Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-27

clair, will be the foreigners oppo-
nents.
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Out of all this battle is sure to
come a strained feeling between the
golfers here and the golfers over
home. Not that we are backing Nc
Dermott up in his insulting remarks
or that we care a slap what price our
English cousins ask for their services,
but the foreigners will always feel
as If we have 1t in for them over
here, and they will not be very anx-
ious to visit us, especially II our rich
clubs are going to "crab" over the
dollars and cents. Then, too, our boys
will not want to go abroad, for the
reason that they will always feel an
insult is likely to come to them be-
cause of the precedent established by
McDermott. All this is too bad, for
the American people are getting closer
to golf day by day. Everybody is not
playing 1t, of course, but those who
have never given the game a pass
ing thought would be surprised, no
doubt, to know that thousands go
over the links at every available op-
portunity. AS an exercise, golf can't
be beaten; as a rest cure, 1t is the
greatest pastime ever. Golf is in
class by itself. 1t is a smart game
for smart people. 1t looks like child's
play, yet curiously it appeals to the
brainiest men in the world. 1t is fun
of possibilities, and those who play it
seem to improve in health, in spirit
and in disposition.
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The English visitors engaged in a
match at Cleveland yesterday and
their play was of a record turn.
Vardon was particularly on his game
and cut five strokes off the Mayfield
Golf Club links best mark, doing the
course in 81 strokes. In the after
noon Ray went over the links in II
which was also better than the
courses previous best figures, out
side of Vardon's 81.
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While Jess Willard has not been
held responsible, according to the
coroner's. jury, for the death of Bull
Young, still the fighting game in Los
Angeles has been given a jolt from
which it is not likely to recover in
some time. The verdict holds that
death was "unintentional," yet says
it was caused by confusion of the
brain, due to blow on the chin de-
livered by Jess Willard" As re-
suit of the bout having been termed
as a prize fight in the verdict, all
those arrested In connection with the
affair will be held The district attor-
ney is said to be very busy in the
matter and the sports on the coast
fear that the game may not survive
the test.
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The promoters, seeking to stem the
tide. have declared off all future
matches. Leach Cross, who was to
have meet Johnny Dundee at the
same club in which Young was killed,
is on his way home and the Arthur
Pelky- Charley Miller four-round bout
has also been cancelled. Pelky, who
Is charged with having killed Luther
McCarty in a prize-ring battle, didn't
wait for Promoter .McCarey to call
off his fight. He did it himself as
soon as he heard of Young's death.
Reports from the coast say that Pelky
broke down and cried like a child
when he learned that Wizards blow
had settled Young. 1t is said he will
never fight again.
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or course, prize-ring deaths are
accidental, but it seems that some of
them could be avoided. In most cases,
fatalities occur where a champion Is
on one end and fourth-rater on the
other end. In the case of McCarty,
it was the better man, so judged,
who was killed. In the case Of
against a pretty hard proposition.
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Unequal matches in any sport are
out of order. Unequal matches in the
prize-ring are O shame. Over in New
York, particularly, one-sided matches
are not uncommon. Some bouts are
staged just to give some good fellow
of manager or some good fellow of
| fighter chance to earn a bank
roll. 1t Is these matches that bring
forth criticism and 1t Is these matches
that should not be allowed. The game
is all right, but it is those who work
the game who are all wrong.
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Willie Richie may be seen at Mad
| ison Square Garden in his next fight,
and his opponent may be Leach
Cross. Just now, Champion Willie"
seems to be doing his best to avoid
meeting Freddie Welsh in Vancouver,
not because of Welsh, but because of
matched to fight there on September
| 20, but Richie, it seems, is not sat-
isfied with several things, one of the
most important being as to who shall
referee the bout. He names Jim Grlf-
! fin, of San Francisco, as the only
man acceptable, but Griffin refuses
to act What Willie will do now is
not known. He has said Griffin or no
one, and 1t Is believed he doesn't
want to fight in Vancouver at all.
Welsh, however, Is dead anxious to
go on with the match, and he doesn't
care who runs the bout or who is the
referee. All he wants is a chance at
the champion-a chance at the boy