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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-15
kIMBALL DRAWS
WITH MITCHELL
AT TOTTENVILLE

TOTTENvILLE, y. Y, Feb. To-
Paddy Kimball, Of Newark. \. J., and
Young Mitchell. welterweight cham
pion Of staten Island. went the limit
in a ten-round bout at the Richmond
4. G. here last night Kimball had a
shado on Mitchell IN the opening
rounds, but the staten Islander
eVened things ND % . draw in the
lasl three rounds. The Newark boys
best round was the thirC. aIltchelfs
was the sixth.
In one OF tie preliminaries Kid
Bright. also Of Newark, had it on
Kid Ring, of Rosebank. Staten Island.
The fight went the full four rounds.
Bright entered the ring after q four
month lay off. Il was apparent that
with a little training he will show
signs of being a clever fighter.
Young Levins, of New Brunswick,
y. J., and Kid English. of Brooklyn,
went the limit to a draw in a six
round semi-fnaL Henry Schwartz,
of Perth Amboy. y. J., stopped An
drew Olsen, of the same place. and
"F'ingy'' Edwards and Young Dewey,
also OF Perth Amboy, went draw in
the other preliminaries.
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BALLPLAYERS
TO COOPERATE
WITH MOCULS
President Fultz, of Diamond
Stars Union, Explains Pur-
pose of Organization.

NEW YORK, Feb. Incorporation
with the powers Of baseball in main
tanning discipline among major league
players Is offered by the Baseball
Players Fraternity. organized recent
y with large membership among
the men Of the National and Amer
lean Leagues. This was made known
through a letter sent by David L.
Fultz, president of the fraternity. to
each Of the sixteen ma jor league
mana gers.
The letter says that one purpose of
the fraternity is 10 "instiu into the
players a higher conception Of their
profession and q more serious regard
for their contracts and If will try
To induce our members TO keep them
selves in the best physical condition
possible, and at all times to give their
employers the best service Of which
they are capable
we, therefore. WISH TO bespesk
your cooperation and request, in case
there should be any serious breaches
OF discipline among our members on
your team, that you forward us the
information in as detailed form as
practical 1t may be that we can ap-
proach the player from an angle IN
available TO any other influence and
that we can cooperate with YOU to
our mutual benefit
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Measure to Change Amateur
Glass in Tennis Voted DO1vf1

NEW YORK. Feb. I5.--A challenge
for the Davis International Cup and
important changes in the regulation
Of tennis tournaments in this country
We're decided upon late last night at
the annual meeting of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation The most radical of the pro-
posed changes in the regulation Of
the game, however. which would
have barred from the amateur class
all players who accepted board and
lodging and transportation from
hotels and clubs in connection with
tournaments, failed to receive the
necessary two-thirds vote The bal
loting was 70 in favor TO IS against
The clause will come up automat-
ically for consideration again next
year.
Many Western representatives
argued heatedly that the proposed
clause was designed TO eliminate the
poor man from tennis. The clause
was defended by H. W. Slocum, VINO
introduced it, and who declared it
was designed simply to set a stand
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COL UMBlA'S ATHLETIC
MEET ATTRACTS MANY

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.--Prominont
athletes from sixteen different col
Ieges and many well-lxnown non
Collegiate amateurs will compete to-
night in the annual athletic carnival
of Columbia University, with the
prospect that some new indoor rec
.prds may be set. Thirteen events will
be contested in the Seventy first reg
iinent arrnory with the mile-run for
the Baxter cup as feature. Abel
Kiviat, of the Irish-American Ath-
letic Club; Norman Taber. of Brown
University, and Oscar Hedlund. of
the Boston A. A., will be competitors
in this event. Cornell has been made
a fagorite for the two-mile relay
championship. 1t holds the trophy
now, and with John Paul Jones as
the anchor man of the team. it will
give the Dartmouth, Harvard and
Pennsylvania teams, which are also
entered. hard race.
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EVERS ACCUSES scHANcE
AND JOE TINKER WITH
NAGGlNG AT HIM.


CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Johnny Evers,
new manager of the Cubs, openly de-
clared yesterday that Joe Tinker,
manager of the Cincinnati Reds, has
been violating baseball laws by tam
pering with his players.
Evers also says that Frank Chance,
new manager of the New York Amer
leans, has been knocking" and in
vites Chance TO tell what he knows
about it.
Tinker is accused of tampering with
Larry Cheney. Tinker met Cheney
by appointment recently in Kansas
City, the interview following a state
ment by President Murphy. of the
Cubs. that if Cheney could find a
team that would give him what he
asked for the Cub for the season work
that he would try to trade him to
that club.
While Tinker did not succeed in do
ing anything with Cheney, Evers says
he aroused a lot of discomfort.
Both tinker and Chance have been
nagging at me all winter and l have
remained quiet, without a word to
say"
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SAN FRANCISCO. Feb Is. = Al
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ing in tennis. as IN all other lines OF
amateur sport
The new regulations that were
passed defined in detail the amateur
in tennis, including a bar from the
amateur class OF any players con-
nected with the sale of tennis goods.
except when such connection shall Be
Of a general nature.
The ranking committee was au-
thorized to rank women players for
1913 The length Of spikes in shoes
was increased from L to Z inch.
II was decided t. hold the national
singles championship at Newport. p
l., as usual, while the women's ma
tienal championship was awarded 10
the Philadelphia Cricket Club. ana
the national clay court Championship
to the Omaha Field Club.
The places for holding some Of tho
sectional championships were also de-
cided. The Western doubles went 60
Onwentsia, and the Southern cham
pionships to the New Orleans Tennis
Club. No application was made for
the Pacific coast tournament.
The national indoor Championships
will be played as usual at the Sew
enth Regiment Arnory in this city.
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ADVANCE SQUADS OF THREE MAJOR LEAGUE
CLUBS READY TO INVADE SOUTHERN CAMPS

the almanac to spring
would knots frs tre o
II shape OF thrt egraphi ring the new
League en- route u for
y
Today Chance the il
70 o way or the New ri Amei \ he same inc a
Evri
att knownas lie tow I'd Tampa.F
W IA flyer f
Lon ookiew and
Of cas- n
Farew land Chance nd
a beakfa and eIy gh supp
From o and nm will begin h he il will
be o vii bigh and to the
BIO score prin o
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Academy Gymnasts Are
Victorious at Haverford

The Newark Academy gymnastic
team won the twelfth annual inter
collegiate indoor gymnastic and track
meet OF Haverford College, held in
the gymnasium of the Pennsylvania
institution last night. The locals
scored % points. Episcopal School of
Philadelphia was second with a total
of p points.
The Academyites gained two firsts.
Goldberg capturing the side horse
event and Wiss the parallels. Schwa-
bacher, of the Academy, Won third
place in the latter event Wiss was
shaded in the horizontal by Bradley,
of Tome School, Maryland, and Sc
cured second place. Thirteen schools
competed and about $50 athletes
started in the various events.
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M'GRAW And
STALLINGSARE
READY TODEAL
Tyler and Campbell, Boston Pr
lot Would Give for Three
or Four Giants.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia big deal
between the Boston and New York
National League clubs probably VIII be
closed before the Giants leave for
the South. Manager staIlines. Of the
Bostons. has been in town since the
league meetings and has had several
talks with McGraw. They had an
other conference last night.
MeGraw is said TO be after Tyler.
the brilliant Boston left-hander, and
Campbell, an outhelder. According TO
a rumor the players McGraw is Will
ing 70 use in a trade are wiItss,
AInes and Crandail, pitchers; Devore.
Snodgrass and Mccormick, outheld-
ers. and Groh and steek, inf1elders
It is said he would not give UP al
these players for the Boston pair.
but that Stallings might have any
three. or possibly four. provided h
did not choose more than. one Of tnz
outfielders.
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HARVARD TO TRY FOR THE
INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES

BOSTON. Feb. 15.-Harvard will
make determined fight to secure the
intercollegiate track and field games
for the stadium again next May, but
only in case of the University of
Pennsylvania undertaking to land the
championship for Franklin Field,
where they have been held at differ
ent times in the past. This is. in
effect, a statement made yesterday
by Graduate Treasurer W. T. Garce-
Ion. of the Harvard Athletic Associa-
ton. The annual meeting of the In
tercollegiate Amateur Athletic Asso-
citation of America is to be held in
New York today, and the matter of
deciding the location for the next
championship meeting in May will be
one of the principal items on the pro-
gram
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FOOTBALL DOCTORS DECIDE
NOT TO OPERATE ON RULES
intercollegiate Committee Decides On Num-
bering Players and Makes Only Few
UmmpOrtant Changes.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15..-only minor
changes were made in the football
rules by the amalgamated intercol-
legiate and old rules committees at
their session here last night. The
numbering of players in order to aid
tho spectators In distinguishing in
dividuals during a game was left to
the option of the teams.
Rule 20, section ), relating to q
forward pass which crosses the end
line, striking goal or obstruction in
end zone was amended to exclude
cases in which team attempts for
ward pass from behind it's own goal
line.
Rule 6, section ?, was amended to
allow swapping the ball only with the
hands, eliminating the words with
the foot
The five-yard restriction on kick
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WASHER DEFEATED BY
HlMMELBERCER IN MATCH

With a 65-point handicap Charles
Himmelberger defeated Joe Washer.
who was allowed thirty points. by
the score of zoo to Ia. in Metro
politan billiard tournament match
decided at the Metropolitan Arcade
last night.
Himmelberger averaged > S7-49 and
made a run of IA The losers aver
age was SS-49, with a run of Is.
A. o. Leonard. who is allowed sew
,enty points, will meet f. Nj. McDer-
nit. jr., who is handicapped eighty
points, Monday night.
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GRADWELL AGREES
TO MEET NELSON
AT HILLSIDE CLUB

Both frankie Nelson and Young
Gradwell have agreed to make 1913
pounds for their ten-round bout at
the Hillside Athletic Club next Tues
day night, and both boys today issued
bulletins to the effect that they would
claim the lightweight championship
Of the State after the battle.
Matchmaker O'Rourke was greatly
pleased at being enabled to match
these two boys, who are among New
jerseys best. frankie Nelson, who
halls from Hoboken, bested K. o.
Sweeny on Thursday night before a
New York club.
In addition to this star bout, the
Hillside patrons will enjoy a six
round serni-final between Young Dia-
lnond and Kid Murphy, two local
boys. Both are fast. and will be in
the best of shape for fistic en-
counter that ought to tickle the fans.
The usual three preliminary bouts
will be put on.
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expect no hitch to interfere with
The departure. Heine Zimmerman,
Thoney, Tom Needham, Rudy SOM
mers and Art Phelan, together with
Ed Ruelbach and Keckinger who
live here, are already on hand, and
the others are expected to arrive dur
ing the day. Larry Cheney, the hold
out pitcher, it was said. probably
would not be in the party About
ten of the players are already in the
South and win join the Chicago con.
tingent as soon as the train reaches
Tampa.
About forty persons will make up
the party leaving Chicago. Several
wives of players, baseball writer's and
trainers will make up the number
With the players.
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Tiger Five Upsets Cornell

PRINCETON, y. J.. Feb. i5.-Al
expectations were upset when the
Tigers downed the fast Cornell five,
90 to 20. here last night. Since the
Cornell five has hitherto been unde>
feated in all the intercollegiate
League contests. her defeat at Prince
ton will give the Dartmouth stock a
big boost.
Although the Tigers were crippled
by the loss of two regulars, they put
UP one of the fastest games seen in
many years at Princeton. The game
was roughly contested on both sides.
Captain C. c. Halsted excelled for the
visitors, while i. Trendman was the
Tigers star.
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"a. Five National League games
are carded for tomorrow afternoon.
The West Hudsons will play the Gale
lonian eleven in Harrison. The Jer-
sey a. c. and the Wilberforce teams
will come together in Jersey City.
The Newark T. c. will play
Its first National League con-
test in this city since its suspension.
meeting the Scottish Americans, at
Morris Park. Those Paterson rivals,
the True Blue and the Rangers will
battle in Silk town while the greater
2 New York teams, the Brooklyn F. c.
and the Bronx United team, VIII hook
ap in New York.
ssrt
80 At Roseyille oval tomorrow after
noon the Birmingham II c. will play
the Greenville II. c., of Jersey City
The Watsessing +. c. Will visit
Riverside oval, Kearny, tomorrow
morning to play the Thomas A. c.
:, The Sheflields will meet the Schrie-
Der A.. c., at Park View Oval to-
: morrow afternoon at o'clock.
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JOHNSON NAMES UMPlRES

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-President Ban
B. johnson announced here yesterday
his staff of eight umpires for the
American League. They are: T. H.
Connolly. Frank O'Loughlin, ". III.
Dineen, W. G. Evans, Robert Hart,
Charles Ferguson, George Hildebrand
and E. ]. McGreevy. The last three
are new men, Ferguson is from the
American Association. and Hide
brand and McGreevy are from the
Pacific Coast League.
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NEWARK CHESSITES
TRIM PATERSONTANS

The Newark chess team defeated
the Paterson chess representatives by
a score of IA to 41a in the rooms of
the Newark Rice Chess Club last
night The Silk City team was with
out the services Of two Of their best
men, Jaffe, who is now in Cuba en-
gaging in matches there, and Stapfer,
who was unable to appear on account
of illness. A return match will be
played IN Paterson in a few weeks
The scores of last nights match:
NEWARK. PATERSON.
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GRIFFIN TO REFEREE

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15.-Tom
Jones and Ad Wolgast met in thu
Office of Promoter Jim Cohroth, and
with Coffroth acting as intermediary
agreed 30 patch Up their differences
until after the Woigast-Murphy fight
on washington's Birthday. With the
managerial end settled. Jones, Buck
ley and Coffroth held a conferences
and selected Jim Griffin to referee the
February % battle
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has been removed, allowing a quick
kick from behind the scrinmage line.
The penalty for not reporting a sub
stitute player to an official was re-
duced from Is to yards, and the IL
legal return Of player to the game
viii in future incur disqualification
Of the player and a loss of half the
distance to the goal line for the team.
Several other points were discussed
but no action on them will be taken
until the session is resumed at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning. Among
these were moving back goal posts;
eliminating the punt out; providing a
rule forbidding fake forward pass;
fiye-yard penalty for an incomplete
forward pass and frightening of the
game. 1t wes left TO Messrs. Morice
and Sheldon as a committee to reword
and propose rule on the illegal
shifting of players.
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Camel Gets Coaching Job

MEDFORD. Mass, Feb. l5.-Wirt
V. Camel, manager and captain of
the Allentown, Pa, club, in the Tri-
State League last season, was APP
'pointed coach of the Tufts College
baseball team al a meeting last night
of the athletic advisory board. Can
nell is a graduate of Tufts. and In
1905 and 1906 played with the Boston
Nationals.
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CRANE GIVES M'ANpLEss
SOUND BEATING WITH CUE

In the final block Of their LOCO
point 49, balkline billiard match
olsyed last night at Cranes Essex
Billiard Hall, on Broad street. Lewis
NJ. Crane, of this city. defeated David
Of White Plains, n. T.
By a score of $50 TO 100. making the
total score for the four nights play
LOCO to SOL. Cranes high runs we're
- and "a for an average of tits
high runs were II and IS
for an average of s-2s. c. ". Head
ley acted as referee.
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Bermuda. accompanied by Arthur
Irwin. the business manager. to pre-
pare for the training of the New
Yorks there
Chance also took along the new
chef, who will begin at once to study
/ he possibilities of proper nourish-
lnent for the team. The party will
arrive in Bermuda early on Monday
morning, and the rest of the men
will follow In two squads, one a week
from today and the other on March /.
The entire party viii arrive home on
April 9, prepared for the first appear
ance of Chance in a New York uni
form in an exhibition game with
Brooklyn at Ebbets Field ON April :.
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man, that he is delighted at the sign
ing of Jim Thorpe. another Indian,
with the Giants. Meyers advised Nc
Graw that he was ready to show his
fellow Indian all of the fine points
about the art of hitting. but he in
sisted that Thorpe would have to
teach him a little about running.
Jeff Tesreau, the young pitcher
who rose to sudden prominence in the
latter half of the Giants season last
year, has sent IN his signed contract
leaving only Murray, Shafer and Nc
Corm:ck of last years New York
squad to come into line.
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Close One for Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, No, Feb. 15.-Ksn-
sas City won the second game from
Chicago in the National Three-Cush-
ion Billiard League tonight. 50 to 40.
Thomas Denton, playing for Kansas
City. had high run of 4, while Stan
ley Kandul had 3. The game went ~
innings.
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GIBSON DROPS
M'CARTY And
SIGNS Smith
Luther's Demands So Big Gar
den Manager Had No
Other Choice.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE man
agement of the Garden Athletic Club
announced last night that its negotia-
tions with Luther IcCarty to fight
Bombard.er Wells, the English heavy
weight champion. had failed. and that
"Gunboat Smith would meet the
Briton instead. The fight. st ten
rounds. will take place either March
Z or March Il.
The date original" selected for The
bout between Wells and McCarl.
March IA, viii be given over 70 an
other fight. This dsht was declared
eff.
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MoToRDRoME A. c. RUN

The Motordrome A. c. will hold its
weekly hve-rnile foot race Sunday
al the Motordrome. South Orange
avenue. These runs are invitation
affairs. open 10 all and there is no
charge to the stadium. This race viii
be a handicap with George MessIer
and George Hooley on scratch. The
race will start at 1890 o'clock.
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PELL, ToUcHARD AND HALL
GET INTO FOURTH ROUND

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-AT. r. Pell,
the Olympic player; Gustave F.
Touchard, the former Champion. and
Walter Merrill Hail won their places
in the fourth round of the national in
door tennis championship yesterday.
Pell defeated DR.. William Rosenbaum,
by the score of 6--3, 60, and Touch
ard disposed of Remsen Schenck, of
the Park Slope Club, by the score of
6-3. Go.
Hall played two matches. In the
first he won from Arthur NJ. LOW
bond, of the Hamilton Grange Club,
at ca, ga. Then he defeated the
veteran, Carol j. Post, GO, CO.
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ABE KivIAT ENTERS

Abel r. Kiviat. the great little miller
Of the Irish American Athletic Club.
yesterday sent his entry to James Z.
Sullivan for the 500 and lo0e-yar6
runs at the American track and
field championships. which are 10 take
place at Madison Square Garden on
Thursday evening. March 6.
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Wolgast, former lightweight cham
pion of the world, arrived here yes
terday from Portland and began
training for his fight February %
with Harlem Tommy Murphy. The
fighter weighed 1881 pounds. his
heaviest since the beginning of his
ring career
Wolgast said late yesterday that
he and his manager, Tom Jones, had
reestablished business relations, and
that Jones would continue to act as
his manager.
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BILLY ZIMMERMAN SAILS

Silly Zimmerman was with Tave
DriscolHs invaders when the ship
sailed for Porto Rico at noon today.
The Pride of Newark promised Harry
Smith that he would be careful on
the base paths and not take too many
chances with his arm before he gets
into the proper condition. Zimmer-
man will return to Newark in time to
leave with the Tiger regulars on
March II.
In making UP its exhibition schedule
the Newark club was compelled to
refuse several challenges from minor
league clubs Troy, Albany and
Wnkesbarre OF the New York State
League wanted games With the
Tigers, but contests could not be con-
veniently arranged.
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What Will the Fans Do
When This invention
Is Put TO Work2

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Presi- 5,
dent Ban Johnson, of the ,
. American League, announced
his intention last night of in .
|. vestigating a device of a Med ;
ford (Iass.) man who claims
that by it use umpires can .
|. make no mistake on their de- :
cis,ons as to balls and strikes
A letter was received by the
league president giving 9 few
ideas of the invention, which
is said to be patterned after
the telescope, and he says Il it
is all that is claimed for il
there is likelihood that it
would be a valuable addition
to the baseball field.
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KRAUSE TRIMS BAKER

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 15.-In the
wind-up of the all-star show at the
Nonpareil A. c. last night Johnny
Krause. of Nicetown, defeated
Whitley Baker of Richmond, in a
fast and interesting bout.
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Boston Skaters Do Well

OTTAWA, Feb. 15.-The Mimic Club,
Ottawa, made a clean sweep at the
annual figure skating championship
meet, which closed here last night.
Their only competitors in the inter
national championship for tours.
which carried with it the Connaught
cup. recently presented by the Duke
of Connaught. were from the Skating
Club. of Boston.