Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-01

race in Boston the same time as the
New York race and our boys will
also go to Paris to ride. The ranks
in the N. C. A. are stronger now than
at any time in its history, and the
battle is won as far as we are con-
cerned"
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The monster track and field meet
of the Municipal Athletic Association
promises to furnish keen enjoyment
to thousands of Newark's big and
little citizens on the Fourth of July.
! A program of events has been ar
ranged by the committee which is
sure to prove most interesting. There
are contests on the card for the
men who are we'll up in the sport
and there are contests for the little
fellows who are just breaking into
the pastime In order to add to the
interest, the Evening Star has
donated sets of medals for the vari-
Gus events and there will be prizes
for the other events which are
for boys and for girls. Mayor Hauss-
ling, of course, will be there as the
honorary starter and a big time and
a big crowd Is expected.
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A number of Newark's leading
citizens are putting their shoulder to
the wheel in order to make the affair
success, and the officers of the
Municipal A. c. and the various COM
mittees are doing yoeman work in
the same direction. B. j. Owens,
chairman of the athletic committee,
Is having his hands full in arrang-
ing details for the meet. Chairman
Owens has, among other things, the
selecting of officials and this morn
ing the following invitation to pre-
side at the games was received by me
at the Evening Star office:
Newark, June 3d.
Mr.. j. P. Norton,
Evening Star, City.
Dear Sir-Will you kindly favor the
Municipal Athletic Association by
acting as an official at their field
day, on Friday, July 4, to be held at
the Public School Athletic Field,
Bloomfield avenue and Roseville ave-
nue.. The games will start at 1880
p. m.
Yours very truly.
B. j. OWENS,
Chairman.
Those desiring to spend an enjoy
able Fourth could go to no better
place for amusement than the Public
School Athletic Field, where the
games are to be held. Besides a large
crowd will be considerable consolation
to those who have worked so hard
to make the affair success
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The English polo critics are still dis
cussing the recent contests in which
America beat Great Britain for the
championship. AS result, consider
able praise is coming our way and
now and then a knock or so looms up
in the situation. The latest criticism
of our methods in relation to the polo
matches intimates that all was not
up and above board In our practise
before the contests. One eminent
critic. Ranger" by name, in a we'll
written article. dilates on the fact
that the Yankees were "foxing." In
other words they were not playing
their game before the matches in
order to fool their opponents, which
the English expert admits was rather
clever. That we beat England fairly
and squarely doesn't seem to have
been overlooked on the other side of
the big stream, but there must be
some kind of an excuse to offer their
people, so the English are now saying
we ''foxed" them beforehand and we
outplayed them afterward. 1t Is a
sort of soft and soothing excuse for
defeat, for which our foreign cousins
are not to be too harshly criticised.
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BY "foxing," the English explain,
show their head in the practise
games which isn't so, of course, but
which would not have been out of
order if such thing had happened.
English critic, picked out to build
his story on and 1t is a pretty nifty
pick at that. 1t is really smart
enough preparation to attribute to
he Il, hro ipa 81 Va tol.
Is some praise, we ween, for our Eng
lish cousin. AS there Is much in
Rangers" review that Is interesting
and well worth perusing, a part of
the yarn is given here.
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Among my other amusements dur
ing the last week has been a cine
matograph show of the practise
games of the American polo team
writes Ranger in the Illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic News. "A
lady with me declared they were
'foxing,' which was meant to convey
that they were not showing their true
form. do not know under exactly
what circumstances the pictures were
taken, but the betting in New York
was obviously the result of 'foxing,
too. for when the news came through
a few days later of the first test
game, and the wonderful start made
by the Americans of three goals to
nothing in the first period, 1t was
clear that the old big side had taken
the Englishmen by complete surprise
and probably had taken in their own
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