Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-30

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/ what an advantage there would be
and what a fine exhibition could be
arranged if We were allowed to secure
the best pro and amateur attractions.
Some writer's have evidently mis-
construed President Kirby's idea re-
| garding mixing the matter. What l
understand is that at the end of the
| outdoor and indoor competitions the
| best man in each specially would
meet, and such contests should prove
very interesting affairs. Just imagine
| TED Wood, of England, or Billie
| Queal, our American champion, meet
| ing Hans Kohlemainen in a five-mile
| race or Donaldson, the pro Splinter,
or Cartmel meeting the best amateurs
twice a year. My humble opinion is
that it will give athletics the greatest
boom they have received since
Johnnie Hayes won the Marathon in
England. Speaking of the result of
such competition, my best bet is the
pro, for there is no runner alive who
can beat Ted Wood, of England, at
| five, miles. Give me a pro who can
do no better than 4:25 for the mile
and he will outgeneral and outrun
any amateur competing today. Most
amateurs run by note; but the mo-
ment they face the pros they lose
their key, for the pro won't allow him
to run his quarter, half, etc. in a
certain tune, but Will take" him
from the crack of the gun. At the
team races held in Ebbets Field last
summer Sockalexis, although q Mara
thon runner, was beaten by Shrubh
a sixth of a mile. The very first lap
the pro carried him off his feet, and
he came back to his relief unable to
! continue That was the day Long
boat ran Wood and Shrubb six miles
with the latter team relieving each
other every lap, Longboat was
Sockalexis's partner, and was beaten
by only $50 yards In all my expert
ence this was the gamest exhibition
| have ever witnessed.
/ want to congratulate you on your
intelligent comments, which I read
with much interest in that up-to-date
column of yours. Sincerely yours,
JOHN J. F'LEESON.
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The athletic friends of James p
Sullivan are making strenuous fight
for his election to the office of county
clerk in New York. Identified with
sport for years and one of it's most
prominent figures, Mr.. Sullivan has
naturally built up a strong personal
| following in his home city and county
In fact, the country over Mr.. Sullivan
has made a name for himself and his
success in politics would be received
with much acclaim in athletic circles
! the country over. Known to his init
mates as Jim" he has proved him.
self a man of loyalty and honesty
He has been such a power in athletics
for so many years that without jim
I Sullivan the A. A. U. would seem lost
He has been a hard worker all his life
and as he is putting the same untirine
efforts into politics as he put into ath'
letics, his future seems decidedly
bright,
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The Ritchie-Cross fight is having
more than its own troubles and il
may even prove a bloomer in the
end. For time yesterday it looked
! as if the bout would not he held al
all, and Billy Gibson, manager OF
the Garden, was forced to get very
busy and do some tall jockeying tc
have the contest held on November
| 10, a date agreeable to both men
The fight was billed for last night
but an injury to Cross necessitated 8
| postponement. The tenth was Sc
lected and agreed upon, but when II
came to getting the Garden for thai
night there was hitch, as the Horse
Show management was supposed t.
take over the Garden on that date
The eighth was open, but Leacf
would agree to that date nehow, ant
Richie said he was tired waiting
around and wouldn't listen to an!
date later than the tenth. Finally
the Horse Show was sidetracked fol
a day for the fight show and at th'
present writing it looks as IL Messrs
Richie and Cross would get togethe
in the Garden on November 10 afte
all.
J. p. N:
Johnny Leftend had come to pro
pose to Ethel TaclSleover, his sweet
heart. and also TO gain the consent o
Pa and Ma. Thrice during the eve
ming he had almost secured matri
a