Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24

| ponent today is A. f. hammer, who
has displayed some fine golf in the
competition. But with Travers play
ing in record form an opponent can
not be very hopeful.
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Maurice McLoughlin, our greatest
hope in the tennis matches for the
! Davis cup, is down to practise play,
and in his first match since his ar
rival in the East he showed to adj
vantage over the other members of
the chosen American team in a set
of doubles at the West Side Lawn
Tennis Club. Although just off a
long journey from the Pacific coast,
Mclaughlin displayed dash that
carried him and Harold Hackett to
victory over Raymond Little and
Charley Haggett, the English pro. On
Mclaughlin we are relying for the
| singles surely. and If his play of yes
form Is to be in the elimination trial
against the Australasians here and
against the other contenders in Eng
land, there is not much need to
worry. 1t is in our doubles that we
have to fear, yet Hackett and Little.
though much maligned, are perhaps
just as good as any pair that might
| have been chosen. In tennis as in
other sports-and as in other things
petty jealousies crop up. The feeling
in some quarters against Hackett and
Little is malicious They were not
chosen because of who they are.
Ability has been considered and the
desire to get the best contenders has.
been the one aim.
O.
A particularly honest spirit is OBJ
served in the following letter COM
menting on the outbreak at the ball
game at Wiedenmayer's Park last
Sunday:
]. P. NJ:
Apropos of the umpire batting dis
cussion, the writer is in full sym
pathy with your attitude toward the
practise. The perpetual crabs should
be squelched, but l also believe that
in some cases there are extenuating
circumstances which ought to make
the penalty light if one should be
given at all.
Take the case of Daubert, to which
you refer in your issue of yesterday.
Here is player whose conduct on the
diamond in the past has been ire
proachable; a model exponent of the
game in every way. He forgets him
self for a moment, probably through
sufficient provocation, and "sasses the
ump." Bingl He is boosted out of
the game. In my opinion a little
judgment should be exercised on the
part of the umpire, and the past per-
formances of the player taken into
consideration. The rule of election
ought not be a hard and fast one.
Bear in mind that ball players are
real, live men. They have red blood
running through their veins. Their
objection to a decision comes instant
ly and without forethought. We
must consider the human element in
volved Men are not automatons
The complete roofing out of umpire
batting will come at the millennium in
baseball. So long as men play the
game, intent on winning, there will be
occasional outbursts on the part of
the players, even though they realize
that IL carries penalty.
Umpire batting has at least one vir-
tue; 1t reflects the honesty of the ma
tional game.
Very truly yours,
FRED ]. HALE.
A little more criticism, with a re-
buke or two at the harmless ground
keeper, is noticed in this letter on
the baseball chaos in last Sundays
game:
j. P. N.
| regretted to learn of the trouble
which occurred Sunday at Wieden-
mayors Park. | am a staunch rooter
for the Tigers. but a real fan cannot
but condemn the Newark clubs ac-
tions on Sunday l have played the
game, in days gone by, myself. and
know that there is nothing in chewing
the rag with the umpire. l hope this
lesson will be benefit to Swacina,
Collins, Higgins and Smith. and that
they will not jeopardize the Tigers
chances for the pennant by future Of
lenses of the same nature. They
weaken the team and hurt the club
more than they hurt the umpire. 1
have been a caretaker and landscape
artist at several colleges. l am in
formed that the umpire and Ground
keeper Kennedy posted no fouls flags.
! prepared the grounds at Cornell for
many hundreds of games but was
never so negligent. l admired your
article in the Evening Star for it's
fairness. You are all right in my
estimation. JACK BURNS.
j. P. NJ:
Kindly let me know the nature of
the questions asked in the New Jer-
sey examination for license to drive
an automobile. Is a thorough me-
chanical experience required?
w. S.
| There are only about a half dozen
questions asked. These have to do
with the running of the car, the con-
struction of it. They are quite sim
Pile. Then. if the applicant satisfies
the examiner in a short demonstra-
ton in the car that he is competent
to run it he is given his license.
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j. P. N:
! Was there ever COW in this State
that gave seventy quarts of milk in
a day of twenty -four hours?
JOHN.
Farmer Smith. my old side kick In
Cedar Grove, says his grandfather