Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-14

Kline's manager. today it was stated
that the Newark boy is a 1913 favorite
over frankie Conley, who gave Abe
Attell such a battle in New Orleans.
The boys fight at Vernon, Cal, outside
of Los Angeles, Saturday.
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Jim Mcguire, who is scouting for
the Cleveland Americans, looked over
Harry Welsiler, the local boy who is
: catching for the Wheeling club of the
Central League and would have taken
the lad but that he did not consider
Harry's weight had reauhed the right
figure. Welsher is young and will inn
prove in this respect as he has in his
catching. Harry is picking 'em off the
bases with regularity now and is the
regular twirler. BY the wa. Abe,
Harry's older brother, is also going
well. He is one of the mainstays in
the box of Hank Ramsey's Altoona
Tri-State team. Some enterprising
MINOR league managers ought to try to
get the brothers as a battery.
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The Yankee made good yesterday TO
Jack Dunn for appearing in Baltimore
a couple of months ago with a poor
aggregation, only to be sent home
without a game by the Oriole leaders.
by taking down their best team. Ford
and Vaughn twirled and the Orioles
were put out, 20.
Dunn's method has proved a winner.
We wager the Yankees were given a
secret order from the American League
president to make good and Chase had
no alternative.
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Umpire Wright. who received an
Eastern League appointment through
Joe McGinnity, is the latest umpire to
be AIMED by President Ed. Barrow.
Why Harrow does not give men like
Hughey Hearne a chance to make good
is a puzzle. Hughey in his playing DAYS
was always a credit to the league. HIS
application is on file, but has received
no encouragement. Barrow continues
TO dig up men from out-of-the-way
places. Hearne ought to make a good
umpire, because a catcher generally
does. The fault of many orbitrators is
that they shut their eyes when a batter
swings. A catcher used to working
behind the bat has not this fault.
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An idea of the intense interest in the
National League race can be CLEANED
llOil tllO III "a -
, o'clock yesterday afternoon a we'll
dressed man came to the STAR Office
to find out the result of the first game
of the Cincinnati Pittsburg double
header. He explained that he is a
Pittsburger stopping at Orange with
his family, and his wife insisted that
he drive down to find out the result Of
the first game. - 4,a-
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Newark is the latest to get in line
for earlier week day games. The mat
ter has been agitated all over the
country. In Toronto a newspaper vote
SETS o'clock as the hour. but three
thirty" vas finally agreed on. Provi-
dence has always started k-day
games at that time. Rochester scribes
nave been agitating the early start for
some time.
It had been feared in some quarters
that the Grand Circuit meeting, to
begin at Buffalo tomorrow, would
hardly be a success because the out
law Columbus track was giving a
meeting the same week. All of the rep
resentative stables, however, are en-
tered at Buffalo and the meeting is at
this time an assured success.
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It is to be hoped the New York box
ing commission will say "no" to ref
eree's decisions. They must not be re-
suned.
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Philadelphia in the American. Chi
cago in the National, and Rochester in
tho Eastern are winning their games
in such a consistent way that their
pennant hackers arc sure they will
flash across ahead.
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We are among those who think that
Jack O'Brien will not be able to go
the ten rounds with Sam Langford to-
morrow night.
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Pal Moore and Tommy Murphy may
be matched shortly and Harry Pollok
will probably get the bout.