Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-02
Gossip of the.



Ty Cobb, like Kid Elberfeld, has
changed his ways. Ty has a new am
bition. He wants the fans of American
League cities to like him personally. In
former years the Georgian fought with
the fans. When the bleachers yelled
at him he used to fling a gibe in their
direction after making a hit that
helped the Tigers toward a run, or,
perhaps, to victory. This season he
doesn't even look toward the stands.
'I've got a lot of foolishiness to live
down." he declared. 81 was a foolish
kid when I broke into the league, and
q did a lot of things that | don't Ike
20 think about now. l hope that IN a
couple of years they'll quit calling me
that swell headed Cobb"
In his early days with the Tiger5
Ty had several fights with his rearl-
mates. Some OF them would hardly
speak to him for a long time. sam
Crawford, who never used to hltcn
with the Southerner, now is one of his
best friends.
Jimmy Kelly, Billy Lewis's manager,
writes as follows:
saturday night at tho National Atm
letic Club, Brooklyn, Billy Lewis &C.
feated Billv Allen, the former amateur
welterweight champion. Billy loat his
man all the way, and, in fact. could
have stopped Allen any tine he
pleased. AS it was, he stopped Allen
in seven rounds. l also wish to IN
form Billy's friends III Newark that
Eillv is going after Inc best in the
country. I have matched Billy with
BERT Keyes, one of the toughest men
IN the world. Billy boxes keyes next
Saturday night at the Shlrkey A. c.
-OOO-
Sailor White won the decision over
Jack Mccormick Saturday night In a
ten-round Ego" at the Fairmont Attn
letic club. in New York city. This Is
the second fight in two weeks that the
Sailor has won.
To show that the big Sailor is not
of the tight-wad kind he handed MS
manager, Larry Sutton. his purse
money, saying: Take what you want
out of this and give me the balance.
Don't want any of it, Sailor" replied
sutton. when we get going right
will talk to you about my end of the
purse. When Larry arrived at his
home last night he found a box OF
cigars, labeled Compliments OF the
Sailor"
900
Roger Bresnahan Is following In the
footsteps of McGraw in his scheme OF
having a substitute for every position
on the team. Cardinal fans figure that
Roger is developing Magee into a regu-
lar Fletcher. In Smith Roger has a
capable substitute for Mowrey, the big
fellow looming up as a better third
sacker than a shortstop. with the
newcomers picked in this seasons
dragnet, Bresnahan hopes to have a
complete set of inner guardians.
Jimmy De Forest writes today as fol-
lows:
ITO the Sporting Editor:
pal Moore, the Philadelphia phan-
tom. has Just started training for two
bouts. which | have arranged for him,
to take place in the near future. Pal
will also, in all probability, meet Bat
fling Nelson at Boston in the latter's
next engagement there. Moore Is par
ticularly anxious to get another crack
at Matt Wells. This pair met once be-
fore at Boston, and at the end of twelve
furiously fought rounds Wells was
awarded the decision. This decision,
however, did not meet with the appro-
val of those present. and a riot nearly
followed when the audience protested.
The following paragraph, which ap-
peared in the Boston Post the next
day will probably explain the whole
affair without further comment, n
one can readily see that Moore was the
better boy, especially when you con-
slider the fact that he fought Wells at
catch weights, which meant a handicap
of at least twelve pounds, as Pal him.
self entered the ring at about 12S
pounds. Anyway, here is the
Boston Post reported:
"tCharley White, of New York, ref
creed in his usual impressive manner,
but the crowd, one of the biggest at
the Armory in many months, plainly
indicated its ~disapproval when White
gave Wells the official pat on the back.
Hardly one of the spectators agreed
with the referee. Moore was fully enti-
tied to a draw. He was outwelghed
by the Englishman, and In the early
rounds OF the bout was o%utfought, but
never once did he lose his cleverness,
his defense was superb at all times,
and in the latter half of the battle he
plainly outpointed Wells.
"1n the ring last night Wells
weighed very close to $40 pounds. and
had every bit of a dozen pounds on
Moore. The only advantage he could
score on the clever Philadelphia was
the advantage given by weight and
strength. In boxing skill Moore COM