Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-09

Baker must be "a greatly-improved boy
TO beat Bender, whose knowledge Of the
game alone should have carried him to
a draw, at least.
One other fan 1 met told me the bout
was a draw and the bout only a fair
8 one.
Sailor Davis is willing to fight Young
the Baker-Bender bout, beat Batting
Person in three rounds. Jim F1nney
knocked out his man in the first round,
and Banty Lewis was slightly shaded
by his opponent.
The writer has it on good authority
that Joe Agler will be sold to the Wash
ington club before very long-in fact,
that a representative of the Senators
looked over the wonderful young first
sacier Sunday. McGinnity knows that
IL he does not sell Agler he will be
drafted, so he might as we'll sell the
boy. With all respect to Hal Chase, we
do not think he's as good a fielding me-
ahanic as Agler. though he is a hitter
far beyond Joe's form.
Al Kaufman is no sadder thar Bar
ney Gerard, who recently gave hin.
$50, 900 for his rvic for two years,
with the idea Al was the next man to
meet Jack Johnson. They need not
worry much. Another match will prob
ably prove Kaufman took his recent
match anything but seriously, and got
a good beating for his carelessness.
Now that Oxford and Cambridge
athletic authorities have accepted the
combined challenge of Yale and Har-
yard for an athletic meet in July, we
may expect some good sport. There
has always been some doubt as to the
relative ability of the college athletes OF
both countries. If our coliegians win
and they should, Great Britain will
surely fall far behind us athletieally.
for our amateurs have beaten their
English cousins decisiyely. Cricket and
soccer football alone remain supreme
with tho English.
Gus Troxler should be given great
credit for the way he conducts his box
ing shows. The order and the class OF
spectators to be seen at the club are
its very best recommendations.
George Boice. the Irvington pitcher,
who was with Portland in the Pacific
Coast League, will very likely sign up
with Atlanta shortly.
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The kick that Manager Frank, OF the
New Orleans club, is making for INTEL
der Frank Manush is certainly right,
rhe Giants have sent the recruit to
Jersey City. instead of to New Orleans.
As we understand it, the New Orleans
club has first call on the services of
Manush, II he is to go back 10 the
minors. Jersey City tried TO capture
Bud Sharpe by the same process last
year.
1t is understood that Harry Pollock
has Matt Wells. the new English light
weight champion, signed up for his
twentieth Century Club and that is
where. the Britisher will meet the win
ner of the Knockout B~rown-Tomriy
Murphy battle.
Cleveland plans to play Sunday base
ball and intends to have next Mondays
game with the Yankees played on the
day before. They are all coming to
5 Sunday baseball. What's the objec-
ton, anyway? Church people pay or
ganists and singers for their services.
: A rumor that Willie Keeler, tho
clever outfielder of Toronto, would
manage the Cleveland team was denied
~ Joe Kelley, the Leaf leader today.
While the Tigers are on the road
their games are reproduced on the
Paragon baseball scoreboard at Bijou
Park. When 1t rains in Newark the
board will be shifted to the Biiou
Dream, in Washington street.
Sailor Davis is willing to fight Young
Kurtz on a winner-take-all basis, he
writes in to say. Davis stands ready
10 make 1873 pounds against Kurtz's 1873.
The boys argued last night in Passaic
and I'm told that the fight was inn
ninent several times, but all cooled
down.
10 the Sporting Editor OF the Dvenins star.
Please, for the sake Of goodness, set
tie the argument as to that Coster-
Kline fight. One sporting editor says
by the very fact of striking the low
blow Kline was disqualified. l main
tain he was not. Must the bets be or
were the bets paid2
FRANK DEvLIN.
The fact that Referee Sam Lewis In
formed the audience that Coster would
be given two minutes to recover proved
THAT hi bout was not stopped, as 1t
should nave been. II Milne nHU louieu'
No decision was necessary, as a dis
qualification includes a decision. In the
Observation-Disclosures fight Patsy Haley
sent Mcmahon to his corner at once.
thus disqualifying Mcmahon. Lewis
failed to do that. Further than that,
some time after the sporting editor you
refer to had gone home, not being care
full enough to walt until something
DEFINITE had developed. the referee an
> nounced from the ring that as three
physicians could not agree as to
whether Coster had been hit low and
Coster would not fight, the bout was
off for the night and would be fought
on a later date agreed upo by both
managers.
10 the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
Will you kindly rectify the mistake
Of many of the evening papers Of Mon
day, wherein they stated that the
Young Wagner-Jim Kendrick contest
at the National Sporting Club was to
be next Thursday night instead Of FRI
day night. Sincerely yours.
TOM o'RoURKE.