Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-03


promises to give this city good base
ball and clean baseball, and his father
Charles H. Ebbets, ST., promises Il
help his son in every way possible
This does not mean that young Eb
bets will not be the boss Of the joe
The retirement of George L. Solomon
as president was the best for I'LL con
cerned. His mistakes were too glsr.
ing to be count enanced. The new
president is known to be fine young
man, with much baseball knowledge
and he is destined to become popular
around here, Notwithstanding the at
tacks that are likely to be made upon
him in certain quarters. If 1t is
wrong for father TO advance his
son, as a local paper intimates. then
the said newspaper should take heed
in its own office.
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Carl Morris is favorite for his
bout with Jess Willard. down for de-
/ cision at Madison Square Garden to-
night. This is sort of change OF
base, and comes about because of
| Wizards poor showing against
George Rodel, the Boer, a few weeks
ago. Time was when Willard was
considered a most likely champion
ship possibility, but his defeat at
the hands of Gunboat Smith and his
| latest poor showing against Rodel
has dropped him back a notch. How
ever, some pretty wise fellows are
picking Willard.
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! The Young Gradwell-Jack Coyne
fight, to be held at Bill Browns gym
in New York next Tuesday night,
/ promises to be a most int eresting
affair Gradwell is known to be
fighting at his best these days, and
Coyne is considered the cleverest
boxer around here. He is under the
management of Tom O'Rourke, which
| is big asset, and he looked to be in
| first-class trim when he was l.tro-
duced previous to the Weinert- Levin
| sky bout last night. Brown is 1sirg
good Judgment in battling Jersey
boxers for his club. The bouts draw
well and everybody gets a good run
| for his money.
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Gunboat Smith, it is said, has been
offered 100000 for a match with Sam
Langford. The melon comes from
Taft, Cal, out where they do funny
things some times. What a shame it
is that the fighters will not be able
to take the money. Smith is tied up
with bout with Arthur Pelky and
Langford is off for Europe.
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The challenge of the English polo
lists, received in this country yester-
day, is to be accepted, unless our for
eign cousins insist upon fall dates for
| the contests. Fl. L. Herbert, the lead
ing spirit in polo affairs in the
U. S. A. says there isn't any doubt
about the def being received with
much favor So. it would seem, all
that remains for an assurance that
we shall again see those sterling and
blood tingling polo matches is a sat-
isfactory adjustment of the dates.
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As expected and predicted in these
columns. Dave Fultz, president of the
Players Fraternity. is not going to
/ become president of the Federal
League. Fultz says that the rumor is
news to him. and that he wouldn't ac-
/ cept the position in any event He
has all he can do to look after his du-
| ties as president of the Fraternity,
and, another thing, his law practise
is too considerable to give UP any
more of his time to baseball.
G
! Following the rumor that Fultz
would become president to the "out-
laws" came the story that Christy
Mathewson would succeed Fultz as
president of the Fraternity. That
yarn. of course, is also put to rout,
and Matty declares on top of it that
he isn't big enough man for such II
! job. 1t is just like the modest Matty
to say such a thing, although he is
thoroughly competent in every way to
fill the position, Mathewson as a
leader for the players would be a
brilliant move. 1t is known that he
stands high with the moguls and the
players surely have confidence in him.
Garry Hermann, chairman of the Ma
tional Commission, is willing to talk
business any time with Matty, but he
is opposed to Fultz. 1t would be SO
per cent. victory for the players with
a man like Mathewson at their head
yet the modest, though capable
Matty, would likely turn the PROPOSE
ton down.
| @
England has words of praise for the
American players who won the Davis
Cup matches at Wimbledon the past
summer. And well 1t might, for Nc
Loughlin and Williams and Hackett
showed rare skill in their exhibitions
across the pond. There will be an
other meeting next year. and Eng
land is going to make a desperate try
for the trophy, 1t is understood.