Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-07

President r. William Francke, of the
Essex County Athletic Association, con-
trolling the Newark Athletics, told the
writer today that he had signed Harry
kurfess to pitch for his club. "Kur-
TESS will pitch for us ~alone,' said
Francke. According to that arrange
ment the Ironsides will have to look
for a new twirler.
Ignorance of the old 'inield fly rule
was responsible for the mix-up in the
Pittsburg-Chicago baseball game o.
May 80, which has been ordered re-
played. Jack Doyle thought that if q
man dropped a ball with a runner OF
first and forced the man i second the
play was illegal. If there be less than
two men out and men on first and
second or first, second or third a fly
knocked by a batter to any infielder
causes his out in order to escape d
force or a double play such as Wagner
had in mind that day. There was moth
Ing in the rules to prevent Wagner
from making a force at second, is
President Lynch rightly stated, wheo
there were not any men on first an,
second or first, second or third.
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That Fourth of July" bout between
Carl Norris and Jim Flynn shows how
the world goes on. Last year OH the
same day Jim Jeffries was hailed as
the white hope that could defeat
Jack johnson. This year on Independ-
enc Day we have two men fighting
to see which Is the better white hope
to meet the same man who crushed, a
year before, the last great white
hopper
Billy Newman, of the Long Acre
Club, is hot after a match between
Tony Bender n Harry Stone, VIII
fought a slashing bout Monday night
before the members of the Lotus Club
In Perth Amboy. Tony had the better
of Stone. The men have been matched
to meet at he Lotus Club again for
the show after next. Bender is in good
form these days.
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Carl Morris shapes up daily more
and more like the heavyweight cham
pionship contender. He ought to make
a good business man champion.
judging from he way he is going at
". H. Barkhorn and DR.. James P.
Hagerty have donated sets of medals
respectively for the swimming race,
and the 10o-yard dash for the seniors
in the parochial school games at Hill
side Park Friday. Interest in school
boy athletics is certainly worthy.
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irish Mahon dropped In to tell us
that his hand ID all right again and
he's ready to meet Carl Healey. Mahon
wants to meet Healey and would pre-
fer to box Carl in New York, where
Irish" will bet 800 that Carl is count
cd out before the ten rounds are over.
AIS an advertising mar Jack John
son is d mart customer. It's only now
people are beginning to realize what a
Bhpewd fellow he Is.
Jim Savage meets Andy Morris at
Browns next Tuesday night.
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10 tia Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
In the STAR last evening appeared a
letter from Mr.. Edward McGilley criti-
cising the Central A. A. of Newark.
The statement is made that the Cen
trals played In Morristown on May IA
and were beaten by the Morristown A.
A. II to 1, while the score appeared
next day in a newspaper 8 to /.
4 was present at the game in ques-
ton and kept score. According to my
book the score was 8 to !, as published
the day after the game.
The Centrals made a good showing
in Morristown, and Mr.. John ]. Todd,
manage of the Morristown A. A., evil
IDENTIFY shares that opinion, for he has
booked the Centrals for another game
at Morristown next Sunday. Respect
fuzzy yours, A. v. PERSON.
TO the Sporting Editor of the Evening STAR
WI you kindly give me the address
of Horace Reilly, the baseball scout.
and by what team he is employed al
present?
W. MARSHALL.
SCI Mt. Prospect ave-, city.
We never heard of the man. Are you
'skidding?"-Ed.
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To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Please state in your paper that Sailor
White, the hero of the white Hope"
tournament, will meet Al Benedict in
a ten-round star bout at the National
Sporting Club tomorrow night. I hope
and trust his followers will turn out
IN f,,lI to see the man from their State
make history for Newark. Yours truly,
JIM JOHNSON, Trainer.
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c. r. M.-Referred your query to the
Nargery Doom column, as 1t does not
appertain to sporting matters.-Ed
There is a letter at this office for
she ana of the Ironside A. c.