Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01


be played, Dalton said he did not
know, but confessed that about the
only suitable place just now would
be the First Regiment Armory The
erection of mammoth building for
cycling purposes and other indoor
sports, contemplated by Frank Min
lon and Inglis M. Uppercu, would be
just the thing for indoor baseball,
but it isn't likely that the proposed
structure will be built before next
fall.
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Indoor baseball under the present
rules has been tried around here and
proved dismal failure. The game
that Jack Dalton has In mind, how
ever, will be so different, so close to
the real thing, that 1t may appeal to
the fans. 1t is worth the trial in any
event, fer we are badly off in Newark
for something in the way of sports to
amuse us in the winter time. Boxing
is prohibited, athletics won't pay.
basketball has lost much of its at
Effectiveness, no one has had the nerve
so far to build an indoor bike track
or an ice-skating rink, so 1t is not too
much to expect that the most popular
of all sports might be successful even
In a modified form.
C.
! No matter what he does in tho
way Of victories, there is no disput-
ing the fact that Gunboat Smith is
having a terrible time getting recog-
milton of his claims as pugilist.
Other fellows rush to the front with
only an unimportant fight or two to
their credit, while here is a young
man in the person of Smith, who is
knocking out real claimants for high
honors, and he doesn't get more than
passing attention. Another thing,
Smith is always in the game. His
trade is fight and he sticks to his
trade religiously. He has fought more
| battles in the past year or SO than
any heavyweight in the business and
he has taken more chances and
| it0 Is Mlilii1H W ldtAb IIlOTe CUauCGS
than any fighter that ever lived--with
an equal reputation. This Gunboat
fellow never goes to anchor. and he
is not always hunting for marks"
either. He is willing to fight Sam
Langford, the Boston Tar Baby"
whereas most any other white hope"
with such prospects as Smith would
never stop off at the same town with
Langford. Yet. Gunboat, 1t seems,
will never get right up to the top. AL
though weighing only 1873 pounds, he
Is the best white man in the game by
long odds. He isn't getting much
credit for all his skill ana all his hard
work, and he will probably have to
burglarize his way into the cham
pionship. That is. of course, if he
! gets a fair chance at the title, which,
Judging by his luck in pugilistic mat
ters so far, he may never see that
happy day.
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| Luck in game is everything. 1t
is good odds just now that Smith
would beat Jack johnson and thereby
| become the worlds heavyweight
| champion, but the chances are that
some second-rate mutt will receive
the opportunity. If Johnson is very
bad. the mutt, of course, Will win, in
which event he would, beyond doubt,
| Immediately proceed to avoid q meet
| ing with the Gunboat. In this way
Smith. with all the essentials of q
| champion in his makeup, would not
i have a Chinaman's chance to reach
the pueilistic throne. 1t is these very
breaks that sometimes make race
horses out of the veriest dogs, and it
is so in other things besides pugil-
ism.
o
| Smith took q chance last night
against Charley Miller, the NAM
moth Californian, who gave AL Pal
ger all he wanted In their match.
AS usual, Gunboat came out a winner,
and he disposed of his man to the
queens taste. At no time was Miller
in the hunt and in the third round
Smith ended matters by dipping his
opponent on the jaw. The papers,
| following out the usual attention Civ
en- to Smith, do not make any fuss
over the victory. Yet If some mixed
aler' should come along and knock
out the Iron Man Miller, he would
be lauded to the skies.
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Gunboat Smith stands out in bold
relief as the best white man in the
pugilistic game. He is entitled to
recognition and he is entitled to a
match with Jack Johnson. He may
not get it, because Johnson may fig
ure that there is easier game-Franl1
Moran, for instance--but what Smith
would do to Moran IL these two
should ever meet again would be
aplenty. He beat Moran on the coast
but he didn't finish him. because he
couldn't catch him. AS sprint
or, Moran has it on the Gunboat, but
as a fighter, the Gunboat is easily
his master. Yet from all accounts,
Moran has a hundred chances to
Smiths one of getting on bout for
the championship with Johnson. who
is now down and out in Europe.
o.
Harvard, taking the betting indi-
cations, looks like cinch for the
football championship. So far the
Crimson hasn't had the slightest
trouble with her opponents and she
has played such good football that
it is difficult TO see how anyone is