Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-25

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Since the Notwithstanding bat
tie has been declared off Eastern
sport writer's have been urging 3
meeting of Mcfarland and Jack
Britton. THE most scientific bout
of the century, they claim it would
be. eyes" reply Packey's friends,
"if running away by one and a de-
termined chase by the other are in
gradients of science"
James Meredith. the Mercersburg
Academy %schoolboy whose sensa-
tional running was one of the fea-
lures of the Olympic games at
Stockholm, has entered the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Jean Anderson, the F~renchman, is
coming to America to enter the Uni
verslty of California. He is the
greatest high jumper and all-round
athlete in France.
Freddie Welsh, who is now matched
to meet Matt Wells In London early
In November for the lightweight
championship of England, arrived in
America recently and was at once
approached by Billy Gibson with a
proposition to take Ad Wolgast's
place against Packey Mcfarland
welsh has met Mcfarland three
times. The last battle was n twenty
round affair in London and was called
a draw.
Many New York sporting men are
of the opinion that Young Jack
O'Brien can whip Packey Mcfarland,
and a match may soon be arranged
between these two clever welter-
weights.
Fred Clarke, of the Pirates, has
told his friends that the anti-liquor
clause In his players contracts cost
him the pennant this year. Now
Charley Murphy says his club lost
the flag because of the absence of the
clause In his players contracts. Who
knows after all?
when Joe Wood faces McGraw's
clan in New York for the first game
In the worlds series he will be ae-
companied by the most attractive
little mascot who ever "mascotted'
for a well-known athlete. The a
cot happens to be Joe's little sister,
Mary, age s, who, despite the wild
difference in years, is Woods great
est pal.
Young Sammy Smith, the specta-
cled pugilist, who W years Q had
a lot OF the eastern liglitweights
guessing, has grown into a middle
weight and will appear in the ring
again within a few days. Smith has
weak eyes and takes his glasses into
the ring with him. He removes them,
OF course. when the first gong
sounds.
Jack Harrison. Lonsdale 15S-pound
champ Of Great Britain, has been
offered $4,000 to fight Charpentier in
Paris.
Press agenting' is one of the rea-
eons given by Hugh S. Fullerton, the
well-known sport writer, for the dis
NAL failure OF some OF the big league
teams this season. 1.-THE hopes OF
h rams have been raised far be-
yond reason by the glowing stories
Of how good certain players are
saws Fullerton, In speaking of the
spubljcity agent" Some of the play
ers have been rendered nervous and
useless, others haze 'swelled' and
gained such inflated ideas of their
own Importance that they were be-
yond teaching and beyond control
OF managers before they learned
enough TO play major league ball"
Fullerton says the teams that have
suffered most from "press agenting"
are the Chicago White Sox and the
Cincinnati Reds.
Caucho. a fieet-footed ostrich, will
run - race with st. Patrick, a ST.
Louis pacing horse, at the st. Louis
fair, September Is. II present plans
carry. Gaucho can burn up the
track on the mile run, and is cred
tied with arecord of 2 minutes .
seconds.
Johnny Coulon, bantamweisht
champion, is preparing for his bat
tie with Kid Williams, of Baltimore.
on October IS. This Williams is a
wonder and I anticipate a hard bat
tie with him." recently declared Cou-
Ion. "I1e knocks out almost every
body he tackles, it seems, but he'll
find the championship a different
proposition" Johnny says he's so
ing to fight oftener this season than
he ever did before. and that he hopes
TO have all the ring contenders OBJ
liberated by springtime.
Johnny Kilbane measures we'll up
to the mark set by title-holders Of
the past recently declared James
j. Corbett in an article about feath-
erweights. 'He Is as clever as Abe
Attell ever was or / am no judge.
In fact. | think him a better boxer
and a hard hitter when he has oo-
casion to put the punch over. Ask
Joe Rivers about that.
Johnny may not have the muir
derous wallop that made Terry Nc
Govern famous. although In every
other way he outclasses men Of Ter
RVS type. He is a skilful, hrainy
boxer and a real champion of his
class or l am greatly wrong in my
estimate OF the lad. Like packey
Mcfarland, Kilbane is satisfied to
demonstrate superiority by %outpoint-