Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17

long furnished himS amusement.
| Wherever he has gone he has sought
out men who can show a greater
length of arm. Time and again he
has measured up with prominent
heavyweight pugilists but not one of
them can touch the former MERGERS
| burg star in the matter of reach
Several of the fighters nave been SO
| impressed by Maxfields abnormal
reach that they have urged him to
take up boxing, but MaXheld has no
ambition to become a white hope
Maxfelds reach is far greater than
! that of Bob Fitzsimmons, the great
heavyweight fighter, who was early
dubbed "Lanky Bob" because of the
great length of his limbs.
Only once in his travels has Max
field ever been able to find a man
who could outreach him. He ran
across a country policeman one time
whose arms when outstretched meas
ured fraction of an inch more than
This. This happened some time ago,
and the chances are that young Max
field has grown sufficiently in the in
term to be able to turn the tables on
the other fellow.
Speaking of Ralph Rose, he was
wonderful fellow with the shot. He
came East few years ago, and he
made all kinds of records. and he
made records by the score in the
West He was a tremendously big
man, and he was strong and why,
but fat. When stricken with fever
he was an easy prey, and he wasn't
on his deathbed very long. Although
a student of Michigan, he was not
held in very high esteem by his alma
mater. It is said he was too brutal
in his manner. In the athletic world
he was admired, but he never did
carry any of the characteristics of
college-bred man. He lived a rather
fast life, he died young, and his name
will live in history
A correspondent who signs himself
Smokey Ookums,' but who is much
wiser than his nom de plume would
Indicate, takes a little fling at the
overtures to proposed fencing
match between local representatives
Gus Troxler, who is meeting with
such success in the boxing line, would
allow himself to become mixed up in
the fencing game. We know that
Mr.. Troxler knows all about fencing
and no one will care whether there is
any one else in town who can beat
him. A match might draw > "house''
for those concerned, but Mr.. Troxler
would be the loser in the erd. The
letter, in part, follows:
]. P. N:
Mr. Athos TroXler and Mr..
D'Artagnan-Ge Cetruio. 1t is
something really comical to see the
wonderful champions of this city in
the art of fencing throwing the bulP'
with such unique easness and claim
worlds championships. Newark is
not known as a city for fencing, and
Newarkers are not at all interested
in these great champions residing
here AS for the Italian champions
in the art of fencing, we would like
to say that Mr.. Gerardo Cetrulo is
not known at all outside of the city
of Newark and the little Italian viii
lage where he was born. Mr.. Gu
seppe Fioritti did not get any diploma
in the art OF fencing from the Magis-
teriaI School of Rome, but was forced
to jump the fence of the above col
lege. At the same time, Mr.. Generoso
Pavese never dreamed of being cham
pion of the world This brings us to
the conclusion that Mr.. Gerardo
Cetrulo, by winning from Mr.. Pavese,
champion of the world, (what worldo
is only champion of Newark. But
Newark does not care at all to have
such champions as Cetrulo, Pavese,
Troxler, Fioritti jump her fences.
Hoping to see this letter published,
remain, SMOKEY OOkUMS.
C
For a person who says he has such
little interest in the matter, it would
seem to me that the writer of the
following was about the "snoopiest
old snoop" that has crossed my path
in some time
J. P. N:
l have noticed for some time past
especially during the last few games
of the International League series
a disposition on your part to belittle
the president of the Newark Base
ball Club Assuming that you know
the Tins and outs of the case, would
you mind setting forth just what Mr..
Solomon has done to warrant your
rather caustic remarks regarding
him? The writer does not know Mr..