New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-09
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Boxina Commission Clears Way
for RiverS-CroSS Bout.
A PUZZLE IN BASEBALL
Newark Indians Find Contracts
TO Their Liking as the
Salaries Go Up.

rho state Athletic Commission decided
.,am meeting yesterday that the bout be
zen Joe Rivers and Leach Cross, set
80 next Tuesday night. can be put on
tho Mcmahon Brothers. managers of
.so Empire Athletic Club. at the Man
ten casino. 155th street and Eighth
avenue.
r,e NcNIahons appeared before the
.,oissjou and showed their lease on
-. Manhattan Casino and also renewed
,r.;r application for a license, which
sad never been cancelled. The trouble
,rose because they had failed to renew
II prior 10 terday.
Racsusc OF two weeks accumulation
# business the commission found it nee
.ssarv to hold a long session. one Of
,be,oucstions TO be considered was a
complaint from the Queensbury Ath-
letic club. Of Buffalo. against Jess Will
lard. a Texas cowboy. for his failure TO
snocar there FOR a bout with George
payis on New Years night The match
MS made about December 16. and Will
lard is said TO have pleaded a sore hand.
Tbe commission will get Wizards side
If the story before deciding.
KID" Herman. who was TO have ap-
no,red against Harry Tracy at the
rorty-rourth street Sporting club and
failed 10 do so because of a cut over his
eve received in a previous encounter
presented 81 physicians certificate TO
show that his injury was till such as to
keep him from the ring The case was
dismissed.
The complaint against Tommy Houck
for foulirg eddie Kelly in recent bout
q; the Olympic Athletic club also was
dismissed John J.. Dunn had a griev-
ance against Jack Reischmann, of the
Irving Athletic club. for ordering from
the rine a fighter in whom Dunn was in
terestcd Reiscnmanu Will tell his side
Of the case at the next meeting. The
Garrison Athletic club. Of Maspeth. Long
Island. was granted a license.
Bill Danlcn. manager Of the Brooklyn
superbas has arranged four extra eXhi-
bition games with the Newark Indians
10 be played in the South. The teams
will meet in Angus Ia. Ga. on March >
and O. and i'm Savannah on March e
and %.
In sending out this announcement the
statement winds up with these words
BY this arrangement it is possible
that the people of Georgia viii have AN
opportunity % sec their two favorite
baseball sons. Nap Rucker and Ty Cobb.
in action during the games above men,
toned
This leaves a doubt as To whether Ty
Cobb will transfer his allegiance from
Detroit 10 Brooklyn or Newark. Can it
be that the great and only Tyrus is
doomed so quickly 10 the minors? No.
10 must be one of Bill Dahen's puzzles.
Pelhaps it should read that the Superbas
will play four games with the Tigers on
the spring training trip.
Connie Mack says that Frank Chance
should work wonders with the Yankees
and and them in the first division.
Twelve PLAYERS have now signed with
the Newark indians. and their CELEBRITY
may be due to the fact that the new own
crs arc generous and each man has re-
ceived q raise i'm salary.
Among those VINO have signed H. the
last few days are Eddie Zimmerman, third
salary boost was substantial; Harry
Smith. the manager, who will be one OF
the best paid leaders in the league, with
$1,000 nest egg; Al Shack and Arthur
Went, outfielders. new men: Wyatt Lee
the veteran pitcher; G. p. Kunkle, new
tNirler: Billy Zimmerman. outfelder;
Jack Dalton. who was with Toronto last
So a son. and Marty Kavanagh, an infelder
The Indians got another player from
Brooklyn Yesterday. when Billy Taylor.
shortstop. was transferred. He was
with the Oshkosh club last year. where
he attracted attention by batting av-
erage OF .323.
Preparations are being made by num-
Der Of Newark newspaper men and base
ball fans" for complimentary dinner
to President Solomon. il will be held in
about two weeks.
The Athletics have released Roger Sal
mon. a pitcher in much demand last fall,
10 the Louisville club. on an optional
agreement. This means that Connie Mack
holds the strings.
frankie Burns. the Jersey City bantam
weight. has left for New Orleans, where
ne Is 10 meet Battling" Reddy, the Har-
lem lightweight Reddy is the lad who
gave Charles Ledoux such hard 1sht
recently. The boys Will box at lis pounds
rlngsde
Featherweights will hold the centre OF
The stage at the Forty-fourth street sport
ing Club tonight. Three ten-round bouts
are to be decided. Kid Herman VIII
meet Harry Tracey; KID Black VIII
face Young" Fitzsimmons and George
henoy. the crack from Baltimore, VIII
he confronted by Freddy Moore. the vet
cram featherweight from PhiladeIpnia.
Moore is brother Of Pal Moore ana
he has not boxed I'm some time
SETON HALL BEATS FORDHAM.
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