Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-18

Gossip

| Now that Frank Chance has signed
up with the New York Americans al
a salary of $4,000. a list can be drawn
up of eight prominent baseball mana
gers who draw combined salary OF
100000. The list, headed by Chance,
also includes McGra~, of the New
York Nationals, at 5000; Mack, of
the Philadelphia Americans, at
$4,000; Jennings, of Detroit, the
same; Clarke, Of Pittsburgh, $4,000;
stahl. of the Boston Americans; Tin
ker, Of the Cincinnati Reds, and Grif-
! fifth, of the Washington Americans,
all $4,000. And in addition to this,
Mack, Stahl and Grlff1th each owns
stock in his club.
Grover Cleveland Alexander. Phila-
delphia twirler, Is happy at last. He
has purchased a billiard room in st.
Paul, Neb.. and reports fiourishing
business. Alexander always liked to
play billiards and it WAS his desire to
some time get his fill of the green
cloth game. Now he probably will
"Today's fighters could knock out
more men than the old timers, If they
had the same strength, because of
the support gloves and bandages give
their hands, but they haven't the hit
ting power" says John Lavack, ex'
featherweight fighter. Fighters
nowadays haven't the endurance the
old-timers had. Training isn't as
strenuous now. Youngsters enter the
professional ranks before they are
properly developed. Promoters do
not have them train properly"
Our cowbody friend, Mr. Luther
McCarty, the heavyweight fighter of
renown, ought TO make quite a hit on
the vaudeville stage In addition to
being fighter, he is also capable of
giving a good exhibition of lariat
twirling, sharpshooting with a re-
yolver and rife and other Wild West
ern stunts. McCarty will soon be
seen in his new role as actor, and It
Is said that he has engagements
enough to keep him busy until July 4.
Fielder Jones, president of the
Northwestern League, who has won
some renown as a baseball prognosti-
Gator, states positively that Frank
Chance won't make his New York
Yankees a first division team in 1918.
As New York finished last in 1912,
Jones probably won't have a vast
amount of trouble in getting some
people to agree with him.
that statemen of Fielder Jones that
the Yankees will end up in second
division. The Peerless Leader doesn't
say, however, that he will win the
pennant this year. But he will be-
fore long, says he. 81 will win the
pennant for you before I get through
with New York" Chance has told
Farrell
Oscar James Bell writes as follows
to the sporting editor:
Knowing the Star to be fair and
impartial ! wish to let the facts be
known concerning the fouling that
occurred in the mile Essex coun-
ty championship at the Tabs game
which cost me the race.
while running strongly at about
the end of the first mile the bunch
tried to pass me, and in doing so
was deliberately tripped up and went
down, losing about fifty yards. The
tripping was witnessed by one of the
judges at the turn, who shouted out
at one of the men: You're disquali-
fed
However. no further effort was
made to disbar the man who had been
declared disqualified.
II entered protest at the end OF
the race, but was informed that, The
/ race stands as 1t is
These are the facts and we're wit.
messed by a number of people, whC
believed that I would have Won"