Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-06

Frank Klaus, claimant for the mid
dleweight championship, is back in
Pittsburgh after a season in France.
Klaus says the American boxers who
go abroad expecting to pick up lot
of easy money by licking European
fighters will get fooled. They have
some real tough pugs over there,
says Frank Klaus is matched to
fight Billy Papke in Paris on March
25 for a purse of $4,000. The winner
of that bout will proclaim himself
worlds middleweight champion.
At last sure cure for being cross
eyed has been discovered. Knockout
Brown takes the credit for making
the discovery. "When I started fight
ing in 1905" remarked Brown the
other day, 81 was so cross-eyed that
people laughed whenever they looked
at me. Why, I looked in one direc-
ton so l could walk in another; and
il | wanted to read page OF
newspaper / aimed at page 3. NOW
1 am pretty nearly normal-at least
my eyes are, for you have to examine
closely TO see that they are the least
bit crossed. I think that constant
work with the gloves is what is cur
ing me; you see, watching the other
fellows gloves has gradually restored
my eyes to what ought to be their
regular positions
Something has got to be done to
Jack johnson before the whole world
will recognize Luther McCarty as the
worlds heavyweight champion.
Either Luther must put Jack doYn
and out, or someone else whom Nc
Carly can lick must turn the trick.
mccarthy has speed, hstic science and
a punch. 1t is doubtful, however, If
he's quite in the same class with
Johnson just at this time. McCarty
insists that he won't fight a black
man for the championship, and not
many blame him for feeling that
way. But fight experts seem agreed
that johnson deserves to be consid-
cred the champion until he has been
whipped.
Manager Joe Birmingham, of the
Cleveland Maps. says he's heartily in
favor of the change in baseball rules
lately proposed by Manager Evers,
of Chicago. Evers's proposition is to
permit base runners to advance in
case Df an intentional pass to a bats
man. II believe the day will come
when the matter will be taken up
seriously and incorporated in the
rules, and / likewise think, when
that time comes. those who follow
the game closely will wonder why the
change was not made years before"
says Birmingham.
Ty Cobb who was always noted for
his ambition, is anxious to lead the
American League in hitting a greater
number of times than any other liv
ing ball player. He is taking great
care of himself this winter, spending
the greater part of his time out of
doors, hunting, fishing and playing
golf Cobb has been in the big league
eight years and for five of them has
pushed himself to the premier batting
position.
Frank Whitney, the Cedar Rapids
lightweight, who is topnotcher in
Iowa, is diclzering for a match with
Jack Britton. He is a fairly clever
boxer, and can hit hard with both
hands. He offers to meet Britton at
1873 pounds
Jimmy McVeigh, Newarl1's ban
tamweight boxer, Will meet Johnny
Carroll, the clever Perth Amboy init
man in the main event before the
Permo A. a. at Tottenyiile, S. l., to-
night.
Jim Savage. the big heavyweight,
has begun training at Eagle Rock
He is making his quarters at Under
woods Hotel there. Jim may fight
in this city soon, it is said.