Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-06

rumors that Roger was next to the
throne, and Owner Murphy doesn't
want that report to go out at all. AS
conditions exist. Evers is about cer-
tain to finish out the season.
although the authorities out in
Chicago say that Bresnahan will
have his job before the month of
August Is over
O
A strange thing about the Chicago
affairs Is that the same trouble exists
In both clubs. Lack of discipline is
the charge, and both Evers and
Callahan are accused of having per-
sonal conflicts with their men. 1t
was the general opinion that Gala
han was big enough man and
liberal enough to lead successfully,
but his inability to win games soon
brought about change in his tenn
permanent and decrease in his value
as q manager.
G
Portside pitchers received such a
humping yesterday that the downfall
of 80 many left-handers in one day
Is coming in for special stories. Near
ly all the star southpaws were on
parade and each and every one got
his bumps. RUDE Marquard, with a
string of nine straight victories to
his credit, fell before the Pirates, gosh
blast them, and Nap Rucker, Of
Brooklyn; Slim Sallee, of st. Louis;
Eddie Plank, of the Athletics, and
Ray Collins, of the Red Sox, were all
whipped into submission, Joe Boeh-
ling, the Washington boy wonder, es-
capped a beating, but he wasn't cred
tied with a victory, either. The SEN
ators behind him tied the score in the
ninth inning, but we're beaten out in
the tenth by the White Sox.
G.
Despite the fact that Joe Rivers Is
being heralded as a gutter and
claims made that the Mexican showed
the white feather in his bouts with
Willie Richie, AID Wolgast and
Frankie Conley, Joe is almost sure
to be the favorite in his battle with
Leach Cross, set for Labor Day in
Los Angeles. This condition comes
about because of Rivers's two fights
with Cross in New York. And those
fights were fights! Cross never showed
better form and Rivers displayed so
much skill that he was rated even
better than Wolgast.' He didn't show
any semblance of the "quitter" in
either of his engagements with Cross,
and in the first fight he was given a
crack on the jaw in the second round
and put down for the count. When
he got up he went after Leach like
a tornado and he fought so hard and
so fast that he made Cross cover and
"stall" like a schoolboy. No. not in
the fights with Cross was there a
semblance of yellow in Rivers's
makeup, but they do say out on the
coast that the Mexican won't take a
good stiff licking and come back like
a gamester of the Wolgast type. Still
and all. he has a large following, who
believe In him. and who will bet on
him, especially against Cross, whom
they feel certain he can beat.
O.
Why Willie Richie should give
Freddy Welsh the preference over a
most formidable and more deserving
galaxy of lightweights for his next
fight is one of the things no sane man
can figure out. Welsh. once a good
boy. no doubt. is now looked upon
as in the passe class more or less.
Head over heels above him in point OF
respect as a fighter are a half dozen
boys who would willingly meet Richie
under any fair conditions. Maybe
Richie has good reason for being in
a hurry to get at Welsh. Willie met
Freddie some time ago and before
he became the champion. He was
only kid and sparring partner for
Packey Mcfarland. yet he fought
twenty rounds with Welsh. who was
given a hair-iine decision over him.
If. as q novice. he could hold Welsl,
for twenty rounds. and acting as a
substitute besides. the prospects are
that as champion he will be able to
give the Englishman. who not only
sports the English lightweight title,
but also claims the worlds CHAMPION
ship, good. sound thrashing.
O.
Richie will. II he Ii any good al
all, beat Welsh and he will feel, nc
doubt, that he Is entitled to an
other long rest. In the meantime
too. he will be able to scout around
and pick out some other soft mark
who is anxious to meet the champion
take a beating and demand only q
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