited to attend the annual
ball Of the Ray Hatfield Association. to
be held In New Amsterdam Audi
toriium. Sixteenth and Littieton ave
nues. on Lincoin's Birthday W. Satur-
day, February II. A pleasant evening
Il assured you. March will be directed
by PROT Berry. THE COMMITTEE
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~ fhe eporting Editor OF the Evening Star:
Just a line in regards to the Young
Waxner-Buddy Faulks fight which did
not come on as scheduled at Paddy
Mc1uixRu's Club In Harrison. N. j.,
Monday. l. as Wagner's manager,
made the match with Mr.. McGuigan
tor Thursday night, February 2. not
Tor Monday last, as was advertised IN
the Newark papers. IT was not my
fault In n way that the fight did not
take place, as Wagner trained for the
aEht, and we did not know until late
Monday night that the fight was for
Monday. Wagner has never yet failed
to keep an engagement with any club,
no matter how poor the house would
be, and for this reason alone he 10
very popular at all the New York clubs.
wagner has never Eide-stepped a
tighter In his short career, and I don't
ses why he should be afraid Of Buddy
Fauiks. I will match Young Wagner
with any bantatnwefght In the world.
barring none. and Buddy Faulks
have FIRST crack II he wants to. viii
dgbt F-aulks any number of rounds for
4 side bet Of $500 TO $1,000. Am very
sorry the match fell through, as Wag-
ner,s friends from New York were dis
appointed. as they arranged an auto
mobile parade to take them to the
hgft, and they were all willing 70 so
broke on the result.
wagner has beaten such boys as