Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-14
GEORGE BURNS. THE GIANTS SENSATION

of a player reaching first base are
figured down to a science, and the
prospects of batter making a run
sometimes brings tremendous odds.
During the worlds series there was
much betting in Boston, and when
the championship came right down to
the last ditch, after having seemed
like surety for the Red Sox, the
hue and cry that went up from these
very gamblers, who had played Bos-
ton against the Giants as certainty,
was pathetic. The whole town quit
when her team seemed to be losing,
and only the fact that Boston won
saved the great national game from
a prodigious scandal. OF course, the
games were on the level, but the sure
thing gamblers did their best to create
the impression they were crooked the
night before the final game. Some Of
them are marked men today and are
barred at the gates in New York as
Well as Boston.
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ton, the victory sure has come. Such
demonstration as yesterday at Tiger
town hasn't been seen in some time
not, In fact, since last June, when
Princeton won the deciding game in
the baseball series with Yale. There
was loud tolling on that occasion,
but yesterday it seemed as If the
ring was louder and the echo longer.
President Hibben, of course, gave
the orders to clang the bell and for
more than ten minutes its tones
vibrated throughout the town. At
least thousand students Joined in
the celebration of the victory of the
Tiger crew over Harvard and Penn
sylvania on Saturday. AS oarsmen
the Tigers had made good and there
was no halfway method of the stu
dents showing their approval While
victory was not unexpected, still
Princeton displayed such excellent
form that great skill is looked for in
her future races On the water.
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| Keen disappointment is sure to be
| felt over the announcement that it
! will be impossible to arrange as much
seating capacity for the Davis cup
matches between the Americans and
! the Australians as at first planned.
Arrangements had been made to
pitch the courts in the centre of the
lawn and surround them by seats in
a sort of amphitheatre style. On the
recommendation of the West Side
Tennis Clubs turf expert this was
abandoned, and in doing so at least
| 1000 seats will have to be eliminated.
This is likely to cause considerable
annoyance and disappointment for
the desire to witness these matches
this year is particularly keen.
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Representatives of the various
countries who are to compete in the
Davis cup matches, according to pro-
gram. will have to be named by Fri
day at the latest. so far, only three
teams have been made public. Aus
tralia, whose players are now here,
is one, and South Africa and Canada
are the others. The ones to be heard
from are playing the last-minute
game, and include the United States
France. Belgium. Germany and the
British Isles. The championship, as
announced before, will be held in
London, and England, as is known
holds the cup. From various expert
sources, and after an exhaustive re-
search, the United States appears tc
have bright prospects of success In
the competition.
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Down at Philadelphia the Austria
lians are doing their preparatory
work for the elimination matches M
scores are being kept Of the contest.
and the idea apparently is not to SCI
how well they can do against theil
opponents as It Is to retain their yer,
) excellent form. They seem to possess
. much tennis class, with speed. grac,
, and the essential power behind TIL,
/ stroke. The opinion seems to prevail
. that If the Americans can defeat tn,
II Australians In the elimination
) matches they will at least be no