Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-21
Gossip of the.


Ri1Iv Green. who can be reached at
the Park Hotel. in Broad street, writes
as follows:
~ have picked up "A team called the
A~u-Leaguers This team will be COM
posed of the Welsher brothers as a
battery; Green at first base. Bause-
wine will cover the keystone sack;
Kelley. this season with Anderson, Will
play short: Lou Miller, also once OF
Anderson, will cover third. The out
field will consist of Kid Hayes, j.
Finneran and G. Kaufman. Ernie Wolf
will also pitch. Only tirst-class teams
will be accommodated, such as Cald-
well, Bloomfield and Newark Athletics.
Games to be played on opponents
grounds.
'This team would also like to play
Newark. Mr.. Kelley, of the Newark
team. please AXE notice, and other
managers will oblige us by letting us
know at the earliest possible date.
900
Cobb has a good chance to beat
Willie Keeler's record for the greatest
number of hits in a season. Keller
made 243 hits with Baltimore in 1897.
Cobb has made 219 hits, and to beat
Keller he must make "a hits in the 90
games the Tigers have to play.
Ty is the greatest modern base-run-
ner, but the record of Harry Stovey
Of 1856 stolen bases with the Athletics
in 1889 will stand. Ty has stolen IS
bases.
Cobb will score more run than were
ever scored before, if he continues his
great gait the remainder of the season.
900
Roger Salmon started in at Princeton
yesterday and is through pitching
hereabouts for this season. Since the
close of last springs Tome school
games he has pitched in just twenty
semi-pro games and helped to win
nineteen. with hut one mark against
him. and that the much-disputed
Fourth of July afternoon game at Mil
ford with Hagenbruck's Newark Coun-
ty League club. which tands recorded
! to 0 against Milford,
600
Ty Cobb isn't going to make good
in his attempt this season to break
all existing records in baseball. The
best batting average ever made in the
majors was Hugh Duffy's .43S, while
with Boston in 1894. 1t doesn't seem
possible hat Ty can come up to that.
900
James Coffroth, of San francisco,
telegraphed today to George Mcdonald,
manager of Matt Wells, the English
lightweight champion, offering Wells
Sc, 900 for a bout with Packey McFar-
land. or $500 for a contest with AID
Wolgast, the lightweight champion, the
fights to take place in California.
900
Charley White, who acted as referee
in the Morris-Flynn fight, has been
summoned to appear before the boxing
commissioners tomorrow to show cause
why his license should not be revoked
for not stopping the Morris Flynn bout
when the former was badly beaten.
600
Larry Lajoie scored las runs in 1874
games with Philadelphia in 1901. an
average of lii runs d game. Cobb has
scored 1874 runs in 1919 games. an aver
age of 1.04 runs a game.
Ray Hatfield will meet Andy Parker
at the Brooklyn Beach A. G.. Saturday
night in the star bout of ten rounds
Mike Mailie, another of George Breads
boys, will meet frankie Burns at
Browns Friday, October 6.
900
BLACK Bill" came to tow from Phil
adelphia last night with a negro ban-
tam by the name of Kid Gross. Gus
Troxler has promised the boy a match
with Buddy Faulkes Monday night at
T~rox1er's, if Faulkes is willing. Black
Bill says he has a wonder in Gross.