Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-25

by Rose and Mcdonald in the two
handed shot-putting by only a few
inches. He looks like a coming
worlds champion and record-holder.
Just as much of a wonder is Kohle-
mailman, the Finn runner. He's a
marvel. One day he puts all our best
long-distance runner IN the blink
in the 0 1000 metres. Then he runs
away with the 5000 metres. And after
that he breezes past Kiviat, Berna,
Scott and Table in the 3,000-metre re
lay race.
When they get organized athletics
in Finland that little country may
become a serious contender against
Uncle Sam for first honors.
Mike Gibbons will return to New
York in the fall and begin a cam
paign which he hopes will secur for
him the middleweisht championship
of the world. He is now at his home
in st. Paul. Mimi, trying to pick
up a few more pounds.
Eeen at his present weight there
are many who think he could Out
point any of the prominent middle
weights in a ten-round bout. The
truth is that crack middleweight
fighters are scarce these days. Glib
bons is the most likely one of the
lot, and he should be able to go
through all the others with ease
when he gains a few more pounds.
you Americans are mighty hos
nitoIla fo1lo ord I lilo Won - Coid
Wells before he set sail. when 7
arrive in London I shall tell the Eng
lish sporting public that Americans
know how to be fair"
Looks as if the National Commits
sion would try to mete out some
punishment to Mr.. O'Neil. of the
Meridian (Miss.). club for trying to
unload Pitcher Hirsch en- the Gin
cinnati Reds for a fat sum after
Hirsch had put his arm on the hum
mer and couldn't pitch a ball. Ban
Johnson, with blood in his eye. adj
vocates going after these minor
league magnates who try to sell dam
aged goods to the major league clubs.
Mr.. Johnson believes that. where such
action can be proved to be deliberate.
the offender should be barred from
organized baseball. O'Neirs case will
be taken up at once by the National
Commission.
1t has been observed that Hans
Wagner, of the Pittsburgh Nationals,
is not playing in quite the form this
season that he showed last. In the
batting averages last year he stood
third on the list in the National
League and had a record of 1874. To-
day there are some twenty-seven
players in the league who have out
classed him at the bat and his. aver
age is $40.
The Eleventh Ward Club doesn't
reed to go far to get opponents for
Harry Tracey. Either Irish Mahon
or Jim McVeigh, they say, will be
glad to meet him.
1t was announced last night before
the largest crowd that ever attended
a set of bouts in the st. Nicholas
Rink that Patsy Kline. the local
featherweight, would meet Johnny
Dundee in one of the three star EN- !
round bouts at the same club one
week from text Wednesday night.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, the sensa-
tional lightweight, will box Leach
Cross in another ten-session GO.
O'Brien vas introduced. as were a
host of other popular men, including
Joe Jeanette. who challenged
Worlds Champion Jack Johnson.
Young Kurtz, the local welter-
weight. will meet Tommy Maloney,
>prbbably August 5, at the Garden
A. c., New York, in a ten-round bout.
Kurtz is training in Liberty, n. Y,
just now, and is in good shape. He
says he feels like a new man, having
gained seven pounds
II think there are a lot of better
umpires in the American League
than Westervelt," said Manager
Harry Davis, of the Maps. when
asked as to a reported meeting in
New York this week OF Davis and
several other managers in an effort
to dislodge Umpire Westervelt from
iHt Dali JOHilbOn Sla1. But l am
not in the business of getting any
body fired connected with the game
continued Davis. There was no such
meeting that | know of, and cer-
tainly I was not there. Westervelt
has given us some pretty bad de-
cisions this season. and he probably
knows that | am good and sore at
him. At the same time you can de
pend upon it that I am not trying to
have him kicked out of his job"
X. o. Brown, the little New York
fighter injured by being thrown from
an automobile during a joy ride a
few weeks ago, is still in the hos
pital.
Cecil Healy, Australia's veteran
swimmer, may be seen in this country
within the next few months, and
watermen are looking forward with
keen anticipation to his visit, for he
is not only one Of the fastest all
around performers in the world, but
a loading authority on the theory and
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