Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-02

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Young Fagan, of Kearny, the 100
pound boy who has been fighting al
of his weight in Pennsylvania, has
lust returned home and would Ike
to meet any boy for the champion
ship OF the State at los pounds. He
will box at the Fairmont in NOW
York on Saturday night.
Harvey Sconce, considered by a
HUFF the greatest halfback that ever
played at the University of Illinois,
intends to enter the agricultural col
lese at Champaign, ILL.,, this fall, and
II is said he will try to make the foot
bali team. Since leaving college more
than twelve years ago. Sconce has
ended his farm near Sidell, ILL.,, and
came into fame by producing cobiess
corn. He is So years old, weighs 2oo
and says he can 'come back.
Lew Wallace Cochran, the WELL
known horse breeder of CraWtords-
vile. Ind, has just returned from
Europe, bringing $40 Pereheron, Shire
nld Belgian stations for his stock
farm in Indiana. Cochran thinks tnat
the native American stock has done
very well for a long time, but II needs
reiuvenation by the admixture Oh
European blood of the best-tested
sort.
George Carpenter, the French mid
dleweight, expects to visit this coun-
try about the first of the year.
A well known baseball writer la
nents the fact that the spirit of COM
mercialism has invaded the national
pastime. ut has reached the stage,
he declares, when the dollar sign Is
considered a better basis of opinion
regarding a ball player than his bat
ting average or fielding ability. Every
body, from magnate to tNo-b1t
b~leacherites, talks in dollars, and the
recklessness with which ciphers are
used after the dollar sign by press
agents Is astonishing" The writer
adds that many fans are more inter-
ested In the money made by their
team than they are in its success on
the diamond.
Here are some facts about this
years worlds series:
Contestants-New York Nationals
and Boston Americans.
First game-At New York Polo
grounds, October s.
Second game-At Boston, October 3.
Games will then alternate between
cities.
unpires-National League, Rigler
and KLEIN; American League, Evans
and O'Loughlin.
Prices of admission in New York
Lower grand stand seats, 81; upper
grand stand tier (reserved) SO; boxes
seating four persons, $25; ~bleachers,
81. Only $500 seats will be reserved.
Prices of admission in B~oston-Box
seats, $5 each. SO in grand stand, 81
for seats in new covered stand along
third base, 81 for all bleacher seats
except in centre field, where price will
be fifty cents.
Captain Gregory, of the Australian
cricket team. which recently arrived
In this country, is trying to arrange
O baseball game between his players
and a picked team from the New
York and Brooklyn big league clubs.
MY team he says. is the greatest
baseball aggregation in Australia.
WI play baseball for practise In
running and fielding, and are conf
acnt of being able to give a good ac-
count Of ourselves against the besi
nine that can be produced"
Captain Gregory's proposal is that
both use cricket bats. playing the
whole game of baseball under the
national rules. with the exception
that the baseball players shall be al
lowed to use their gloves, as is usual
with them. while the crieketers, as is
customary with them, will play with
bare hands.
The good old American game of
baseball having proved SO successful,
Canada is anxious to take a whirl at
our sort of football, Interested par
ties are trying to arrange a game be-
tween the University of Toronto team,
inter-proVincial champions of the Do
nlinion. and either Cornell or Pennsyl-
sania. 1t has been suggested that the
rival teams play one-half under the
.Cauadian rules and the other half un
Ger the Yankee code.