Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-22
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Although Roger Salmon. the local boy,
pitched his second game while a mem
Der of the Wilmington TrisAtate League
Club yesterday. and though weak hit
! ting of his team aud Door playing lost
TO the Lancaster team, Salmon allowed
but seven hits. well scattered and famed
three batsmen, He passed but n man,
The Lancasterlans scored WI In the
very first inning, both as a result of
wild throws by Catcher Dunn. His
teammates wasted several chances 10
score. The final score was , TO /. Sal
mon to date is credited with one victory
and one defeat.
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That I'D Wolgast Is not the great hght-
Ing machine that he was before he I'M
derwent that operation for appendicitis
is the general belief of those who saw
him barely get by with a draw in his
four-round bout recently with Willie
| Richie.
The operation has Slapped his stamina,
and, instead of being absolutely I'M
pervious to the heaviest of punches,
| Richie staggered him a number of times
and had him groggy. Richie Is not a
heavy hitter.
1t was a new sensation, that of seeing
the little champion almost crumple up
from a crack on the chin, rendered prac-
tlcally helpless, seeking refuge with his
crouch, and backing up against the ropes.
Not only once. but a number of times
| Wolgast showed plainly that he has lost
some of his ability to take punishment.
A sharp right on the point nearly sent
him down. his knees sagging and barely
holding him up.
The surgeons knife left no permanent
injury so far as the stomach Is con-
cerned as Wolgast frequently stopped
body punches without wincing.
But his wonderful stamina has been i'm
paired and the next time he meets q
good boy with a punch the title may
change hands
Another fault with the champion that
was noticeable was his almost total lack
of Judgment of distance. He missed time
after time, not by inches, but by feet
He attributes this to his absence from
the ring for over six ponths. 1t may
be that he will get back his eye and
stamina, bu good judges fear that III
will never be able to assimilate punish
ment as of old.
One thing that stood out in bold reliei
was Wolgast's speed. He hit with light
ning-l1ke rapidity and was wonderful,
fast on his feet. He carried himself
lightly and with perfect ease, showing
that in this department he has lost moth
ing by the long layoff.
The old fighting spirit and speed re
main. but the armor is weak.
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We doff our hats to an athlete at Cor
nell, John Paul Jones. He is the world
champion miller. At Stockholm this sum
mer he could doubtless cop the honors il
the mile event. He would like to go t
Stockholm, too.
But unfortunately Jones is poor; too
poor, he thinks, to afford a trip to Swed
en-. So he has about decided To ttay Al
ZONE this summer, and WORK 10 carr
money to complete his education.
Jones could get plenty of financial ait
to make the Stockholm trip IL he would
accept it. Plenty of good sports would
be glad to advance the one but Jones
won't take it. He will spend oaly such
money as he earns himself
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Christy Mathewson has embalnled a few
good thoughts in a recenr issue of Pear
sons Magazine. Here are some of them
Take him out is the dirge witch
has always broken the hearts of pitchers
and which will always break the aearts
of pitchers. TIL pitcher grius, but that
repeated cry grinds his nerves, already
strung out to the limit"
"a pitcher is frequently beaten, no. be
cause he loses his grip, not because OF
any physical let down, nut because oil
those three words, very often yelled by
the thoughtless fans of his home town.
Some foolish words once whispered
into the ear of a batter by n clever man
ager at he crisis of one of the closes
games ever played in baseball, unbal