Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-15

When the Newark Baseball Club
holds its annual meeting next Mon
day afternoon, q new president, we
have been informed, win ,,e chosen
to succeed George l.. Solomon, the
present incumbent. The man who is
to be SO honored, according to pres
ent plans, is Charles II. Ebbets, IT.,
son Of the Brooklyn magnate. who Is
the leading spirit in baseball over In
the town where the Superhas hold
forth. Young Ebbets, who has been
raised on INSIDE baseball" would
make n most acceptable head for the
local club. He Is exceptionally well
versed in the business end OF the
game and is popular in general
way. If elected, he would have the
counsel of his illustrious father, who
would, no doubt, be anxious for the
success of his son and who would
surely make an especial effort to
provide the Newark Club with play
ing material that would insure the
Tigers q foremost position in the
championship race With Young
Ebbets as president and Harry
Smith as manager, harmony would
prevail. and both the business inter-
ests of the club and the playing end
Of the game would be IN. popular
hands.
College football is a game of sur
prises, and upsets throughout tho
season are numerous. Princeton goes
into the game today with Yale
strong favorite and a likely winner,
yet out of tho contest may come the
biggest surprise of the year. On
actual form, no one could consistent
ly select Yale as having more than
O passing chance. TO win, on what
the Ellis have shown so far on the
gridiron. they would have to be
favored with all the luck of the
game. Such a thing may come to
pass, or Yale might, at the eleventh
hour, round itself into the most
formidable aggregation of the year
and prove itself a most worthy foe
man and even q victorious foeman.
Yale is well named the Bulldog,
when she essays to do bat
tie against Princeton and Harvard.
She has q way of doing poorly
against others, and then turning
form somersault when she faces the
Tiger or the Crimson.
c.
But allowing for all kinds of i'm
provement in Yale, Princeton should
carry the day. At least, she should
not be beaten The Ellis may prove
sufficiently strong to prevent the
Tigers from scoring and the Tigers,
barring accident, should hold the ELS
in check. That is the way the con-
are sizing up the situa-
ton, and at the same time predicting
a Princeton victory by a small score
The Tiger enthusiasts, however, are
q Princeton win by at least
two touchdowns and some of them
are betting their money that way. IN
my opinion, the game will be decid-
eddy close and Princeton victory
secured by the small margin of
field goal. II Yale were to win, II
would not be an outrage by any
means. 1t would be just another mild
football surprise.
C
Jimmy Mcyeigh. the Newark boy
who was defeated by Bubbles Robin
son in three rounds in California re-
Gently, Is on his way home, and when
he arrives here Carl Victor, who was
beaten by Young Gradwell, will be on
his trail for a match. Such a con-
test would be received with acclaim
by the admirers of both boys and
most interesting battle would be sure
to result. Victor and McVeighc are
about the same weight and both are
clever ringsters. The match would
be dandy one for Bill Brown, the
New York promoter. to stage. and the
winner might secure an engagement
with Young Gradwell. Victor Is
anxious for another try with Grad
well, and a decision over McVeigh
would likely bring about such a con-
test. McVeigh, his friends say, would
also like to meet Gradwell, so out OF
o. McVeigh- Victor bout would prob
ably come another interesting set-to
with the mitts.
C.
Johnny Kilbane. with knockout
punch, seems to have aroused Discus
sion. and the fact that the champion
eisposed Of Eddie O'Keefe, sturdy fell
low, with one good clip on the jaw, IS
evidence that Kilbane is a worthy
representative, although he hasn't met
with general approval since attaining
the title. Kilbane. in my opinion, ~
a real clever, cagy champion. In his
various bouts in New York he showed
me all that I wanted to see In proof
of his ability. The New York ex-
perts wouldn't see him because he
failed to slaughter a few worthy fell
lows, but he always won and he al
ways showed enough class to make
him stick out over his opponent. Al
first, Kilbane was accused of stallina
and not trying to dispose OF his VIC
Tins. Later on he was voted no.
account. All the time, however, he
was doing everything that was asked
of him. but still the opinion prevailed
that Kilbane was one of two THINGS
poor champion or crooked champion
O.
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