Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-31

Gossip

Billy Jacob writes today to say
that Paddy Sullivan is in fine shape
for his bout with Young kurtz at
the Hillside A. C. tomorrow.
Manager Clarke, of the Pittsburgh
Pirates. has just given Cupid
knockout blow. Hans Wagner TO-
GENTLY let 1t be known tnat ne
thought seriously of getting married
this winter and retiring from pase-
ball. AS soon as this news reacheo
Clarke he made haste to arrange an
interview with Honus. After the IN
terview the flying Dutchman coyiy
announced that he had postponed the
wedding year. Clarke wants TO WIN
the pennant next season anu -
mighty anxious to keep wagner
Before another year rolls round
it's likely that some big league MAG
mates will put their feet down on the
practise many big league players now
indulge of playing winter oasepaii.
CLOSE 10 half a hundred major league
nlavers are now playing daily on tho
Pacific coast. Many of these men
will be stale when the time comes 10
eet into their old uniforms nexI
snrinr. Athletes need vacations. AND
besides. there's very little money III
winter baseball for them.
Hans Braun, Germanys champion
niddle-distance runner, has an
nounced his permanent retirement
from athletics, giving pressure OF
business as his reason Tor quitting
In the Olympic games at StocRnolm
this summer Braun carried OF Sec
ond honors in the 400-metre run.
Braun's determination to retire now
will give Germany's chances OF VIM
ming the next Olympic meet, at Ber-
lin in 1916 setback.
"The winner of the Al Palzer-
Luther McCarty battle will be free to
fight Bombardier Wells when, where
and how he pleases," remarked Tom
McCarey, Los Angeles fight promo
ter, as he drew check for the bet
ter part of $1,500 in payment for the
heavyweight belt. There will be no
strings attached to this belt he
added. my only idea in starting the
heavyweight tournament was to
bring out the best of the three men,
McCarty, Palzer and Flynn. The
survivor can go to London, Oshkosh
or Lydale and meet Wells SO far as
1 am concerned"
Jack Britton is said never to think
of his bout with Packey Mcfarland
without smiling. Before Packey met
Eddie Murphy a second time Britton
was little worried, but when he saw
Murphy stay the limit twice with
Packey when he himself had twice
put Murphy down for the fulls count.
he was satisfied that the finish OF
the bout will be favorable to him.
Eddie McGoorty will sail for France
February 25 He. is to get match
with the winner of the Papke- Klaus
fight. scheduled for Mareho5GR
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A syndicate of Taft, Colo, sports
offer $4,000 purse for clash be-
tween Champion Ritchie and Joe
Rivers on Washington's birthday.
The new manager of the Cincinnati
Reds says that If he can get a new
catcher, new outfelder and one or
two good pitchers he will be well on
the way to the 1918 National League
championship. Very likely. That's
about all any of the big league teams
lack to make them dangerous. If
the Boston, St, Louis and Brooklyn
teams could each be given pitcher
who would be able to win .675 per
cent. of the games, you would see
the National League race so close
that nobody would care to venture
prediction as to which team would
win the penlant.