Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-09

day in the Evening World about
why Willie Jones, the Brooklyn
featherweight. cannot get a fight. 1t
seems that Willie resented an insult to
his wife In Coney Island and sent one
Of the men to prison for %stabbing him
later on the same day. Political in
fuence was brought to bear in Willie
TO have him drop the case. but he re-
fused. The same influence is said to
be haunting him now. The situation is
certainly not complimentary to the
New York fight clubs who have refused
him work.
Willie Is a good featherweight. hav-
ing given the best of them hard bat
ties. Patsy Kline and he fought al the
Vendome Club, Patsy getting the, de-
cision.
While compliments are being tossed
at Ernest Lanigan, the able secretary
of President Ed Barrow. of the Eastern
League. the best tribute, in my opinion,
that has ever been PAID to him and his
ability as a n-ewspaperman came from
a New York scribe. The writer had
occasion once to ask the scribe in
question how the other baseball writes
in New York found it working against
Lanigan. We do not try" was the
humble response that spoke volumes for
Lanigan's genius as a baseball recorder
and statistician.
M~cFariand's admission hat he would
not refuse to meet Freddy Welsh at
the National Sporting Club, though the
Fairmont Club has first call on his
services, is evidence enough that Welsh
will at least rave one hard scrap on
his hands here.
One more bit Of evidence as to the
need OF a thorough overhauling of the
soccer football situation Is the fact
tina the final American cup tie game
will not be played until April. Running
football into the baseball season makes
soccerites look f~oolish-and they are for
so doing.
John McGraw ridiculed the table of
odds the b~ookmakers have made on
the baseball races in the two major
leagues and in the American Associa-
~tion-(the Eastern Is exemptedl. He
calls all the DDS false except the 6 to 5
offered against the Athletics. Though
this statement of McGraw hurts the
plan some. we think 1t was a mistake
for such a prominent manage to digni-
fy the departure even with a criticism.
Owen Moran is a fighter all right.
Down at Lakewood he is working like
bear Trojan along smuggling lines, with
Cas- idea that he'll have to meet Packey
or cFarland that way to make any kind
oli,f showing. It's too bad that Nc
-TFarland will weigh so much more than
Moran. 1t puts the little rrish-Eng-
,. 1ishman under quite a strain, and it.
! seems to the writer he has not much
)es of a chance of beating h stock-yards
J champion.
II is said tina the Olympic Club VIII
attempt to run a boxing show at Olym~
u pic Park next Tuesday night.
[ The management has tried to get
Ii Kid Wilson for Young Kurtz for the
D main bout, but Wilson is said to have
+ pink eye" and will not be in shape.
i It is said that Joe Stein may be sub
stituted for Kid Wilson.
Straight Marquis of oueensbury
rules will be enforced in Paris in the
future. In recent fights. particularly
the Harry Lewis Blink MeCloskev
twenty-iv round fight II ere was m CHI
ciinching and few | lows landed. The
boxers in the future will be compelled
to sign articles to fight the straight
rules.
Sailor White has. been given a good
send-off by old Hank Griffin. whom he
beat the other night in Utica. Hank
said White was one of the best men
he had ever met. The men may meet
Vi lgain Friday night in Rochester.
uT
ST there Is any chance at all of
in Harry Steinfeldt coming to the East
n rn League it will be with the Bali
If more Club" said Jack Dunn. Dunn is
Q laying his lines for the third
socker and has first call on him. AS
a hustler we like Jack Dunn. He is a
Give wire"
McGraw admits Hal Chase has a
good team. but he picks Detroit as his
secono choice.