Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-03


those who have preceded him. He came
to the front with a bound, but his
first real upset was almost his finish.
Rushers are unlike clever boxers.
They must maintain their strength
to continue successfully. They must
fight and fight and fight, for when
they are beaten. The clever boxer,
though on the slide, continues to make
formidable showing. His head is
generally good and he is shifty with
his hands. He can go along beating
suckers" as the boys say, while the
rusher once stopped is stopped for
good.
Realizing that he is not up to the
mark, Wolgast comes out with the
statement of his retirement. He
doesn't admit that he is "all in," yet
he must appreciate the truth just
the same. He is going to quit the
ring because he doesn't have to box
for a living and because the short
bouts don't appeal to him.
whats the use of going any fur
box for a living. 1 don't like these
short fights, and I would rather quit
altogether than spend my time train
ing and boxing around like a sideshow
man."
ways rather fresh and fiippant and
sure of himself, and most of the
sporting writers took it for conceit
and PANIED him for it. 1 presumed
1t was confidence, and praised him for
his sharp little, fresh little ways. He
treated me in my interviews with
him with the utmost courtesy and
respect, but he did lace it into some
of the New York scribes, who,
Wolgast said, were biased in their
writings and lax in their Judgment.
He didn't toady to the Gothamites
one whit and he apparently didn't
care what they said. He was not
anxious to box in New York and the
few times he did work there he made
a good showing. No matter what his
whims, he was a fine little fellow and
dandy little fighter.
g
The decision of President Lynch, of
the National League, in awarding
the protested game in which the New
York and Philadelphia clubs figured
to the Phillies, is going to stir up
some fuss and much comment. The
most partisan citizen couldn't hope
that President Lynch would give
Philadelphia the game. Shrewd
judges and men with common sense
made no bones of saying that Lynch
would back up his umpire. A few
there were who believed he might
order the game replayed. But you
could hunt all day and argue all
night, and you couldn't find a person
who even dreamed that the Phillies
would be declared the winners. Good
or bad the decision is a most sur
prising one. 1t shows plainly that
Lynch is not much of an executive.
To the wiseacres it looks as If Thom-
as were playing for the Philadelphia
vote at the next league election,
knowing full we'll that he had the
New York vote cinched. 1t was a
desperate piece of baseball politics
and Lynch will hear more from it.
too.
@
Not one phase of the whole affair
would point to such a verdict To
give the game, which was not fin
ished, and through no fault of the
Giants, to the Phillies, is beyond any
power of reasoning. With the score
to 6 in the Phillies' favor and. one
out on the Giants side in the ninth
inning, Umpire Brennan made his
now famous decision. Whether he
was entirely right is question. but
all the evidence seems to indicate that
he was more right than wrong, and,
above all, he was honest. Before
Lynch made his also sure-to- become
famous ruling. 80 out of every 100 fol-
lowers of the pastime would have
predicted one of two things--the up
holding of the umpire, which would
have been the most judicious decision,
or the replaying of the game. Lynch
did neither. He found another way
and he worked on other lines. but he
will never get away with it. No mat
ter what his honesty in the matter, II
will always be felt that he judged not
the case in point. but figured on his